Thursday, 19 May 2011

Why Jailbreak my iPhone, iPad or iPod touch?

The big reason why so many people decide to Jailbreak an iDevice, is because of the simple reason that Apple holds way too much control over your device and what you can do with it. Jailbreaking your device gives you the freedom to use applications on your device in a way Apple does not allow. Jailbreaking removes Apples grip on your device.

Jailbreaking gives you an alternate "App store" called Cydia. Where you can download Apps straight to your device. You can still use the original app store in conjunction with Cydia, nothing about how you originally used your device changes just from Jailbreaking.


Sounds cool! so what can I actually do?
-You can add five or more icons in your homescreen dock.
-Use the Bluetooth function to transfer files, just like most phones can!
-Install themes, customize your iPhone and make its UI completely unique to fit you.
-Show information in your lockscreen such as twitter/facebook updates.
-Carrier unlocking

This is just a tiny selection of what is possible! I will be updating with a full list of recommend themes and applications soon, including themes I've released on Cydia.

(Many other devices can be Jailbroken too, the Windows phone, Android devices can be "rooted", the PS3 can be Jailbroken, which has been publicized in recent months by the Geohot got sued case)
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121 comments:

  1. Tommy19 May 2011 at 13:38

    but if you have a problem with the device, you can restore it from itunes, and the apple help you with the problem

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  2. slash97119 May 2011 at 13:39

    totally agreed, and to the above poster, you can still restore it? no?

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  3. Grant19 May 2011 at 13:44

    @Slash971 Yes you can restore a jailbroken iDevice with itunes, just it will need to be re-jailbroken :)

    There's also Apps available in Cydia to back up all your Jailbreak tweaks! saving you the time of installing them all again

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  4. Esmeraldo Petrarca19 May 2011 at 16:34

    If I'll ever buy one of those the first thing I'll do it will be for sure jailbreak it.

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  5. Squixel19 May 2011 at 16:38

    but if u get a problem with say the attery and cant restore, giving it to apple won't help at all..

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  6. Anonymous19 May 2011 at 16:42

    Yeah its easy enough jailbreaking

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  7. Triper19 May 2011 at 16:43

    I can add five or more icons in your homescreen dock! great news my friend.

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  8. George "dammy" Portillo19 May 2011 at 16:48

    i love your poll haha

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  9. Simon black19 May 2011 at 16:58

    If i ever were to buy some iThing, I would definitively jailbreak it.

    Cool poll btw, feel kinda bad for Bulbasaur lol.

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  10. CollinBeloin19 May 2011 at 16:58

    Already jailbroke my touch and i love what i can do with it now, simply unbeatable

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  11. Jeremy19 May 2011 at 16:59

    iWhatevers never really interested me unless they were jailbroken

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  12. bentyl19 May 2011 at 17:01

    I never owned an iphone I do have an ipod touch and it became 10 times better when I jailbroke it. I highly recommend it.

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  13. R. Mot19 May 2011 at 18:19

    Jailbroke my iPod Touch a while ago. All I do is play Pokémon Red on it!

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  14. Freddy S.19 May 2011 at 18:19

    My friend had one of those jailbroken. It worked just fine.

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  15. Ragnarök19 May 2011 at 18:20

    thats why i did it

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  16. Leminur19 May 2011 at 19:50

    Well, I think unlocking any eletronic device is the best thing to do since you could run homebrews on it.

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  17. luckyduckymoomoo19 May 2011 at 19:56

    I don't know why companies are against you jailbraiking something you already bought it

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  18. Corey19 May 2011 at 20:25

    Amazing blog!

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  19. Delicious Oophagy19 May 2011 at 20:54

    The thing I noticed is that the app store for Cydia is quite expensive. I jailbroke my iPod but really haven't done much with it afterwards >_>

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  20. Silk19 May 2011 at 23:00

    You Must Jailbreak your iphone, it is amazing, you can play pokemon on your ipod with a emulator for example.

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  21. Dinner20 May 2011 at 01:10

    I would jailbreak anytime

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  22. Mook20 May 2011 at 01:22

    I'm jailbreak and i'll always be, if you don't go buy an android phone :\

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  23. Gegenthese20 May 2011 at 02:55

    i jailbreaked my iphone 4 months ago!

