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- 16 Aug 2013
10 good reasons to jailbreak your iPhone, no matter what generation
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I guess there’s a large number of iPhone owners that are still hesitant to jailbreak their iPhones. They consider jailbreaking a dangerous and daunting task that may eventually void their warranty. Since I’m on the other side of that barricade, I’ve put down a nice list of the 10 new features you will get if you go for jailbreaking. The benefits are more than ten, but I’ve compiled the most major ones.
Jailbreaking is a software process that unlocks the access to the iPhone original system files so that you can modify some of them for the better. You shouldn’t confuse it with a carrier unlock. Jailbreaking allows us to unleash the true power of the Apple’s iPhone.
Getting your iPhone jailbroken is like getting a totally different device – at least software-wise. And while I find it next to impossible to resist the tempting new features, I can totally understand you may have perfectly good reasons to keep your iPhone untouched. But hopefully, this list will help you convert.
And a word of warning! This post is not a tutorial in jailbreaking your iPhone. If you need one, a nice place to start is iClarified iPhone section. Installing unofficial third-party apps may cause unwanted side effects so always rely on your good judgment when dealing with those. I am not to be held responsible for any damage you may inflict to your iPhone.
1. Multitasking
The first new benefit from jailbreaking is surely true multitasking. There is a free and a paid app that both offer task switching and management each in its own way. Both depend on a third-party app – the free Backgrounder – to do the minimizing for them. While that may sound complex, switching apps is as easy as it gets.
The free task manager is called Kirikae and shows the running apps as a list. Tapping one will switch to it, while a finger swipe reveals a button to kill the process.
Multifl0w is the paid task manager. It offers the same functionality as Kirikae, but uses a cover-flow-like view for your running apps. It’s kinda like the way Safari displays the opened tabs. Multifl0w looks really fancy and even outperforms Palm Pre’s Card Interface at times.
Lockscreen applications
Thanks to the several available lockscreen applications like LockInfo and IntelliScreen, you can get acess to your calls, messages, calendar events, weather information, etc. straight from the iPhone lockscreen.
Improved messaging
The devil is in the details, they say… The iPhone is skimpy on a lot of them details. Delivery reports and a sms character counter are certainly two of those.
With the help of the SMS Helper app you get a nicely integrated character counter, which looks as if Apple made it themselves.
Need delivery reports? The iPhoneDelivery is a simple, but highly useful app that’s capable of *delivering* you delivery reports in various customizable ways.
Make ringtones out of your music without iTunes
The iPhone ringtone limitations are quite a bugger. The AnyRing app will set your incoming calls music free of Apple.
You can choose any song from your iPod library, trim it and assign it as a ringtone or alarm tone. The downside is that you have to pay for AnyRing itself (yes, the most innovative unofficial apps are paid).
6. Video recording on iPhone 2G and 3G
You don’t have to own an iPhone 3GS to shoot video. Thanks to the Cycorder app you can capture videos at CIF resolution at 15fps, which is way better than that joke of a video recorder in the official AppStore.
7. File access and management
After you jailbreak your iPhone, you have full access to the file system. The iFile app is a popular file manager running directly on your iPhone. It is capable of copying, cutting, moving, renaming and deleting files.
8. Safari file download manager
if you’ve missed having a way to download files on the iPhone, you may be interested in the Safari download plug-in. It’s basically a download manager for the mobile Safari browser. However you will need a file manager to access the files once they’re downloaded.
9. Extended TV-out functionality
If you are tired of the TV-out restrictions in your iPhone, you’re in for a nice surprise once you jailbreak your iPhone. The TVOut app is here to help. It enables the TV-out output for all iPhone applications. It has some problems with the landscape apps, but there’s another application called Landscape TV Out that fixes that as well. Now imagine playing your iPhone games on a big TV screen.
10. Misc UI improvements
As I mentioned in the beginning of the article, there are a lot of other benefits from jailbreaking. Though none of them is a major thing, I appreciate every single one.
