iPhone Jailbreaking

Is Jailbreaking really advisable? Or should I just be contented with Apple’s or my carrier’s limitations just to be safe?

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If you're not experienced with making modifications to phones, I wouldn't recommend doing it. Also, keep in mind it will void your warranty, and depending on what you do, you might be going against your carriers Terms of Service. For example, if you enable WiFi Tethering without paying for it, you have a chance of getting your service disconnected.

I have a little experience with making modifications to Android phones, and it improved my phone greatly. I didn't make any changes to it until after having it for about a year, so the manufacturer warranty had already expired. It was risky, because if you do the wrong thing you might need to purchase a new phone. I chose to make modifications to my phone because it wasn't performing well, but from what I've seen, most iPhone's do well performance wise.

What exactly were you looking to do with your iPhone?

I'm not really decided yet on whether I'd jailbreak it or not, I have it for only a month and yes, it'll void the warranty for sure. Hmm, i guess i have to wait until its warranty expires and that's the time that I have to go for it. Thank you!

Jailbreak your iPhone is necessary when you want to install some third-party applications such as iKeyMonitor to your iPhone.

Originally Posted by quietlychaotic

I'm not really decided yet on whether I'd jailbreak it or not, I have it for only a month and yes, it'll void the warranty for sure. Hmm, i guess i have to wait until its warranty expires and that's the time that I have to go for it. Thank you!

Yeah, I would wait, especially if you just got it. After a year, if you do something wrong and can't reset it, you can just get a new phone. You'll probably be ready for a new one in about a year anyway.

Thanks for the enlightenment! Have to wait for quite a long time. I guess I have to explore and enjoy the few apps I have. (few?) Patience is a real virtue though!

There plenty enough free apps in App store. Also, please be careful of what you post. It would seem that you are suggesting that you want to pirate apps once you have it jailbroken. A lof of devs in this forum might find that rather insulting.

As if the apps were not suffisanstes at apple. TS.

Originally Posted by mirumoD4

There plenty enough free apps in App store. Also, please be careful of what you post. It would seem that you are suggesting that you want to pirate apps once you have it jailbroken. A lof of devs in this forum might find that rather insulting.

I'm not too familiar with jailbreaking an iPhone, but a post above mentioned installing third-party applications. Does this mean an iPhone needs to be jailbroken to add an application that isn't in the App Store? I know with my Android phone it doesn't need to be rooted, I can just download the application from another source. I'm guessing Apple is stricter with where you get applications from? Android is open source, so maybe that has something to do with it.

Originally Posted by avenue

I'm not too familiar with jailbreaking an iPhone, but a post above mentioned installing third-party applications. Does this mean an iPhone needs to be jailbroken to add an application that isn't in the App Store? I know with my Android phone it doesn't need to be rooted, I can just download the application from another source. I'm guessing Apple is stricter with where you get applications from? Android is open source, so maybe that has something to do with it.

yeah, Apple likes to keep control of things, so you only have the App store and nothing else... legally... Sideloading is not an option.
many people jailbreak to get some tweaks or purchase apps that were declined by the app store. yet there is a vast majority who use it to pirate apps.

Originally Posted by mirumoD4

yeah, Apple likes to keep control of things, so you only have the App store and nothing else... legally... Sideloading is not an option.
many people jailbreak to get some tweaks or purchase apps that were declined by the app store. yet there is a vast majority who use it to pirate apps.

Maybe that is how they make sure there aren't a lot of problems with their devices. I wonder if there is an approval process to get an application on the App Store.

Originally Posted by avenue

Maybe that is how they make sure there aren't a lot of problems with their devices. I wonder if there is an approval process to get an application on the App Store.

I read that there actually is a very rigid approval process. Some devs wait for weeks or months before they can start selling their app. If it does not get approved, they either modify the app and try again, or just upload their app in Cydia along with the other unapproved apps.

Originally Posted by mirumoD4

I read that there actually is a very rigid approval process. Some devs wait for weeks or months before they can start selling their app. If it does not get approved, they either modify the app and try again, or just upload their app in Cydia along with the other unapproved apps.

Well, that is a good thing. At least you know any applications from the App Store should be decent. With Google Play I'm not always sure if it's a safe application to download.

yeah i believe those restrictions in installing 3rd party apps are a good way of somehow protecting the device from viruses. It could also filter some not so good apps. The App Store offers somewhat "filtered" apps so basically of an iPhone is JBd the risks are already present. Hmmm...

Originally Posted by quietlychaotic

yeah i believe those restrictions in installing 3rd party apps are a good way of somehow protecting the device from viruses. It could also filter some not so good apps. The App Store offers somewhat "filtered" apps so basically of an iPhone is JBd the risks are already present. Hmmm...

Since there is a lot of discussion on the iPhone in this thread, and since Android phones are competitors, I created a thread called "Android vs iPhone" so we can discuss why we prefer one over the other. Here is a link to the thread: http://cellphoneforums.net/chit-chat...vs-iphone.html