This post isn't intended to bash or bad mouth any jail breakers or their supporters. This is just my experience that i wanted to share to anyone on the fence about doing this mod. I jail broke my device via redsnow on 5.0.1 firmware pointed to 5.0 successfully and liked it very much at first for a couple weeks and then i realized i just wanted my regular device restored back to original apple software. Why? you might ask... because after the jail break i wasn't pleased with the way it slowed my device down (not a whole lot just enough to make me not like it lol) i am a fan of speed when it comes to launching my apps and lock screen notifications and so on. It also would sometimes crash depending on what i was installing or doing. not a real big deal but again just enough to upset me. So with that said i thought to my self yea this stuff is cool and fun to tinker with when I'm bored but now I'm over it and want my ROCK SOLID Apple device back that "Just Works" (quote from Steve) all the time flawlessly and with speed. So that's what i did.. i restored it to factory settings and got my wonderful clean looking solid acting device back and now have a new found respect for the simple clean looking wonderful operating iPhone and Apple software. i will hang on to my jailbreak files just incase i get bored again tho
Ditto... i came to the realization that jailbreaking wasnt worth it... stock "Just Works" and it works smoothly and the only thing I really miss is Bite SMS... that was awesome... but other than that, I can live without it...
Yea I agree as well. I tried it out and between slow downs, crashing, apps disappearing -- I didn't feel it was worth it for the few tweaks I was able to utilize. I don't much care for free apps, I buy what I want. Happily enjoying my stock iOS5 for now!
I'm all for people using their device as they see fit, whether that means going the stock route or jailbreaking. But it's funny you mention speed--after jailbreaking and using FakeClockUp on my iPhone 4, I'm always shocked at how slow my wife's stock 4S feels. Love that tweak!
You're definitely right about crashes, though--especially with such a massive firmware update as iOS 5, it can take a long time before all the jailbreak developers can update their apps (and get them to play well together). I'm pretty careful about my jb installs but have still run into the occasional bug with a new update.
To each his own as I think Jailbreaking is the way to go. Barrel, Themes, FakeClockUp and so on. Being able to experiment with otherwise nonexistent tweaks (maybe Siri legally on the iPhone 4 as a result of the new update) is fantastic. Intelliscreen X is worth the jailbreak alone fwiw. I just make sure to toy with it at home when tinkering with major tweaks and SemiTether works extremely well when I just can't wait to do it at home. I used Snowbreeze and pointed to 5.0.1 and it has been flawless. I definitely enjoy it pure as well it's just not quite as fun...
This post isn't intended to bash or bad mouth any jail breakers or their supporters. This is just my experience that i wanted to share to anyone on the fence about doing this mod. I jail broke my device via redsnow on 5.0.1 firmware pointed to 5.0 successfully and liked it very much at first for a couple weeks and then i realized i just wanted my regular device restored back to original apple software. Why? you might ask... because after the jail break i wasn't pleased with the way it slowed my device down (not a whole lot just enough to make me not like it lol) i am a fan of speed when it comes to launching my apps and lock screen notifications and so on. It also would sometimes crash depending on what i was installing or doing. not a real big deal but again just enough to upset me. So with that said i thought to my self yea this stuff is cool and fun to tinker with when I'm bored but now I'm over it and want my ROCK SOLID Apple device back that "Just Works" (quote from Steve) all the time flawlessly and with speed. So that's what i did.. i restored it to factory settings and got my wonderful clean looking solid acting device back and now have a new found respect for the simple clean looking wonderful operating iPhone and Apple software. i will hang on to my jailbreak files just incase i get bored again tho
Like you said, you can always go back, it's not permanent. Anyone interested should give it a try. If they don't like it, it's a quick restore.
i completely agree... i had a great time exploring the jailbreak and all the fun things that come along with it, even a couple expensive tweaks to the UI and others. i will do the mod again someday, just not until some Developers have a chance to catch up with Apple's latest and greatest update. i think if your somewhat savoy enough to do this then you should definitely go for it and make up your own mind based upon your experience but for now i am very pleased with the reliability, consistency, rock solid iPhone as is
i completely agree... i had a great time exploring the jailbreak and all the fun things that come along with it, even a couple expensive tweaks to the UI and others. i will do the mod again someday, just not until some Developers have a chance to catch up with Apple's latest and greatest update. i think if your somewhat savoy enough to do this then you should definitely go for it and make up your own mind based upon your experience but for now i am very pleased with the reliability, consistency, rock solid iPhone as is
I'm curious, would you consider sacrificing some performance and OS stability if you can get an untethered iOS 5 jailbreak and a fully working Siri port?
i have to say i do enjoy being pure and jailbroken. i am always going back & forth. i can defintielty tell a difference in stability but it is almost a trade off. however, my reasons for jailbreaking have changed over time. now i do it more for making a great system even better (ISX, CallBar, FullScreen for Safari, ScreenDimmer etc.), no more themes or changing icons because i am satisfied with Apples version
although i think its cool that Siri will be an option, i have no desire to use it. even when i get the "next" version of the iPhone, i will shut it off
that being said, i Restored as New a couple of days ago and have been enjoying the superb battery life.... and ready for that userland JB
I have to agree with the poster here. I have never jail broken my hone but did my ipad2 awhile ago. Initially everything was fun to check out and then the novelty wore off. Not to mention the thing was crashing or lagging all the time. Both of which made for a negative jailbreak experience. I finally reset the iPad am have never really looked back at jail breaking. Although I do envy some of the features that my jail broken counterparts have. I certainly don't envy it when their phones are crashing or lagging right down!
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