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General There doesn't seem to be as much demand for a jailbreak
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So Slumpey and tymaster50 are the same person, maybe running 2 accounts in MR
Uhm... No. Looks like he/she is from New Jersey and joined 2012. I'm from Charlotte and joined 2011. How do you figure?
Agreed, I stopped jailbreaking when IMEI unlocks became easily available. Had been using pwnage for a long time to maintain unlockable basband. As others have said many of the other functions are now available in IOS.
For me: gestures, proficiency tweaks/toggles/apps, more control of IOS
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I didn't mean it like that, I meant that instead of the vocal minority that think iOS 7 is hideous and want to theme it, most seem content with it. Other than the tweakers and stuff.
Definitely! It's a pity
- Apple still doesn't have anything like that built-in in the OS
- on Android, there are a lot of apps that do the same - without having to root / hack the device. I'm using these on my stock, unhacked Nexus 7 2013 and am very happy with them.
I's REALLY disgusting you can't even have the same on a non-JB'n iPad.
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"Most" refers to the non-tech savvy people and ones that have never seen a f.lux'ed screen...
Having run iOS 7 for several weeks now, I think that I would probably not jailbreak if Apple simply allowed a five-icon dock (the reason I jailbroke in the first place four years ago!). I'd almost forgotten how smooth a stock iPhone could be.
But if you are not jailbreaking, then it'd be kind of pointless to jailbreak just to add that tweak.
But if you are not jailbreaking, then it'd be kind of pointless to jailbreak just to add that tweak.
Aside from all the themes and such:
Activator (worth this on its own)
Nownow
Adblocker
Aloud
Callbar
Cleverpin
FoldeEnhancer (hate the new folders with a passion)
Iconoclasm (the fifth row of icons is awesome)
iKeywi (really miss this on my 5s)
Flux
Infinidock
Infiniboard
Bitesms
Applocker
Protube
Sendany
Springtomize2
Voicemail Forwarder (already miss this one big time)
Zephyr (miss this a lot as well)
I'll give kudos for the control center, really good, has almost everything I want in it. Goes a long way.
Activator (worth this on its own)
Nownow
Adblocker
Aloud
Callbar
Cleverpin
FoldeEnhancer (hate the new folders with a passion)
Iconoclasm (the fifth row of icons is awesome)
iKeywi (really miss this on my 5s)
Flux
Infinidock
Infiniboard
Bitesms
Applocker
Protube
Sendany
Springtomize2
Voicemail Forwarder (already miss this one big time)
Zephyr (miss this a lot as well)
I'll give kudos for the control center, really good, has almost everything I want in it. Goes a long way.
If you think these are the only things a JB has to offer than boy did you do it wrong.
Just because there aren't hordes of people posting daily it doesn't mean a single thing. I believe evasion had 5 million installs in just the opening days.
Making countless threads asking for an ETA won't solve anything, so I think most jailbreakers are just keeping quiet while they wait. Some are even waiting for the 6.1.3/.4 JB.
Despite the protestations of the diehards here, I think the OP is absolutely right: there just isn't the clamor for a jailbreak this time around that there usually is. I've been here through four OS releases, and the number of threads desperately asking about jailbreak timelines, etc. is definitely down this year. And there seems to be a qualitative difference -- there's not the sense of urgency that there has been in previous years.
I put it down to a couple of things:
1) The novelty of iOS 7
2) The improved usability and functionality of iOS 7 eliminating some reasons for jailbreaking.
3) The wide availability of IMEI unlocks.
I put it down to a couple of things:
1) The novelty of iOS 7
2) The improved usability and functionality of iOS 7 eliminating some reasons for jailbreaking.
3) The wide availability of IMEI unlocks.
Several of these I use as well and are the reasons why I did NOT upgrade. Activator being #1 for me.