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  24. The Gamer20 May 2011 at 02:57

    did mine and its great

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  25. Carles20 May 2011 at 03:15

    nowdays is easy for everyone lol

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  26. P.Jordan20 May 2011 at 04:12

    already did with mine but thx for sharing!

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  27. Fr8lovers20 May 2011 at 06:04

    it rocks ^^

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  28. Kevin20 May 2011 at 07:49

    I have an old iPhone i've been thinking about jailbreaking, I feel like i have nothing to lose!

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  29. Daniel20 May 2011 at 07:50

    Cause you want an android....

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  30. nufcmiles20 May 2011 at 07:58

    What are the negatives though? Does it break warranty?

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  31. Buzbee20 May 2011 at 08:02

    i jailbrke for emulators lol

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  32. Crooked Letter20 May 2011 at 08:12

    if i had one id do it

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  33. Fix PC Games Admin20 May 2011 at 08:21

    isn't bluetooth useless? i think that option might not be the main reason just my opinion +followed

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  34. Anonymous20 May 2011 at 08:30

    i have jailbroken all of my iphones...although i do pay for an app if its worth it

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  35. Anonymous20 May 2011 at 08:43

    I'm gonna jailbreak my iphone once i get one lol

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  36. Alex20 May 2011 at 08:44

    Having an unjailbroken ipod/phone doesn't make much sense in my opinion. Some of the restrictions apple have are so stupid.

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  37. Empty20 May 2011 at 08:53

    How do you jailbreak it?

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  38. Nao20 May 2011 at 09:03

    You jailbreak it by looking at google.com with the word "how to Jailbreak an Iphone"

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  39. BarryBumflop20 May 2011 at 09:06

    There's always going to exploits like this and alongside those exploits, risks!

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  40. mindlessfrk20 May 2011 at 09:33

    What can go really bad, is if the device get some kind of problem and then can't be recognize on the computer, and you can't remove the jail break...

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  41. Grant20 May 2011 at 09:46

    Hey, just to confirm
    -you can always restore a jailbroken iPod/iPhone/iPad via itunes :)

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  42. Platano: 365 life20 May 2011 at 10:18

    im an android guy myself, but if i ever were to get an iphone.. i would root it in a heartbeat

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  43. Volturno Caravaggio20 May 2011 at 10:44

    i jailbroke my touch as fast as I got home from buying it. xD

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  44. PossessedWarrior20 May 2011 at 10:44

    I own an ipod touch. I regret it now. I bought it for the screen size to watch videos before I had a laptop. I jailbroke it etc. Was good then. Now it is nothing more than an mp3 player to me. I dont use it for anything else anymore. Also iTunes is the worst program I've ever had the displeasure of using.

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  45. charlie tuna20 May 2011 at 11:44

    Life is for the bold. Take the risk.

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  46. Skankin_Pete20 May 2011 at 11:51

    I jail broke my Ipon just so I could play pokemon on it lol

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  47. AOmar20 May 2011 at 15:05

    Dude fuck the Geohot case, that's bullshit

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  48. Daniel Smotherman20 May 2011 at 17:14

    Geohot case total bullshit. They had it coming.

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  49. Michael21 May 2011 at 05:39

    I jailbroke or I guess "homebrewed" my PSP and so glad I did, best portable system ever capable of playing all the oldschool systems.

    Didn't know I could jailbreak my ipod though, nice information going to follow your blog.

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  50. Jay Reid21 May 2011 at 07:54

    Apple suck.

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  51. Louis Ritchie21 May 2011 at 09:30

    Yeah I agree. They're garbage. I'm on a mac right now, and I'm pissed. I'm going to beat my cat as soon as I'm done posting this comment.

    JK I love cats.

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  52. Buzbee21 May 2011 at 10:05

    Jailbreaking still amazes me to this day

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  53. SeomanReborn21 May 2011 at 14:51

    My Iphone keeps having black screen problems

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  54. Jesse Crows21 May 2011 at 14:55

    why not?

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  55. Lt Nite21 May 2011 at 14:58

    My iPod is currently not jailbroken, but I loved it when it was. I loved having 5 columns, and this really nice theme. Some day I'll rejailbreak it.

