You can do a lot of stuff if you jailbreak your iPod or iPhone. But is it really worth it? Here we have listed some of the main advantages and disadvantages of jailbreaking...
Pros / Advantages
1. There are many apps and games that you can download for free for your iPod/ iPhone if it is jailbroken.
2. You can change your iPod to look the way you want to by changing themes and backgrounds.
- Desktop/ SMS background
This app creates a background for your iPod/iPhone.
- WinterBoard
As you can see WinterBoard is a cool app that can change your iPhone's theme completely.
3. Improving ipod/iphone to perform tasks that would have been impossible if it weren't jailbroken.
- SBSettings
These are two screenshots of SBSettings where you can configure your iPhone's settings while your doing what you were doing. All you have to do is swipe the top bar and these settings come up. You can turn off WiFi or Bluetooth to save battery.
4. Although this might not interest most of you, it breaks the rules set in your iPod/iPhone by apple. Apple restricts downloading certain apps like OperaMini Browser, but if you jailbreak, you can easily install this type of apps.
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Cons / Disadvantages
1. If done improperly it might brick your ipod (but the percentage of this happening is less than 1%)
Click here for a step by step instruction guide on how to jaibreak properly.
2. The ipod touch/iphone 3rd gen requires a tethered jailbreak. That means if you want to turn your ipod off and turn it back on you have to connect it to the computer to turn it on.
4. Jailbreaking voids the manufacturer's warranty. But all you have to do is restore it and its practically untraceable.
3. iPod is more vulnerable to virus attacks.
If you have any more problems please comment and I'll be glad to help you.
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