Showing posts with label jailbreaking apps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jailbreaking apps. Show all posts

Monday, July 8, 2013

iPhone Jailbreak

Apple is just hard up on the idea iPhone users want to break free of their reins. Users want choices, not a monopoly of the same sample platter of apps for their phones. 



There are great apps out there from independent app developers who don't cost a lot compared to buying on iTunes.


So what's the Right Way to go about Things?
Do you have time to stick around and read instructions? Jailbreaking is fairly easy, 30 mins to an hour, you can get it done. But always back your data though there is no risk on the iPhone itself, you lose no basic functions by jailbreaking, you can always restore the factory settings. Just revert. So should there be no reason, not to try to jailbreak your iPhone.


And if you do jailbreak your phone successfully, then party like your on spring break!

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Jailbreaking Smart Phones Legal, But NOT Tablets

In jailbreaking news, the Copyright Office within the Library of Congress has renewed its rules making jailbreak smartphones legit, no warranty void on that. However, the rules don't apply to tablets. Jailbreaking your tablet which includes your e-reader and game console is against the law.


Jailbreaking your gadget lets you run unapproved apps by Apple and break free from any carrier restrictions. Apple has a stringent monopoly over which apps shoul be part of its App Store. Jailbreaking opens up possibilities for your device such as running apps you can't find on the app store, but by jailbreaking your smartphone, Apple decrees your warranty void. Sometime a bootleg animation sticks, the main red flag that you've been jailbreaking your unit.


Technology regulators such as the DMCA are obviously waiting this one out. Who knows what the tablet or the new mobile incarnate will look like in a few years? Or if we even have that need to jailbreak.