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  56. Sensation8921 May 2011 at 15:04

    Sounds interesting!

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  57. SeanExact21 May 2011 at 15:18

    my stand......why have a ipod touch if it aint jailbroken :)

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  58. CPH21 May 2011 at 15:25

    I love having it jailbroken! +1follower

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  59. Alt Gr21 May 2011 at 16:30

    I jailbroke my 1st gen iPhone, and I was really satisfied with it.

    Someone stole it from me a few weeks later, though.

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  60. Science21 May 2011 at 16:40

    Definitely jailbroke my current iphone, worth all the time I put into it.

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  61. pv21 May 2011 at 16:49

    def worth jail braking iphone

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  62. Anonymous21 May 2011 at 17:06

    i jailbroke my iphone and itouch. is there anyway to make cydia load faster?

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  63. Phate21 May 2011 at 17:12

    When I actually have enough money to get an iphone instead of my current absolute crap phone, I plan to jailbreak it. There's too many positives not to

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  64. Intraman22 May 2011 at 01:34

    interesting never thought you could do that

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  65. Anonymous22 May 2011 at 04:40

    yeah I heard thats a good thing to do mane

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  66. Youtuber22 May 2011 at 05:23

    I jailbroke my iphone 3g, too. After everythink runs it falls down a bridge -.-*

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  67. FrostyC22 May 2011 at 10:41

    Just buy a droid.

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  68. Buzbee22 May 2011 at 14:47

    droid is the lamest

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  69. therocksays22 May 2011 at 23:41

    iphones are getting slightly better, but anything Apple is just 'my way or the highway'-itunes, macbook, iphone. Nowadays most ppl who care about computers run windows on their macbooks

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  70. Buzbee23 May 2011 at 08:45

    i run win7 on my mac lol

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  71. HOODPHENOMENOM23 May 2011 at 11:09

    I jailbroke my iphone and its great

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  72. sfxworks23 May 2011 at 11:28

    Apple does control way to much. They even had that big deal over apple vs adobe. Thank goodness google stepped in and made flash for the android :)

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  73. TalkDaily23 May 2011 at 11:45

    1) Your poll is so awesome
    2) Is jail breaking really worth it? If something goes wrong internally with the iphone, Apple won't repair it if jailbroken

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  74. fat daddy23 May 2011 at 11:49

    rooted my droid. not an apple fan.

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  75. Cartoon Universe23 May 2011 at 12:53

    So many iPhone users are jailbreaking their devices, it seems they should just come pre jail broken.

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  76. The Great Web Sage23 May 2011 at 14:31

    I failed at jailbreaking too many times...

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  77. Radux23 May 2011 at 14:37

    jailbreaked my cousins iphone two weeks ago. wasn't that hard if you have the right tutorials

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  78. Mike23 May 2011 at 14:38

    I have ipod 1gen, can does all aps work with it being jailbroken?

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  79. n0kS Phr33d0m23 May 2011 at 14:41

    Yeah I recommend this method too, it's very 'healthy' for your ip*d.

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  80. Mehmet23 May 2011 at 14:53

    Still waiting for a unlock method for the 02.10

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  81. Cole23 May 2011 at 15:00

    super informative, thanks

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  82. Erika23 May 2011 at 15:33

    If I had an iAnything, I would totally jailbreak it.

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  83. edan9623 May 2011 at 16:57

    mines been jail broken for 3 years every thing you said is true and i recommend to any one to jail break the apple devices

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  84. James23 May 2011 at 17:27

    I've thought about jail breaking my iDevices but Idk if I want to go through the trouble.

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  85. Marc D23 May 2011 at 17:47

    I have an iPhone 4, but i haven't jail broke it yet. Dont think I will

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  86. GameArtifacts23 May 2011 at 17:49

    iphones that arent jailbroken are useless

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  87. zepdragon23 May 2011 at 18:30

    It's all about getting around the system

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  88. luckyduckymoomoo23 May 2011 at 18:34

    My friend jailbroke is ipod touch today and its pretty nice he cant customize it way more!

