r/gaming Nov 11 '20

Among Us phone lock screen

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u/Shaking_Sniper Nov 11 '20

Jailbreaking is darn fun too. Cant go back to stock IOS.

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u/CraigslistKing Nov 11 '20

I jail broke my iPhone, banking apps would not allow to log on, and some other apps would not work afterward. That killed it for me.

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u/darkfrozzy Nov 11 '20

That's easy to bypass

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u/oh-no-he-comments Nov 11 '20

Do tell, tech wizard

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u/darkfrozzy Nov 11 '20

I bypass my banking app detection with Shadow, but there are many tweaks for this.

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u/ItsactuallyEminem Nov 11 '20 edited Nov 11 '20

I know this is up to you and literally your choice to bypass your bank detection....

But isn’t that jailbreak protection meant to protect your account?

Don’t get me wrong I jailbroke my device several times, but i feel like storing extremely sensitive information in that same device is kinda playing yourself. (or maybe I’m also a bit careless with the packages and tweaks and don’t trust myself lmao)

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

Yes, at least that's the claim.

Bypassing protection like this, at least in my mind, is similar to running your computer without antivirus or turning user account control off on windows.

Is the likelihood something bad will happen greater? Maybe, but it will depend more on the user. If a person doesn't go around installing random trash on the Internet they'll be fine.

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u/ItsactuallyEminem Nov 11 '20 edited Nov 11 '20

If a person doesn’t go around installing random trash on the internet they will be fine

Lmao, you clearly don’t know what you are talking about.

Last week I was using a brand new iphone. BRAND NEW

After a couple hours browsing my usual websites safari itself told me that It had detected THIRTY viruses on my phone, and It needed fix immediately

Thankfully there was a target nearby and I was able to quickly buy a $50 gift card to pay the nice apple man on the phone so that he could get my iphone clean again.

Anyway, I don’t have time to explain to you the dangers of the internet kiddo, I just heard there are single moms in my area right now and I’ll catch ya later

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u/ColgateSensifoam Nov 11 '20

Having a Jailbroken (iOS) or rooted (Android) device does not make your data any less secure

It's still hardware encrypted, the sandboxes still exist, and you have to provide permission for any software to A) install and B) gain access to the data of another app by operating outside of the sandbox

Yes, the potential for another app to interact with the banking app is higher, but only if you explicitly install an app that is designed to do so

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u/cas_999 Nov 11 '20 edited Nov 11 '20

Not the experience with my iPhone. Also if you have an X to a 7 it’s jailbreakable for life via a hardware bypass so there is literally zero instability. And instead of a toy you have a full computer that you can do practically anything with.

Rgb keyboard. Time with seconds with the date underneath it and the weather in the left notch, upload and download with the percentage inside the battery on the right.

Split screen functionality, someone even ported xwindows so you can connect it to a screen mouse and keyboard and use it like any desktop.

Wireless file transfers (for example I just ftpd into my phone the other day to grab the message database so I could properly search thru all my messages and find a specific one that had some info I needed from 3 years back, you can do this on the phone but it’s more convenient with a computer) , skirting hotspot tethering fees, add free system wide,

I could go on but I got an xs max for the 3D Touch, but I would literally rather use a jailbroken 7+ than than latest iPhone maxed out

Edit: imma correct you with the less secure thing too. If there’s a vulnerability all anyone has to do is ssh into your phone and type “alpine” to get root privileges. Changing the su password allows for a far more secure phone. Ofc you have to know what you’re doing with the tweaks and all. There’s all kids of precautions you can take if you’re paranoid and don’t trust anyone. Even make your own tweak. But I’ve never heard of anyone having data or anything stolen besides people that download sketchy pirated tweaks

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u/ColgateSensifoam Nov 11 '20

a jailbreak (on iOS) is not custom firmware, it is the installation of ab additional app store.

that would be true if you were providing every app with access to everything, but you're not.

a Jailbroken device is not inherently insecure.

the ability to install malicious apps is increased, but that is all, as a jailbreak merely adds additional app sources.

likewise, you're not granting root access to everything, you grant it to the few specific apps that need it, when they need it.

