^ I know jailbreaking itself can't do that, but what if the failure occurs coincidentally?

^ 2 things - it is not a phone - it is an ipod touch. Second, what if there is a hardware failure (say, the CPU or even the power button). Then what do i do? That is what my parents are worried about. BTW, what is a baseband?

My parents do not really understand. BTW, what is the iPad baseband? IDK what u mean?

I know - can I avoid this? And what is the newest device that does load without rebooting?

OK, so I have 2 iPod touches - a 4th gen running 4.3.3, and a 1st gen running 3.1.3 . I jailbroke the 1st gen - my parents will not let me jailbreak the 4th gen until the warranty expires in April. Until then, I'll tweak the 1st gen. However, when I go to reset SpringBoard, it will give me the...