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25 replies / Originally posted by dave / Latest reply from shermanshen / Topic is open
Quick and informal straw poll based on this discussion:
http://discuss.gdgt.com/apple/iphone/3gs/general/Iphone-
app-piracy-costing-apple-450-million/
Is your iPhone currently jail broken?
If not, have you jail broken it in the past? How come it's not jail broken any more?
http://discuss.gdgt.com/apple/iphone/3gs/general/Iphone-
app-piracy-costing-apple-450-million/
Is your iPhone currently jail broken?
If not, have you jail broken it in the past? How come it's not jail broken any more?
Posted 2 months ago
i have the ipod touch, and i jail break it for themes and sbs settings os i can change the brightness/wifi/bluetooth on and off on the fly and for background apps and weather in the status bar. simple things i can live without but make the entire experience a little better, and doesnt seem to slow it down or mess it up at all.
Posted 2 months ago
I did when I had mine up until firmware 3.0 was released. I actually liked the functionality of the phone better when jailbroken, but it wasn't worth jailbreaking again. I did it mostly for copy/paste and Bluetooth capabilities which where native in 3.0 anyways. Now I have the DROID.
If I ever got a Touch though, that thing would be jailbroken in a heartbeat.
If I ever got a Touch though, that thing would be jailbroken in a heartbeat.
Posted 2 months ago
I've not jailbroken my iPhone, and I see little reason to.
One fo the main differences I have compared to most iPhone users, is that it's illegal to lock phones to specific networks in Australia/New Zealand, so I can change carriers any time I please. That aside, themes and non-App Store apps are not reason enough for me to get jailbreaking.
One fo the main differences I have compared to most iPhone users, is that it's illegal to lock phones to specific networks in Australia/New Zealand, so I can change carriers any time I please. That aside, themes and non-App Store apps are not reason enough for me to get jailbreaking.
Posted 2 months ago
Are you sure it's illegal? I thought that they just never bothered/chose not to...
Posted 2 months ago
Pretty sure it's illegal. Otherwise why would they "not bother" for 2 countries, yet, bother for all the rest?
Posted 2 months ago
In NZ it seems there is no law against locked handsets. When Telecom was prepping its GSM network Vodafone began locking it's handsets. Vodafone hadn't *bothered* locking them prior because it was an extra cost and no other NZ network could make use of their GSM phones. Although in the end Vodafone stopped locking their handsets because of consumer backlash, it was not required by law: http://www.comcom.govt.nz//IndustryRegulation/Telecommun
ications/MonitoringandReporting/ContentFiles/Documents/V
odafone%20letter%20on%20handset%20locking0.pdf
I'm certain most Australian phones are locked, unless there has been a law change in the last few years.
As for why the iPhone is unlocked in NZ:
Vodafone sells the iPhone for the same cost as Apple sells it on their NZ web store, however most people buy the phone on contact which essentially locks them to Vodafone anyway. In other countries you cannot buy the iPhone outright, you have to buy it on contract, so the deal with Vodafone NZ isn't that different, except for the fact the phone itself isn't locked. Also, it was rumored that Telecom would be selling the iPhone along with Vodafone, but something went sour in the last minute.
ications/MonitoringandReporting/ContentFiles/Documents/V
odafone%20letter%20on%20handset%20locking0.pdf
I'm certain most Australian phones are locked, unless there has been a law change in the last few years.
As for why the iPhone is unlocked in NZ:
Vodafone sells the iPhone for the same cost as Apple sells it on their NZ web store, however most people buy the phone on contact which essentially locks them to Vodafone anyway. In other countries you cannot buy the iPhone outright, you have to buy it on contract, so the deal with Vodafone NZ isn't that different, except for the fact the phone itself isn't locked. Also, it was rumored that Telecom would be selling the iPhone along with Vodafone, but something went sour in the last minute.
Posted 2 months ago
Jailbroke mine in the past, but reverted it when I upgraded to 3.0. Haven't jailbroken it again because I don't have access to a Mac or Windows box.
Posted 2 months ago
i currently have my 3gs jailbroken. main reason: backgrounding apps. i've also been using proswitcher a lot (multitasking option) and orbit (sort of like expose).
Posted 2 months ago
I currently Jail break for tethering. If at&t offered tethering I would not have a need to be jail broken at this point in time.
Posted 2 months ago
Mine is jailbroken, reason is to use it on T-mobile, for backgrounder, qtwitter and proswitcher. It does slow it down a bit and makes it a bit unstable, but it seems like it's because of backgrounder running apps in the background.
Posted 2 months ago
I had a 3G before, but kept it clean cause I hate having it run slow and unstable. I now have a 3GS and just decided recently to jailbreak since I've seen many 3GS jailbroken phones running smoothly. I still notice some hiccups here and there but it doesn't bother me too much. My main reason to jailbreak is ProSwitcher multitasking and SBSettings. 5-icon dock, reflective dock, and Winterboard (for custom dock and wallpaper) are just icing on the cake.
Posted 2 months ago
I jailbroke mine on 2.2.1 and havent gone back to the regular firmware (except when updating).
Reasons:
T-Mobile
Winterboard (illumine)
Stack
5icon dock
SBSettings
I really just think it gives you a better overall experience. You should be allowed to do all the stuff you do on jailbreak, excluding themes because there would be 200,000 stupid themes in the "theme store", and only 2 good ones. It would be the app store x2 except, only 5 good themes instead of 5,000 apps.
Being able to use T-Mobile is the biggest reason. I could live without, but if it's there, hell, why not??
