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When I go away to Vegas or hiking trips this could come in handy. For 1 there is no internet available in most of the rooms if I crash @ a hotel in the mountains. And Vegas charges like 15 -20 a night for service.
How do I go about jailbreaking my Iphone to avoid these fees?
http://forums.imore.com/jailbreak-unlock-forum/
Good place for info.
Do NOT upgrade to ios 5.1 if you plan to jailbreak
It is completely reversible, I am by no means a tech expert and I got it done
What iPhone do you have? It's a different process for different versions of the phone.Quote:
Originally Posted by chinamaniac
I waited to get a 4S until I could jailbreak it (which was in late January).
Tell me which type you have, and I'll give you some instructions from there.
And the last poster was right. Do NOT upgrade your OS to 5.1.
Where do I look on the phone to see what version I have?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan DruffWhat iPhone do you have? It's a different process for different versions of the phone.Quote:
Originally Posted by chinamaniac
I waited to get a 4S until I could jailbreak it (which was in late January).
Tell me which type you have, and I'll give you some instructions from there.
And the last poster was right. Do NOT upgrade your OS to 5.1.
mine says Software version 5.01
says there is a newer version 5.1 to upgrade to as well
Am I screwed?
Also my volume is whacked since I went to this version. It will just go up and down on its own at certain times whether I am playing something or if the phone is just sitting on its own chilling on my desk
No, I mean what kind of iPhone do you have? 3G, 3GS, 4, 4S?
Ok, please enlighten me. Why would "jailbraking" save you those $'s in charges?? Though the wife has an iphone 4, I haven't paid much attention to it. Obviously, I haven't been keeping up to date with its capabilities.Quote:
Originally Posted by chinamaniac
you can tether your laptop to your phone...using data from your service provider that you are already paying for.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sitting OutOk, please enlighten me. Why would "jailbraking" save you those $'s in charges?? Though the wife has an iphone 4, I haven't paid much attention to it. Obviously, I haven't been keeping up to date with its capabilities.Quote:
Originally Posted by chinamaniac
He's talking about tethering/hotspotting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sitting OutOk, please enlighten me. Why would "jailbraking" save you those $'s in charges?? Though the wife has an iphone 4, I haven't paid much attention to it. Obviously, I haven't been keeping up to date with its capabilities.Quote:
Originally Posted by chinamaniac
Right now, AT&T charges you an arm and a leg MONTHLY to do it, and iPhones 3G and 3GS don't even have that capability enabled.
If you jailbreak your phone, you can download an app for $5 (one time charge), and can do it for free for the rest of the life of your phone.
He's trying to say that he's sick of being ripped off for expensive hotel internet service, as well as not being able to access the net at all while in the mountains (where you usually stay in a cabin or condo, and there's often no internet service you can buy.)
I have found this to be quite useful. I even once used it in the middle of the desert when there was an attack happening on DD. I got a text about it, puled off to the side of the road, got my laptop out of the trunk, tethered the internet connection, and put a stop to the bombing of the forum.
Ok, I get it now. Along with the wife's iphone & my blackberry, we have a Verizon netbook (win 7) that we use when traveling for wireless internet (not wifi.) Verizon's coverage in the northwest is amazing, it's fast, and there's not been many out of the way spots that we have found where there hasn't been a signal. Of course, we pay a monthly fee for this convenience. Jailbreaking the iphone and tethering the netbook may be a very cost effective solution. It would save maybe $50/month.
OT: after using her iphone a bit, my next cell will be an iphone--not a blackberry. The difference in useability is huge.
Model number is MC137LL and after doing some googling it looks like it is a 32GB iPhone 3GSQuote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan DruffHe's talking about tethering/hotspotting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sitting OutOk, please enlighten me. Why would "jailbraking" save you those $'s in charges?? Though the wife has an iphone 4, I haven't paid much attention to it. Obviously, I haven't been keeping up to date with its capabilities.Quote:
Originally Posted by chinamaniac
Right now, AT&T charges you an arm and a leg MONTHLY to do it, and iPhones 3G and 3GS don't even have that capability enabled.
If you jailbreak your phone, you can download an app for $5 (one time charge), and can do it for free for the rest of the life of your phone.
He's trying to say that he's sick of being ripped off for expensive hotel internet service, as well as not being able to access the net at all while in the mountains (where you usually stay in a cabin or condo, and there's often no internet service you can buy.)
I have found this to be quite useful. I even once used it in the middle of the desert when there was an attack happening on DD. I got a text about it, puled off to the side of the road, got my laptop out of the trunk, tethered the internet connection, and put a stop to the bombing of the forum.