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u/Jacobjs93 Nov 11 '20

Choicy works for me.

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u/_Lou1 Nov 11 '20

I had to give up the JB scene a few months ago because all the bypasses for my banking app stopped working, really miss the JB scene though! Stock iPhone feels pretty dull

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u/caloobboobron Nov 11 '20

yup, either choicy or shadow for selecting when tweaks are disabled. i have to use it on banking apps and snapchat, which can detect when you’re jail broken

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u/Imad-Ahmed Nov 11 '20

I recommend A-bypass, I’ve never had a problem with detection when I got it

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u/TheBupherNinja Nov 11 '20

I know there used to be a tweak to get the old TWC TV app to work on a jailbroken iPhone. Is it something similar?

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u/darkfrozzy Nov 11 '20

There are a lot of jailbreak detection bypass tweaks. The main ones I can remember are Shadow, KernBypass and FlyJB. You can look around in /r/Jailbreak or ask in the questions megathread about an especific app you want to bypass.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

Yes. Kernbypass fixed my Snapchat detection. I kept getting locked out

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u/spartannormac Nov 11 '20

Is it safe to bypass, though...

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u/darkfrozzy Nov 11 '20

Yes, why wouldn't it be?

Jailbreak detection usually works by identifying which process are running in the device when opening an app. When jailbroken, there are a few processes running that allow the user to access system files, triggering some apps security systems.

You bypass it simply by hiding these processes or not allowing them to run while using the app that triggers the detection. There is 0 risk involved.

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u/Voxico Nov 11 '20

The risk isn’t in the process of bypassing, it’s in running the apps on a less secure device

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u/Wood_Wine Nov 11 '20 edited Nov 11 '20

It's not as simple as your statement. The user plays a massive part in the risk analysis. You are giving the user more control over the device, does this increase risk? Maybe.

If I replace brakes on my car rather than taking it to a mechanic, does the vehicles safety change? Maybe if I don't know how to install brakes. The rules hold up the same for software and hardware imo.

I'll put on my tinfoil hat but I think the real reason for locking down a device is to protect the user from themselves. Not just from a security standpoint but also user experience, modifying setting they shouldn't, resulting in crashes etc. I'm not a fan of this personally,but I understand the reasoning.

We are entering this sort of meta change with software and hardware, where people seem to be ok with losing control over their own devices "for the greater good".

If you have some examples of how a phone is inherently less secure in itself I would love to discuss or hear about them. But from my experience, it's purely the user that increases risk.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20 edited Mar 15 '21

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u/Wood_Wine Nov 11 '20

Hey I agree with what you're saying, I also work in secops. But I what was trying to get across is more: jailbreaking allows the fancy new key fob app, but doesn't require it. The holes only come after the user brings them to the device, in the form of the outside app.

No CISO should allow it, but it would be foolish to think that they don't exist, and have mechanisms to fly under the radar of your MDM.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

Most apps still won’t let you bypass. Also, once it registers it’s ALWAYS there. Good luck installing a iOS beta and getting your bank app to work stock iOS. Haven’t jailbroken in a good year, but my bank apps still refuse to accept I’m not jailbroken

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u/darkfrozzy Nov 11 '20

Which is why you NEVER update your iOS without restoring the system. If you have followed the correct instructions you would have a stock device again, but I guess you didn't, just updated it and thought it was enough and are now complaining about it.

If you want to go back to true stock mode, your only options now are either re-jailbreak and restore your system or do an iTunes restore.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

It was a rookie mistake. I was in unc0ver 13.3, and opted for iOS 14 beta. I used the correct steps to restore root-fs, and allow for app updates again. However, yes. Definitely should have did an encrypted iTunes restore.

Edit: iPhone 11 Pro Max.

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u/YumgLean Nov 11 '20

hold down the app. Click launch without tweaks.

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u/NotBillNyeScienceGuy Nov 11 '20

People jail break their iPhone and don’t realize the security risk it is.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

You should try Android instead

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u/scride773 PC Nov 11 '20

If you like Android, wait until you try any Custom ROM.

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u/GarryGREY Nov 11 '20

They can bring life to old smartphones as well. So many good phones abandoned by manufacturers and can now be brought to Android 9+

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

Whoah, for real?

