Hi, can't speak for Ben, but below are some of the reasons why
jailbreaking isn't quite as sexy as it used to be for me. Other than the
Google Voice integration, which is still the primary reason for me to do
it, the reasons below no longer seem important.
iOS added the control center. Much of this functionality used to be done
with SBSettings, now the Control Center takes care of that.
iOS added the ability to block callers via messages, phone, or Facetime.
Previously you had to use a jailbreak tweak to get this functionality.
iOS added ability for more than 12 apps per folder. Again, jailbreak
tweaks were needed to get this.
Do you see the pattern? Apple might openly say that jailbreaking is akin
to going to hell, yet new features in iOS 7 give you functionality which
jailbreakers have enjoyed for years. So, Apple I think sees that some of
the things which iOS 7 now does might not be so bad and that
jailbreakers have the right idea.
Once Apple adds custom gestures to open apps or do neat things like
toggle wi-fi or whatever, then there will be no more need for Activator,
another wonderful jailbreak tweak.
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On 1/7/2014 10:31 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
I'm curious Ben, why do you and Raul think the reasons to jail break are
getting fewer and fewer? I can think of the Control Center and the
improvements in the App Switcher which provide some functionality you
could only get by jail breaking before, but it seems like there's still
a lot to be gained by jail breaking, such as changing some of the
defaults, like the keyboard, browser, TTS and so on, getting access to
the underlying file system and more. I'm not trying to argue with you;
I'm sincerely curious, and I'm guessing there's something I haven't
thought about.
I've jail broken my iPhone in the past, but one of my favorite apps
won't run on a jail broken phone, so I haven't jail broken in a while,
and I don't plan to, but I do kind of keep an eye on what's going on in
the jail broken space.
On 01/07/2014 05:31 AM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote:
Hi,
I also feel that it is ready for general use, but as Raul said
previously, in all fairness to Apple, the reasons for jailbreaking,
especially for blind people are getting fewer and fewer.
Cheers,
Ben.
On 1/7/14, Mike <blinkin4...@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes. It's ready for prime time!
Mike Malarsie
www.malarsie.com
On Jan 6, 2014, at 9:07 PM, "Cris Ali" <filasti...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi Folks,
did anyone try this jailbreak? Did they iron out all the problems
in this
jailbreak?
Regards,
Cris
-----Original Message----- From: Ben Mustill-Rose
Sent: Monday, December 23, 2013 7:28 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: iOS7 Jailbreak Released
Hi,
Just a quick message to let everyone know that as of around a day ago
iOS7 is jailbreakable; it was released at very short notice and with a
healthy dose of drama as per usual.
I would suggest that people wait a few days before jailbreaking their
devices so we are able to gage the reliability of the jailbreak; this
has always been my recommendation for jailbreaks but it is more
important with this one than previous ones due to a potentially
incompatible version of Cydia. Having said this, I intend to jailbreak
an iPad running 7 later today and will report back once done.
For those of you wanting to give it a go, visit http://evasi0n.com/ to
get started.
Some frequently asked questions relating to jailbreaking and some
things to bare in mind:
1: Before applying the jailbreak make sure that you updated to iOS7
through iTunes as opposed to the over the air method.
2: Perform a backup via iTunes or iCloud just to be safe.
3: Voiceover is unaffected.
4: If something doesn't work out or if you don't like your phone being
jailbroken you can restore through iTunes to undoo it.
5: Jailbreaking does void your warranty. It is however worth baring in
mind that if your phone is still usable enough that iTunes sees it,
you can simply restore it to a non jailbroken iOS7 and Apple will not
know that you were previously jailbroken.
6: Jailbreaking brings lots of benefits; have a Google or read some of
the previous posts on this list or Applevis to get an idea of the
possibilities.
Cheers,
Ben.
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