Should You Jailbreak Your iPhone?

Over the years, jailbreaking iDevices has become a popular activity with many users now using such devices. When you jailbreak your iDevice you get to enjoy a host of features and apps that are not on the official iTunes store. This has been enough motivation for most people. Below we will look at some of the reasons owners should consider conducting a jailbreak as well as some reasons not to for a well-rounded view.  

Easy

Running a jailbreak on your iDevice has never been easier. All you need now is the latest Jailbreakme tool. The risk of bricking your device is considerably reduced. With this tool a jailbreak only takes a few minutes and then you are good to go.

Unlimited Apps

Once you jailbreak your iDevice you can be able to freely run numerous apps not featured on the iTunes store. This includes more free apps as well as interesting but banned apps. These apps are designed to improve the functionality of your device by allowing you to freely run apps that would be otherwise restricted to some conditions. A wide variety of apps for your iDevice after the jailbreak can be found on Cydia.

Reversible

Once you run a jailbreak you get to enjoy the benefits mentioned above. However, if you do feel that you want to reverse the process, it is totally possible provided that it has not been updated beyond iOS version 4.0.1.

Why you should not jailbreak your iDevice?

Bricking 

No matter what method you use to conduct a jailbreak, the risk of bricking your device is always there. Although you can always conduct a full system restore to recover from a brick, it is frustrating and inconveniencing as you will most probably lose your apps and photos. Lack of knowledge on how to recover from bricking may cause you to end up spending more money on an iPhone repair vendor. 

Updates Become Difficult to Run

iOS updates are regularly being introduced to fix common bugs in the system and enhance user experience. If you have already conducted a jailbreak on your device it means that every time you update to a new version of iOS you will have to run the jailbreak again. This can be an inconvenience for many.  

Expensive Jailbreak apps

It is common to for people to run a jailbreak to be able to run a wider variety of apps on their device. However, it is important to note that most worthwhile apps for these devices tend to be expensive. This may be even higher than on the iOS store.