What is jailbreaking?

We already seen the article which described the rooting the android device earlier. Jailbreaking IOS device is somewhat similar to rooting the android device. But yes still there are few differences as both operating systems are totally different, so we can’t compare them. Jailbreaking the IOS device is the process of removing the limits of your IOS device by accessing root section of your IOS device.  By accessing root section of your IOS device you can easily install some unique apps directly into root section and also install unique themes on your IOS device that not come with any customization option from the starting. In short you can do lots of customization by jailbreaking your IOS device. Plus here you will see all different applications that you have never seen on Apple’s app store. So the apps which can’t get place in apple’s app store, they will be available on cydia (similar to app store) after jailbreaking your phone. 

Is it legal?

Well, as per rules and regulation it is still not clear. But as per some news and articles available on the internet now jailbreaking iPhone is legal thing. But however as it is breaking some terms of Apple the warranty of your phone will be void. So if you get any kind of problem after jailbreaking your device company will not going to repair your phone for free. So it is quite risky thing to do. Better not go for it unless user is having enough information about it.

Is it easy to jailbreak IOS device?

Well, this depends on the user who is trying the jailbreak stuff. He he. I mean if user is well informed about all these stuffs then it is very easy for it. He can easily jailbreak the device within few minutes if he is having proper tools for it. But one has not more information related to these things then yes it is very hard for them. They better not try any kind of silly things because they can easily brick their phone. In the end they will end up losing money for repairing purpose. So keep in mind that this thing is not for all users. Do proper investigate about all these stuff and if you get enough confidence that you can do it then only go ahead.

What you will get after jailbreaking?

You will found new application on your menu called ‘Cydia’. This application is just like app store your Apple device. On this you will found different applications which you have never seen on apple app store. With those applications you can easily customize your phone as per you like. You will also found some good system related applications using which you can easily make changes in system apps as you like.

Advantages of Jailbreak

I have already mentioned that as you can access root section of your device you can easily install different apps which can customize your iphone with different apps which you can get on apple app store. So this is one of the best reasons to go for jailbreak in your IOS device.

You can easily customize your phone look like changing the number of rows and columns in the menu window.

You can make changes in display by installing different themes which you can’t do on your normal IOS device.

You can tether your internet with your laptop for free with certain application.

You can make changes into system apps. For example, you can get download video option in Youtube application. Same goes for safari; you can have downloading option too in safari browser via certain applications and add-ons.

So in short it is all related to customization and download applications which you can’t get on Apple’s app store. 

Disadvantages of the same

As I already mentioned that this process can void your phone’s warranty so this is the biggest disadvantage related to this thing.

Another thing is that this process is not that easy, so if you not having enough knowledge about this thing then you can easily brick your phone.

For each new version process of jailbreaking is different. So keep in mind. If you are trying old jailbreaking method with new version then your phone is in risk.

So this is it for the disadvantages. Go at this thing at your own risk if you know what are you doing.

Some useful apps after jailbreaking your IOS device

Now let me tell you about few starting applications that you can try out and start changing your IOS device. I am sure you will like them. Here are they:

Useful application after jailbreak

SB Settings: As name suggests it is the apps for your IOS settings. This will give you shortcut buttons on notification tray. So just swap your finger for notification tray and you will able to put lots of short cut directly on it. For example you will get wifi, Bluetooth, 3g and many shortcuts like them on your iphone notification bar. So you can directly switch them on and off as per your requirement.

WinterBoard: This application will enable theme mode for your IOS device. After installing this app you can install different kind of themes for winter board to completely change the look of your IOS device. So for theme option you have to download this app first and then you can install different available theme.

iFile: This is another good application using which you can able to see file system of your IOS device. So using this app you can access your file system and put different files directly into any app by this application. This application will work similar to normal file manager application. So I don’t need to explain more about it.

Springtomize: This application is to customization your iphone. Using this application you can increase the number of rows and columns in your device menu. You can also increase and decrease the size of the application icons using the same. These are not the only features you will found many other similar customization feature on this application. So if somebody interested in customization their IOS device then this application is quite useful.

Safari Downloader (Safari browser add-on): Using this add-on you can download different files like songs and videos directly from the safari browser on your iphone. Let me tell you by default there is no download option on Safari browser in IOS device. So this add-on can be surely useful.

Youtube Downlaoder (another add-on): Using this add-on you will get the downloading option on your youtube application. So using that option you can download any youtube video file directly from your youtube application. You can also watch all the videos offline after downloading them. So this is also one of useful application for the starter.

So this is it. I guess I have provided all useful and important information regarding jailbreaking stuff. For basic purpose it should be enough. But yes do at your own risk and after having all kind of information regarding it. Have fun.