To Jailbreak or not?

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

evo = not an iphone

 

[Suicide Bobb 5,000+ posts]

I have jailbroken iphones/ipod touches/ipads since the early beginnings of jailbreaking. It has come a long way, that's for sure. Used to take DAYS to finalize a jailbreak. Now it's just the click of a button.

After all my experience, I can say one thing is for sure, it's a compromise. The biggest benefit, imho, is the ability to use Installous to install appstore apps for free. And that really is a great benefit.

The bad part is that it slows down the phone and makes it less stable (more prone to glitches, freezing, crashing, etc.). Every single jailbroken iThing I have handled, and trust me I have handled dozens, every one is slower and less stable than the non-jailbroken equivalent (unless you're a ******* and installed iOS 4 on your 3G iPhone). It's an inevitable side effect of jailbreaking. If you can deal with the instability and unreliability, then go for it!

After jailbreaking for 4 years, I thought I knew what Rooting an Android device would be like. To my surprise, rooting made my android device faster and more stable! It's like the anti-jailbreak lol...I don't think you can get free Market apps through Rooting though, although I could be wrong.

 

[Suicide Bobb 5,000+ posts]

Doublepoast

 

[pro-rabbit 5,000+ posts]

evo = not an iphone

Very true, lol.

I have a jailbroken itouch but I have not used that in 3 months or so..

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

seems like the 4.3.5 version is only a tethered jailbreak. I think i'll pass until they have an untethered option.

 

[pimpnyou204 10+ year member]

They say they wont do it an untethered bcuz they want to use the exploits when iOS 5 comes in October..

 

[Bohemian 10+ year member]

evo > an iphone

Fixed

 

[MisterDeadeye 10+ year member]

Bobb's right. My iPhone randomly resprings or freezes occasionally, and it seems slower some of the time.

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

Fixed

I agree. i prefer android but i couldnt beat the deal i got on the iphone.

 

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Only poor people need to jailbreak their iProducts.

better not let your butt buddies on ct.com hear you say that.

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

I have an IPhone 3gs. I am considering jailbreaking it. What are the advantages of doing this? Also, where would I go to get new apps for it?

Damn, I thought you said "jailbait". //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif