How to make Live Photos on iOS 8 or older (Jailbreak)

Live Photos are a new feature of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. As the name suggests, such photos can be “animated”, this

is achieved by recording a short (one and a half second) video before and after the moment of shooting; Live photos are viewed using 3D Touch.
If you have an older iPhone model, don'tsupporting this technology, don't worry - there's a jailbreak tweak called PhotosLive that allows you to take live photos on devices running iOS 8.

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How to use PhotosLive?Launch the Camera application; you will see a yellow ‘Live’ icon, which means that the tweak is running. If you don't see it, click on the PhotosLive icon next to HDR to turn PhotosLive on. As soon as you take a photo, the tweak will automatically add additional frames to it, making it animated.

To view a live photo, open the album inwhich it is contained. Photos taken using the tweak are marked ‘Live’. Long-press on a photo preview to start the animation. The sound will not be played, since the tweak only adds frames to the photo, and does not record video, as is implemented in the original Live Photos technology.

Tweak adds a separate dialogue with Settingsyour settings; You can choose the duration of the animation, turn on or turn off the front lighting to take a selfie in the dark, and also change the gesture that starts the live animation.

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Jailbreak community is surprisingly fast porting new technologies to old devices. PhotosLive is very similar to the original Live Photos and perfectly replaces it on previous-generation iOS devices.

If you are interested in seeing this tweak in action, it can be purchased for $ 1.99 as part of the BigBoss repository from Cydia. Share your impressions in the comments!