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Jailbreaking your iPhone is a very bad idea.

klamse25

klamse25

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I have owned every iPhone up to the 3GS (soon, the 4th iPhone) and I have jailbroken each device, each time giving it "another chance."
About a month after each time I jailbreak it I restore because of the poor performance and battery life.
It makes the phone so much buggier, and technically is illegal.
It's a plus to those who don't jailbreak to get updates w/o having all the data deleted from your apps.
There's a reason Apple doesn't allow it.
 
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Roessnakhan said:
Cool story, bro
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Edifying, really.
 
Starting a Fight

Are you trying to start a fight, I'm with you but I think we are the minority on this one. The Jailbreakers just don't get why it is wrong.
 
hamlinspahn said:
Are you trying to start a fight, I'm with you but I think we are the minority on this one. The Jailbreakers just don't get why it is wrong.
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Jailbreaking isn't wrong. I jailbreak and life is life. Jailbreaking to pirate apps is wrong but jailbreaking in general isn't wrong. Get over yourself.
 
I don't think there is enough precedent either way to say its illegal or not. If it was illegal, I'd think Apple would be more aggressive against jailbreaking and shut down all the sites dedicated to it. That's not really the issue here though.

The issue is you've had a lot of bad luck or have been using poor tools. There are many of us that have been jb'ing our phones for a long time with no issues at all. Sorry your experience has not been pleasant as mine.
 
grapes911 said:
I don't think there is enough precedent either way to say its illegal or not. If it was illegal, I'd think Apple would be more aggressive against jailbreaking and shut down all the sites dedicated to it. That's not really the issue here though.

The issue is you've had a lot of bad luck or have been using poor tools. There are many of us that have been jb'ing our phones for a long time with no issues at all. Sorry your experience has not been pleasant as mine.
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Anything with the mobile substrate add-ons kills my performance. That's pretty much the only reason I jailbreak.
 
Jailbreaking crashed my 2G but was fine for my 3G and def no probs with my 3GS!!!

Winterboard caused probs on my older iphones so I got rid
 
grapes911 said:
I don't think there is enough precedent either way to say its illegal or not.
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It would also depend on your country, but I have a hard time believing that there's a law against installing third-party software on your own device.

Edit: I'm talking about the free apps and Cydia etc themselves, not pirated commercial apps.
 
hamlinspahn said:
Are you trying to start a fight, I'm with you but I think we are the minority on this one. The Jailbreakers just don't get why it is wrong.
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And non-jailbreakers just don't get why it is fine to do so. I also don't condone cracked apps.
 
Apps like iRealSMS and SBSettings make my phone complete. I see little to no difference in bugginess and battery life.
 
jessica. said:
Jailbreaking isn't wrong. I jailbreak and life is life. Jailbreaking to pirate apps is wrong but jailbreaking in general isn't wrong. Get over yourself.
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This. Also, I jailbroke my 3GS back in August and have had no issue with bugginess or decreased battery life. It functions exactly as it did when I got it (or the difference is so miniscule as to be unnoticeable.)
 
He's right on some things. I don't jailbreak because things are buggy and your phone won't perform as designed.
 
Jailbroken iPhone is 10 times better than a stock iPhone

just a phone...not like its drinking and driving

multitask, custom sms and mail tones, tethering, custom fonts and backgrounds = a good idea to me
 
mrat93 said:
Apps like iRealSMS and SBSettings make my phone complete. I see little to no difference in bugginess and battery life.
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Blueline29 said:
This. Also, I jailbroke my 3GS back in August and have had no issue with bugginess or decreased battery life. It functions exactly as it did when I got it (or the difference is so miniscule as to be unnoticeable.)
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My thoughts exactly. Actually, there have been enough bugs and other crap wrong with the OS's we've had that jailbreaking is a necessity. GPS requiring locationd to be deleted in some cases, Wifi consistently dropping to 3G because of errors in the software (fixed by SBSettings toggle), the list goes on. Not to mention all the things Apple has decided we don't need, because somehow they've decided it'll "ruin the user experience." BS. It'll ruin the chance to charge for the next iPhone, when Apple dribbles out another little gem for us (Cut, Copy and Paste….give me a break).

Also, where does the OP get this idea that it's illegal?? It voids the warranty; that's all.

Yeah, there's a reason Apple doesn't allow jailbreaking. :rolleyes:
 
AbSoluTc said:
He's right on some things. I don't jailbreak because things are buggy and your phone won't perform as designed.
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You probably shouldn't state your personal experiences as facts.

My 3GS has been jailbroken since I got it and I have yet to have an issue.
 
AbSoluTc said:
Excuse me. THE phone won't perform as designed. Better? ;)
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Not really. Nothing personal.

Saying the phone isn't going to perform as it's supposed to/is going to be buggy due to jailbreaking is like saying jumping in three feet of water will net you a broken neck.

It's only true if you do it wrong. ;)
 
jailbreaking is not illegal. stealing apps is illegal. ill never NOT jailbreak. bitesms and iblacklist for life!
 
AbSoluTc said:
Probably a stretch there :)
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How's that?

I can use my 3G connection on my Macbook Pro. Can you?

I can enable/disable my 3G/wifi/location from my lockscreen. Can you?

My phone tells me how many emails I have waiting for me before I unlock it. Does yours?

I could go on for a while...
 
Jailbreaking does not make your phone slow, the add-ons do. It is your fault that it's slow and has bad battery life
 
AbSoluTc said:
Excuse me. THE phone won't perform as designed. Better? ;)
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Right it doesn't perform as designed, it's so much better. If you jail broke and found it to be buggy after OS 2.0 then it was the poorly-researched add-on crap you installed. With a little reading you can figure out what is good and what isn't. Fwiw, when I jail broke my first iPhone it was buggy, thats not the case at all now and hasn't been for quite some time.
 
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