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iOS 9 Untethered Jailbreak Released for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
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Wrong. Some people obviously do but I think the majority don't.
Split screen on earlier iPads is one reason.
Jailbreaking really gives ios products that extra edge for me. All of apples ecosystem advantages with full control over the device for the user.
Jailbreaking really gives ios products that extra edge for me. All of apples ecosystem advantages with full control over the device for the user.
After watching Person of Interest, I can say this much...I wont jailbreak anymore! I dont need a secret agent trying to force pair and hack into my phone. LOL.
You can do this without a jailbreak now, so although it is a big reason why kids jailbreak, it is not representative of the majority of /r/jailbreak, or at least they do not admit it publicly.
9.1 is soo nice, I'm sticking with it. In a perfect world, they just waited for 9.1 to drop and jailbroke that. Now Apple has time to patch the vulnerability for 9.1
They already have, hence the release.
I stopped jailbreaking after iOS 5 was released. I see no point of exposing myself to the malware.
As long as there are apps that cost money, people will jailbreak to pirate.
And please, some of you may claim that you jailbreak to do something specific. Yes good for you. People use bittorrent to download linux too. Doesn't negate the many other people that use the method for piracy.
You are unnecessarily casting a negative light on jailbreaking.
Yes, people use it for piracy, but that's not representative of the majority of the community that participates in discussions both here on MR and on Reddit.
I can pirate - easily - with no jailbreak required. Anyone that wants to pirate and was on iOS 9 before this jailbreak came out could easily Google "how to install ipas ios 9 no jailbreak free" or something similar and there you go.
Not trying to negate that, but I don't want to give up full control over the device just to prevent piracy. Pc and Mac OS don't do that.
i haven't jailbroken anything in a while, but i'm wondering if i can actually use it to do something like this: http://ios.wonderhowto.com/how-to/downgrade-your-iphone-4s-ipad-2-ios-6-1-3-0162816/
People citing malware all over the place yet the biggest malware hit on iOS came directly from Apple's App Store, so....
If you have an iPhone 4S/iPad 2, you can do this. Some A5/A6 devices can be downgraded, as long as they are jailbroken and you have SHSH blobs for the version you want to downgrade to.
Other devices cannot (anything A7 or higher).
I don't see a need to jailbreak my main iPhone, but I have a lot of older devices and jailbreaks allow them to have more useful "afterlives" - for everything from miniature emulator consoles to security cameras to alarm systems to remote controls.
I can confirm that it works but only for iPhone 4S and iPad 2.
I use it to get a mouse to work with my iPad, very useful for drawing apps
Good for you. Doesn't change the fact that there are other people than you who jailbreak to pirate.
Again, people also use bittorrent to download Linux. Nuff said.
As soon as Springtomize gets updated (well, hopefully it gets updated considering the creator is now working for Apple...I think that's right), I'll be jailbreaking. The ability to hide all of Apple's stupid default apps and the ability to change the size of icons so I can fit 5 in the dock and in rows is worth it to me.
It should be illegal to charge extra for tethering.
Debating waiting for 9.1 first before JB'ing. Don't wanna have to do it twice with the amount of tweaks I throw on the device.
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I actually think a higher percentage of people jailbreak now to pirate apps than ever before. Many of the people who used to jailbreak (like myself) on earlier versions in order to get additional features do so less now since Apple has added many of those features over the years.
Great, stick to your strawman argument then if it makes you feel better.
What argument? I was stating facts. Some people jailbreak their phones to do specific things, others do it to pirate. That's it. Not following your point, other than you making yourself feel better.