Comments on: Using Hacked iPhone Apps : The Pros & Cons

By: Steve Campbell

Steve Campbell — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:22:00 +0000

Sorry to disappoint, Shadow Wizard.

By: Shadow Wizard

Shadow Wizard — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 01:48:00 +0000

What a horrible article. No mention of the legalities of using “hacked” aka PIRATED apps.
No mention of what the 3rd party apps actually do. No useful information here whatsoever! Just 1/2 stories. These articles at times that come from make use of makes me wonder if they are even screened. Please, make use of, screen the articles. Hire a fact finder. When professional people like me find these type of articles and question every single thing we have read on here. I just read the book on SSD, and now, I am second guessing, wondering, is all the information there. Is it complete? Heck, is the information even CORRECT?
Make use of, please, at the VERY least, if you can’t screen these articles, or hire a fact finder, place a nice, very visible disclaimer indicating that the articles may be incomplete, or contain incorrect information.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:39:00 +0000

I’m a developer and its stealing, pure and simple. These bastards who do this should burn in hell.

By: Steve Campbell

Steve Campbell — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:16:00 +0000

Thanks, Aibek!

By: Sven

Sven — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 14:07:00 +0000

Then, there’s some apps you need a US iTunes account. E.g. Pandora is not available for download in European App Stores. Again, no problem do download and install the hacked version.

By: Sven

Sven — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:07:43 +0000

Sometimes, when you are on an older iOS version (I am running 3.1.3), the App Store refuses to install an app, claiming it would run on iOS4 only, which in some cases is not true. Dragon Dictation is an example for that. I loaded it from Installous and it runs just fine.

Then, there's some apps you need a US iTunes account. E.g. Pandora is not available for download in European App Stores. Again, no problem do download and install the hacked version.

By: Dwoodsky

Dwoodsky — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 23:26:00 +0000

the main reason most people jailbreak is for the many, many brilliant hacks and tweaks for ios devices allowing advanced security, new lockscreens, themes, faster internet browsing, moving wallpapers, sbsettings, youtube download function,video on 3Gand hd video on 3GS,ect ect, the apps are rarely pirated as the jailbreak community is pretty innocent, and the apps often utilise the device far more than standard app store releases and with one of the 10-20 jailbreak tweaks available you can modify your device to sync these apps to itunes as standard, read into jailbreaking a bit more before taking one single aspect youv probably been shown by a freind and claim its not worth jailbreaking, youv probably ruined hundreds of peoples ios experience by detering them from jailbreaking their device

By: Adam Seymour

Adam Seymour — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:04:13 +0000

Jailbreakme.com does work but only for 3.1.3 (and poss 3.2.) but not 4.0 and above. you can downgrade to 3.1.3 and succesfully use jailbreakme.com still.
I have a 3g that I have kept on 3.1.3 and jailbroken so that I can theme my iphone and enable multitasking and wireless syncing. On the flipside alot of apps these days are only designed for 4.0 and above, so I have to do without :-(

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:04:00 +0000

I jailbroke my iPod Touch, gen 1, primarily to get the utility of folders. Ifelt abandoned by Apple when iOS 4 came out and I couldn’t use it.
I have paid for a couple of apps at Cydia that improve the function of my iPod Touch.
The biggest downside? Everything syncs through iTunes _except_ the apps. If I want to download a new app or update my current apps I can do it _only_ from the iPod itself.
So, this grandma is a jailbreaker!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:41:00 +0000

Your articled is in fact incorrect. There is NOT just one reason to hack (jailbreak) an iPhone. As stated by another person who posted here, the MAIN reason most people jailbreak their phone is to install applications that Apple for whatever reason will not allow in their app store. I have not jailbroken my iPhone because I don’t want the hassle of not being able to use any new upgrade until the new jailbreak comes out as well as always being afraid of “bricking” my phone. However there are a number of applications that are only available through Cydia and I think you should have a least mentioned this as a “pro” in your article.

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:04:50 +0000

I jailbroke my iPod Touch, gen 1, primarily to get the utility of folders. Ifelt abandoned by Apple when iOS 4 came out and I couldn't use it.
I have paid for a couple of apps at Cydia that improve the function of my iPod Touch.
The biggest downside? Everything syncs through iTunes _except_ the apps. If I want to download a new app or update my current apps I can do it _only_ from the iPod itself.
So, this grandma is a jailbreaker!

By: Adam Seymour

Adam Seymour — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:04:00 +0000

By: Dingdong

Dingdong — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:41:00 +0000

Steal it, steal it, yes I can
Cuz I Iz da stealin’ man
If’n you don’t likes it, I doan care
Cuz I gets my stuff free, so dere…

By: Lgw549

Lgw549 — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:34:00 +0000

Tethering! No mention of it here. Another pro.

By: Dingdong

Dingdong — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:41:37 +0000

Steal it, steal it, yes I can
Cuz I Iz da stealin’ man
If’n you don’t likes it, I doan care
Cuz I gets my stuff free, so dere…