For those, you'd have to bring your device into the desired carrier's retail store, where a technician might be able "flash" its firmware to the new network. Things get complicated with the iPhone 4s and the iPhone 5, iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s. Ask the carrier if it can activate the other radio.
Jailbreaking absolutely makes your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch an easier target for malware. Most documented malware for iOS has affected only jailbroken devices. You really don't know how secure your device will be after it's been jailbroken.
That's because you've fundamentally changed the whole operating system, according to Armstrong. Once you do that, every application has full access to the phone and you put trust in the people who create the apps. There's no longer any antivirus software available for the Apple iOS, and the few products that did exist were limited in their abilities. As a result, if you jailbreak your iPhone, you're on your own. There's no program that can protect you from infection, other than iOS itself.
Jailbroken apps are not always supported in new versions of the Apple iOS, and each system update pushed out by Apple usually will erase jailbreaks and apps that depend on them. You'll have to jailbreak the device again, reinstall the unauthorized apps and hope they all still work. Buggy unauthorized apps can crash an iPhone or iPad or even "brick" them — render them unusable. Make sure people are happy with that app.
If you do decide to jailbreak your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, be sure to carefully research the apps you want to install, because you'll be entering a world of no restrictions.
Opening up your device to new possibilities can also mean opening up your device to new vulnerabilities. While you can take steps to prevent that, it, again, takes a bit of effort that you may not be willing to perform. Updating a jailbroken device sucks. When you update, you lose your jailbreak, need to re-jailbreak, and then re-install all your jailbroken apps and extensions. There are tools like PkgBackup that can make restoring that stuff a bit easier, but it's still not the same as performing an actual OS update.
This can be frustrating and may prevent you from regularly updating iOS. In some cases this is fine, but given Apple's latest track record there have been some significant issues requiring many incremental iOS updates such as the location tracking "bug" and those may be pretty important to you. When you're jailbroken you have to wait a bit longer to update if you want to continue jailbreaking your device.
This can be really frustrating when there's a big software update with lots of neat new features or if you really need the latest bug fix. If you're going to jailbreak, you better be patient. Texting Magic : biteSMS's best feature is its answer-from-anywhere notification system, which can open up a message reply box within an SMS notification, so you don't have to interrupt what you're doing.
The app does much more than that, though, and you'll likely find another feature or two that are just as appealing, like lock screen texting, signatures, contact pictures, message use tracking and tray notifications. It's also bundled with a texting relay service, which knocks the price of international texting down to reasonable rates. Almost exclusively for Backgrounder, the multitasking app.
In a lot of ways its pure form of multitasking is more appealing to me than the method Apple went with, and there are about 17 flashy task switchers to try it out with. See: Kirikae, Circuitous and Pro Switcher. Circuitous image via. Everything for Nothing : It comes up every time we post about jailbreak, so let's just air it out: Yes, apps like Installous make pirating apps VERY easy.
If you go this route—and we suspect you've made your decision before even jailbreaking—please treat it as a try-before-you-buy service. If devs can't make money making apps, they won't make apps. Google Freakin' Voice: Casey's put together a wonderful guide for replacing your phone with Google Voice, using jailbreak apps:. Sure, your old first-gen iPhone may not have the horsepower to run iOS4, but you can hack it to kick your shiny, new, legit model's ass in terms of reception: Use it as a Wi-Fi-only landline.
Because a jailbroken iPhone can run apps in the background, you can keep a VoIP app and Google Voice up and running at all times. With those two apps, you can turn your iPhone into a one-stop VoIP phone: incoming calls will ring through Acrobits Softphone, which is conveniently running in the background.
This list is in no way exhaustive, so post your favorites in the comments. Use iTunes to create a backup of your iPod before starting. This will let you easily restore to your previous settings if something goes wrong during the jailbreaking process. This will create a backup of your device on your computer. Make sure backup encryption is not enabled. Uncheck the "Encrypt iPhone backup" box if it is checked. If your previous backup was encrypted, you'll need to make a new unencrypted one.
Close iTunes and open the TaiG jailbreak program. Make sure that iTunes is closed before running TaiG. Uncheck the "3K Assistant" box. This is unnecessary software that TaiG tries to add. Make sure to keep the Cydia box checked. Click the green "Start" button. This will begin the jailbreaking process, which will take a few minutes to complete.
Your device will reboot multiple times during the jailbreak process, and you can monitor the jailbreak progress in the TaiG window. Don't touch your device's screen or disconnect it during the jailbreak process.
Launch Cydia. This is the jailbreak package manager, and can be found on one of your device's Home screens after jailbreaking. When you first launch Cydia, you'll see the "Preparing Filesystem" message. This process may take a few minutes to finish, but is essential for a working jailbreak. Cydia will automatically exit and reboot your device when its finished.
Use your jailbroken iPod. Once TaiG is finished and Cydia has built its filesystem, your device will be jailbroken and you can start installing apps and tweaks from Cydia. Click here for tips on getting the most out of your jailbroken iOS device.
After jailbreaking, you can safely re-enable your device's passcode and Find My iPhone. Method 2. Ensure that you have the latest version of iTunes installed. Windows - Click Help and select Check for Updates Backup Your iPod. Backing up the iPod is a relatively quick process, depending on how much information you have. If you want to reset your iPod, don't backup. Disable your passcode. The passcode can interfere with the jailbreak process.
Download Pangu. This is the jailbreak software that you can use to jailbreak iOS 7. Only download Pangu from en. Connect your iPod to your computer. Close iTunes if it opens, and make sure no apps are running. Follow the instructions in the Pangu program. You will be asked to set your iPod's date to June 2nd. Tap the new Pangu app on your Home screen. Your iPad will reboot several times. After it is done rebooting, you will see the Cydia app on your Home screen.
Method 3. Close iTunes after updating it. Download evasi0n7. This is the jailbreak software that allows you to jailbreak iOS 7. Make sure to download the software from evasi0n. Start the jailbreak. Ensure that your iPod is showing up in the evasi0n window, and then click Jailbreak. Wait for the jailbreak to complete.
Most of the process is automated. Follow any prompts that appear in the evasi0n7 window. Once the jailbreak is complete, launch the Cydia app on your Home screen to finish setting up the new file system.
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