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Sure is. Complete. I've never seen another iphone app as poorly designed, buggy or crash-happy.
What a unique and thoughtful response... I don't think I've ever heard that one before.
Not to be snarky, but you get what you pay for. If there were a viable, stable, reliable alternative that was pay, I'd be first in line.
Cydia could be much much better, but for now, it gets the job done. Jailbreaking isn't really about Cydia. It is about what is on Cydia. If you would like a better version, you could always code one yourself. I'm sure the entire jailbreaking community would appreciate it.
To answer your question, no, there is no way to unlock without jailbreaking.
I have NEVER had Cydia crash on me. Maybe you are running 1.1.4 or something. Upgrade and be like the rest of us. You don't like it? Code a new jailbreak yourself. Happy coding!
Really? Ever?
Here's the thing: Out of all the millions of people who use Cydia, you're the first person to ever claim that it "doesn't work, ever". All iPhones are exactly the same, so if this is really the case for you, you're doing something wrong. You didn't do the process correctly, or there is something wrong with your phone.
The other option (and the more likely one) is that you're just being overly dramatic and a little bit whiny. That's fine, but if that's the case, don't waste people's time on this forum, and go and code your own jailbreaking software. It's not that hard, right?
Cydia has nothing to do with the act of jailbreaking your phone. It's just a store and installer. You don't even need it to install apps/tweaks/themes, etc. You can easily find the deb's online and use the command line for that. It takes a lot longer but you can.
I'll give Cydia one thing, it used to be a crap load worse. The latest update is actually pretty decent. It still takes about 30 sec to download the releases and reload the data but that's it really. This version has not once crashed on me.
I just wish it had was filters in the changes section. I don't care about a thousand crappy themes. Also, the other thing that bugs me is that it doesn't use the multitasking API's.
I'll give Cydia one thing, it used to be a crap load worse. The latest update is actually pretty decent. It still takes about 30 sec to download the releases and reload the data but that's it really. This version has not once crashed on me.
I just wish it had was filters in the changes section. I don't care about a thousand crappy themes. Also, the other thing that bugs me is that it doesn't use the multitasking API's.
If you think that you use Cydia to jailbreak, then you're probably better off not jailbreaking at all.
Otherwise, if you're smarter than you sound, code a new jailbreak yourself.
Disable the Themes tab in Sections (sections>edit>turn the sections you don't want Off). It removes all the themes from Sections and Changes.
It doesn't use the mt APIs and doesn't support Activator commands to prevent errors from occurring during installation [of apps] or something like that.
You can use Backgrounder and set it to automatically lock Cydia into memory if you want.
Otherwise, if you're smarter than you sound, code a new jailbreak yourself.
Disable the Themes tab in Sections (sections>edit>turn the sections you don't want Off). It removes all the themes from Sections and Changes.
It doesn't use the mt APIs and doesn't support Activator commands to prevent errors from occurring during installation [of apps] or something like that.
You can use Backgrounder and set it to automatically lock Cydia into memory if you want.
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