iPhone: GIF as a background - does that work?
If you want to insert a GIF as a background on your iPhone, this only works under certain conditions. We'll show you how to do it.
Set GIF as background on iPhone
- Under normal circumstances, GIFs unfortunately do not run on the iPhone. The moving images can only be viewed in Safari.
- To unlock this block from Apple, you need a jailbreak. This practical tip shows you how to jailbreak your iPhone under iOS 8.
- If you have installed the jailbreak, you will find the free tweak "GIFPaper" in the Cydia store. This allows you to easily use GIFs as your background.
In the next practical tip, we will show you an overview of all the advantages of jailbreaking.