Apple picker Should I jailbreak? Many of our readers have already solved this question. Not sure if it's right for you? We offer you two different views of our editors on the same problem.
What is a jailbreak?
This is an "unlocking" of your device, this software hack allows you to interfere with the file system, install various tweaks, themes and also games that have not been approved by Apple's developer terms. Jay Freeman (founder of Cydia) estimates that 8,5% of iPhones and iPods are jailbroken.
I am definitely in favor!
If you are wondering if jailbreak is legal, so yes it is. Many people do jailbreak. Some to be able to steal apps from Installous, others because of the limitations of the iOS operating system. Thanks to jailbreak, for example, you can turn your iPhone into a WiFi router. You might want to point out to me that this is also possible through the normal system settings, but older machines such as the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G do not have this option. Why? It is not a hardware insufficiency, but an incomprehensible Apple policy for me.
Hackers make "old" phones still as usable as the latest models. I think that when you buy a mobile phone for 15 CZK and more, you expect FULL support from the manufacturers for at least 000 years. Not so with Apple. Why Apple won't allow SIRI for iPhone 2? Does this mean the iPhone 4 doesn't have enough power to pull off SIRI? This is complete nonsense. Thanks to the jailbreak, even my old iPhone 4GS was able to run SIRI without a problem. Jailbreak is mainly done because of Apple's nonsensical policy.
Another and probably the last number of people jailbreak just because they have to. In short, Czech prices and Czech operators force us to do so. It is better to buy an iPhone in another country, but even that is insured by the fact that the mobile phones are blocked. And without a jailbreak they would be an overpriced unusable paperweight.
Here are a few tweaks that my iPad 2 or iPhone 3GS couldn't do without.
SBsettings – if you want to turn off WiFi, Bluetooth as quickly as possible or you need to reduce the brightness and you don't want to go through the settings, this is a great helper. With a simple movement of your finger, you can call up a menu of all the menus you choose.
RetinaPad – thanks to this tweak, it will seem to you that the game or other application has been adapted directly for the iPad resolution.
Activator – another excellent helper is used to preset gestures for calling up applications. For example, it is enough to set that you click the Home button 3 times, and the Apple Store page opens.
My3G – thanks to this application, you can also enjoy your FaceTime call on 3G, or download, for example, a game that was more than 20 MB from the App Store.
WinterBoard – allows you to download various themes or other graphic widgets and beautify your device.
Everyone has a completely different opinion on jailbreak. If you're not using it to steal painstakingly crafted apps, it's a great choice for your iPhone.
Pavel Dedík
I don't see a single reason to mess with your iPhone
The use of jailbreak was significant in 2007 to 2009 when jailbroken phones were smuggled to us from the US. The "unlock" option can occasionally be used by developers as well. But what reason should I, a regular user, have for this intervention? I need to use my phone to make a call, send a text, sometimes take a snapshot or go through work emails. That's what the iPhone does well, so I use it as a work tool and treat it that way. I only install updates after a week - to avoid possible problems.
Unlocking can give me access to other iPhone uses, but why would I do that? With every new update, there is a risk that my phone will become a paperweight that I won't be able to call from for a while. I may not like that some functions can only be used on the latest models, but that's just how it is with Apple. SIRI is an illustrative example of an excellent technology that is currently unusable for the wider mass of users in the Czech Republic. Voice recognition software also has problems with English. I can already see how you change Jiří to George in your phonebook and Nejezchleba changes to Donoteatbread just to be able to use SIRI. And will you say notes in Czech that will be converted to text? Not yet.
I somewhat do not understand the complaints of colleagues about bad Apple and its prices. Blocking the phone on a given operator is not a whim of the company from Cupertino, but a requirement of the operators. However, an iPhone purchased in the Czech Republic is not blocked, you can use it with any SIM card. In addition, the prices of non-subsidized phones are among the lowest in all of Europe. If it is a subsidized device? Ask how our operators arrived at the price. To the west of our borders, the approach to the iPhone is as follows: in Germany, for example, a customer gets it for a selected tariff for a price of CZK 25 to 6, uses it for 000 years and then buys a new model. Again, I see no reason to jailbreak here.
Some unapproved (poorly written) applications can also make a "mess" in my iOS. This can cause iOS to crash and I can then entertain myself for hours by reinstalling the system and apps. If I have an urgent need to fiddle with my phone, tune in and have cool gadgets there - I recommend an Android phone. Here you will enjoy such games enough. But if you want to have a phone of any brand for work - I would also wait for system updates.
And the last, most important reason? The first iPhone worm appeared in jailbroken phones… And that was just the beginning.
Libor Kubín
I'm missing one more argument here (Pavel Dedík hypocritically silenced him): people jailbreak mainly so that they can install third-party paid applications for free. So, of the 9% who have a jailbreak, I think 1% are Mir Dušín (as PD claims) and 99% are thieves.
