Jailbreaking your phone allows you to run 3rd party applications that would otherwise not be available. It is almost risk-free and you can revert back to standard with a system restore via iTunes.



Click here for instructions on how to Jailbreak your iPhone via windows platform.

Click here for intructions on how to Jailbreak your phone via your Mac OS.


Some of the 3rd party applications that become available from your jailbroken phone include;

* Cycorder / Video Recorder - Let you capture video on iPhone
* NemusSync - Sync iPhone calendar with Google Calendar
* MxTube - Download and save YouTube video on iPhone
* iAcces - Let you use all kinds of Chinese Input Method
* iPhoneModem - Let you use iPhone as modem and give your laptop connection to Internet via iPhone
* Mame4iPhone - Play arcade game on iPhone

and also the useful (but otherwise banned) netshare


Other reasons to jailbreak include the ability via winterboard to customise the look of your iPhone's background and icons, for example:






The iPhone uses a trimmed down version of Mac OSX, which is apparently a UNIX core. This allows such things as Apache web server to be run via iPhone.

You can also access a secure shell daemon server, allowing remote connection for the transfer of pretty much anything (including,erm, ringtones): Transfer Ringtone to iPhone wirelessly with SSH | Simon Blog


HTH

Originally Posted by aLphA

Click here for intructions on how to Jailbreak your phone via your Mac OS.

Or here. It's the same site but there's another more powerful tool (Mac-only) that gives you more control.. may have some other advantages too, can't remember

Originally Posted by Superhero Tony

How do you guys install software once jailbroken?

From the last threads i gather i do my phone differently. Ive jailbroken my phone the same way as above. But i followed other guides from another site.

Presuming you find an IPA file online and have downloaded it how do you get it working on the phone. Do you sync your applications with itunes?

Im curious if your way may be better.

I've no knowledge of this IPA thing...

All my syncing and legal apps are done as normal through iTunes, all my jailbroken software is just installed as normal through Cydia or Installer. Not sure what else there is or why you'd need to do anything different tbh.

Originally Posted by Superhero Tony

Ah I see. I dont really use Cydia or Installer. I find there isnt very much on them. I should probably add more sources.

ipa files are what i get when I download apps from the net. (i.e rolando.ipa)
To install them I open them up with itunes. They then sync with the phone when I next connect. I thought you installed app by transferring them to your phone using FTP software.

Anyway ignore the above then. Heres how to get Installous. Its like Cydia and Installer only better imo.

I don't really see the need tbh. Almost all the apps I have are through iTunes and then there's a couple of jailbroken ones I want through Cydia and that's it really. I haven't needed to install anything by FTP, no... just copy across some ringtones and the like.

What is there through Installous that's worth getting?

Originally Posted by Superhero Tony

I use Itunes to make and sync ringtones as well.

Nearly everything in the app store is available in Installous. If you google 'appulous' and click the 1st link you will see the site where the apps come from.

Ah I see.. cracked versions of the paid-for app store stuff?