Hello, Life in Lofi readers! First and foremost, I would like to thank Marty for allowing me to write this guest post. I have been following Life in Lofi for quite some time, so this is truly an honor for me.
My name is Jay Lemieux. I’m a writer for i-Enthusiastwhere we cover a wide range of iDevice, jailbreak and Apple updates/news. I’m also an avid iPhoneographer, you can check my photos over out at jFotography.
So you might be wondering… what does being a Jailbreaker and iPhoneographer have in common? Well, let me answer the question by asking “What’s wrong with this picture?”.
Today, Apple released the iOS 4.0.2 update for iPhone. This patch fixes the PDF exploit that allowed recent web-based JailBreakMe, the first jailbreak for iOS 4 and the iPhone 4. Jailbreaking is a process that unlocks the operating system and allows users to download many apps, extensions and themes unavailable through the App Store. It’s a recommended OS update for users — unless your iPhone is jailbroken.
This week, the Library of Congress ruled that jailbreaking your iPhone is a permitted fair use under the DMCA. There are many reasons to jailbreak an iPhone, among them the ability to run apps that have been rejected by the App Store or simply to unlock your iPhone to use with an unsupported carrier.
I had a jailbroken and unlocked 2G that I used for years on T-Mobile’s network here with great reception and great results. For a long time, Cydia was the only place to purchase Snapture and ClearCam — two of my favorite photo apps in their day. Using PDANet as a wireless modem, available only for iPhone in Cydia and other repositories, saved my cookies on more than one occasion when tethering wasn’t an option for iPhones. Now that it is and there’s an additional $20/month charge here simply for the privilege of tethering, does jailbreaking become a more attractive option?
Our new poll this week is now that you can legally jailbreak your iPhone to run unsupported apps like SnapTap or PDANet, will you? Is it worth the trouble and potential iOS instability to circumvent the restrictions and charges of Apple and AT&T? Vote below or head on over to the sidebar to vote. Let us know what you think and feel free to discuss in the comments section.
Hello, Life in Lofi readers! First and foremost, I would like to thank Marty for allowing me to write this guest post. I have been following Life in Lofi for quite some time, so this is truly an honor for me.
