iPhone Jailbreaking Pros and Cons
Apple’s iPhone and iPhone 3G won’t work with SIM cards from unsupported carriers. The iPhone was carried only by AT&T in the United States. Here in the Philippines, it wasn’t released at all. For the iPhone to be unlocked, you have to insert a supported SIM card and activate the phone through iTunes. At the current state of the IT age, almost everything is possible. With the help of a tool called Pwnage or QuickPwn, iPhone can be unlocked, jailbroken and activated for use with unsupported carriers. Of course everything has its pros and cons. Now what are the pros and cons of using a jailbroken software? Let’s take a look.
First off, the pros. With a jailbroken software, third party applications that aren’t approved by Apple can be installed through Cydia and Installer.app application manager. These software are not found in the iTunes App Store and are not supported by apple. Modification of the iPhone’s core files is also possible through SSH (Secured Shell) by installing OpenSSH through Cydia.