I absolutely agree!
I read there: Many people do jailbreak. One so they can steal apps from Installous,…
I am pleased that I can apply to Mirk Dušín. I managed to jailbreak only after a few months of using the iPhone (once still 3G). I'm used to regular purchases, even through Cydia I bought a few applications.
JB was a must on the first iP model to unlock it so that it could even be used as a phone.
JB was beneficial but not necessary with the iP 3G, that was already sold here so it wasn't blocked, but without JB it was severely limited. With JB, you could add to your phone what was missing: video camera, copying, desktop wallpaper, wifi hotspot, etc.
By improving the firmware in which apple supplemented the missing functions and with which other models iP 3GS, iP4 and iP4S came, JB lost more and more justification.
I currently have an iP4S and have not used JB since the iP4. Tel. it can do everything I need already in the basics.
My experience is that JB today on the latest iP models is used by a larger part of users to install, play games, navigate and expensive programs for free - that is, to steal, and a smaller part to the fact that they like to go through the otherwise hidden structure of iOS and try to adapt their iP to image and the smallest part to the fact that they enjoy exploring the nooks and crannies of the system.
For an ordinary user with an unblocked iP 4, 4S (I wouldn't even want a blocked one for free due to unblocking problems) JB is pointless - once I couldn't imagine life with an IP without JB, but today I'm glad that I don't have to deal with when JB will be like that it will be whether it will be tethered or just untethered, if my baseband will be updated, etc. When an update arrives, I update the IP and I'm good to go. I don't miss the trouble with JB..
There is no point in writing about how JB is better, if the user does not try it himself, invest a few dollars in some Cydia applications and then understand why he was upset with a clean phone, for example, about the fact that it is not possible to hide the keyboard when writing an email. These are tiny tweaks that apple could make 100's of in every single iOS version/series update, but won't. More icons on the desktop, 100x better use of notifications on the lockscreen, writing messages and searching on Google without the need to open the phone, start the application, search for a contact... and the SBSettings mentioned in the article... just turning off/on wifi, bluetooth and 3G is on the phone without JB childbirth... and my favorite search in google maps and automatic redirection of the searched place to Tomtom or Navigon. iP with JB handles a lot of tasks more elegantly, and I missed unifying the search and address fields in Safari, or displaying open pages in a clear grid…..
What about push notifications? I don't think they still work, or have they? And I mean the ones you install from Cidia, because they really eat up the battery, because it keeps connecting to the net in the background...
It seems to me that thanks to hackers I mainly show Apple what it can do better than them and I offer it on Cydia. See the notification from comex and then, thanks to it, an even better update of our devices is created. I can't imagine a phone or ipad without JB, thanks only to SBsettings, which I have in the notification list and a lot of tweaks that make it easier for me to work with izarization. In the end, I'm not even that interested in games from the instalous, I'd rather wait for a free game in Appshopper than to download it.
Hello, I bought an iPad already with jb and I don't know how to remove it, I have iOS version 4.3 and I would like to update but I'm worried about not damaging the tablet, anyone? Or does jb have no effect on updates, thanks for the advice
JB should not affect the iOS update, but to be sure, you can update via DFU mode and after installation do not restore the system from backup, but set up the iPad completely anew ;)
When updating, you must have the iPad connected to iTunes. In DFU mode, you need to turn it off and then:
1. hold the "sleep button" for 3 seconds
2. hold the "sleep button" and press the "home button" - hold both together for 10 seconds
3. release the "sleep button" and hold only the "home button" for approx. 15-20 seconds - iTunes will detect the iPad, tell you that the iPad is in recovery mode and that you want to restore it ;)
That Karba:
Don't worry, just connect the ipad to the computer with a cable and let it update in itunes. This will automatically delete the jailbreak and replace it with a classic newer system update on the iPad. No problem, no science :)
As I started with the Iphone, I installed JB and of course Instalous. I started stealing apps but got over it after a while. That download is not only fun, but also problems. For example, you can't put ubdate and it still lights up or you can't synchronize iPhone with iTunes. I haven't stolen anything in half a year and I prefer to wait until they offer the app for free and gradually delete the stolen apps. It will pass everyone.
drive, when I wasn't "working" I used to download some apps for free, but today I clearly realize how much effort is needed for a small and simple app to be functional... so I like to get paid some money for an application that serves me ..
I used to have JB on my first iPhone, because I had to unlock it anyway, so I thought, so what, but I soon found out that the instability and inconsistencies are not worth it. I haven't jailbroken since 3G, I like Apple because of its trouble-free operation and when I'm paying for it, I won't blame JB. In addition, since 3.0 JB does not have much use...
"Is this implying that the iPhone 4 doesn't have enough power to pull off SIRI?"