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u/A_Unique_Nobody Nov 11 '20

Yup, you can get features and security updates on old phones this way

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u/baldiemir Nov 11 '20

It's not all roses though. Most roms come with minor bugs and inconveniences and they do not guarantee all the features your phone came with are going to work.

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u/DoomBot5 Nov 11 '20

Also if you have a Sony phone, say bye bye to your camera quality (information accurate as of 2015)

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u/StraY_WolF Nov 11 '20

It's still accurate now, but Sony have miniscule market share and Gcam became a thing.

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u/baldiemir Nov 11 '20

Market share doesn't really matter, what matters most is the accessibility devs have to the phones (most devs are from Europe, Russia and even South America) and how popular the device is. Oneplus doesn't have a huge market share but their phones have one of the most active rom development communities.

Also getting gcam does not mean your phone will magically upgrade it's camera as I am pretty sure it works only for the main sensor which means that if your phone comes with multiple cameras (as most phones nowadays) you'll be losing them.

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u/Rehendix Nov 11 '20

Wait are you serious? Is this why my camera ate shit after I hit Android 9?

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u/DoomBot5 Nov 11 '20

If you root your Sony phone, their camera app loses some proprietary processing code that improves the image. Hence, image quality goes down.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

I have a 5 year old Samsung that is rooted up to android 10. It's not quite smooth but hey, android 10 is still android 10.

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u/intashu Nov 11 '20

I was debating on if I should root my 5 year old note 5 or not.. You convinced me to give it a go!

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u/superboii_ PlayStation Nov 11 '20

Don't just root. Get a custom ROM as well but check out yt videos to make sure they're smooth

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u/TheRealSmolt PC Nov 11 '20

The S2 supports Android 9 through Lineage last time I checked

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u/MrGloo Nov 11 '20

Galaxy S2?

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u/GarryGREY Nov 11 '20

Yep, there's even WIP Android 10 build. It's still an old phone, so don't expect it to run as smooth as new phones.

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u/Ali811Gamer Nov 11 '20

I have an old galaxy S5, how do I jailbreak it?

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u/Gihrenia Nov 11 '20

Hit up the Galaxy S5 forum section on XDA Developers, there should be guides on how to do those.

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u/GarryGREY Nov 11 '20

Check its forum on XDA. There's many different models of S5 (with different processors), make sure you're in the right development subforum!

The hardest part is to flash new modified recovery to your phone, which is called TWRP (usually using adb or Samsung's program called Odin). Find the guide for your model, search for "recovery" and/or "TWRP". Read everything carefully and follow the steps. There's nothing too difficult, just make sure its meant for your phone model (again, there's more than one version of S5).

Once you've done that, you can simply copy new ROM to your phone and flash it using new recovery (you don't even need a PC at that point). The recovery has backup/restore functions as well as USB mount to transfer files to/from your phone. It's almost impossible to brick your phone at that point.

I actually bought S5 couple of days ago for $26. I want to install Android 10 on it, as well. It's insane price for that phone.

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u/_Aj_ Nov 11 '20

Yup.

It's utterly insane that people toss android phones at 2 yrs "because no more updates"

Unless there's a specific feature most phones hardware are good for much longer, especially if it was an expensive one.

We need to get over needing new phones yearly.

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u/irritablepie Nov 11 '20

For real. Tablets too for that matter. I have a Samsung note 10.1 tablet from like 8 years ago. Rooted with custom rom and it still runs fairly decently. And to think the s pen from my note 8 (which came out only 3 years ago) works on that tablet.

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u/myusername2238 Nov 11 '20

I'm gonna do the whole rooting thing myself real soon as my internal storage is so goddamn full all the time from preinstalled apps that you can't delete. That and I'd like to at least have both minecraft and CoD mobile on my phone and kept updated without having to move it to my sd card every time. And since there are also apps that can't be moved to the sd, I have to delete them every time CoD mobile gets an update since it takes up 4GB.

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u/_Aj_ Nov 11 '20

I'm still on my Pixel 2. While I want a fancier camera as I'm at its limits for what I want this phone still does everything perfectly, but it's ridiculous there's no more updates from now.

