Apple Iphone Fun Site

What is Jailbreaking?

What is Jailbreaking?

A lot of people ask me if Jailbreaking is Unlocking…the answer is, no it’s not!

Jailbreaking essentially means that you can install 3^rd party applications on your iPhone or iPod Touch via cydia witch is an alternative of the Apple Store. This means that you can run non Apple Store applications and modify your device any way you can possible imagine. Apple has very strict rules about what goes through to the Apple Store. These rules, keep control of the iPhone and iPod Touch platform in Apple’s full control.

Click here to read about why you should Jailbreak.

Why Jailbreak your iPhone or iPod Touch?

Why should I Jailbreak?
Once your device is jailbroken, you will be able to install customized themes to change the look of your device, add video recording capabilities (iPhone 2G/3G), enable Bluetooth file transfer, and the list goes on.

Transparent and Risk Free process
Jailbreaking is NOT illegal and will only add features to your iPhone or iPod Touch, everything that worked before will continue working after the jailbreak. The process is risk free and will not void your warranty. You can always restore your device to its default manufacturer settings using iTunes.

Millions of iPhone and iPod Touch users around the world have already jailbroken their devices, including Apple employees!!!

Primary reason to Jailbreak (for iPhone’s only)
The primary reason to jailbreak your iPhone is to have the ability to unlock it so you can use it with any GSM carrier in the world. It’s very important you understand that jailbreaking and unlocking are two separate processes.

Click to continue »

Apple Wants To Make Jailbreaking Worthy Of Jail Time, $2500 Fine

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has petitioned the Library of Congress to officially protect phone owners who bypass software restrictions on their phones—aka “jailbreaking.” Apple has just filed an objection, arguing that doing so would infringe on their copyright. If Apple gets its way,

would have the right to claim statutory damages of up to $2,500 “per act of circumvention.” People who jailbreak phones, might even be subject to criminal penalties of as long as five years, if they circumvented copyright for a financial gain.

The big question, of course, is who really owns your damned phone? Apple says that bypassing their software restrictions messes with the “chain of trust” they’ve set up and screws up their “ecosystem.” The EFF counters that if you apply Apple’s argument to another industry, it falls apart:

Click to continue »