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  89. Brofessor Neeko23 May 2011 at 18:49

    I'm hoping to buy an iPod touch sumply because it's the best and i would love to jailbreak because one of my friends were playing pokemon RBY lol

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  90. Me24 May 2011 at 03:52

    I used to jailbreak it ages ago but now it's pretty good even without jailbreaking.

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  91. i.Mo24 May 2011 at 06:24

    didn't jailbreak my touch. i'm afraid that it doesn't work afterwards.
    good blog.
    following

    http://incredible-mo.blogspot.com/

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  92. ! creator !24 May 2011 at 07:28

    interesting thoughts :)

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  93. Anonymous24 May 2011 at 07:39

    I'd be interested to hear more about jailbreaking an iDevice. Paricularly what you can do if it turns pear shaped

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  94. Unknown24 May 2011 at 09:32

    Jailbreaking is safe, the worst that would happen is you would have to reformat it which is easily done

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  95. mwesten24 May 2011 at 09:46

    I had a PSP that was jailbroken,it unlocks a lot of new options

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  96. AcceZ24 May 2011 at 09:56

    Do it!

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  97. Will24 May 2011 at 10:28

    I jailbroke my iPhone before the app store was around, and the only way to get apps was with Installer... I feel old now.

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  98. Gaberabtic24 May 2011 at 10:50

    I never liked apple

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  99. Kunta Jay24 May 2011 at 11:41

    I'm not cool enough to Jailbreak.

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  100. Splendid TV24 May 2011 at 12:22

    It will make your phone loads better seriously.

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  101. Speedy Ed24 May 2011 at 12:24

    nahh don't do it, stay with Apple. constant updates and all that. best way. and app store. woop.

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  102. Anonymous24 May 2011 at 12:39

    want to jailbreak my iphone now too :)

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  103. Blogger24 May 2011 at 12:42

    oh god......................

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  104. nowbuddy24 May 2011 at 13:14

    never thought about it, good idea

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  105. Musicofjustin24 May 2011 at 13:17

    I love this, whenever I have owned any apple product I have jail broken it. Yeah it may void the warranty, which is crappy, but theres really a lot more you can do with the device!

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  106. Brat Pack Maplestory Windia24 May 2011 at 13:20

    Friend did this and it is awesome!

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  107. Say.Whaaaat24 May 2011 at 13:26

    I first jailbroke my iPhone about a year ago. Never looked back.

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  108. Tech Unlocked24 May 2011 at 13:48

    iPhone jailbreaking is awesome.

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  109. Lily@FaunMusic24 May 2011 at 14:09

    Friend jailbroke my Ipod nano once, worked for a day then never again :(

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  110. phosports24 May 2011 at 14:20

    who doesnt want as many apps as possible?

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  111. TIMMYTHEROBOT24 May 2011 at 15:18

    I'm afraid that if I jail break it, I'll just break it.

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  112. Jacob24 May 2011 at 15:21

    Jailbreaking and homebrew are one of the greatest places where webOS shines in my opinion. HP/Palm has left the code open, so all you have to do is type "webos20090606" in the device, and you can install whatever you want on the device. As HP put it, they "leave the tools in the garage" for people who want to get the most they can out of their phones.

    All the platform needs is a killer device, and I'm sure it'll take off like iOS and Android has.

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  113. MJ to IM24 May 2011 at 19:27

    i just rooted my droid 1, not only does it not feel prehistoric anymore but i also feel like a champion :)

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  114. kite109924 May 2011 at 20:03

    definitely worth it to jailbreak it

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  115. arsenal1first25 May 2011 at 01:23

    all the apps free, simple as... :)

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  116. Jimmy25 May 2011 at 05:25

    haha I remember when jailbreaking was new and you had like a 30% success rate xD

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  117. Anonymous25 May 2011 at 05:28

    Apple products, hipsters.

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  118. FTI25 May 2011 at 09:53

    I jailbroke my ipad, it was a good decision!

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  119. paidvacation160525 May 2011 at 15:52

    My verizon Iphone 4 is jailbroken.

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  120. llllollllll26 May 2011 at 06:12

    First thing I did with my iphone.

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  121. MarkeeTeeVee28 May 2011 at 17:26

    Now I need to buy an iPhone.

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