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rxl125

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Apr 15, 2006
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why would you unlock your phone if you are part of att? If you jailbreak it, can you restore it later?
 
why would you unlock your phone if you are part of att? If you jailbreak it, can you restore it later?

Jailbreaking and unlocking are two different processes.

Jailbreaking allows third-party apps. Unlocking allows carriers other than those sanctioned by Apple.
 
Jailbreaking and unlocking are two different processes.

Jailbreaking allows third-party apps. Unlocking allows carriers other than those sanctioned by Apple.

Will jailbreaking hurt any updates from apple?
 
why would you unlock your phone if you are part of att? If you jailbreak it, can you restore it later?

Jailbreaking (or as I call it Jailborking) just allows you to install software on your iPhone. This can easily be reversed by a Restore, but can screw up the phone.

Unlocking allows you to use your iPhone with other GSM carriers. Will completely void the warranty, unless you are regularly activated with at&t.

TEG
 
my refurbished phone is hours away... any good sites to look at 3rd party apps?
 
Yup. I'm on At&t and have jailbroken my iPhone via ZiPhone... loving all the little apps.
 
Modmyifone.com is the premier iphone modding site, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain from jailbreaking, and despite what people have said it will not mess up your iphone and in the rare event that it does a simple restore in itunes will fix everything
 
Hypothetically, if im jailbroken on a 1.1.3 and upgrade to 1.1.4, will cause any problems? or will it still be jailbroken? thanks
 
Modmyifone.com is the premier iphone modding site, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain from jailbreaking, and despite what people have said it will not mess up your iphone and in the rare event that it does a simple restore in itunes will fix everything

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