mantamark
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
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As title, iphone peeps, have you jailbroken your phone, or not?
Reasons why you did, or why you didnt?
Thinking about doing mine but tbh i just use it as a phone / text machine / web browser so not sure if i can gain anything from it.
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scottyp1989
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Registered: 29th Jul 07
Location: Warley, West Midlands
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I did it before i updated it, havent done it again most the stuff you get is useless. Unless i was doin somethin wrong
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kazazza
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Registered: 5th Oct 09
Location: Herne Bay, Kent
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I did when I had my ipod touch, only really did it for the free games though
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kirx
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Registered: 14th Dec 05
Location: Preston,lancashire
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Easy enough to do now,its good for tweaks and free apps 
this site will help 
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nick_sri
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Registered: 5th May 09
Location: Crewe , Cheshire
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dont see any downsides , does everything it did before , makes everything free and can tweak phone to do whatever you want
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Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
Location: Midsomer Norton, Bristol Avon
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quote:
Originally posted by nick_sri
dont see any downsides , does everything it did before , makes everything free and can tweak phone to do whatever you want
pretty much this.
I like adding facebook pics to caller ID, contacts, SMS etc
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nick_sri
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Registered: 5th May 09
Location: Crewe , Cheshire
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and it can be unjailbroken as well
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Demo
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Registered: 27th Sep 01
Location: south wales Drives: astra sri ecoflex
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jailbroke my 3g and then my 3gs
havent bothered with my 4s but have been thinking about it
i miss some small tweaks that make a big difference when you jailbreak eg 5 icon dock
to be honest a lot of things i jailbroke for originally are now part of ios anyway
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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quote:
Originally posted by Bart
quote:
Originally posted by nick_sri
dont see any downsides , does everything it did before , makes everything free and can tweak phone to do whatever you want
pretty much this.
I like adding facebook pics to caller ID, contacts, SMS etc
Facebook.app does that anyway.
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scottyp1989
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Registered: 29th Jul 07
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what benefits do you actually get from doing it tho? i couldnt get anything to work when i did it?
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Most the stuff is buggy as hell, I've done all my iPhones but always ended up deleting all the stuff I'd installed. For example, I did the themeing thing a while ago (cheers A2H GO - really good guide ) but ended up getting rid of it all because the bugs really irritated me.
[Edited on 09-02-2012 by ed]
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adiohead
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Registered: 28th Sep 01
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Yes, to get rid of the annoying text message popup.
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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Never had any need. Hardly breaking the bank 70p if you want to play a game 
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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You can't even change the voicemail number without jailbreaking.
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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Why would you need to 
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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If you don't fancy wasting £35+ a month on non-competitive contracts from O2 and the likes then you might need to change your voicemail number.
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A2H GO
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Registered: 14th Sep 04
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
For example, I did the themeing thing a while ago (cheers A2H GO - really good guide ) but ended up getting rid of it all because the bugs really irritated me.
[Edited on 09-02-2012 by ed]
Really? Nothing frustrates me more than bugs/lag or something not quite working right and I'm still running the theme with no issues at all.
That said, some of the tweeks are buggy and make the phone run like shit, for example Spire (siri) and Zephyr (multitasking tweak) made my phone lag, uninstalled and its perfect again. Just got to be careful not to overdo it.
One of my favourite tweeks is Fakeclockup...I compared my iP4 side by side to the Mrs 4S, going through apps like settings, facebook, TomTom etc and its faster. I'm pretty sure Apple just sped up the animations a bit on the 4S Had a go of a 4 the other day without it and it felt sooooo slow.
Also, it's great for trying before you buy (although frowned upon by some). For example I wanted to find a decent twitter app as the free ones not great, so I downloaded a few paid ones for free, tried them all and decided Tweetbot was by far the best so went and bought it.
[Edited on 09-02-2012 by A2H GO]
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noshua
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Registered: 19th Nov 08
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I only jailbroke for tomtom and the odd app here and there, don't use any tweaks anymore
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N3CRO
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Registered: 12th Apr 07
Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire
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Yes coz I wanted free stuff 
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scottyp1989
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Registered: 29th Jul 07
Location: Warley, West Midlands
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how do you get free stuff then? just download it like normal?
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noshua
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Registered: 19th Nov 08
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install0us
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andys sxi
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Registered: 19th Jan 06
Location: Chester Drives:Scirocco tdi bluemotion
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yeah mines jailbroken so is my ipad2 aswell
April 08 feature car
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gez bay
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Registered: 14th Feb 08
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ive been deciding about doing it too, but dont know if i'll see the benifits of doing it?
ive got a 3gs with the newest software ios.
can you change the way your phone works or something.
really not clued up on jailbreaking
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philrussell81
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Registered: 27th Dec 04
Location: Sheffield
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yep, free £50 tomtom app, and free in-app purchases!
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
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my ipad 2 is, my iphone 4 isnt. my 3gs was done for the 18 months i had it but then i did my 4 and it crashed when iwas installing something from cydia and i was without a phone for 2 days until i got back home to my laptop to restore it. cant be arsed with that happening again so ive not jailbroken it again
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