Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Poll: Did you encounter a problem during/after jailbreaking your 3G?

Problems during/after jailbreak?

  • Totally BRICKED my phone

    Votes: 7 12.1%

  • Had some minor problems but were solved easily

    Votes: 13 22.4%

  • No problems at all

    Votes: 38 65.5%
  • Total voters
    58
bigmouth said:
Could someone please explain why it's impossible to brick your phone when jailbreaking? People keep asserting this, but I'd love to see an actual explanation why it's the case (i.e., beyond simply the statement you can restore). Otherwise, I think it's pretty irresponsible to make such a claim when it's evidently been falsified.
Click to expand...

While it may be false as it relates to the first generation iPhone, since the jailbreak process for the 3G does not touch the baseband, the answer is as simple as "you can always restore." People throw around the term "brick" a lot without realizing what they actually mean. To my knowledge, and I've done a bit of reading, there hasn't been a case of a 3G iPhone actually being bricked. Meaning, not restore-able. With the previous iPhone, it was possible to brick the phone during the unlock process where the baseband was modified. Since, it's not currently possible to unlock the 3G with software modifications, this doesn't apply.

Please keep in mind that "brick" means not repairable. Find me one documented case of an iPhone 3G being truly bricked and I'll recant.
 
DravenGSX said:
While it may be false as it relates to the first generation iPhone, since the jailbreak process for the 3G does not touch the baseband, the answer is as simple as "you can always restore." People throw around the term "brick" a lot without realizing what they actually mean. To my knowledge, and I've done a bit of reading, there hasn't been a case of a 3G iPhone actually being bricked. Meaning, not restore-able. With the previous iPhone, it was possible to brick the phone during the unlock process where the baseband was modified. Since, it's not currently possible to unlock the 3G with software modifications, this doesn't apply.
Click to expand...
Interesting...that makes sense.
DravenGSX said:
Please keep in mind that "brick" means not repairable. Find me one documented case of an iPhone 3G being truly bricked and I'll recant.
Click to expand...
What about the experience of airforcekid, who wasn't able to restore? I've read similar claims on other threads. Let's assume, for the sake of argument, they aren't lying. What could explain such experiences?
 
rannddeee said:
I DID IT! I converted to the darkside and have jailbroken my phone. Now...what? Can anyone recommend any good/useful apps?
Click to expand...

5-icon dock is the only reason I jailbreak aside from video recording. It just makes sense to have SMS, Phone, Safari, Mail, and iPod in the dock!
 
Also, those that are reporting that they "bricked" their iPhone may not be savvy enough to realize that they actually have not bricked it and just need to do a DFU restore or perform another process that they are not aware of. I agree with the other posters that it is highly unlikely that your iPhone can be permanently damaged through a Jailbreak...not impossible, but highly unlikely.
 
rotobadger said:
Also, those that are reporting that they "bricked" their iPhone may not be savvy enough to realize that they actually have not bricked it and just need to do a DFU restore or perform another process that they are not aware of.
Click to expand...
Good point. The problem is that the difference is academic if you're one of those unsavvy people -- your phone will still be beyond your ability to restore.
rotobadger said:
I agree with the other posters that it is highly unlikely that your iPhone can be permanently damaged through a Jailbreak...not impossible, but highly unlikely.
Click to expand...
I think we all agree it's highly unlikely. What I'm curious to know for sure is if it's really impossible, as some suggest.
macdim said:
5-icon dock is the only reason I jailbreak aside from video recording. It just makes sense to have SMS, Phone, Safari, Mail, and iPod in the dock!
Click to expand...
Oooh...what's the 5-icon dock?
 
bigmouth said:
What about the experience of airforcekid, who wasn't able to restore? I've read similar claims on other threads. Let's assume, for the sake of argument, they aren't lying. What could explain such experiences?
Click to expand...

I searched his posts on macrumors and I don't see any other posts referencing is jailbreak attempt. If he had in fact bricked his phone during the process, it would make sense to me that he would've asked for help in resolving the issue.

So, either he has a first generation phone and messed up the baseband, or he's lying.

After further research, I found this post indicating that he has never jailbroken his phone -- https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/6416620/ .. His phone that he bought from Hong Kong... but then also bought with a gift card from the apple store so that ATT couldn't check his credit.
 

Attachments

  • photo1225996911456.jpg
    photo1225996911456.jpg
    58.7 KB · Views: 91
I've jailbroken dozens of times, on over 20 phones. I only had one problem once which was with ZiPhone. Other than I have never had a problem. My iPhone right now isn't jailbroken, as i find jailbreaking pretty useless. Before the App Store it was great.
 
bigmouth said:
D'oh! I have to admit, I was willing to risk it because I could afford a new one if something went wrong.

PS: Did you use QuickPWN? Also, what version of iPhone firmware were you using when your phone was bricked?
Click to expand...

I was running 2.1 and used quickpwn sold it on eBay and made up most of my losses don't jailbreak!
 
I jailbroke with the first release of pwnage for 2.0.2, but it was buggy and screwed up the wifi so it didn't remember previously-joined networks. When I realized that I un-jailbroke until it was fixed.

Quickpwn for 2.1 screwed up my phone and required a DFU restore. It worked the second time.

So all in all, jailbreaking hasn't been a completely error-free process for me, but nothing I haven't been able to fix. Right now I'm on jailbroken 2.1, and there haven't been any problems.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back