A few Jailbreaking questions

Faded · 18 Dec 2008 at 14:32

I know there are a lot of guides about on how to do it but none really explain what you will lose and the risks it brings. So I have a few questions.

1) Will I void any form of warranty/insurance by doing it
2) Will I lose all current downloaded applications? And if so can I re-download purchased ones for free?
3) Can doing it completely brick the phone or can any fault be fixed through a restore?

Thanks.

Elrein · 18 Dec 2008 at 14:43

Not an expert here by any means but this is my take on your 3 questions

1. No, Just do a fresh restore with official firmware before taking it back if you have issues
2. Yes and Yes (everything will remain in iTunes on your pc/mac)
3. With any hack type situation there is allways risks, allthough ive done heaps of restores / jailbreaks on the two iPhones i have here and ive never had an issue that a fresh restore wont fix (not saying that its 100% safe by any means)

Just do it, the phone is a lot better jailbroken trust me

Faded · 18 Dec 2008 at 14:47

Where abouts within iTunes can you redownload stuff? I've never been able to find it.

Elrein · 18 Dec 2008 at 14:58

Have you the latest iTunes ?

They are all kept in the applications tab and installed again just by sync'n your phone after selecting them in your phone tab once its connected

Faded · 18 Dec 2008 at 15:04

My iTunes is only showing my latest downloaded app in there.
Is there anyway I can get all the ones I've got on my phone into there as well?

EDIT - Never mind. Sorted it now.

Elrein · 18 Dec 2008 at 15:08

If you bought the app directly from your phone they should automatically transfer into your itunes on the next sync

jas07 · 18 Dec 2008 at 16:48

Could someone post some good jail breaking guides? Thinking about doing it to dads

Ta

sepulchre · 18 Dec 2008 at 20:06

Not sure were aloud to post much about this topic at all. But it is dead easy to do, google quickpwn

Elrein · 18 Dec 2008 at 20:11

jas07 said:
Could someone post some good jail breaking guides? Thinking about doing it to dads

Ta

Google "modmyi" and have a look around, head for the forums.

If what you need isnt in the 1st site that google finds it doesnt exist

Faded · 18 Dec 2008 at 21:04

One more thing to do with this.
How do apps like SwirlyMMS work in terms of price plans?
I'm on an o2 contract which obviously doesn't include mms so will I be charged on top of my standard rate?
I have also heard of people having problems receiving working mms due to not having an mms enabled sim?

Elrein · 18 Dec 2008 at 21:10

1st thing you gotta do is get them to switch the mms on for your account.

And any sent will definetly be outside your contract

sepulchre · 18 Dec 2008 at 21:12

O2 charge you 4 x texts per mms. And it won't work unless you get them to lift the mms bar from your iPhone account

lolism · 19 Dec 2008 at 00:10

Sorry- didn't want to make another thread. I just jailbroke my iPhone and grabbed NES from Cydia. How do I get the roms onto it? Do I get them from the iphone, or get them on my computer and send them over? If so- how?

Edit: NVM just found out how on youtube via OpenSSH