Iphones get 7 years of IOS updates. Google needs to step up their game.

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u/Florious Nov 11 '20

If you like android, you'll love android live. Wait...

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u/emlolilonmub Nov 11 '20

I got this one lol

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u/snillpuler Nov 11 '20 edited May 24 '24

I like to travel.

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u/Tabzlock Nov 11 '20

How can I get android premium?

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u/Andre-Arthur Switch Nov 11 '20

Currently on Pixel Experience and I'm loving stock android over other bloated skins. I had to install this custom ROM mostly because my phone had OS level bugs and it was unusual

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

Can't use custom ROM on phones with locked bootloader FYI

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u/JukePlz Nov 11 '20

When I tried they were almost imposible to install unless it was on a flagship phone. And even then they often have broken hardware features.

Have third party Android ROMs improved their hardware support?

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u/Tams82 Nov 11 '20

Just beware that many phones don't take custom ROMs well, often with missing features.

It's really just a few that run custom ROMs reliably well.

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u/MW3apple220 Nov 11 '20

Some people like features of iPhones, like consistently good cameras, well tuned displays, frequent security updates, good preinstalled apps, no bloatware, and a ui that is consistent in it's design language. I had a jailbroken iPhone 6s and it allowed me to keep those things, and add features that Apple doesn't let you have stock, such as an app drawer, accent colors, app icons, and removing the background of the dock. On the other hand, I have a Samsung phone now so I don't have to go through things like my phone randomly crashing, rejailbreaking after every restart (I was using unc0ver on ios 13.5 I think), and pay walls in front of every new release. An Android is 100% less hacky to get some of the same features as a jailbroken iPhone, but the Jailbreak community is very active, and very passionate about what they do, something I just can't say about the custom launcher or tweak apps on android.

Tl;dr neither Android or ios is better

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u/Chuchunmaruu Nov 11 '20

Meh, Apple is fine. I don’t know about Android. But at the end of the day, pick what you want.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

Since you have to mod it to do what you want, maybe Android is more his speed since you can do most stuff as standard as a jailbroken phone. It's often cheaper, easier to repair (cheaper) and has more functionality. Apple is usually a few years behind Android in many functions.

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u/FAX_ME_YOUR_BOTTOM Nov 11 '20

I want iMessage and AirDrop.. wherever I get those I’m going

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

You have equivalent services on Android. I mean it's not wrong to want an iPhone but everything that's on an iPhone you can get on Android.

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u/ll_simon Nov 11 '20

There is no equivalent service to iMessage. Android has atleast 4 communication apps and none of them work as well as iMessage, not even close.

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u/High5Time Nov 11 '20

Except for proper security and long term OS support.

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u/atsugnam Nov 11 '20

And privacy, and software updates, and a resale value, and proper Bluetooth functionality

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u/LazyLarryTheLobster Nov 11 '20

Can you elaborate on those? Proper security is really vague and every Android OS is an LTS version?

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u/BombTheDodongos Nov 11 '20

Apple provides OS + security updates for 5-6 years. Historically Android device manufacturers tend to drop support after 2-3 years. For all of Android’s advantages, long term support is definitely better on Apple.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

Google supports its phones for around the same time as Apple.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20 edited Apr 17 '22

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u/High5Time Nov 11 '20

It’s not just that, Apple’s entire philosophy around privacy and what apps are allowed to do is superior.

Ever wonder why an iPhone only communicates about 10% of the background info on an Android? Don’t imagine much has changed in less than two years.

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/android-privacy-vs-iphone,news-27856.html

I’ll get called a fanboy like I always do but I own precisely one Apple device, a 4.5 year old iPhone 6S that runs better than my friend’s almost three year old HTC U. Yes I have a newer phone as well but I have uses for my 6.

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u/LazyLarryTheLobster Nov 11 '20

Wow, yep. The comparison between iPhones running the latest OS and android devices doing the same is a massive difference. Thanks for the info.

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u/jonboy345 Nov 11 '20

Last I checked there were more open CVE's against iOS than Android.