If you happen to own an iPhone 2G or 3G you will most definitely welcome the battery percentage level (3GS-style) that can be enabled via the asBattery app.
Perhaps all iPhone users will appreciate the HapticPro app, which enables vibration touch feedback. The SBSettings app is practical as well. It gives you quick access to various features and it’s always a single swipe away – some of the functionality it offers is a basic task manager, 3G, Wi-Fi and EDGE switches, respring shortcuts and even more
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- 15 Aug 2013
I am Purchase iphone 4 , please suggetion to me for i phone4 .. and how can i know my i phone is factory unlocked
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- Maxwell
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- 14 Aug 2013
I already have iPhone4 and htc one x wtf! always drain battery!and lagging! my iPhone4 still fine for 1year good job Apple
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- zahid ali
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- 14 Aug 2013
set not starting
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- Anonymous
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- 14 Aug 2013
My i phone 4 i can't update the software. when i select the install option, its coming that unable to verify update because of no longer connected to the internet. i am always using internet with wifi. how can i update the software. please suggest me one way.
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- Sameer Muhammad
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- 14 Aug 2013
My i phone 4 i can't update the software. when i select the install option, its coming that unable to verify update because of no longer connected to the internet. i am always using internet with wifi. how can i update the software. please suggest me one way.
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- lc sawnot
- PAX
- 13 Aug 2013
how to unlock the country code?plzz help
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- Bellasweet
- KZ8
- 12 Aug 2013
Hye all i cant dload my app store how must change country how to change my country???pliz help me!!😰😰😰😰😰😇😇😇😇
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- Anonymous
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- 11 Aug 2013
Rakesh, 10 Aug 2013goddamn, i cant add any videos, somebody please give a sugg... morehave you tried converting it to a compatible format?
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- Anonymous
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- 10 Aug 2013
Rakesh, 10 Aug 2013goddamn, i cant add any videos, somebody please give a sugg... moresir
i m planning to buy iphone 4 as u hav mentioned in ur cmmnt tht u r not able to add videos can u plss let me knw in detail . for answer rply to my post
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- Anonymous
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- 10 Aug 2013
jonathan, 04 Aug 2013i want to replace the battery of my iphone4 where can i find one?The shop
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- Rakesh
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- 10 Aug 2013
goddamn, i cant add any videos, somebody please give a suggestion????
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- 09 Aug 2013
pooja, 14 Jul 2013i want to buy a mobile which one is best i phone 4 or htc o... moreIphone 4!!! The quality of iphone it's much better than at HTC. Even the 5 mpxs camera of iphone 4 makes much more beautiful pictures than the HTC 8mpx. And finally we cannot compare the clarity of iOS with the laggy android.
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- Tia
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- 08 Aug 2013
torres, 06 Aug 2013wtf ?? this iphone 4 so freaking awesome dude ! never regre... moreFeel same…
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- Cami
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- 08 Aug 2013
AnonD-144122, 03 Aug 2013i am facing a problem with my iphone 4 the home button is ... moreSimple, go to setings thn touch general thn select accesibilty here u will find assistive touch. Enable it & get rid of hard home key!
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- PREM
- ij2
- 08 Aug 2013
sir which amount at availble in market
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- AnonD-173450
- vju
- 08 Aug 2013
It has no problem and has a stable software. Just ensure the Home Button is still OK when u buy.
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- TmM
- 07 Aug 2013
rahman, 06 Aug 2013I want buy iphone 4 but is the processor good enough ? Beca... moreFor good gaming you need 1Gb ram, ios or Wp8, for android 1gb will slow
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- Rohith m s
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- 07 Aug 2013
can i buy the iphone 4 now.....does it have any probzz!??
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- rahman
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- 06 Aug 2013
I want buy iphone 4 but is the processor good enough ? Because i love play game , help me !!