To jailbreak or not too jailbreak...??

[MrMars]

I've seen allot of news recently regarding jailbreaking. I currently use a pure 4S and am on the fence about jailbreaking. I love the idea of all the possible customizations but also have concerns like how it will affect how I currently use my phone. Does it affect the way I currently have everything set up (mail accounts, currently installed apps, all phone settings...etc). I'm just a little skeptical like I'm sure allot of people are before the jail break.

 

[Laelipoo]

I've seen allot of news recently regarding jailbreaking. I currently use a pure 4S and am on the fence about jailbreaking. I love the idea of all the possible customizations but also have concerns like how it will affect how I currently use my phone. Does it affect the way I currently have everything set up (mail accounts, currently installed apps, all phone settings...etc). I'm just a little skeptical like I'm sure allot of people are before the jail break.

It won't affect anything you have set up currently. A couple of apps (direct tv for example) don't work with a jail broken phone but aside from that you shouldn't see any issues.

 

[MrMars]

So all currently installed apps will still be present and function properly after I jailbreak?

 

[Laelipoo]

So all currently installed apps will still be present and function properly after I jailbreak?

Yep. In fact some of them can function even better (making pandora stream in hd for example).

 

[MrMars]

So after the jail break I can no longer use iTunes?

 

[BLiNK]

sometimes things are not as great as you might read about.. just sayin

 

[Laelipoo]

So after the jail break I can no longer use iTunes?

... No. Of course you can use iTunes. Why wouldn't you be able to? Everything works the same.

 

[MrMars]

Just asking. I've never jail broken. Do you still purchase apps thru iTunes?

 

[BLiNK]

look bro, if i were you i'd do A LOT of researching before you make the move

Google, YouTube .. even here

i researched for a couple of weeks before i did it and the best part is you can Restore your device and bring it back to stock just like right before you messed with anything jailbreak

 

[MrMars]

I just came here for advice before I did anything..thanks.

 

[MrMars]

look bro, if i were you i'd do A LOT of researching before you make the move

Google, YouTube .. even here

i researched for a couple of weeks before i did it and the best part is you can Restore your device and bring it back to stock just like right before you messed with anything jailbreak

Are you still jailbroken and happy you did it?

 

[BLiNK]

ha! i'm a duck of another color. i jailbreak and go back to stock too often. i really should see someone about it

anyways, my personal opinion is it is a give and take. you might compromise the fluidity of the OS or experiment battery drain but the trade off is you can make your device completely different than the next person. it becomes a personal preference

is there a shrink in the house?

 

[pearlyrob]

It's kinda cool. My phone didn't change one bit. But now that I can put themes on it. It's a bit different. You can always revert back to stock like they said.

 

[MrMars]

It's kinda cool. My phone didn't change one bit. But now that I can put themes on it. It's a bit different. You can always revert back to stock like they said.

Have you experienced any dramatic battery drain issues? Also, can you confirm if you can still purchase apps, music, books via iTunes?

 

[Guacho]

Have you experienced any dramatic battery drain issues? Also, can you confirm if you can still purchase apps, music, books via iTunes?

Yes, you can keep using itunes and the appstore normally, no changes there.

 

[CrackedBarry]

Meh, unless you can't wait to rip off developers by downloading free apps cause you're too cheap to pay a dollar or two for an app, it's not that big of a deal.

I've had a jail broken iPad, 6.0 broke that and I honestly didn't miss it very much.

Main thing I used it for, was a little tweak called Barrel that makes your icons fly around when you swipe through the home screens.

It did make it more unstable. Would crash a couple of times a week, but nothing that a quick restart of the Springboard (that basically draws your icons) wouldn't cure.

 

[pearlyrob]

Yep I haven't noticed any glitches yet. Battery life may be slightly worse but I've been downloading a lot of extras and tweaks, and it's constantly rebooting and re springing. iTunes works perfect.

 

[MrMars]

Cost of apps isn't an issue. I don't mind paying for them. Just concerned about the functioning of my device.

 

[BLiNK]

Meh, unless you can't wait to rip off developers by downloading free apps cause you're too cheap to pay a dollar or two for an app, it's not that big of a deal.

I've had a jail broken iPad, 6.0 broke that and I honestly didn't miss it very much.

yeah because every jailbreaker pirates apps. unreal

 

[MrMars]

What about future IOS releases. Does each new IOS release require a new jailbreak? Meaning a jail broken phone cannot be updated to the latest IOS without a new jailbreak for that IOS version?