Ok, I'm nervous.

abouttobebanned

Can someone give me the pros and cons to jailbreaking my iphone?

It's 3Gs 3.0

I like the idea of loads of free apps....but as i say...I'm nervous!

sammypsammy

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Can someone give me the pros and cons to jailbreaking my iphone?

It's 3Gs 3.0

I like the idea of loads of free apps....but as i say...I'm nervous!

Pros:
*Free applications (not legal though so not reccomended)
*Themes
*Music/Videos available to download free and viewable in dTunes
*Plenty of 3rd party applications, tweaks and ringtones.
*Download YouTube videos with MX tube (I think)

Cons:
*Can slow down iPhone/iPod
*iPhone can freeze or break while jailbreaking
*Warrenty void if you can't get rid of all remininants of jailbreak

strecker

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Can someone give me the pros and cons to jailbreaking my iphone?

It's 3Gs 3.0

I like the idea of loads of free apps....but as i say...I'm nervous!

I did the jailbreak and unlock y'day(iphone 3G S, O2 16GB) - was sooo easy using 'purplera1n'. No probs with o2, vodafone and 3-sim.
Like the personalisation that is available(especially 'categories' tgat lets you organise your apps in folders.)! The additional features in Safari; etc etc...

Friend tried it 1st, and he had not probs restoring via itunes.

I haven't noticed any slowdowns. winterboard crashed a couple of times, but that was my fault - installed a couple of apps that weren't OS 3 ready!

abouttobebanned

what do you mean by apps that werent 3.0 ready?

abouttobebanned

Oh and what do I use? redsnow? Purplerain? Pink Donkey balls?!!

sammypsammy

abouttobebanned wrote: »

what do you mean by apps that werent 3.0 ready?

With the recent software update all apps from cydia (like the AppStore) had to be 3.0 compatible. Unlike the AppStore however all the apps in cydia aren't yet compatible with 3.0

EDIT:

I used redsn0w not purple donkey balls or whatever :P lol

abouttobebanned

I presume there's an easy way to see what's compatible? (sorry for all the qs)

sammypsammy

abouttobebanned wrote: »

I presume there's an easy way to see what's compatible? (sorry for all the qs)

God I seem to be plugging tysihonehelp.com a lot today but go there and follow the instructions!

venividivici

one quick question..i tried this with purplera1n and it didn't work BUT i wasn't connected to itunes at the time, is this why it didn't work??

abouttobebanned

sammypsammy wrote: »

God I seem to be plugging tysihonehelp.com a lot today but go there and follow the instructions!

Is that the right address?

sammypsammy

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Is that the right address?

Just google it! Follow the links

passingthrough

just to let you know, i jailbroke my ipod touch and now it wont turn on past the apple sign. i tried to restore it and i got the error message "unable to restore"
no idea what im going to do

Stuxnet

venividivici wrote: »

one quick question..i tried this with purplera1n and it didn't work BUT i wasn't connected to itunes at the time, is this why it didn't work??

purplerain or donkey balls as some like to call it was designed specifically for 3gs, though i heard it does all
but if your just regular 3g on 3.0 use redsn0w
less then 3.0 use quickpwn
no when jailbreaking itunes must not be on

passingthrough wrote: »

just to let you know, i jailbroke my ipod touch and now it wont turn on past the apple sign. i tried to restore it and i got the error message "unable to restore"
no idea what im going to do

what firmware and what jailbreak tool you use ?
you need to dfu the ipod then restore

sammypsammy

passingthrough wrote: »

just to let you know, i jailbroke my ipod touch and now it wont turn on past the apple sign. i tried to restore it and i got the error message "unable to restore"
no idea what im going to do

You need to restore your iPod through DFU mode... Google it!

Tom Dunne

sammypsammy wrote: »

Pros:
*Free applications (not legal though so not reccomended)

What's not legal about downloading apps from Cydia? Jailbreaking might be against Apple's terms and conditions, but it isn't necessarily illegal.

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Oh and what do I use? redsnow? Purplerain? Pink Donkey balls?!!

Have a look at the sticky at the top of the forum and make sure you use the appropriate mechanism for your device.

What works on an iPhone 3Gs will not work on an iPod Touch.

sammypsammy

Tom Dunne wrote: »

What's not legal about downloading apps from Cydia? Jailbreaking might be against Apple's terms and conditions, but it isn't necessarily illegal.

Sorry if I didn't make myself clear, I was reffering to cracked apps got through installous and the like. They ARE illegal.

passingthrough

sammypsammy wrote: »

You need to restore your iPod through DFU mode... Google it!

i did all that but halfway through the restore it would cut out and disconnect from my laptop, luckily i was in very bad form when it happened and was getting more stubborn by the min and kept trying it over and over and over and eventually it worked. very random but thank god it worked and i had all my music backed up. dont think il be jailbreaking my ipod touch in a hurry again