jailbreaking..

Dreamtheater

so my iphone 4 is jailbroken, and i want to download iOS5. I know that to unjailbreak my phone i have to restore it through itunes, but when i click to restore it says it will confirm it with apple...am i fucked if something happens?

drinkwine732

If you have the .ipsw file already downloaded, you need to manually choose which software you upload. Do not restore it through iTunes.

Dreamtheater

i already started..plus its downloading ios5.

MenAreTrash

u dun fucked up

Stratophony

Dreamtheater

im hopeful... well everywhere i look says this is how you do it, so...yeah..

Travis

In response to a request by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the U.S. Copyright Office explicitly recognized an exemption to the DMCA to permit jailbreaking in order to allow iPhone owners to use their phones with applications that are not available from Apple's store, and to unlock their iPhones for use with unapproved carriers.[24][25] Apple had previously filed comments opposing this exemption and indicated that they did consider jailbreaking to be a violation of copyright (and by implication prosecutable under the DMCA). Apple's request to define copyright law to include jailbreaking as a violation was denied as part of the 2009 DMCA rulemaking. In their ruling, the Library of Congress affirmed on July, 26, 2010 that jailbreaking is exempt from DMCA rules with respect to circumventing digital locks. This exemption must be reviewed and renewed every three years or else it will expire.
Tim Wu, a professor at Columbia Law School, argued that jailbreaking is "legal, ethical, and just plain fun."[26] Wu cited an explicit exemption issued by the Library of Congress in 2006 for personal unlocking, which notes that locks "are used by wireless carriers to limit the ability of subscribers to switch to other carriers, a business decision that has nothing whatsoever to do with the interests protected by copyright" and thus do not implicate the DMCA.[27] Wu did not claim that this exemption applies to those who help others unlock a device or "traffic" in software to do so. As of July 26, 2010, The U.S. Copyright Office has approved exemptions to the DMCA that allow iDevice users to Jailbreak their devices legally.[28] These exemptions also allow phone users to unlock their phone in order to switch carriers.[29] It is still possible Apple may employ technical countermeasures to prevent jailbreaking or prevent jailbroken phones from functioning, but they will not be able to sue users who jailbreak.[30] It is also unclear whether it is legal to traffic in the tools used to make jailbreaking easy.[30]

Dreamtheater

i dont mean am i legally fucked, more in terms of warranty..

MenAreTrash

your phone escaped from jail? damn, I didn't realize smart phones were this smart...

Oh hey grandpa

MenAreTrash

your phone escaped from jail? damn, I didn't realize smart phones were this smart...

Oh hey grandpa

GET OFF MY LAWN UNLESS YOUR CUTTING MY GRASS YA WHIPPERSNAPPER!

Just a moment señor. I need to put more gas in the mower.

LiveFreeDie

I hope the 4S gets jailbroken soon.

Dreamtheater

its working so far...i iz hopefulz..

LiveFreeDie

I personally would have kept the jail break instead of updating. I miss my 5 icon dock and unlimited skips pandora.

Dreamtheater

those both sound like fun apps..but idk, i had problems with a lot of the things i tried to get from my jailbreak, and now ios5 has a lot of the things i liked about my jailbreak plus some cool new features. so idk, maybe ill do it again someday, but for now its nice to change

laurjohn2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMFYs3gfgis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIP1okixlfE

Adam

That new Ipod update fucked up my ipod and i lost a lot of album covers and it fucked up some artist names.

KridesBrideBritt

What exactly is jailbreaking? Sorry, not technologically savvy.

Gnomez

I'm pretty sure it's the same as "unlocking"
like when u buy an iPhone and it's not thru a recognised supplier so you need access codes to use the phone. The problem is that once you jailbreak or unlock them you can't use them on iTunes to get upgrades or they lock again

KridesBrideBritt

Oh okay.

LiveFreeDie

I'm pretty sure it's the same as "unlocking"
like when u buy an iPhone and it's not thru a recognised supplier so you need access codes to use the phone. The problem is that once you jailbreak or unlock them you can't use them on iTunes to get upgrades or they lock again

Not only just unlocking but it installs a app called Cydia which is pretty much like the app store. Except it contains apps/tweaks that you can't do to your iphone/itouch because apple does not allow it.

Example would be 5 icon dock that allows you to have 5 icons on the bottom instead of the normal 4. Or my personal favorite unlimited skips pandora (self explanatory). Also a shit ton of just small tweaks that are not approved by apple. If you truly want to customize your iPhone you cannot accomplish it without jailbreaking.

Travis

Kidz just like saying "jailbreak"...sounds dangerous.....