Raul where do I go to check for the untethered jailbreak on Sunday when we might get it
Sent from my iPhone On 2013-01-30, at 11:58 PM, "Raul A. Gallegos" <r...@raulgallegos.com> wrote: > Hello Krysti, I may have some information for you. Also, Mauricio, the > question wasn't about what you lose if you jailbreak, but whether it could be > done. > > Anyway, jailbreaking iOS 6.0 or 6.01 is not really possible right now if you > want untethered, and believe me when I say that untethered is the way to go. > Otherwise you will be depending on a tethered jailbreak, and it means you > have to connect your phone to the computer and run software when it reboots. > Additionally, there has been a very difficult time of it from the hackers on > getting it working right. So, the good news is that if you wait for the > long-awaited untethered jailbreak for iOS 6.1, it's a good chance it will be > made available this Sunday. Now, to address some of the other things which > came up in this thread. > > If you have a new iPhone and it came with iOS 6, you can't downgrade. This is > because of Apple signing each firmware installation for your phone. I don't > understand the specifics, but if you Google for shsh blobs, it will give a > better description for it. I have been able to downgrade in the past before, > but that was because I had saved my shsh blobs from a prior iOS version. > > The question I see come up often is if jailbreaking is worth it. I mean, you > lose Apple tech support, and supposedly void your warranty if you have one. > If you find that you need to have your device serviced, then you can restore > and go back to the current iOS and it will be unjailbroken. Of course you > will lose your settings and jailbreak apps, but that's a risk you take when > you go for the jailbreak path. I just realized I didn't answer my own > question on if jailbreaking is right or not. Like with all things in life, it > depends on the user and whether said user wants to trade in the warranty for > certain conveniences. Or even more importantly, it highly depends on whether > jailbreaking will enhance the user experience for the specific user. > > I'll give an example, if you have been using the iPhone unjailbroken and it's > met your needs, or you are really concerned about tech support from Apple > and/or warranty service, then jailbreaking isn't for you. If you aren't > concerned about their tech support or warranty, but you don't need the > enhancements that jailbreaking provides, then again, jailbreaking may not be > for you. I teach new users how to use the iPhone and even though I'm a huge > jailbreak fan, I don't recommend it to my clients unless they ask about it > first, and only if they feel they really need it. > > I could go on and on about all the cool things you can do extra with a > jailbroken iPhone, but the list would be too long. Suffice it to say that > even though I'm using iOS 5.1.1 still on my 4S, I'm enjoying most of the iOS > 6 features due to some sort of jailbreak enhancement. The one feature I will > mention here is probably 80% of the reason why I jailbreak in the first > place. I'm a Google Voice user, and I have totally integrated my Google Voice > number so that even tapping on phone numbers in text messages or web pages or > apps, will use my GV number to call the tapped number. Furthermore, sending > and receiving text messages using my Google Voice number is seamless and can > be done through the messages app. These are things you cannot do unless you > jailbreak. > > So, bottom line, I truly hope that untethered iOS 6.1 jailbreak will come > out, but if it doesn't, I'll be sticking with iOS 5.1.1 for a bit longer. > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.-P. J. > O'Rourke > Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com > Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 > Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 > > On 1/27/2013 8:50 AM, Mauricio Almeida wrote: >> well, there probably is. my question to you is though why youw ould do such >> a thing if it messes your ability of gaining support from apple in addition >> to making you lose all your jail break data every time you update your IOS? >> >> mauricio >> On Jan 27, 2013, at 9:45 AM, Krysti <happypuppy...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hey is there anyway I can jailbreak my iPhone 4S running ios 6 >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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