Jail Breaking, What Does This Mean?

2012-06-11 Thread Arnold Schmidt
Being new, I ask: I think jail breaking a phone means that one can install apps onto it that are not approved by apple. What is ssh? Most importantly, will this void my warranty, or will apple deny me updates because they think I have an illegal phone? I do not think one can get updates for

re: Jail Breaking, What Does This Mean?

2012-06-11 Thread Joseph Lee
Date sent: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 02:57:52 -0400 Subject: Jail Breaking, What Does This Mean? Being new, I ask: I think jail breaking a phone means that one can install apps onto it that are not approved by apple. What is ssh? Most importantly, will this void my warranty, or will apple deny me

Re: Jail Breaking, What Does This Mean?

2012-06-11 Thread chris hallsworth
Jailbreaking is not illegal however it will void any Apple warranties you have. But it is certainly not illegal. SSH I think allows you to securely connect to a remote machine. Christopher Hallsworth On 11/06/2012 07:57, Arnold Schmidt wrote: Being new, I ask: I think jail breaking a

RE: Jail Breaking, What Does This Mean?

2012-06-11 Thread Jon Pierson
Subject: Jail Breaking, What Does This Mean? Being new, I ask: I think jail breaking a phone means that one can install apps onto it that are not approved by apple. What is ssh? Most importantly, will this void my warranty, or will apple deny me updates because they think I have an illegal phone? I

Re: Jail Breaking, What Does This Mean?

2012-06-11 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
H, to answer the other question, jailbreaking and unlocking are not the same. Jailbreaking is getting out of the sandbox experience and allowing you to add tweaks or other apps which Apple normally doesn't allow. It enables you to do cool things with your phone which you can't normally do.

Re: Jail Breaking, What Does This Mean?

2012-06-11 Thread jack
I would like to have some tips on unlocking a iphone 3g. The unit is presently locked to att. Thanks much. larry -Original Message- From: Raul A. Gallegos Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 1:36 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Jail Breaking, What Does This Mean? H, to answer

Re: Jail Breaking, What Does This Mean?

2012-06-11 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
2012 02:57:52 -0400 Subject: Jail Breaking, What Does This Mean? Being new, I ask: I think jail breaking a phone means that one can install apps onto it that are not approved by apple. What is ssh? Most importantly, will this void my warranty, or will apple deny me updates because they think I have

Re: Jail Breaking, What Does This Mean?

2012-06-11 Thread Arnold Schmidt
I would like to say thanks, Joseph, for writing your explanation of jail breaking, even though I really didn't understand much of it. The fault is mine, not yours. What I did gather is that when I get an IPhone, I will leave the doing of such things to others, and just take what Apple allows

Re: Jail Breaking, What Does This Mean?

2012-06-11 Thread Christopher Chaltain
It's true Android is more open than IOS by nature, but you still have to root your Android phone, which is analogous to jail breaking your IOS device, to get root privileges. Also, although the openness of Android allows for more innovation and creativity, it also permits more fragmentation. I