Anyone into iPhone jailbreaking?

[Mike Panic]

Since jailbreaking isn't illegal, only unlocking (as of a few days ago) I hope this doesn't violate any TOS - mods contact me please if you feel it does.

I've been stuck on iOS 5.1 with the redsn0w tethered jailbreak for some time now, but tomorrow this is supposed to be available: http://evasi0n.com/

Anyone update iOS and then re-jailbreak? I'm assuming I'll have to re-install everything, as if it was the first time over again (tweaks, hacks and other tidbits I use jailbreaking for)?

[Gregor]

Yeah you have to back your machine up with open backup or something Cydia will keep your purchased apps . You can usually upgrade your jailbreak with redsn0w but not sure if you can with the most recent version of ios. Always found jail breaking to be more hassle than it's worth though stopped doing it a while ago . It's not like rooting Android where you've got decent custom roms to play with.

[Mike Panic]

Hey look - redsn0w actually did a whole article on it: Prepare Your Device for Untethered iOS 6.1 Jailbreak [Guide] - Redsn0w, Redsnow Jailbreak 6.1 untethered - iOS 6 - 5.1.1 - iOS 5

I feel dumb haha

[Gregor]

There's a good article on cultofmac too http://http://m.cultofmac.com/cultofmac/#!/entry/everything-you-need-to-know-to-get-ready-for-the,51087f5ed7fc7b56700c9d5c

I might jb the ipad again . I have an android phone and having a lot of fun with that ATM . I think that thankfully unlocking is only illegal in the us . The uk haven't sunk that low yet !

[Mike Panic]

My lock screen:

Also have a customized notification center and 5 icons in the dock, without names under them, or any apps. I just prefer the clean look of stuff I guess. The lock screen is dynamic to show me, at touch, current weather, today high / low, tomorrow, and multiple cities. It is not geo-location aware though, but I can live with that.

[Mike Panic]

Just a heads up... there appears to be an issue with iOS 6.1 + Winterboard, your phone's lock screen will light up on new notifications however you have them set, but you won't actually see the notification. Kind of a pain since I now need to unlock to see if I have a text. Talked to a few developers, they are working on it now.

Otherwise, I'm now on iOS 6.1 with the evasi0n jailbreak, no other issues.

[Gregor]

runnin the jailbreak too springtomize 2 not working yet though :(

[Mike Panic]

Also went with a new lock screen - we'll see how long I can deal with an analog clock haha

Will probably replace the image too, kind of easy if you can SSH to your phone.

[Tight-Lines]

I tried this shit yesterday... wound up with a phone that could not call or text people until I restored it to factory settings.

I'm pretty stupid when it comes to this shit.

[Mike Panic]

@dcostello -

[Tight-Lines]

@Mike Panic Thanks buddy. I'm going to give her a go tomorrow.

[Mike Panic]

Another update, it's been crashing, like a LOT on me. Showing up in safe mode, sometimes even after not doing anything.

32GB iPhone4, AT&T, your mileage may vary, just want to let everyone know.

Since it's not tethered, a quick restart fixes it, but it's a tad frustrating. Also, Cydia is extremely slow and / or down.

With that said, if you're moving from a previous iOS version that's jailbroken, make a list of all Cydia apps you have installed, makes re-installing a lot easier.

[Mike Panic]

Just an update - there was a slew of changes via Cydia, including Winterboard and Mobile Substrate that fixed the problem of notifications not showing up on HTML based lock screens. That said, I'm still having problems with the Mobile Substrate crashing at least once a day, the phone just goes into safe mode and you just tap the top and it resprings everything. It's just an inconvenience.

I'm still running 6.1 and won't be upgrading, hopefully they can work out a few of these last bugs. Did a little more tweaking to clean things up and also changed my WiFi notification recently. This is now my home screen:

Wallpaper is a mashup of stuff from Good Fucking Design Advice that I just threw together in Photoshop quickly, to remind myself of some stuff daily.

[Brock Varty]

@Mike Panic that site is awesome. Just spent a half hour looking around and I am in love....

[Mike Panic]

Another update. I'm having almost daily mobile substrate crashes on my AT&T iPhone 4 running iOS 6.1. It just reboots, tells me it's in safe mode and I can reboot again and it's fixed. About once every 10 days to 2 weeks it gets stuck at the Apple logo for 20-30 minutes then comes back up.

All my apps are updated and everything in Cydia is updated. Just frustrated to the point I may just restore the phone to un-jailbreak status and keep using it the way I'm "supposed" to :eek:

[Gregor]

I gave up, fed up with the constant safe modes and respringing. I restored mines to factory. Rooted the phone though and installed liquid smooth rom

[slayer9019]

Beat and easiest iPhone jailbrake....buying an Android :D. In all seriousness I suggest cheching out the nexus or galaxy line phones. Everyone I know has switched to androids (pretty much all have galaxy s3s)