You can tether the 3GS but it has to be hardwired through a USB cord though to work cause I did it with my old 3GS (on a 4s now) unlike the 4 and the 4s where you can use it as a wireless hotspot/mifi device.. (what sucked was I did this and I found out a week later my wife went and bought a mifi so I got screwed by changing my data plan to allow tethering when I didnt need to and once ya give up unlimited data with AT&T its GONE FOREVER!!
ok the 3GS is tetherable but you have to use the USB charging/tethering cord with it to use it as a modem. As far as jailbreaking I defer to Druff or others for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by chinamaniacModel number is MC137LL and after doing some googling it looks like it is a 32GB iPhone 3GSQuote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Pokeremtdj, when I said that 3G/3GS didn't have that feature available, I didn't mean that it was impossible to tether.
I meant that, for non-jailbroken phones, you couldn't buy that service from AT&T even if you wanted it.
I need to know what version of the software you have.Quote:
Originally Posted by chinamaniacModel number is MC137LL and after doing some googling it looks like it is a 32GB iPhone 3GSQuote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Go to your phone Settings, select General - > About, and look for "Version", and report it here.
I'm interested also. I have the 4S but I just noticed the Version is 5.1. Can I still jailbreak? If I can still do it are you sure I can restore back to normal?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan DruffI need to know what version of the software you have.Quote:
Originally Posted by chinamaniac
Go to your phone Settings, select General - > About, and look for "Version", and report it here.
From what I've heard, you can't jailbreak 5.1 right now on a 4S.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoodpoopI'm interested also. I have the 4S but I just noticed the Version is 5.1. Can I still jailbreak? If I can still do it are you sure I can restore back to normal?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
My 4S has 5.0.1 and is jailbroken, but I won't upgrade. Just stop upgrading and eventually you'll be able to jailbreak it.
5.0.1 (9a405)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan DruffI need to know what version of the software you have.Quote:
Originally Posted by chinamaniac
Go to your phone Settings, select General - > About, and look for "Version", and report it here.
http://www.ijailbreak.com/how-to/jai...5-0-1-windows/Quote:
Originally Posted by chinamaniac5.0.1 (9a405)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Follow instructions carefully.
Let me know if you have any questions.
This will NOT work if you have an iPhone 4S.
Once you're done and have Cydia on your phone, I'll explain how to get the various "unauthorized" jailbroken apps.
K will give it a shot tomorrowQuote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druffhttp://www.ijailbreak.com/how-to/jai...5-0-1-windows/Quote:
Originally Posted by chinamaniac
Follow instructions carefully.
Let me know if you have any questions.
This will NOT work if you have an iPhone 4S.
Haven't gotten to this yet but I will soon
something got fucked up, I went into recovery mode instead of dfu mode now it is going to the latest software and erasing all of my shit lol, think it got fucked up cause I didnt have itunes on when I started
actually nothing changed, I will try again
keeps throwing me into recovery mode
fuck I wiped this thing back to factory settings
now is 5.1 (9b176)
Hmmm.. not sure what happened.
I think the fact that you ended up in recovery mode was the problem.
It's bad that you upgraded to 5.1. Haven't kept up on this recently, but last I heard, 5.1 was not jail-breakable. It probably will be eventually, but the link I posted will no longer work for you if you're not at 5.0.1 anymore.
K, good thing about updating this thing was my volume bug seems to have been fixed. I may upgrade to the newest Iphone soon anyways
Prob :moonlanding but mobilism is a great forum tool to use for all jail breaking needs, Android or iPhone.
http://forum.mobilism.org/
Plan is to just pay the extra 15-20 bucks for the tethering (when I need it) and switch to Verizon from ATT when my contract runs through
BUMP
Evasi0n, the jailbreaking program for IOS 6 devices, is now out.
They have worked out the bugs, and it works great for all phones and iPads running IOS 6, up to 6.1.1.
Google "evasi0n iphone" and you will find various places to download it. I can also upload it here if anyone wants it.
If you want to jailbreak your iPhone or iPad, I suggest you do it soon. Apple might patch the vulnerability exploited for this jailbreak and release a new IOS, and you will be fucked if you upgrade to the new one and it's no longer jailbreakable.
Evasi0n is very simple to use, and there is very little risk to your phone if you follow the instructions that the program gives you.
Do back up your iPhone beforehand using iTunes, though.
So I jailbroke my iPhone 4S with IOS 6.1.1.
It worked.
However, I have noticed that it is less stable than the jailbroken phone with IOS 5.
My jailbroken IOS 6 phone crashes and behaves strangely sometimes.
It isn't bad or frequent enough to stay away from jailbreaking, but I found it interesting that this jailbreak appears to be less stable.
On a side note, I heard a rumor that Apple disabled developers from being able to read a phone's UDID through apps. Is this really true?