Reasons:
T-Mobile
Winterboard (illumine)
Stack
5icon dock
SBSettings
I really just think it gives you a better overall experience. You should be allowed to do all the stuff you do on jailbreak, excluding themes because there would be 200,000 stupid themes in the "theme store", and only 2 good ones. It would be the app store x2 except, only 5 good themes instead of 5,000 apps.
Being able to use T-Mobile is the biggest reason. I could live without, but if it's there, hell, why not??
Posted 2 months ago
I jailbreak. The main reason was because I couldn't turn off the acceleromerter-based auto-rotation. I'd lie down in bed reading something on the web or writing an email and it would go all perpendicular on me. Awful.
Then there's stuff like lockinfo, statusbar and sbs settings. These are things that would be default on any other phone, but it looks like Apple's Keep it Simple practices are keeping me from a truly useful device.
The one thing I don't do is tether. I don't pay for that-- it's way different thing to use my phone for unlimited Net through its interface as opposed to using it to download, browse and game or whatever over a laptop's interface. You use more data in that form factor and it's not fair to the people who've got to share that connection with you...
Then there's stuff like lockinfo, statusbar and sbs settings. These are things that would be default on any other phone, but it looks like Apple's Keep it Simple practices are keeping me from a truly useful device.
The one thing I don't do is tether. I don't pay for that-- it's way different thing to use my phone for unlimited Net through its interface as opposed to using it to download, browse and game or whatever over a laptop's interface. You use more data in that form factor and it's not fair to the people who've got to share that connection with you...
Posted 2 months ago
I jailbroke mine (3G) so I could use it on a trip abroad, but I restored when I came home. I haven't seen (though I haven't looked that hard) a jailbreak app that really would increase productivity that much compared with possible lack of stability. I don't want to take that many risks with my everyday work/home phone.
Posted 2 months ago
I've jailbroken about 10 iPhones (3G/3GS) between family and friends. It's a totally different gadget once it's jailbroken. For the normal user, it allows for GUI customization plus easy toggling of BT, WIFI and easy power options. I love the tethering, Cydia, and other tweaks (plus free apps? shhhhhhh!! j/k :)
Posted 2 months ago
Hah! Yeah, I love the increased functionality of the device when it's jailbroken. However, do any of your friends or family have issues with stability? I found that my phone would often reboot and programs crashed much more frequently.
I even had a reboot while in the middle of a phone call, and the phone went into some endless loop until I was able to restore it.
I even had a reboot while in the middle of a phone call, and the phone went into some endless loop until I was able to restore it.
Posted 1 month ago
i do not for 2 reasons 1) i see no need - the only thing that i can't do is put another sim card in the iphone when i travel out of the country. So when i travel out of the country (and I do) i buy the att data plans and pay for the voice- it is more important that people get ahold of me at the number they know than trying to inform everyone of a new number and the second reason is when i jb my old ipod touch it just wasn't stable.
i use my iphone as a phone- i need it work- if i wanted something unstable- i'd go back to my old treos.
i use my iphone as a phone- i need it work- if i wanted something unstable- i'd go back to my old treos.
Posted 2 months ago
The AT&T international data plans are a massive ripoff. They're around US$1 per MB. You can at least halve those charges by unlocking and buying a prepaid SIM card in the country.
Posted 2 months ago
I jailbroke mine since I am on a US visit for 6 months and I got a deal on an iPhone 3Gs from a colleague. Prepaid plans are the way for me and T-mobile had better plans than ATT. Also I use wi-fi exclusively, so I have no need for data plans. Plus the Cydia apps for themes and Bluetooth Mono for music over bluetooth headsets have completely won me over.. As much as I am a fan of Apple stuff. I own an iPod video, iPod Nano 5th gen and my current iPhone 3GS, the jailbreak has made my device much more usable. My colleague who sold me the iPhone is so jealous when I show him the awesome stuff that I can do over it. Plus when I return back to my country I can always use it with my carrier
Posted 2 months ago
3g, jailbroken for
sbsettings
3g unrestrictor
backgrounder
mquickdo
pda net
winterboard
inspell
5 icon doc, 5 rows, 6 columns
BTStack Keyboard
Flashlight
Lockinfo
QIK
Weather icon
Universal Search
sbsettings
3g unrestrictor
backgrounder
mquickdo
pda net
winterboard
inspell
5 icon doc, 5 rows, 6 columns
BTStack Keyboard
Flashlight
Lockinfo
QIK
Weather icon
Universal Search
Posted 1 month ago
i really hope iPhone os 4.0 has some features i currently use in jailbreaking (multitasking #1). i've been having to many crashes lately because of jailbreaking. (although in uninstalled some apps that seems to have slowed that down a bit).
Posted 1 month ago
Agreed! Multitasking and some sort of support for tethering would be great. I kind of wish I never upgraded from stock iPhone OS 3.0 - the IPCC tethering hack was easy and genius.
Posted 1 month ago
Jailbroken 3Gs, with all the usual stuff plus MiFi(now working and brilliant) and My3G (also brilliant).
Love being able to run RSS Reader, Tweetdeck and Facebook all in the background. The performance is ok, and battery tends to be ok as well as the apps are not really designed to run at the same time, so don't poll the nextwork often. Its just convienient to jump in and use an app while not having to shut down another.
Love being able to run RSS Reader, Tweetdeck and Facebook all in the background. The performance is ok, and battery tends to be ok as well as the apps are not really designed to run at the same time, so don't poll the nextwork often. Its just convienient to jump in and use an app while not having to shut down another.
Posted 1 month ago
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