Will I lose the Unblock if I upgrade the firmware?

gerrymadden1 · 01-09-2009 07:42PM #1

I've done the Jailbreak because I needed it to do the Unblock.

I don't really need any of the Apps that the Jailbreak gives me access to so, if I upgrade my firmware to 3.01 will my Unblock be reversed???

cpu-dude · 01-09-2009 07:46PM

gerrymadden1 wrote: »

I've done the Jailbreak because I needed it to do the Unblock.

I don't really need any of the Apps that the Jailbreak gives me access to so, if I upgrade my firmware to 3.01 will my Unblock be reversed???

Yes it will, you will need to rejailbreak just to unlock the phone- then you can hide Cydia.

gerrymadden1 · 01-09-2009 11:15PM

cpu-dude wrote: »

Yes it will, you will need to rejailbreak just to unlock the phone- then you can hide Cydia.

Thanx... what does it mean to "hide Cydia"???

venividivici · 01-09-2009 11:21PM

Bloody jailbreak won't work on my phone..grrrrr!!

gerrymadden1 · 01-09-2009 11:25PM

venividivici wrote: »

Bloody jailbreak won't work on my phone..grrrrr!!

See my other post... just 1 minute ago.

Briany3 · 01-09-2009 11:32PM

hi whats jailbreak

gerrymadden1 · 01-09-2009 11:39PM

Briany3 wrote: »

hi whats jailbreak

Jeez.... now I'm an expert... last weekend I was tearing my hair out!!!

Jailbreak is a down-loadable piece of software that upens up the iPhone to download non-Apple applications.

One of these applications is a programme that unblocks the iPhone for use with any network.

Briany3 · 02-09-2009 12:50AM

Thank you very much. Briany3

J-blk · 02-09-2009 08:40AM

gerrymadden1 wrote: »

Jeez.... now I'm an expert... last weekend I was tearing my hair out!!!

- Soon enough you'll be guiding people through the entire process...

gerrymadden1 wrote: »

Thanx... what does it mean to "hide Cydia"???

When you jailbreak the phone, it always installs Cydia - which is the main application for installing all the other apps (think of it as the app store of jailbroken apps) and it places an icon for it on your home screen. The unlocker app is not visible anywhere on your home screen though, so if you jailbreak, unlock and then hide Cydia, it'd be a bit tricky for most people to see that your phone is jailbroken and for all intents and purposes, it would behave exactly like a non-jailbroken phone.

You do lose the jailbreak and unlock on every firmware update pretty much (or even if you need to restore the version you are using for some reason) so yes, you'll need to re-do it every time you want to update.

dazedandlost · 02-09-2009 09:21AM

gerrymadden1 wrote: »

Jeez.... now I'm an expert... last weekend I was tearing my hair out!!!

Jailbreak is a down-loadable piece of software that upens up the iPhone to download non-Apple applications.

One of these applications is a programme that unblocks the iPhone for use with any network.

Has the term changed from UnLock to UnBlock?

gerrymadden1 · 02-09-2009 07:57PM

dazedandlost wrote: »

Has the term changed from UnLock to UnBlock?

What's an occasional "B" here and there between friends???

Donnelly117 · 02-09-2009 10:54PM

is it possible to make a balls of jailbreaking/unlocking an iphone and it ends up useless?

spoongibbon · 02-09-2009 10:58PM

Donnelly117 wrote: »

is it possible to make a balls of jailbreaking/unlocking an iphone and it ends up useless?

There have been a few random reports but from what I gather it's extremely rare.

faceman · 03-09-2009 01:48PM

Donnelly117 wrote: »

is it possible to make a balls of jailbreaking/unlocking an iphone and it ends up useless?

There is a part of the jailbreak process that if you remove the iPhone or if there is a power cut, you are supposedly goosed. The last time I jailbroke an iPhone (which was over a year ago) the jailbreak software did warn you when you were going through that part of the process.

that being said, i jailbroke an iPhone everytime I upgraded the firmware and never had any problems. Im not an IT whizz either. I just followed the instructions.

Will I lose the Unblock if I upgrade the firmware?

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