You cant install Safari extensions on the iOS version of Safari![]()
Oh, dopey me!!
That'll teach me...
Sorry...
(****he slinks off into the corner in abject embarrassment***)
You cant install Safari extensions on the iOS version of Safari![]()
Well, it is small in the scope of total number of iPhones sold (48M last quarter).
The only thing stopping me from jailbreaking is the substantial battery life loss![]()
It's may seem crazy, but this will actually help Apple sell more iOS devices.
The only thing stopping me from jailbreaking is the substantial battery life loss![]()
You bet it will, and Apple doesn't have to take any responsibility for any of the resulting consequences. Jailbreakers will be totally on their own when things go awry.
Yes. It's good news. But it also fortifies the the idea that although iOS might be slick/great/stable/etc - it's lacking (enough) that significant userbase wants more than Apple has given - even after several versions.
And again - I agree that this is "good" news for Apple overall - you have to also wonder if there are this many jailbreaking - how many are leaving and/or choosing Android over iOS because of shortcomings that can only be realized via jailbreaking.
I pose that as a question - not commentary.
Maybe, but will also allow ~1.7 million people to pirate apps.
You bet it will, and Apple doesn't have to take any responsibility for any of the resulting consequences. Jailbreakers will be totally on their own when things go awry.
And people say that the amount of people who Jailbreak is negliable...
1.7M in one day. You can imagine how many will be jailbroken after a month.
Unfortunately, not that many more. Most of the people who wanted to jailbreak have been waiting on the edge of their seat since iOS6 came out, and thus they installed it the second it became available. As you can see on the graph, the trend is steadily declining now, as the only people that are JBing now are the few here and there who have been too busy to JB, or those that are waiting till the servers cool down. After a week or two the number of people JBing will die down to almost nothing.
That graph is Cydia hits, not jailbreaks.
simple:
1. the ability to "hide" the native apps that i dont use, like stocks, weather, NEWSSTAND,...
2. with one swipe up, i can close all my background apps (in the application switcher);
3. with a swipe down, i can close any specific app (in the application switcher);
4. the ability to ignore/hide app updates (when they no longer support your device or iOS);
5. customize gestures for a given task. like replacing the home-button's function with a gesture;
6. camera: add the ability to do time lapse or a timer. You can even set a custom frame rate, aspect ratio and resolution while shooting video.
7. add the ability to make googlemaps the default maps app on the device;
8. i can backup and/or reuse all my saved games across all my devices;
9. move multiple items at a time, in the home screen;
10. transform my device into a hotspot with no extra charges, videochating and download heavy files (>20mb) through 3g...
11. attach more than 5 photos to an email;
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im not talking about customizing fonts or stuff. i am talking about productivity and ease of use. simple things that speed up my flow and minimize my frustration. cheers.
Given that Apple had already sold over 400 million iOS devices by last September, a couple millions of user jailbreaking their devices would still account for less than 1% of the installed user base.And people say that the amount of people who Jailbreak is negliable...
Given that Apple had already sold over 400 million iOS devices by last September, a couple millions of user jailbreaking their devices would still account for less than 1% of the installed user base.
Thanks for the link. I read the article and found it interesting.
JB is not for me, I'm perfectly happy with the ringtones, wallpaper, apps, etc. within the Apple ecosystem. But then, when it comes to my Apple devices...I'm easy to please.
I can understand the desire to JB...just not for me.![]()
The other apps I can understand, but you don't use Weather?simple:
1. the ability to "hide" the native apps that i dont use, like stocks, weather, NEWSSTAND,...
I don't use the camera a lot so I wouldn't know, but aren't those functions provided through 3rd party apps?6. camera: add the ability to do time lapse or a timer. You can even set a custom frame rate, aspect ratio and resolution while shooting video.
Does jailbreak make this possible? An iCloud replacement that would work across games?8. i can backup and/or reuse all my saved games across all my devices;
It was my understanding that these limitations are dictated by carriers, not Apple. To illustrate with an example, in Japan, you can't use Personal Hotspot at all because Japanese carriers won't allow it.10. transform my device into a hotspot with no extra charges, videochating and download heavy files (>20mb) through 3g...
11. attach more than 5 photos to an email;
Yes, one can use it to "steal" pirated apps. But a majority of us do it for the personal customization that Apple believes shouldn't be made available to their customers. If you could see first-hand what can be done when the Apple Wall is torn down, you'd be impressed.
That's a claim that can't be substantiated. And frankly I think it's just a pipe dream.
And that can't be substantiated either. Bottom line is we don't have any statistics about what percentage of jailbreakers pirate apps, so we just end up relying on our own experience and reasoning to make guesses.
I would guess that most adults with decent enough incomes to afford to buy their own iPhone or iPad would have very little incentive to jailbreak just to avoid paying for apps, especially given that most App Store apps cost under $5. On the other hand, kids who were given an iDevice by their parents and don't have much of an allowance would have more motivation to pirate apps.
I would further guess that which of the above categories you or your friends are in partly determines what your opinion is about why people jailbreak.
So. 1/200th of IOS devices have downloaded the jailbreak.
I wonder how many of those were the same person downloading it twice or three times.
With hackers in general, I don't know if statistics can be useful. If everyone was like me, Google and AOL would have 5X the number of users.
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I still don't know the answer... IS it safe to jailbreak an iPhone 4 running iOS 6 with this if it is already jailbroken with a tethered redsn0w jailbreak? I want it to be untethered.
And that can't be substantiated either. Bottom line is we don't have any statistics about what percentage of jailbreakers pirate apps, so we just end up relying on our own experience and reasoning to make guesses.
I would guess that most adults with decent enough incomes to afford to buy their own iPhone or iPad would have very little incentive to jailbreak just to avoid paying for apps, especially given that most App Store apps cost under $5. On the other hand, kids who were given an iDevice by their parents and don't have much of an allowance would have more motivation to pirate apps.
I would further guess that which of the above categories you or your friends are in partly determines what your opinion is about why people jailbreak.
Thanks for the replies to my inquiry. We just added value to this thread in a way even a n00b can understand, "why"? Plenty of people don't jailbreak after all, probably out of fear of the consequences and lack of info as to why it benefits them.simple: cheers.