pro vs cons to jail breaking your iphone

[black booty lover]

Okay, So I've had an Iphone 4 for about 2 years now. I'm not a tech guy by any streatch so the idea of jail breaking it didn't mean a whole lot to me. I used the phone for pretty basic stuff (talking, texting, pictures, calander a few other apps here and there)


Can someone explain to me to pro's and con's of jail breaking it but try to dumb it down for me as again, I'm not that tech savy.

Thanks

 

[WoodPeckr]

Jailbreaking gives you more freedom

Like Android users enjoy!....

10 Ways Jailbreaking Your iPhone Will Make Life Better

 

[James_J]

pro's.. you can customise your iphone. themes, ringtones, tweaks.
Con's.. not much, it might crash once in a while.

 

[black booty lover]

pro's.. you can customise your iphone. themes, ringtones, tweaks.
Con's.. not much, it might crash once in a while.

just read woodpeckr's link

It also voids your warranty...


The only reason I even really want to do it is there is a game I want to hack but your phone needs to be jail broken to do it.

 

[larry]

there's no con. u can always reload ios. but installous is gone. i haven't been following this side of things for a while so i don't know if there is a substitute. even without installous's access to cracked repositorys, we could always just copy the ipa file to the iphone and then install it. but that was a little complicated. if i were to get a new iphone, i wouldn't bother (i.e.: ringtones!!! please)

 

[black booty lover]

there's no con. u can always reload ios. but installous is gone. i haven't been following this side of things for a while so i don't know if there is a substitute. even without installous's access to cracked repositorys, we could always just copy the ipa file to the iphone and then install it. but that was a little complicated. if i were to get a new iphone, i wouldn't bother (i.e.: ringtones!!! please)

That was a little to "techy" for me...lol.

From the research I've done, it's a pain to jailbreak ios 6.1.3 so Ill probably just leave it. Not sure if that's basically what you were telling me....lol.

 

[IM469]

Two Reasons NOT to Jailbreak (Your own words)

#1 I'm not a tech guy by any streatch so the idea of jail breaking it didn't mean a whole lot to me.
#2 I used the phone for pretty basic stuff (talking, texting, pictures, calander a few other apps here and there)

If you don't have a specific reason to jailbreak iPhone - don't. Apple spoon feeds you everything you need for basic smartphone service. Jailbreaking an Apple puts you at war with Apple. They will not support you and every release of software of iOS will try to unjailbreak it. Some games will not even run properly if it detects it is running on a jailbroken iPhone.

I jailbroke my iPhone because there was software Apple would not allow unless I upgraded my iPhone and a few non-Apple apps that ran better than the Apple version. If you are happy now - let big brother run your iPhone and if the itch is strong when the contract is terminated - carefully look at the market and move to a smartphone running Android to give you the freedom you seek.

 

[black booty lover]

If you don't have a specific reason to jailbreak iPhone - don't. Apple spoon feeds you everything you need for basic smartphone service. Jailbreaking an Apple puts you at war with Apple. They will not support you and every release of software of iOS will try to unjailbreak it. Some games will not even run properly if it detects it is running on a jailbroken iPhone.

I jailbroke my iPhone because there was software Apple would not allow unless I upgraded my iPhone and a few non-Apple apps that ran better than the Apple version. If you are happy now - let big brother run your iPhone and if the itch is strong when the contract is terminated - carefully look at the market and move to a smartphone running Android to give you the freedom you seek.

Thanks for the advice. This was kind of my thought process anyway. Sounds kind of silly it really all over a game that can be hacked if your phone is jail broken.

 

[The Options Menu]

pro's.. you can customise your iphone. themes, ringtones, tweaks.
Con's.. not much, it might crash once in a while.

There's also the pirated software with or without viruses, or stuff that's too hot for the app store (including stuff that competes with Apple).

The real reason why I do it on my iPod is to expose the underlying filesystem (and God forbid be able to use a filemanager), and to use unix/linux/bsd tools. iOS is basically a BSD with a slick interface... If nothing else it means that you can use a filemeanager with SFTP to treat the thing as a big ass USB disk.

Oh, just make sure you have a hardware / OS combo that you can do an untethered jailbreak on. Otherwise you'll have to plug it in every time you cycle the power fully on / off if you want the jailbreak. Before you ever update your iOS always make sure that there's an (untethered) jailbreak for it.

Oh, SBSetting (or whatever it is now) is pretty handy as well...

Android, iOS, and BB10-- You're all dealing in various degrees of 'less free as in freedom' walled gardens, regardless of the amount of source code available or not. Though the former is more free and the latter less.

 

[luckyjackson]

I jailbroke my phone, and started getting errors when syncing. Benefits weren't worth it to me.

Now jailbreaking your Apple TV, that's worth it.

 

[larry]

i think the point of jailbreak is to get away from apple. by sync, you mean you use itunes? anyway, op is not so tech inclined. jailbreak has always been for those inclined to hack. if u just want to use the thing, it'll work fine as is.

 

[black booty lover]

i think the point of jailbreak is to get away from apple. by sync, you mean you use itunes? anyway, op is not so tech inclined. jailbreak has always been for those inclined to hack. if u just want to use the thing, it'll work fine as is.

Yeah it was all over the game I have on my phone. The game is free but you in order to get anywhere in this game, you have buy better guns ect. Anyway, there is a way to hack the game but your phone needed to be jail broken so that's why I was thinking about doing it. Just doesn't seem worth the hassel.

 

[i am one]

My iPhone was jailbroken for two years until I reverted it back to stock recently.

Pros:
- Customizable lock screen
- Ability to install pirated apps (as much as people deny it, this is the real reason most people jailbreak)

Cons:
- Inability to update the OS (for fixes and patches)

As of this writing, jailbreaking is only available up to the iPhone 4S and iOS 6.1.2. Anything else you read online is fake and likely a trojan to be infect your PC. As for warranty issues, if your phone is still under warranty (the 4S is two years old at this point and warranty ended long ago unless you purchased it within the past year) it's easy enough to wipe your phone and restore it to factory settings before bringing it in.

 

[Radio_Shack]

Bough a new ipad, came with 6.1.3 ios, does anyone know of any non tethered jailbreak out for it yet. Seems can not go back to 6.1.2 for techie reason.

 

[i am one]

Bough a new ipad, came with 6.1.3 ios, does anyone know of any non tethered jailbreak out for it yet. Seems can not go back to 6.1.2 for techie reason.

You can't downgrade to 6.1.2 unless you previously had it installed AND saved the SHSH blobs during a backup. Apple stops signing previous versions of iOS within a week of releasing a new one.

You can't jailbreak:
- Devices with an A5X processor and newer (iPad 3, iPad 4, iPhone 5)
- Devices with iOS 6.1.3 and newer (6.1.2 and older are the only ones jailbreakable)

 

[Radio_Shack]

You can't downgrade to 6.1.2 unless you previously had it installed AND saved the SHSH blobs during a backup. Apple stops signing previous versions of iOS within a week of releasing a new one.

You can't jailbreak:
- Devices with an A5X processor and newer (iPad 3, iPad 4, iPhone 5)
- Devices with iOS 6.1.3 and newer (6.1.2 and older are the only ones jailbreakable)

Are you saying never will be NEVER be jailbreakable or just saying not right now until they crack it?