Pros and cons of jailbreaking

[Stykman]

Hey guys im thinking of maybe jailbreaking my itouch
What are the pros and cons of jailbreaking?

And can you unjailbreak the ipod back to normal?

[Underoath777]

Originally Posted by Stykman

Hey guys im thinking of maybe jailbreaking my itouch
What are the pros and cons of jailbreaking?

And can you unjailbreak the ipod back to normal?

Pros:
-Apps that are not on the App Store
-Emulators and Roms
-Themes
-5 icon dock
-5 colunms vertically and horizontally, so that would be 25 apps per page
-Lots of tweaks like SBSettings that lets you do many things, Bosspreffs, hiding apps, turning wifi with only one tap.
-Categories: Folders that you can create to avoid 9 page limit
-Stacks
-Now cydia store is open and you can get other packages.

Cons:
-There isnt all that much. The only thing is if you have to send it for repair you have to restore the ipod so the jailbreak will be gone. Sometimes, if u have lots of things on it, it takes a lot to reboot and something it just freezes but thats like once every month lol

and if you dont like it, you can always hit "RESTORE" on your itunes and the jailbreak will be gone!

[GatorDeb]

All of the above plus - GAME BACKUPS! Never lose your progress again!

Here's my front page. I have hundreds of apps loaded

[nickels]

There is nothing to think about if you are even remotely skilled in using a PC - jailbreak it!

[darkhorse]

Underoath pretty much nailed the benefits of jailbreaking. You can even run applications in the background so you can resume at that same exact spot. Useful when you press the home and the app closes out but don't put you exactly where you were. You can even dl youtube videos directly to your device.

A few cons would be that as you dl more things from cydia, your iDevice will run slower. Also, you have a higher risk of seeing the endless apple logo when a install doesn't install correctly or something else funky happens (I think the risk is lower now since newer firmwares are here and increasing performance). If you update to a newer firmware, you have to restore/install new firmware and rejailbreak again and get all your sources/dl's over again. That could be a PITA. Also your battery life will take a hit. Not a huge hit but noticeable.

So, basically install only things you will use so your device doesn't take a major performance hit.

[s0mah]

imo, some idiot from the games boards will call everyone a criminal within the next 5 minutes.

[WellSpentYouth]

Originally Posted by s0mah

imo, some idiot from the games boards will call everyone a criminal within the next 5 minutes.

criminal!

[Tennisking1o1]

Pros:
Custom Themes
Widgets!
Folders (Categories)
A Better youtube client
Awesome custom games (Osu, for an example )
5 Icon dock, columns, and rows
Nice little tweaks for iPod users (Taking the "Videos" button from the homescreen on the iPod and just adding it to the "iPod")
Ability to record videos on the iPhone

Cons:
A slight decrease in battery life (very slight)
Nothing else!

I highly recommend jailbreaking. I was skeptical when I first did it, but now I love my iPod more than I ever did before I jailbroke

[Stykman]

does it take long to get apps off cydia and downoad them?
and i can get any app ever made?
cuz i plan on downloading some stuffs will the itouch ever crash because of that?

[spamboy]

Originally Posted by Stykman

does it take long to get apps off cydia and downoad them?
and i can get any app ever made?
cuz i plan on downloading some stuffs will the itouch ever crash because of that?

Nope, it's nearly as EASY imo. (I just hate the long load times of Cydia).

NO, you cannot get any app ever made (I'm assuming you mean the App Store) because that's ILLEGAL! Correct me if I misunderstood :P

Usually (for me, i'm on a Touch 2G) my ipod doesn't crash out of any apps. The only exception is BIA, which doesn't start, but for a different reason. Plus if you're having crashing, you can kill processes using SBsettings or respring using SBsettings. Very useful tool!