To jailbreak or not to jailbreak
That is the question. I got an iPhone 3GS a couple of months ago and I absolutely love it. Before that I had an iPod Touch which I had jailbroken, and I fell in love with the themes, and SBSettings turned out to be a huge part of my everyday usage. When I went to my iPhone, while everything was shiny and new and amazing, I missed SBSettings.
There are lots of reasons to jailbreak the iPhone, and lots of reasons not to:
Slow downs.
For a first gen iPhone, having these unofficial apps kind of bog down the system. It’s not immediately noticeable, but contacts take a second longer to load (with Cyntact installed), and the home screen has a little delay (CyDialer Cydget). It’s all bearable, but fact of the matter is your phone gets slower.
Vulnerabilities.
If you install OpenSSH and don’t immediately change your root password, you’re in for some worms that have recently started floating around. This is as of right now; who knows what holes are found as the platform becomes more popular. Some argue that the iPhone by itself might sport vulnerabilities, but having the phone jailbroken only adds to those issues.
Hassles while upgrading, possible bricking.
Jailbreaking is risky business. You always have to watch out for updates from Apple, and keep a ear out for notices from the dev team. There’s also a considerable wait involved after Apple releases an OS update to the time the hacker tools are ready. You might even brick your iPhone.
Jailbreak, yes or no?
To jailbreak or not to jailbreak
That is the question. I got an iPhone 3GS a couple of months ago and I absolutely love it. Before that I had an iPod Touch which I had jailbroken, and I fell in love with the themes, and SBSettings turned out to be a huge part of my everyday usage. When I went to my iPhone, while everything was shiny and new and amazing, I missed SBSettings.
There are lots of reasons to jailbreak the iPhone, and lots of reasons not to:
Slow downs.
For a first gen iPhone, having these unofficial apps kind of bog down the system. It’s not immediately noticeable, but contacts take a second longer to load (with Cyntact installed), and the home screen has a little delay (CyDialer Cydget). It’s all bearable, but fact of the matter is your phone gets slower.
Vulnerabilities.
If you install OpenSSH and don’t immediately change your root password, you’re in for some worms that have recently started floating around. This is as of right now; who knows what holes are found as the platform becomes more popular. Some argue that the iPhone by itself might sport vulnerabilities, but having the phone jailbroken only adds to those issues.
Hassles while upgrading, possible bricking.
Jailbreaking is risky business. You always have to watch out for updates from Apple, and keep a ear out for notices from the dev team. There’s also a considerable wait involved after Apple releases an OS update to the time the hacker tools are ready. You might even brick your iPhone.
Jailbreak, yes or no?
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