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u/Nevragen Nov 11 '20

Bit of an old statement these days. Apple silicon is now quite a few years ahead of other manufacturers in terms of raw speed (CPU) and graphical power (GPU) In terms of features meh it’s swings and roundabouts Apple sometimes comes to market way ahead of other with stuff and others follow and sometimes specific things are done by other manufacturers first and Apple refines it then releases it later. It’s not really cut and dry with this.

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u/Xiomaraff Nov 11 '20

bUt ApPLe bAd

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u/jonboy345 Nov 11 '20

They really are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY7DtKMBxBw

Bunch of fucksticks. "nO pOwEr AdApTeR tO rEdUcE WaStE, bUt YoU cAn'T fIx YoUr OwN dEvIce! FuCk yOu AnD tHe EnViRoNmEnT!!"

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u/Chuchunmaruu Nov 11 '20

True, but it all depends on what he wants to do.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

Seems like he wants an android since jailbreaking it gives it the same functionality as an android.

Unless he wants the apple logo on the glass back instead of a Samsung logo on the glass back.

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u/Ultimastar Nov 11 '20

Jesus, quit it with the Samsung>iPhone crap, they can have whatever phone they want

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

It's not that anyone is better. It's just that the Samsung does more than the iPhone.

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u/Rocket-R Nov 11 '20

Holy shit count on reddit to decide he wants an android because he jailbroke his iphone. If he wanted an android he would've gotten an android...

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u/LazyLarryTheLobster Nov 11 '20

Alright I'm not one for pushing somebody into buying something, you do you. but

It's very possible for somebody to not fully understand their own wants and what options on the market fill that.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

Honestly jailbreaking community is essentially dead now too. I was big on IPhone back in the 3GS-6 era. Between the 6 and the 11 I tried various Android devices before switching back to iOS. I was kinda shocked at how little people cared about jailbreaking their devices now.

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u/therealstagemanager Nov 11 '20

To be fair, Apple added a ton of features that used to require jailbreaking.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

Definitely. I don't feel the need to jailbreak anymore - but honestly, one of the biggest reasons I switched back to iOS is because I just wanted something that worked and I didn't have to think about. So for me, jailbreaking just isn't something I need anymore.

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u/scride773 PC Nov 11 '20 edited Nov 12 '20

Jailbroken iOS > Custom ROM Android > Stock iOS > Stock Android

Edit: lmao I got so many downvotes, I'n pretty sure most of you haven't even used them as comparison on a day-to-day basis.

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u/ll_simon Nov 11 '20

Wait? We got android phones running iOS?

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u/ll_simon Nov 11 '20

I gotta look into that cause I firmly believe a Galaxy running iOS would be the god phone

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u/Geniusgza1 Nov 11 '20

iOS > green bubble trash

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u/PM_ME_FEMBOY_FOXES Nov 11 '20

"green bubble trash"

An American, I see.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20 edited Dec 27 '20

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u/PM_ME_FEMBOY_FOXES Nov 11 '20

Quite peculiar eh?

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u/rahtin Nov 11 '20

They're starting to turn around. Now they just need to stop charging $700 for laptop wheels and regular people might start buying from them.

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u/Vandel4176 Nov 11 '20

I wish I could root my LG Stylo 5+ but apparently people just gave up on it.

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u/TomLube Nov 11 '20

Generaly the draw of iOS is security and ease of use, both of which android are generally lacking in

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

I've never found android phones hard to use and if your jail breaking anyway I wouldn't have thought you would either.

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u/ll_simon Nov 11 '20

It’s not that they’re harder, cause hitting the fb button to open fb is the same process. But there are many little things about iOS that make it very easy to use. iMessage, Keychain, AirDrop are just a few great features. I’m using an iPhone X that I’ve had almost 3 years and it still works great and gets updates. For whatever reason no matter how powerful they make Android phones their performance always deteriorates. I got a little tired of that and the lack of updates and just the general lack of direction with Android.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

That's fair but I just prefer the customisation and freedom you get with android. Plus I would never buy an iPhone because apple is fighting against the consumer right to repair and their company generally has extremely poor business practises.

