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Apple Releases iOS 12.4.1 With Jailbreak Vulnerability Fix
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You swear to god that you didn't read beyond the one article you came across on the subject of jailbreaking? It's obviously a much more diverse community, but it seems like you only judge it.
We still use the term jailbreaking because there was once a time when such security holes were used by a decent number of people to install stuff or modify things on their own iPhones. Today, this should just be called what it is, a security hole, that needs to be plugged because many bad actors want access to other people's iPhones.
I remember the last time I jailbroke. Besides wanting tethering like you said, I wanted to shoot videos on the 3G, which didn’t support video recording then.
Or was it the 3GS? I can’t even remember.
Interesting to see so many comments on the 3G/3GS generation. My iPhone 5 was jailbroken and it was absolutely amazing. Full customization of menu options and the top bar was nice, but the greatest feature was being able to bypass / speed up animations.
Definitely seems unnecessary now (currently on XS), but I remember jailbreaking my 5 after the 6 came out and it felt like a brand new phone.
Definitely seems unnecessary now (currently on XS), but I remember jailbreaking my 5 after the 6 came out and it felt like a brand new phone.
I’m curious about this too. I’ll stay on iOS 12.4.1 if 3D touch is disabled in iOS 13..
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The notion that Apple would disable 3D Touch in iOS 13 on the hardware that supports it is far fetched.
Reading some of the comments, tethering (or lack of) was a big driver for jailbreak users.
Is tethering really a big deal any more? Here in the UK a few providers got sniffy about tethering years ago because they saw a great opportunity to easily fleece customers. These days, you have to really struggle to find a provider who won’t permit tethering. It was always a scam - it’s your data you’re paying for, after all. But consumers have wised up, and any player who tried to scam the customer this way would have a hard time in the market place.
Is tethering really a big deal any more? Here in the UK a few providers got sniffy about tethering years ago because they saw a great opportunity to easily fleece customers. These days, you have to really struggle to find a provider who won’t permit tethering. It was always a scam - it’s your data you’re paying for, after all. But consumers have wised up, and any player who tried to scam the customer this way would have a hard time in the market place.
I’ve seen no difference in performance when compared to 12.4 meaning no issues