Jailbreak Iphone?

Charlie Mike

Charlie Mike

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I bought the 3G 16gig a month ago. What exactly would be the benefits of jailbreaking my phone? Is it really necessary? Is there any app that works like Task Manager, where I can kill a program to free up RAM? I bought the "FreeMemory" app that will free up 20mb if the free RAM dips below 20. It also lists the programs that are running, but says SDK will not allow you to terminate individual running programs. What is SDK?

Thanks.
 
Jailbreaking is worth it. You can totally customize it, way more than you can with Apples crap software/firmware. There recently became an unlock where you can use a T-Mobile sim card to unlock the AT&T version and use it with T-Mobile. SDK is a software development kit. It allows you to write apps and such. It sometimes has stuff in it a normal person could use, but it's not worth it. Freememory is available for the ipod touch too, but i dont think its worth the money. Nice buy though!
 
Pros:
- Install software Apple/ATT does not want you to use like tethering (use your phone with your computer to use the internet), etc.

Cons:
- Unauthorized (by Apple) software may do dangerous things and cause your phone to be unstable.
- Jailbreaking may "brick" your phone when Apple releases the next software update (make your phone completely unusable)

Power users and technical users stand the most to gain from jailbreaking. If you are willing to invest a little extra time to screw around you can have all sorts of interesting applications and cool things. But there is a certain risk to it.

SDK stands for software development kit. It is what all authorized iPhone/iTouch applications are built using. Jailbroken applications may or may not use the SDK but the fact that they do not need to allows them to use special undocumented API's (hooks into the system that let apps do complicated things) which means they could potentially be more powerful, but as they are not Apple sanctioned so may not be reliable or may have interesting effects on your device.

Luckily jailbreaking is extremely easy to do so if you are interested go for it. But make sure the applications you want are worth it. I don't think it is necessary so I did not jailbreak my phone.

There is no need for a task manager on the iPhone. To kill an application press and hold the home button. The iPhone is a single-application operating system, so an application closes when you exit-- with two exceptions, the phone application, and the iPod application.
 
SuzukiGS750EZ said:
Jailbreaking is worth it. You can totally customize it, way more than you can with Apples crap software/firmware.
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What is wrong with Apple's firmware? I have browsed over the various things people do with jailbreaking and I do not think there is anything that "improves" Apple's OS. Maybe I have overlooked something? There are a few applications that sound nice, but what is specifically wrong with the firmware that makes it 'crap'?
 
It won't brick. But in the instance that it does, just restore it. Make sure if you're going to JB it to do a backup first. I should say, if something happens to it in the process, just restore. I mean, you can mess up JB, but it won't hurt your phone you just restore and viola. Try again.
 
My last phone was an HTC windows smartphone, so task manager and killing apps was a fact of life.
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carrot said:
What is wrong with Apple's firmware? I have browsed over the various things people do with jailbreaking and I do not think there is anything that "improves" Apple's OS. Maybe I have overlooked something? There are a few applications that sound nice, but what is specifically wrong with the firmware that makes it 'crap'?
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The way they lock everything down. No cell phone, unless it's an unlocked one, comes with the phone makers whole set of tools/accessories they built into it. AT&T strips down an already limited OS. Jailbreaking opens up the possibilities to the software and hardware inside the phone. People make custom apps and don't charge. You can more so customize your phone. I think if you pay that much for a phone you should be able to do whatever you want with it and not be held down by what is put on it to begin with.
 
SuzukiGS750EZ said:
The way they lock everything down. No cell phone, unless it's an unlocked one, comes with the phone makers whole set of tools/accessories they built into it. AT&T strips down an already limited OS. Jailbreaking opens up the possibilities to the software and hardware inside the phone. People make custom apps and don't charge. You can more so customize your phone. I think if you pay that much for a phone you should be able to do whatever you want with it and not be held down by what is put on it to begin with.
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I asked for specific examples? I have yet to see anything that catches my interest.

For what its worth I get paid to fix machines and write software, etc. I don't need to spend time fixing and diagnosing my own crap. So I enjoy my limited sandbox because it treats me well -- no mucking about -- just listen to music, make calls, and play a few games. What is locked down that I should care about?

By the way I hear iPhone OS 2.x supports applications! :D
 
mine is 2.2.

So far, the coolest thing (to me) is AtomicFart. You can play Simon with fart noises!
 
I wish there was a button for youporn.com :D
 
Well seeing as how you jailbreak with the pwnage tool you can have video, emulators like NES or gameboy or whatever, cydia which is like the app store cept free stuff from other ppl and much more. To me it's worth it, but carrot you don't have to come off like you know all, to me it's worth it. Its an opinion, stop challenging my posts. From the looks of it you already have your mind made up on the matter.
 
SuzukiGS750EZ said:
The way they lock everything down. No cell phone, unless it's an unlocked one, comes with the phone makers whole set of tools/accessories they built into it. AT&T strips down an already limited OS. Jailbreaking opens up the possibilities to the software and hardware inside the phone. People make custom apps and don't charge. You can more so customize your phone. I think if you pay that much for a phone you should be able to do whatever you want with it and not be held down by what is put on it to begin with.
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It can't be as bad as what Verizon does, which includes installing their own terribly designed OS with a bad UI, just so they can do things like lock Bluetooth capability of the device so that you're forced to pay for image and file transfers through their network.

Also, I HIGHLY doubt Apple is locking out their own phone's capabilities with their own OS. The original user you're quoting isn't making much sense about that.

If AT&T locks it out, I wouldn't be surprised. I'm actually very irritated at Apple's proprietary contract with them. I've had Cingular service in the past, and I'm sure AT&T improved it. But based on my experiences, it would take a lot to get me to switch back to them.
 
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