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I remember the JB scene during the early days, iOS 3-6. Those were good times...

zigzaggy 6y ago
Yep. I loved rooting droids and jailbreaking iPhones back then. It almost seems like it ain’t worth it these days. I can’t think of much I can get in JB that I can’t have anyway
- thakoppno 6y ago
  at one point i had the original iphone running android. it was a hot mess usability wise but still kinda marvelous in a way.
  - aspenmayer 6y ago
    Have you tried any of the Project Sandcastle builds? https://projectsandcastle.org https://projectsandcastle.org
    - zigzaggy 6y ago
      Thanks for sharing this! I just decommissioned an iPhone 7 and I think this is the perfect project for it.
      - aspenmayer 6y ago
        It’s definitely interesting! I think the iPhone hardware is amazing, and Android is the only alternate OS I would consider running so it’s just a great match. Fun project.
aspenmayer 6y ago
When the first web based jailbreak[1] dropped I felt like something important had happened among the mundane. Rooting the HTC G1 and jailbreaking pre-App Store iOS was a PC-assisted complicated revelation; being able to JB straight from the browser doubly so. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JailbreakMe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JailbreakMe
- Lammy 6y ago
  > Rooting the HTC G1 […] was a PC-assisted complicated revelation Well, aside from the early versions of Android that ran all your keyboard input through a root shell: https://web.archive.org/web/20081206090335/http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=680 https://web.archive.org/web/20081206090335/http://blogs.zdne...
  - aspenmayer 6y ago
    I’m having flashbacks of mistyped commands on a G1 keyboard leading to restoring my nandroid backups. It took a couple tries but was well worth it for the decent overclock I was able to get out of it. With an extended battery it was a pretty decent two or three day charge phone with some battery management. Still love that phone.

Yep. I loved rooting droids and jailbreaking iPhones back then. It almost seems like it ain’t worth it these days. I can’t think of much I can get in JB that I can’t have anyway

thakoppno 6y ago
at one point i had the original iphone running android. it was a hot mess usability wise but still kinda marvelous in a way.
- aspenmayer 6y ago
  Have you tried any of the Project Sandcastle builds? https://projectsandcastle.org https://projectsandcastle.org
  - zigzaggy 6y ago
    Thanks for sharing this! I just decommissioned an iPhone 7 and I think this is the perfect project for it.
    - aspenmayer 6y ago
      It’s definitely interesting! I think the iPhone hardware is amazing, and Android is the only alternate OS I would consider running so it’s just a great match. Fun project.

aspenmayer 6y ago

When the first web based jailbreak[1] dropped I felt like something important had happened among the mundane. Rooting the HTC G1 and jailbreaking pre-App Store iOS was a PC-assisted complicated revelation; being able to JB straight from the browser doubly so. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JailbreakMe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JailbreakMe

Lammy 6y ago
> Rooting the HTC G1 […] was a PC-assisted complicated revelation Well, aside from the early versions of Android that ran all your keyboard input through a root shell: https://web.archive.org/web/20081206090335/http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=680 https://web.archive.org/web/20081206090335/http://blogs.zdne...
- aspenmayer 6y ago
  I’m having flashbacks of mistyped commands on a G1 keyboard leading to restoring my nandroid backups. It took a couple tries but was well worth it for the decent overclock I was able to get out of it. With an extended battery it was a pretty decent two or three day charge phone with some battery management. Still love that phone.