Name 10 (everyone).
I just jailbroke my 4S and I'm wondering what I should do to get better battery life out of it. What are these "tweaks" you mention in specifics? I already have a toggle panel in my notification pane I added to turn off radios I'm not using but I don't have SBSettings (as I feel it'd be redundant).You can get longer battery life with a jailbroken iPhone. The key is not to install anything that runs full time, or install it, but don't run it full time. That's a bit like saying the answer is to not use GPS if you want your battery to last longer, not that the answer is that GPS shouldn't be part of the iPhone.
Additionally, there are many tweaks that enable you to manage things that consumer power better. Install SBSettings (or similar) and turn things off or adjust your brightness easier.
Jailbreaking in of itself doesn't add or reduce battery life.
Serious question...why is it awesome that some people care about jailbreaking?
I don't care one way or the other whether folks jailbreak...that's their business.
I'm just curious why you think it's "awesome"...a wonderful thing to do?![]()
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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.
You consider a person jailbreaking their phone a hacker ?
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.
Yeah. Jailbreaking an iPhone is hacking, just that the hole is discovered by someone else and an app compiled for your use.
Will jailbreaking void the Apple warranty or violate the AT&T contracts?
Any fellow jailbreakers able to point me in the right direction. I am trying to change my status from hacker to developer on cydia. I can't figure it out!
Name 10 (everyone).
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.
Name 10 (everyone).
jb, just another way to stick it to the man
I've known a number of people who jailbreak, and none of them had any interest in pirating apps.
Obviously I can't use the jailbreak until a contract ends, so what's the point?
More like being a script kiddie, in other words.![]()
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.
Anecdotal evidence vs. 1.7 million people?
Check the Cydia store for "evasi0n 6.x untether". I don't think you need to re-jailbreak, you just need the untether part.
Having said that... I generally don't do the tethered jailbreak - so my 3GS was still on 5.1 until Sunday.![]()
The other apps I can understand, but you don't use Weather?