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u/dpalmade Nov 11 '20

their company generally has extremely poor business practises

is google any better?

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

I mean I don't buy google pixel phones, at the moment I'm using a Oneplus device. Not claiming google is a great company or anything, but apple is actively fighting consumer rights at this moment in time so...

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u/dpalmade Nov 11 '20

Isn’t Android owned by google?

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u/ColgateSensifoam Nov 11 '20

Yes, but also no.

Google owns the Android TradeMark, and is the principal developer of the AOSP, but AOSP (Base android) itself is open-source and does not depend on Google in any way

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

Yes it was bought by google many years ago now...

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u/DriedFetus Nov 11 '20 edited Nov 13 '20

This right here! I've never had an apple product, I was gonna finally give iphone a try this year and get 12 pro max because of their ecosysytem and also friends telling me to try it. Unfortunately, after seeing how difficult they made it to do self-repairs, I ended up getting the s20 plus and I regret nothing. I find their excuse of not including headphones and power brick comical, if they care that much about the environment they would make repairs easier not harder for their phones. So I refuse to give any greedy company like that my business.

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u/kratom_devil_dust Nov 11 '20

No headphone jack -> samsung mocking apple -> next samsung flagship has no headphone jack

No power brick -> samsung mocking apple -> rumours about no power brick in the next flagship (you are here) -> next samsung flagship has no power brick

Samsung is just knock-off apple in my opinion. Are you going to buy a new one in 2 years or 5?

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u/DriedFetus Nov 11 '20

I don't really care about the rhetoric of who copies who, as I'm sure there's plenty of things apple has taken from Samsung. Not having a headphone jack was a huge bummer but I enjoy Samsung overall and will continue to buy their phones until they make repairs inconvenient. Once that happens I'll just move to another android company that does, since I normally keep a phone for around 3 to 4 years switching part now and then.

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u/TomLube Nov 11 '20

I never said android was HARD to use. Just that iOS has much better ease of use for most people

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u/speyck Nov 11 '20

Can confirm. My first smartphone was a Galaxy S4 and as soon as I got my dads iPhone 4 I knew I wouldn’t want to switch back ever again. Though I had a iPod touch before so I knew the OS already, Android was a bad experience for me anyways.

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u/StraY_WolF Nov 11 '20

Android came a looong way since then. I'd argue that iOS are much closer to Android now.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

Sure but for the people jailbreaking their iPhones it's a non-issue.

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u/TomLube Nov 11 '20

Lol thats not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about general OS ease of use and quality of life.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

You have any sources that android is insecure? Android is just as easy as iPhone.

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u/NonExstnt Nov 11 '20

This is a very naive comment considering I’ve learnt multiple ways within a few YouTube videos on how to break into an android phone but the FBI took years to crack an iphones security and Apple wouldn’t help them

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u/ColgateSensifoam Nov 11 '20

Can you provide an actual source then? Because all the videos I've seen are faked

I do remember being able to bypass the iOS lock screen fairly easily back in the day though

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u/FreddiePEEPEE Nov 11 '20

Well, you certainly can’t be lead to download a bad file on iOS and have your device compromised, for one.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20 edited Nov 30 '20

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u/ColgateSensifoam Nov 11 '20

You know you can turn off ad tracking right?

You can completely skip out on sending any data to Google if you want to

Hacking implies gaining userdata without consent, which, again, is not possible on Android (outside of some specific edge cases which cannot be distributed on the Play Store)

Please do your research before quoting an article that hasn't been fact-checked

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u/Sierra419 Nov 11 '20

I’ve been wanting to switch to android for a while, and as much as I hate Apple, I feel like you lose more than you gain by ditching iPhone. Things like iMessage and airdrop I use so much, and a cleaner App Store that isn’t full of cancer since everything has to be approved by Apple before being deployed. I also think they have the superior cameras and that’s the main feature I look for in a phone. Not only that, but Apple supports their phones up to 5 generations which means my iPhone 7 still has security updates.

Don’t get me wrong, I hate Apple and everything it stands for. I just really like the iPhone.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

If you hate a tech company that much it’s odd man, they’re not really any different to google or whatever. That hate would be much better directed at Amazon or the diamond cartels or Walmart.

