Should i Jailbreak my 3G

[eves]

my mates offered to show me how to jailbreak my iphone tonight?? but is it worth it??? Opinions please??

 

[john.med]

if you wanna install stuff without apple's say so, then yeah.

 

[Christopher]

100% yes.

Look at my thread in the Sticky section above. It's been updated in the last few pages.

 

[eves]

cool.... i know theres a big thread on jailbraking but just wanted a few peoples opinions first! if i jailbreak can i still access apps from the app store?

 

[john.med]

ja

 

[Chapppers11]

I've just done my ipod touch, suppose its less of a risk

 

[123stevevw]

do it, theres so much the phone is capable of that App Store doesn't offer you,You can still do the usual stuff, access the App Store etc. Well worth doing IMO

 

[eves]

I did the jail break yesterday. Bloody fantasic .... Used blackrain then cydia. Backgrounder is pretty cool. Anyone know of a decent 3g unrestrictor????

 

[swordjo]

Unrestrcitor? As in use it on any network? Should be something on Blackrain for that called Snow.

 

[eves]

Unrestrcitor? As in use it on any network? Should be something on Blackrain for that called Snow.

Sorry I meant an app where I can use skype or watch skysports over 3g instead of just being resticted to wifi only

 

[b0t13]

Sorry I meant an app where I can use skype or watch skysports over 3g instead of just being resticted to wifi only

theres an app that tricks the phone into thinking its on wifi instead of 3g, so u can do that

 

[Dafthead]

Jailbroke mine, managed 2 months or so before it pissed me off enough to go back to standard, ran oK for the first month then started acting up, running like a dog.

Back to apple firmware and all is good again, mate put his back to standard today too.

 

[-Leigh-]

Mine's jailbroken, and seems to run fine, but the only reason I keep it jailbroken is for SB settings, as it's handy having the running application list so you can cancel what you're not using and free up memory.

I take it there's no way to do this on the apple os?? Nokia have it on their smartphones.

 

[Dafthead]

That's the only think I miss leigh, plus the active wallpaper thing

 

[Tom]

Mine's jailbroken, and seems to run fine, but the only reason I keep it jailbroken is for SB settings, as it's handy having the running application list so you can cancel what you're not using and free up memory.

I take it there's no way to do this on the apple os?? Nokia have it on their smartphones.

No, because the iPhone os doesn't multitask.

 

[-Leigh-]

So when I open SB settings, and in processes it says *Safari *Phone *Mail and I delete them, it frees up memory. How would you do it without SB settings?

And instead of starting another thread and it's to do with jailbreaking anyway - I have the battery percentage shown on my 3G, if I restored it to apple os, but left the percentage there, and returned the phone to apple for a fault, would they show me the door as they would know it's been jailbroken previously?

 

[Mike_182]

I'd say no, purely on the basis that there's not THAT much more that you need an iPhone to do that it can't already do!

 

[Fletcher]

I've not bothered jailbreaking my 3GS.

 

[Tom]

So when I open SB settings, and in processes it says *Safari *Phone *Mail and I delete them, it frees up memory. How would you do it without SB settings?

You wouldn't as the OS just reopens them again after you exit.

 

[-Leigh-]

You wouldn't as the OS just reopens them again after you exit.

OIC.

 

[Tom]

Phone and mail are running all the time even if you terminate them.

On the 3GS safari stays active, ive noticed that on the iPhone and on the 3G it self terminates. Must be a memory issue.

 

[Perrinho]

1000% yes...so much better when done, and if you dont like it, its a click of a mouse to go back to unjailbroken...

SO much good stuff available when jailbroke...most of which cannot be discussed here...lol

 

[sneeks]

I always find that jailbreaking slows the iPhone down so I prefer to run the OS as standard.

 

[-Leigh-]

I only jailbreakededed to get the battery percentage lol.

 

[Tom]

LOL if you restore back it keeps it.

I was a huge JB advocate, but this week ive gone back to standard.
So much better!

 

[-Leigh-]

LOL if you restore back it keeps it.

I was a huge JB advocate, but this week ive gone back to standard.
So much better!

Yeah it does as I restored before but I kept it jailbroken so I can turn the percentage off if I ever need to take it to Apple (likely). All that's on there is SB settings now apart from that it's as standard.

 

[Millsy]

LOL if you restore back it keeps it.

I was a huge JB advocate, but this week ive gone back to standard.
So much better!

Agreed, my 3G was soooo laggy. much easier to use standard!

 

[Dafthead]

I was a huge JB advocate, but this week ive gone back to standard.
So much better!

Knows, I loved it too, but then it started to piss me off.

 

[treemanx]

Once you download apps on a JB phone can you use them when you revert back to standard? When I say download I mean not via the app store...

 

[Perrinho]

If you restoe it doesnt keep it...My last one was jailbroke, and after a restore, Apples diagnostic platform showed no trace of any jailbreak. If you restore it from an IPSW that is jailbroke, then of course it retains the break. Restore it from a clean firmware and its gone...

What is there to not like, its not slower and doesnt have any disadvantages...on the plus side you can customise everything.

Current desktop:

http://www.phuzion.co.uk/photos/wallpaper.PNG

 

[-Leigh-]

winterboard seemed to slow mine down so I got rid.

 

[Scottie B]

i got bored of it pretty quickly tbh. its impressive and easy to do but i dno just not that keen on it. might do it again tho soon cus im gettin bored of standard.

 

[eves]

theres an app that tricks the phone into thinking its on wifi instead of 3g, so u can do that

Any idea what it's called ??

 

[JD]

Just out of interest, once jailbroken, can I still plug in the phone and do back ups once jailbroken? As when I did this with my unlocked and jailbroken phone, it rendered all my apps useless, as well as it now not opening cydia . . . Had to delete and redownload the apps to get them to work again.

 

[Sarah]

ive not jail broken mine, it does what i need to so dont wanna really do it

 

[-Leigh-]

ive not jail broken mine, it does what i need to so dont wanna really do it

As long as you don't get that ERROR:57 code come up. Then you'll need to jailbreak it!!

 

[Sarah]

As long as you don't get that ERROR:57 code come up. Then you'll need to jailbreak it!!

lmao..........get it now....cnut <3

 

[-Leigh-]

lmao..........get it now....cnut <3

LOL

<3

 

[Sarah]

LOL

<3

if you hadnt of said anything afterwards i would of believed you too! :rasp:

 

[Scottie B]

Just out of interest, once jailbroken, can I still plug in the phone and do back ups once jailbroken? As when I did this with my unlocked and jailbroken phone, it rendered all my apps useless, as well as it now not opening cydia . . . Had to delete and redownload the apps to get them to work again.

yeh im fairly sure u can iirc. works all the same as an unjailbroken phone wen connected to the pc.