To Jailbreak or not to Jailbreak?

[iPhoneGamr]

Whats your thought?

[mrchennyken]

Jailbreak for sure. Themes are a must for me. (:

[Tipop]

For me, an un-jailbroken iPhone is a crippled iPhone.

[super6ft7]

it depends, I recently jailbroke my 3.0 iPotch 1G, all the new stuff was great at first, but the speed and the general confusion of it all took its toll.

1 thing Apple really should consider is the SBS thing, swipe the status bar to get quick widgets

[GaiaIllusion]

We know Apple will never conform to using jailbroken programs. :(

[AaronAMV]

I guess this is my question as well... I'm really thinking about jailbreaking my iTouch 2G, and I've created multiple backups, but how do I apply a backup once it's jailbroken, so I can get all my data back.

[GaiaIllusion]

I guess this is my question as well... I'm really thinking about jailbreaking my iTouch 2G, and I've created multiple backups, but how do I apply a backup once it's jailbroken, so I can get all my data back.

If you're on 3.0 OS, just use redsn0w. It doesn't require restoring, it simply jailbreaks and adds the Cydia installer.

[AaronAMV]

awesome!

im downloading the firmware now, so hopefully i'll have a jailbroken itouch by the end of tonight ;O

[AaronAMV]

i just followed this guide (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDDEN3zfQOg), and everything went fine, but when it was booting up, there was no pineapple and no cydia. :(

[GaiaIllusion]

Nothing? o_O
Jailbreak itself it pretty straightforward. Select firmware in redsn0w, plug in iPod and turn off.
DFU mode: 2 second hold home, 10 second both, release power and hold home for 30 seconds (or until it beeps into DFU).

Use the guide on iClarified instead. I tend not to trust video guides.

[AaronAMV]

those are exactly the steps i did... maybe I need to restore it using the firmware i downloaded, and then try the jailbreak?

[GaiaIllusion]

Weird, redsn0w isn't supposed to require a restore.

Did you check Icy as well when it asked what you wanted to install? Uncheck it if you plan on trying again, I don't think it's that useful.

[AaronAMV]

it wasn't checked before :S

should i just try to restore it with the downloaded firmware. then use the backup? how do i even use the backup?

edit: i just tried it again and i got to the pineapple, waiting to see if i have cydia

edit2: YES I GOT IT

[GaiaIllusion]

Backup is easy to use, just right click on your device name in iTunes and "restore from backup".
It can take a while though, so make sure you have time.

[AaronAMV]

after jailbreaking tonight, you ahve to also. it's so cool.