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How much of your bad experience was caused by 'Apple' and how much was because you jailbroke your device?
by rbarooah 15y ago
How much of your bad experience was caused by 'Apple' and how much was because you jailbroke your device?
- creamyhorror 15y agoMost Apple, I guess? The jailbreaking prevented OS updates, but the inability to sync and battery life were most likely due to the device itself. In the first place, I want to be able to install programs from wherever I like (which was why I needed to jailbreak - to install an important app which had no official iOS release at the time), so having to jailbreak for that capability is still a drawback (or 'failing') of Apple/iOS relative to my requirements. I hope the Nexus won't get in the way of my needs - I don't want to have to wrangle with anything when an OS update is issued, even if I root my phone. And I also don't want 0 updates. Does any phone fit my use case?
- rbarooah 15y agoNot being able to update may well have limited you from getting battery related bug-fixes, and jailbreaking is notorious for allowing power-inefficient mods or apps to run - indeed that's the reason many people choose to do it. I guess my point is that you knew in advance that the device wouldn't do what you wanted, so it's not really surprising that you didn't have a great experience and I think it's hard to blame that on Apple. Personally I think that anyone who would need to Jailbreak an iPhone would have their needs better served with a good Android phone. In this regard they are simply aimed at different customers.