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Title: Should you jailbreak your iPhone?
Post by: HCK on June 04, 2017, 04:05:22 pm
Should you jailbreak your iPhone?

Jailbreaking is absolutely still a thing, but is it a thing for you?

There are a couple of good reasons people consider jailbreaking an iPhone. Maybe you've upgraded to the next model and the previous iPhone is still good enough to play with, or you saw a YouTube video with a cool feature you can only get by jailbreaking. Whatever the reason, there's usually a moment right before you look up how to jailbreak your iPhone where you consider whether it's something you should actually be doing.

This FAQ is for that moment when you are faced with whether you should or should not risk the unknown and jailbreak your phone. Here's everything you need to know about making that decision!

What exactly is jailbreaking?

Basically, it's a process that allows you to modify parts of the operating system Apple does not allow you to modify.

With a jailbroken iPhone, you can install apps and mods from third-party repositories that allow you to change the size of your apps on the homescreen, tweak th...

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