Apple didn't want to hint at anything - the reason why SIRI is only on the 4S is that it is in the beta phase and they didn't want to include all iOS devices there... so it's possible that 4 owners will still get SIRI, but I wouldn't be surprised if not :)
http://www.redmondpie.com/the-reason-why-iphone-4-will-never-get-siri-officially-at-all/
I'm a fan of non-jailbroken phones. By buying apps, I'm supporting their developers, which is a motive for them. An unmotivated developer will not make a good app.
I think that if you buy a mobile phone for CZK 15 or more, you expect FULL support from the manufacturers for at least 000 years. That's not the case with Apple."
The man probably doesn't have an iPhone but some kind of android device, when he writes such nonsense, apple supports most of its older devices, the fact that some older models don't get the update is sometimes logical, hw problem, sometimes illogical, for example Siri on ip4, today I do it all for the money and honestly I can already see the crap about how incredibly slow siri is on ip4 or 3Gs and how apple could allow it, just as there should not have been fw 3 on 4G, which everyone cursed, but how would it be if there wasn't, they would swear the same.
Duvod JB on unlock? The man fell asleep for about a year, otherwise he would have known that the unlock consultation is not very long anymore, except for hw Gevey sim, or booting an iPhone ipad bb with 3G or 3Gs,
So in summary, JB today does most of the work to steal the app.
I used JB for about 3 months with an iPhone 3G so that I could realistically test which of the offered navigation systems would suit me best. And that's because for such an "expensive" application, I really only wanted to buy one. And after trying it, I removed JB and bought Navigon. I didn't need JB before or after that. The phone's features are enough for me. And applications, or at least the vast majority of them, for 0.79c do not mean a big expense for me. There is no editing for iPhone phones. There is Android and other "also iOS" operating systems with the possibility of endless masturbation :)
When it is already highlighted in red that JB is legal, somehow there is no mention anywhere that thanks to this "legal activity" you can easily lose the warranty. It is usually taken away by those who do not understand it so much, they respect and hear about JB everywhere, that it is a necessity, that it is not possible without it, and then they are left with eyes for tears. I will either have the phone serviced by JB or they will be damaged enough that JB's tracks cannot be covered.
If Apple products are to be avenged, I think that JB should not be singled out in such a way and should not even mention here a literal reference to how applications are stolen. There are other apple servers (forums) where mention of this is unacceptable and it is strictly enforced.
I would still object to Apple's allegedly senseless policy. She certainly has a point, otherwise they wouldn't follow her. :-) It's just that someone interprets it all over the place and then struggles with it internally.
One of the reasons not mentioned here for JB may be the effort to install personally programmed cowls without having to pay a developer bill... In addition, if I have a second SIM with the same number in the car phone, quickly turning on Airplane mode without SBsettings is very inconvenient.
TO: Barberry.pha
Dear Sir, I have owned iPhone since the first generation, so please forgive your prejudice.
Siri runs smoothly on the iPhone 3GS, so I see no reason why it can't be for the iPhone 4! Another thing, location based reminders work on iP4 and above. Why don't they work on iPhone 3GS? Are you telling me that the hardware is not enough for it? It is a fact that they might not be interested in the 3GS, but why are they removing some functions from the iP4?
JB and unlock, I have friends who get a cheap iPhone 3GS or iPhone 3G and need an unlock and therefore look for JB, but I don't say that it is a priority for jailbreak.
I don't know why Apple doesn't allow making, for example, a wifi router from iP3GS? When there is a utility on Cydia that enables it and everything works perfectly fine.
The hacker community shows Apple a lot that even on older machines they can run everything + news that Apple throws in their updates. For example. Notification center - this concept was glimpsed by one designer.
99% of jailbreaks are just to get people to install cracked apps. crap. if you look at any forum that jb deals with it is always in the forum rules that warez will not be discussed here. and what are there people who don't like warez!
2) I would just like to mention that the iPhone worm was dangerous only for those who were not careful and had an SSH server still running on their iPhone.
change SpringBoard to WinterBoard in the list. SpringBoard is the iPhone's default compositor.
I have JB on my iPhone 4 for one reason and that is the 3G unrestrictor because we use facetime in the family really often and I find myself outside of wifi even more often. this limitation of Apple I understand probably the least
PS: I also bought this 3G unrestrictor...
The aforementioned My3G works on the same principle.
I only have JB for one reason, and that is the possibility of inserting an attachment into a scheduled email, which will be stored on the phone, or directly from dropbox... I don't understand that the iPhone doesn't have it, this is the only argument for JB.
I also bought IntelliscreenX and I have to say that it is many times better than the built-in notofocation center...
So, thanks to JB, some shortcomings can be fixed, which are, however, individual and I did not notice that the phone was less stable or similar.
