Jailbreak or not? (3G)

Mull3t

Mull3t

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Had my iPhone for a week or so now, Its a PAYG 8GB 3G on o2.

Now I have been wondering wether to jailbreak it or not. What are the pros of jailbreaking? what can I do with it?

Also, whats the cons of doing it?

And finally, say I jailbreak it (currently using 2.0.1 FW the recent one) and a new firmware comes out (e.g 2.2) can I still upgrade my firmware even though it will be jailbroken, or do I have to update & then jail break it again (providing this is a jailbreak update to crack 2.2).

Thanks


Edit* I remember seeing a Jailbreak thread around here a few weeks back, was pretty long and people posted all their stuff, screenshots and information, but can't seem to find it..
 
To be honest i don't really see the need in jailbreaking anymore. There are thousands of free apps on the App Store that are the same as that off Installer.

And i think you need to wait until the new firmware has been jailbroken to be able to update to it. I think you can update anytime you want, but then the jailbreak will be removed.
 
I posted a guide for 2G phones, am going to update it for 3G.

The only advantage of jailbreaking is to install third party apps from Installer and Cydia, so unless you are desperate for those apps, I wouldn't bother.
 
On the flipside I don't understand people who can't be bothered really. :p

Jailbreaking is free, the apps on Cydia/Installer are all free. It's double the free, for free.
 
Well there's a guide here, until I can get my own guide up on these forums.

All the files you need to download are on the site too. Make sure you have iTunes 8 and restore to 2.1 before running Quickpwn.
 
iSam said:
Well there's a guide here, until I can get my own guide up on these forums.

All the files you need to download are on the site too. Make sure you have iTunes 8 and restore to 2.1 before running Quickpwn.
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Thanks. Think I might aswell do it, is they a risk of bricking the phone? or is it a case of if it goes wrong, just restore the standard firmward?

Also, you say restore to 2.1, in my about settings on the phone it says im on version 2.1? do I still need to 'restore' the iphone before going ahead?
 
Mull3t said:
Thanks. Think I might aswell do it, is they a risk of bricking the phone? or is it a case of if it goes wrong, just restore the standard firmward?

Also, you say restore to 2.1, in my about settings on the phone it says im on version 2.1? do I still need to 'restore' the iphone before going ahead?
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It's best to restore to make sure the process works. You can restore from a backup once it's jailbroken.

1. Make sure iTunes 8 is open.
2. Switch off your phone.
3. Hold down the home button and plug it in to the PC.
4. Keep holding down the home button until iTunes recognises it as in recovery mode.
5. Hit restore and it will put 2.1 on the phone.
6. Follow the QuickPwn instructions.
 
iSam said:
It's best to restore to make sure the process works. You can restore from a backup once it's jailbroken.

1. Make sure iTunes 8 is open.
2. Switch off your phone.
3. Hold down the home button and plug it in to the PC.
4. Keep holding down the home button until iTunes recognises it as in recovery mode.
5. Hit restore and it will put 2.1 on the phone.
6. Follow the QuickPwn instructions.
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Cheers dude, gonna give it a try this savvo after work. One more question, can you brick your iphone from doing this process?
 
I did it, but the only reason I did it was to be able to change the text alert and new mail alert tones. I've also changed the theme to make it look prettier but that's the only reason.

Oh, and five icons in the dock :)
 
Feek said:
I did it, but the only reason I did it was to be able to change the text alert and new mail alert tones. I've also changed the theme to make it look prettier but that's the only reason.

Oh, and five icons in the dock :)
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What did you use, Summerboard?
 
Durzel said:
On the flipside I don't understand people who can't be bothered really. :p

Jailbreaking is free, the apps on Cydia/Installer are all free. It's double the free, for free.
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Not all the apps are free.

Still, it's certainly worth jailbreaking as the apps aren't restricted to Apple's strict rules like no apps running in the background etc.
 
Feek said:
I did it, but the only reason I did it was to be able to change the text alert and new mail alert tones. I've also changed the theme to make it look prettier but that's the only reason.

Oh, and five icons in the dock :)
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any chance of some screen shots please?
 
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