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Why do you Jailbreak or plan to jailbreak your iDevice?

  • To get features that are not available in iOS not even in the new upcoming iOS 5.

    Votes: 25 69.4%
  • To get features that will be available in the upcoming iOS 5.

    Votes: 5 13.9%
  • To unlock my iPhone, and be carrier free.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • I do not know, I just do it !

    Votes: 1 2.8%
  • Cracked Apps. PERIOD

    Votes: 3 8.3%
  • Others , (please mention it below)

    Votes: 2 5.6%

  • Total voters
    36

fhd4

macrumors member
Original poster
Jun 23, 2010
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I think iOS 5 might bring up the question again … Do you really have to jailbreak then?

From the poll above, please select the main reason for you to jailbreak, that is, you may think not to jail break if it is solved.

Many would say that their main reason to jailbreak is the wireless syncing and it is somehow solved in iOS5.

Others would prefer to jailbreak to use another carrier if there iPhone is locked, or to use some features locked by the carrier like the Hotspot.

So if you are a jailbreaker, let’s see what is precisely the driving power !
 
I still miss sb settings, springflash and bitesms so I'll probably jailbreak once there's an untethered solution. I could probably not bother jail breaking my iPad1 once I decide how I'm gonna organise all my apps on there
 
I Jailbreak to use apps that are not available in the App Store. I also like to have widgets and notifications on my lock screen. I hated the fact that to check an email I had to unlock the phone and open mail app. Having everything on lockscreen is very convenient.

Dont know what I would do after iOS5 is released, I guess if it offers everything I need, I probably wont Jailbreak.
 
I would still jailbreak. Two reasons: Fakeclockup and MyWi.

All the other jailbreak tweaks are nice, but I feel as if these two are crucial. When I'm on others' non-jailbroken iDevices I feel as if they're really sluggish due to the animations being longer. :D
 
SBSettings and BiteSMS are pretty much the only reason I'd still want to Jailbreak after iOS5 comes out. I like LockInfo for the Status Bar Notifications as well, however.
 
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