I don't download apps for free, when I want something I buy it, but JB helped me a lot to use iP to the fullest
Oops, here are people who don't steal the app and I buy everything :)
The author is right about the update for older devices, it annoys me that he no longer releases an update for my device
HORST FUCHS is clearly AGAINST JB.
Since Tethering works for 02, JB is really pointless.
I would like to see you all buy paid apps and games when you have JB. You're just writing this here and making a fool out of yourself, but at the same time the truth is, what?? :D
The "nonsense" policy of Apple is understandable. Siri was the killer feature of the 4S, an upgrade of the guts would not get many Scots off their seats. A lot of people would rather switch to a cheaper 4k, others would stay with it and wait for the next generation. In short, they have calculated it well at Apple. I don't blame them.
I have not tried JB for classic iOS, I know roughly what it brings, it has no use for me, I do not reject it.
But for Apple TV, that's different. For some I have xbmc, for some ATV flash black, I alternate video fce with the app store app AirVideo and its airplay.
I'm sorry that anyone who has JB is automatically a thief. I buy apps and I hate stealing apps from the bottom of my heart.
I have JB mainly so I can quickly turn on/off wi-fi and bluetooth. Apple still hasn't moved on this yet...
I want the computer/tablet/phone to do things the way I want them to be done and not for me to do things the way the computer/tablet/phone wants them to be.
I also think that jailbreaking in the Czech Republic is mainly for "savings". After all, the original intention of the hackers who made JB was certainly also very crystalline. :-D Otherwise, Mr. Dedík has obviously never run a business in his life, otherwise most of Apple's marketing policies would certainly not seem pointless to him. Not to mention that he doesn't know the laws in other countries, since we are probably one of the last dinosaurs with a 2-year product warranty. Apple is American - there is a one-year limited warranty on the product. The iPhone and basically everything from Apple is updated approximately every year. So what is the ultimate Czech, Mr. Dedík, doing here??? :-)
If you want to suggest that the first JB was created because of stealing the application, then you are wrong. The first JB was created about a year before the AppStore, i.e. at a time when there were no commercial applications for the iPhone yet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_iOS_jailbreaking
The first games and applications for the iPhone were created thanks to JB. In SJ's biography, it is written that Jobs himself was even initially against third-party applications for the iPhone.
No one here has mentioned, for example, that you can install a Firewall in the JB phone, which you can use to control which applications can connect to the net and which cannot. This is becoming more and more relevant nowadays. Some applications will easily steal all your contacts and send them somewhere on the net, see e.g.: http://mclov.in/2012/02/08/path-uploads-your-entire-address-book-to-their-servers.html
So JB is for the sheep who like the iPhone, but sometimes want to get out of the golden enclosure that Apple has created for us.
I don't have an iPhone, but an Android phone. I have it rooted (similar to JB) and I don't have a single illegal application on it.
My main motivation was Firewall because nowadays every application wants access to the net and I don't like that at all.
Hello, I would like to ask: On apple.com there is an unlocked version of the iPhone 4S for $649 and if I understand correctly, the $199 is for the iPhone 4S if I choose the network, is that right? So I want to ask, if I bought an iPhone 4S in the US for the $199 and brought it here, is it possible to unlock it and use our carriers on it??? Thanks a lot for the answer.. :-)
1/ When you buy an iPhone for $199, you will have to pay an additional $480 (24 months x $20), which is a commitment to the operator.
2/ With a new iOS update, you will have to wait for a software update that will unlock your phone.
3/ You only have a 1-year warranty.
It's not worth the complications, personally I would buy v http://store.apple.com/cz.
I don't have JB because of the applications, that anyone can think what they want, nor because of any customization, I don't even have winterboard, but because of two things, the bitesms application, which is better than the native app and, above all, it can be locked with a code!!!! That's the main reason, and by the way, the most unused apps on Cydia are now paid, so honestly, a lot of people don't even do it because of the savings. Then there is the nc setting, the possibility to quickly start bluetooth wifi, etc... Activator is also practical, but you can live without it. So, if Apple makes it possible to code individual applications and not just the whole phone, if it makes it possible to give NCenter quick access to bluetooth wifi and other toggles, then I think that JB will no longer have meaning for many people.
OK, I also have the problem that I don't know if I should jailbreak my phone. I have an iPhone 4s. I've had it for about 2 months and I don't want to destroy it. A friend of mine has it and it's all free, which is great, but it could damage my iPhone and I wouldn't want to risk it. I want to ask if it is so, thank you for the answer.
I like how no one steals here;)) Guys, take heart, don't say that you've never even tried it;)) I personally don't have JB, but I've had a few apps stolen on Android, and who claims that nothing has ever happened, well you can. Anyway, I own an iP5 for the first time and I miss a lot of things about it, but it's a matter of habit and I DON'T WANT JB. at least then.