Jailbreaking the iPhone is nothing but allowing third party applications to get installed on the iPhone. When an iPhone is said to be jailbroken, the owner can install any version of firmware, software or third party applications on it.
Difference between Jailbreaking and Unlocking an iPhone :
There is a very popular misconception on jailbreaking and unlocking. Are they both one and the same? The answer is ‘No’. There is a small difference between the two. Unlocking refers to the process of opening up the iPhone to support all carriers, not only the AT & T which is the official carrier approved by Apple.
Reasons for Jailbreaking :
There are five main reasons for Jailbreaking an iPhone and they are listed as follows.
Installing third party apps using Cydia and Installer
There are hundreds of thousands of applications designed and released exclusively for the iPhones. App Store contains thousands of fantastic applications yet there are several more great applications which are banned by Apple to get into the App Store. IPhone users can download these great apps which are not found in the App Store, via Cydia and Installer. For installing via Cydia and Installer, we need to have our iPhone jailbreaken!
For Video recording
iPhone does not support Video recording. This is a major drawback on the iPhones. But this can be achieved just by iPhone Jailbreak.
To change the look and feel of the iPhone
It may be damn boring to see the same old icons on the iPhone. By jailbreaking, themes can be applied with the help of ‘Winterboard’ and a cool view of the iPhone can be obtained.
To get full control over the iPhone
This is not a big reason for non-technical users of iPhone whereas for the geeks, this may be a very essential reason for jailbreaking the iPhone. By jailbreaking, we can even install a lightweight version of HTTP server and other servers. Pretty cool isn’t it?
To unlock the iPhone
Finally, for unlocking the iPhones, they must be jailbroken. Here jailbreaking becomes very essential.
What do you think about Jailbreaking an iPhone ? Share your comments below 🙂
I love these jail breaks…thy help a lot for iphone users
I gotta give this a shot
yep.. that’s true dude 🙂
Great Info Siddharth, I will give a try for sure.
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good job , nice insight view about iphone jailbreak …
Thanks dude.. Its Cool that u feel it nice, as you are completely into that field 🙂
yes , and the new jailbreak named green pois0n is coming up in a few weeks , as the older jailbreakme stoped working
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I am one of the guy who don’t knew the difference between jail-breaking and unlocking thanks for your informative post
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Feeling great to hear that it really helps you 🙂
Thanks for the comment !
Good Job Dude… Want some more uses of Iphone not the usual ones..
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In simple words it means – Breaking away from Apple’s slavery system and being FREE! 😛
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Exactly as u said 🙂
Hey thats nice to hear , as I own an iPhone and i have done the same to my gadget .
Thnx dude
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