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jailbreaking iphone advantages and disadvantages
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Advantages - you can do so much more.
Disadvantages - a lot of apps aren't great because they're written by amateur developers and don't go through the same strict quality/screening process as apps submitted to the app store.
Disadvantages - a lot of apps aren't great because they're written by amateur developers and don't go through the same strict quality/screening process as apps submitted to the app store.
The reason why they're better is because they don't have to conform to Apple's guidelines. Also most of the developers that submit apps to the app store are amateur developers. Which is why a lot of the apps Apple sells are worthless.
if i have already registered my credit card with itunes and want to jailbreak would that make a difference
It doesn't matter at all if you have registered your card with iTunes.
Think of jailbreaking this way.
When you jailbreak your phone, you enable non-apple approved software to be installed, and gives you access to the phone. That is the only thing that jailbreaking does.
One of those new pieces of software is Cydia. Cydia is like another appstore where you can get other programs, ones that apple doesn't have their paws into.
Think of jailbreaking this way.
When you jailbreak your phone, you enable non-apple approved software to be installed, and gives you access to the phone. That is the only thing that jailbreaking does.
One of those new pieces of software is Cydia. Cydia is like another appstore where you can get other programs, ones that apple doesn't have their paws into.
if you are not careful of what you install you can really slow down your phone or make it crash more. so you may have to redo your phone a few times to work it out. winterboard is a bad one for slowing your phone down. I found with updates the apps from rock your phone do it too now.
Yep, it is pretty hassle free to do it too.
Just put the phone in DFU mode, and restore it.
http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=1034
I see no disadvantages to jailbreaking. If you don't like it, you can easily go back to stock.
Just put the phone in DFU mode, and restore it.
http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=1034
I see no disadvantages to jailbreaking. If you don't like it, you can easily go back to stock.
It's a simple cost-benefit analysis for me. Let's say the probability of catastrophic failure (i.e., your phone is bricked and Apple won't replace it) is 1%. The cost of a new 16GB phone is $299. That means the expected cost of jailbreaking is $2.99 (.01 x 299) for me. I get way more than $2.99 in value from background processes, SBS Settings, notification icons, etc.. So jailbreaking is a no-brainer for me.
Tell that to the guy who lost his $299 iPhone. Personally, the expected cost of jailbreaking (although there's a 1% chance of there being a cost) is $299. If you lose your iPhone, are you personally going to be paying $2.99 for it? Maybe the average cost over 1000 users will be so, but on an individual basis the argument is simply not true.
Sorry for the rant.
Now, onto business. I've never experienced an irrecoverable problem jailbreaking so far after around 2 years of doing so, which means it is fairly safe. The major problem with jailbreaking is that you have a high chance of freezing your iphone/ipod (eg. through installing corrupted system files) which will require a full restore. The main kicker is waiting for all the music to transfer only to freeze it a second time due to the same mistake. If you run into this issue, restore your iphone without any music or videos, and install all the apps you need first. That way, to restore and reinstall the apps when you make a mistake it will take only 10 to 15 minutes rather than 30 to 60.
He's not talking about losing the phone at all, jailbreaking the phone doesn't affect your chances of losing it.
and he was being generous with the 1% chance of permanently bricking it, even that seems unlikely...i think to make it irreparable, you'd have to be TRYING to do so...or just REALLY unlucky/accident prone.
It's a valid argument, I just don't think YOU understood it...because, again, it has nothing to do with LOSING the iPhone...