Reasons to Jailbreak

Let us look at a few reasons why you might want to consider jailbreaking your iPhone or any of the other iDevice, but first what is jailbreaking? It is a process through which an iDevice is freed from the clutches of Apple’s restrictions which hold back the full potential of the device. Some thing like a speed limiter in a car you may say.

Access to T-Mobile GSM Network

One of the main reasons why some people hesitate to buy iPhone is because it is tied to a network. Buyers do not have the luxury of choosing their favorite carrier. The problem may be with AT&T or Verizon not having good service in the area you live in or the issue with call drops, but you have no option but to stick to it. If your iPhone is jailbroken though, you can use an alternate carrier such as T-Mobile GSM Network.

Cool Jailbroken iPhone Apps

The vast majority of iDevice owners jailbreak their devices because of the variety of cool apps it makes available through Cydia. Apple’s App Store does have lots of cool apps, but they are all limited by Apple’s restrictions. With jailbroken apps, the apps can do whatever they want to. This overcomes many of the iOSs shortcomings.

Some cool Cydia apps are MyWi, Intelliscreen, MxTube, etc. MyWi turns your device into a mobile hotspot while Intelliscreen lets you access e-mail and calenders from your lock screen, and MxTube lets you download YouTube videos for offline viewing.

FaceTime Video Chat over 3G

Face Time is an amazing app developed by Apple. It has amazing clarity and enables smooth video calls. The short coming is that it can only be made use of over a Wi-Fi network. If your iDevice is jailbroken, you can download tweaks from Cydia which will let you take Face Time calls over your phone’s 3G network.

These were some of the top reasons for jailbreaking your iDevice. Jailbreaking used to be tedious at one time but with the coming of JailbreakMe.com, jailbreaking is a cake walk. Another advantage is that Jailbreaking is completely reversible, if at all something goes wrong. All you need to do is restore it using iTunes. So, will you jailbreak?