ipod touch jailbreaking questions

[justan]

Ok...i dont even have an itouch yet but i want one. Got to play around with one the other day and they kick ass! But what i want to know is....

What does jailbreaking do?
Can i get ALL the ipod touch and iphone apps for free?
What are the ups of jailbreaking?
Downs of jailbreaking?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Justan

 

[wywern209]

k,
1. jailbreaking is when u change the code of the OS on the ipod touch so that u can put in ur own games, and other things like game emulators.
2. jailbreaking CANNOT be done on a 2g ipod touch. that will change in the future but for now, if u need to jailbreak, get a 1g ipod touch.
3. jailbreaking doesn't have amny downsides except that if something bad happens to ur iptouch, and its jailbroken, apple will void whatever warranty u have. but u can always restore but i have heard of caese where the ipt became a brick from JBing.
-from the totally awesome wywern209
note, u in no way what so ever HAVE to jailbreak the ipt to get the normal features.

 

[justan]

i wanna jailbreak. From what ive heard and read its alot better then just a normal ipod touch. But are like all the apps, wallpapers, etc free? I read with the jailbreak you can get all apps, and stuff free, even iphone apps. True? The main reason id get one is for the apps but dont really wanna pay.

 

[Ernest]

You get the iphone apps when you purchase a new ipod nowadays. It was the upgrade from 1.1.4 -> 2.0 that you had to pay for to get the iphone apps and the wiggles and some other things. Jailbreaking is good for changing themes of icons and wallpapers, I recommend it.

 

[justan]

the main thing i wanna know is if the apps are free. I dont mind wallpapers and stuff, im just in it for the apps are they free?

 

[NeoMayhem]

the main thing i wanna know is if the apps are free. I dont mind wallpapers and stuff, im just in it for the apps are they free?

Jailbreaking does not enable pirated apps. To do this you need to further hack the device after you do the jailbreak, and find copies of patched apps.

 

[wywern209]

in response to that, apps are generally inexpensive or free so don't pirate when its so free. don't make me tell ur mommy that u stole some apps when they cost a buck....

 

[bobfitz14]

restoring if jailbroken

i have a first gen 32gb touch, i've read a bunch of stuff about jailbreaking but i've never looked into doing it. if i do choose do jailbreak my touch, can i un-jailbreak it? or like, if something screws up when i'm trying to download stuff, is my touch useless/worthless?

some one reply! kthanksbye.

 

[liptonlover]

I'm not sure because I haven't jb'd my touch, but I think you can restore somehow.

 

[dagored]

I'm not sure because I haven't jb'd my touch, but I think you can restore somehow.

You can. There is a button in iTunes just for that. Its called "restore".

 

[bobfitz14]

You can. There is a button in iTunes just for that. Its called "restore".

well even if you screw around with the progam files and it doesn't work, like the operating system or whatever, on it..would "restore" fix that?

 

[dagored]

Yes. Have done it a few times. Did a Restore so that I could Pwan 2.0 and another restore to do 2.1

Funny thing is, the Restore takes longer than the JB.

 

[asskick3r]

i have a first gen 32gb touch, i've read a bunch of stuff about jailbreaking but i've never looked into doing it. if i do choose do jailbreak my touch, can i un-jailbreak it? or like, if something screws up when i'm trying to download stuff, is my touch useless/worthless?

some one reply! kthanksbye.

Yes. You will be able to restore ... no matter what.
Well... unless you deleted all the files while in ssh ...