Thinking of Jailbreaking but are not sure?

[Unleashed]

Here's another question, what does it mean by the following: "It's always advised that you have a recent backup in itunes before attempting it especially if you are new to jailbreaking." Hypothetically speaking, say I do have a recent backup; after jailbreaking would I be able to backup again with all the jailbreaking features, and how would one go back to it's original stage if something should go wrong;

Good question..

The idea behind backing up every time especially if you are new to jailbreak is if you make a mistake and have to restore then you have a backup of your device so any changes you have made you wont lose any important files.

there's only one iTunes, one can't keep an original version and a jailbreaking version in iTunes at the same time, I'm trying to understand this concept; thanks!

Well itunes does not backup the jailbreak as its stored on the same partition as the ios is stored on so you would just backup as normal but you wont be backing up any of the jb apps.. there are apps that can backup the jailbreak ones though

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[LoveRhyme]

Oh wow, I would love to have access to all those features you've mention; I'm new to all this, I'll need a tutorial, my iPhone 4S 64gb is ready for the adventure, I have the carrier Sprint, will that make a difference? Oh, and my version is 5.0.1 (9A405), Model MD381LL, will that also make a difference; thanks!

[iMarilina]

Oh wow, I would love to have access to all those features you've mention; I'm new to all this, I'll need a tutorial, my iPhone 4S 64gb is ready for the adventure, I have the carrier Sprint, will that make a difference? Oh, and my version is 5.0.1 (9A405), Model MD381LL, will that also make a difference; thanks!

Hi there.

Doesnt make a difference. All you need is to download the jailbreak tool Absinthe, read the nice tutorial they have here in the forum, and it only takes a few minutes.

Just make sure you read up on cydia, tweaks and how to do things so you dont un into issues

To backup sources and tweaks and configuration plus much more, there is an app called Pkgbackup in cydia,plus another one called Datadeposit with which you can save your game data

[bullitt6996]

Hi guys, I'm new to Iphone, but not rooting. I recently was given an Iphone 4 32GB to play with so I switched from my rooted Droid 3. From what I see, your rooting process is very simple compared to the mess I have gone through rooting my androids. Are the Rooted apps for Iphone free? Is there a bootstrap or reliable safety program to reverse the process? Is the wifi tether app available to utilize an unlimited data plan from Verizon? And lastly, my Iphone is on version 5.0.1, which jailbreak program would be best?

Thanks!

[Unleashed]

Hi guys, I'm new to Iphone, but not rooting. I recently was given an Iphone 4 32GB to play with so I switched from my rooted Droid 3. From what I see, your rooting process is very simple compared to the mess I have gone through rooting my androids. Are the Rooted apps for Iphone free? Is there a bootstrap or reliable safety program to reverse the process? Is the wifi tether app available to utilize an unlimited data plan from Verizon? And lastly, my Iphone is on version 5.0.1, which jailbreak program would be best?

Thanks!

I would be careful when using them tether apps some carriers will start charging you like ATT have done..

rooting apps some are free and others are not.. depends what you go for. the devs work endlessly and some do is as their only means of in come so they charge

[HGolightly]

I did the untethered JB via Absinthe on my 4s running 5.0.1 and I did a backup via iTunes before the break as instructed in the JB tutorial but I still have a few questions:

1. Is it "safe" to backup to iCloud on a JB device or are the Apple police going to come after me when and if I try to get service in the future under the Apple Care+ protection plan?

2. Is it possible to sync my iPhone using iTunes now that it has been JB'ed? (I haven't even tried yet to be honest)

3. If I ever need to get service on Apple Care+, what are the steps to restore via iTunes? Do I just click sync or is there another button in iTunes I click?

4. Does restore mean that my phone will be set back to the way it was right before I JB'ed or does it mean it will be set back to factory settings and that I will have to re-sync after a factory re-set?

Thanks!

BTW, I am loving the transparent status bar, transparent dock, no icon labels, and transparent folders! I am such a minimalist! I also love, love this forum for spoon feeding me through the baby steps! You guys and gals are the best!

[bab2010]

1. Is it "safe" to backup to iCloud on a JB device or are the Apple police going to come after me when and if I try to get service in the future under the Apple Care+ protection plan?

it's safe to backup to iCloud same as backing up with iTunes. Apple policies are not going to know by anyway that you have jailbreak your iPhone if you backup to iCloud, if they do, then it means that at some point, they are viewing your iCloud backup files and so they breaking your privacy. They only way they can know that you are using a jailbreak iPhone is if you go to them with a jailbreak iPhone, that's why it's advice to factory restore before taking your iPhone to Apple so they can't know.

2. Is it possible to sync my iPhone using iTunes now that it has been JB'ed? (I haven't even tried yet to be honest)

It's 100% possible to sync your iPhone to iTunes just they way you were doing it prior the jailbreak.

3. If I ever need to get service on Apple Care+, what are the steps to restore via iTunes? Do I just click sync or is there another button in iTunes I click?

you connect your iPhone to your computer iTunes, highlight your iPhone and go to summary tab and hit "restore" iTunes will do the rest.

4. Does restore mean that my phone will be set back to the way it was right before I JB'ed or does it mean it will be set back to factory settings and that I will have to re-sync after a factory re-set?

it means that the iPhone will be set to factory settings and you will have to re sync everything after doing a factory restore.

[ivineet]

If you want to taste the best of your iPhone then you should definitely jailbreak it as there is no harm in giving it a try and if you do not like it or your phone has a problem with jailbreaking then you can totally revert it back and your phone will be back to normal So...

Advantage - Everything

Disadvantage - None

[jag5508]

I did it earlier already restoring it to original don't know if I did something wrong . Maybe I'll try it another time .

[Unleashed]

I did it earlier already restoring it to original don't know if I did something wrong . Maybe I'll try it another time .

well if you ever decide you will give it a try again then let us know more details of what happened and we can help you fix any issues or problems.

I have added a short video as well of the tweaks in action on the first page