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Jailbreaking
- Thread starter AngusW
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Armen
macrumors 604
In my opinion NO.
Why?
- More and more jailbreak tweaks are making its way into the official iOS releases.
- The apps/tweaks that are truly worth it cost money and there is no guarantee that the developer will keep updating his/app as new versions of iOS are released. (some of these apps are $3.99 -$4.99).
- There is always some app/tweak out there that indirectly breaks something else in iOS that's unrelated. This is a troubleshooting headache because it's difficult to determine if the problem is iOS itself or a jailbreak tweak.
Jessica Lares
macrumors G3
I wouldn't do it until 8.3 or 8.4. I've been willing to miss out on iOS 8 era tweaks just because of how many problems iOS has had and has been fixed in all the updates.
rugmankc
macrumors 68020
I agree from my experience with rooting Android. Can be problems as mentioned. My take on rooting/jailbreaking is that the phones are far enough along, I don't see a need--IMHO--🙂
There is a Sub-Forum you may have seen--
https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/105/
There is a Sub-Forum you may have seen--
https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/105/
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Subjective just as worth is with any topic. Read up about the available tweaks and see if any sound like they would be of use to you. There are quite a few that I still find useful. YMMV.
dk001
macrumors demi-god
Jailbreaking for me has two significant benefits.
1. For broken functionality or major bugs, frequently a fix is available there long before we see anything from Apple. A number of these are adopted by Apple.
2. Themes. The ability to theme your device; to personalize the look and layout. This is something I wish Apple did allow.
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1. For broken functionality or major bugs, frequently a fix is available there long before we see anything from Apple. A number of these are adopted by Apple.
2. Themes. The ability to theme your device; to personalize the look and layout. This is something I wish Apple did allow.
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You should try posting this in the "Jailbreaking" section to get a more thorough and well-informed response, not that those provided aren't.
There are numerous advantages to jailbreaking, just Google it and you'll find plenty of pro vs. con lists...
I was looking quick and hadn't noticed an entire section on it. But it looks like I can't jailbreak I'm on 8.1.3.