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I still love jailbreaking. I got an iPhone when they first came out in Canada. They guy who sold it convinced me to change my plan to include video messages. Wh

by 14 6y ago

I still love jailbreaking. I got an iPhone when they first came out in Canada. They guy who sold it convinced me to change my plan to include video messages. When I got home I realized the phone didn’t have the ability to take videos. Those who are unaware there just was no video app when the phone first came out as crazy as that sounds. I started searching how to take a video and to my surprise you can not unless you happen to jailbreak it and use the camera app on cydia. From that point on I saw the benefit of jailbreaking. I am considering jailbreaking again after my device suddenly became blocked from tinder I am a gentleman and not sure why I was banned but it annoyed me and one day will probably jailbreak again just to bypass the ban. I think if the iphones ever fully locked down I would try a different brand.

jsjohnst 6y ago
> Those who are unaware there just was no video app when the phone first came out as crazy as that sounds. Considering it was a poor quality 2 megapixel sensor with fixed focus up until the iPhone 3GS, you weren’t missing much by not having video. Like to put it in perspective, even the photos it took were utterly horrid in comparison to today. But we also need to keep perspective, in 2007-2009 no phone I can think of had a better camera, let alone a mainstream one.
- rangibaby 6y ago
  > you weren’t missing much by not having video The point is that even though it was not great quality you could do it by using a jailbreak. The other advanced feature I used a jb to do was... add wallpaper to my homescreen
  - jsjohnst 6y ago
    > The point is that even though it was not great quality you could do it by using a jailbreak. A point I did not dispute. Hence why I quoted the part I was referencing, rather than his entire post.
- WanderPanda 6y ago
  Sony Ericsson Cybershot phones had decent cameras back then, at least compared to the initial iPhones
- yardie 6y ago
  I found an old backup of videos shot on my jailbroken 3G iPhone. She passed away a fews year after I recorded a day in the park showing here what my phone could do. And I'll watch the shit out of those slightly grainy 30 second clips until the day I die. That camera wasn't great and would be considered barely passable but it was in hand and it could do the job, in 2007.
- 14 6y ago
  Lol Apple still released a video app afterwards for it so not so useless that Apple didn’t utilize it and some of my greatest memories which I still watch were captured with said camera. It worked just fine I can assure you. I captured many of my kids first moments on it. For it’s time, I was very happy with the camera. Sure compared to today it is a joke but so are many computing devices from that era. Also the point for me was I was a little upset I was sold video messaging and my phone couldn’t even do that. Not Apples fault the guy sold me something the phone was not capable of but it was the catalyst that showed me breaking the walled garden does have its appeal and uses.
reaperducer 6y ago
the phone didn’t have the ability to take videos It did. But you had to get an app from the App Store for it. Apple's Camera app didn't do videos. But others did.
- stordoff 6y ago
  Were these available at launch? The earliest references I can find are from Dec 2009[1], over a year after the iPhone launched in Canada. [1] See, e.g., https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/tips-tricks/original-iphone-iphone-3g-get-video-recording/ https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/tips-tricks/original-iphone-ip...
- 14 6y ago
  You are mistaken. The iPhone 2g and 3g could only do videos for a long time by jailbreaking the phone and using a program call cycorder or another one called video recorder both available on cydia. It wasn’t until 2009 with the iPhone 3GS that Apple approved video recording and opened up the older iPhones as well allowing use of a recording app from the App Store. Prior to that you had no choice but to jailbreak. Again the catalyst to why I jailbroke my phone in the first place. Here is one source: https://www.redmondpie.com/apple-approves-video-recording-on-iphone-3g-and-2g-9140225/ https://www.redmondpie.com/apple-approves-video-recording-on...

by 14 6y ago

jsjohnst 6y ago

> Those who are unaware there just was no video app when the phone first came out as crazy as that sounds. Considering it was a poor quality 2 megapixel sensor with fixed focus up until the iPhone 3GS, you weren’t missing much by not having video. Like to put it in perspective, even the photos it took were utterly horrid in comparison to today. But we also need to keep perspective, in 2007-2009 no phone I can think of had a better camera, let alone a mainstream one.

rangibaby 6y ago
> you weren’t missing much by not having video The point is that even though it was not great quality you could do it by using a jailbreak. The other advanced feature I used a jb to do was... add wallpaper to my homescreen
- jsjohnst 6y ago
  > The point is that even though it was not great quality you could do it by using a jailbreak. A point I did not dispute. Hence why I quoted the part I was referencing, rather than his entire post.
WanderPanda 6y ago
Sony Ericsson Cybershot phones had decent cameras back then, at least compared to the initial iPhones
yardie 6y ago
I found an old backup of videos shot on my jailbroken 3G iPhone. She passed away a fews year after I recorded a day in the park showing here what my phone could do. And I'll watch the shit out of those slightly grainy 30 second clips until the day I die. That camera wasn't great and would be considered barely passable but it was in hand and it could do the job, in 2007.
14 6y ago
Lol Apple still released a video app afterwards for it so not so useless that Apple didn’t utilize it and some of my greatest memories which I still watch were captured with said camera. It worked just fine I can assure you. I captured many of my kids first moments on it. For it’s time, I was very happy with the camera. Sure compared to today it is a joke but so are many computing devices from that era. Also the point for me was I was a little upset I was sold video messaging and my phone couldn’t even do that. Not Apples fault the guy sold me something the phone was not capable of but it was the catalyst that showed me breaking the walled garden does have its appeal and uses.

reaperducer 6y ago

the phone didn’t have the ability to take videos It did. But you had to get an app from the App Store for it. Apple's Camera app didn't do videos. But others did.

stordoff 6y ago
Were these available at launch? The earliest references I can find are from Dec 2009[1], over a year after the iPhone launched in Canada. [1] See, e.g., https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/tips-tricks/original-iphone-iphone-3g-get-video-recording/ https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/tips-tricks/original-iphone-ip...
14 6y ago
You are mistaken. The iPhone 2g and 3g could only do videos for a long time by jailbreaking the phone and using a program call cycorder or another one called video recorder both available on cydia. It wasn’t until 2009 with the iPhone 3GS that Apple approved video recording and opened up the older iPhones as well allowing use of a recording app from the App Store. Prior to that you had no choice but to jailbreak. Again the catalyst to why I jailbroke my phone in the first place. Here is one source: https://www.redmondpie.com/apple-approves-video-recording-on-iphone-3g-and-2g-9140225/ https://www.redmondpie.com/apple-approves-video-recording-on...