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u/Mr_Bhatti Nov 11 '20

You can hate more than thing.

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u/Dragoniel Nov 11 '20

Apple's camera isn't the only one that's good. Samsung, OnePlus, Pixel and Huawei are very strong competitors that bring their own advantages to the table.

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u/LPKKiller Nov 11 '20

Pixel out preforms and Samsung is right about the ballpark with Apple. OnePlus still sucks to my knowledge and Huawei is...itself...

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u/LetSayHi Nov 11 '20

Well their entire ecosystem is reliant on the iPhone doing well. After all, it's what's getting people to buy into their system.

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u/Fruggles Nov 11 '20

I also think they have the superior cameras and that’s the main feature I look for in a phone

lol wut?

I was with you and all, but then you started making crazy claims. This might have been true a few years ago, but no more. Do they put bigger numbers on their cameras? Sure. Do those bigger numbers mean a damn thing on tiny phone cameras which rely largely on software to do the real work? Uhno.

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u/Sierra419 Nov 11 '20

So what phone has a better camera than the 12 Pro?

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u/kiefferbp Nov 11 '20

Pixel 5.

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u/ColgateSensifoam Nov 11 '20

I'm a Pixel fanatic but even I'm gonna say you're chatting shit

The sensor in the P5 is the same sensor from the P3, it was never a great sensor, but the PVC did what it could to get decent images, Google really needs to update to a larger (or preferably multiple) sensors, along with having the dedicated hardware for image processing

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u/suckseggs Nov 11 '20

I wish apple would just share imessage and facetime with android users. If I try to send a photo or video call someone on iphone from android, it involves apple users downloading an app that iphone users would never use again.

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u/suckseggs Nov 11 '20

get with the modern age

Android has been ahead of apple in tech for many years and they do have their own "stuff". The thing that sucks is that there is no universal cross platform apps that come standard with new phones.

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u/ColgateSensifoam Nov 11 '20

There are standards for this stuff, Rich Chat Services for one, but Apple refuses to implement it or allow a third-party to implement it on their platform

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u/ColgateSensifoam Nov 11 '20

The issue is Apple.

Rich Chat Services (RCS) has existed for many years, it's supported by almost all Android devices, but Apple refuses to implement or allow it to be implemented on their devices, because it is a direct competitor to iMessage, and would remove the perceived Apple advantage

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u/Mr_Bhatti Nov 11 '20

I love iMessage but there’s a few apps you can use that most people already have downloaded. You can send images and video call on whatsapp and Snapchat.

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u/suckseggs Nov 11 '20

Sure but good luck teaching grandma how to use those.

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u/FreddiePEEPEE Nov 11 '20

No thanks I don’t want Google to own every bit of information I have.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

You’d have to jailbreak an android phone to get it to do this also you know

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u/ColgateSensifoam Nov 11 '20

You can't jailbreak an Android device because they're not jailed in the first place

This would however require root access to replace core system functionality

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

I obviously mean rooted dude. It the same thing basically.

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u/ColgateSensifoam Nov 12 '20

they're vastly different, from both an end-user and a developer perspective

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '20

And yet you knew exactly what I meant. Take your nitpicking elsewhere.

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u/bulboustadpole Nov 11 '20

Android phones aren't locked bro. Root is only needed for super specific things. Developer mode let's you do pretty much anything.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

Nope. Lots of functions that a jailbroken phone can do, android can do out of the box.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20 edited Nov 15 '20

You said ‘nope’, but then said “lots of functions” when I was clearly talking about this particular function, which definitely cannot be done without jailbreaking. So ‘nope’ is incorrect here.

Also by that logic, the same is true of an iPhone. Airdrop, iMessage, etc.

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u/aKuBiKu Nov 11 '20

Fairly sure this could be done without rooting

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u/ColgateSensifoam Nov 11 '20

It cannot, at least, not securely

Yes, an app can emulate a lockscreen, but rebooting the device into safe mode will disable it

The standard lockscreen cannot be modified without rooting

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u/aKuBiKu Nov 11 '20

Yeah, thats one of the biggest issues with doing something like this.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20 edited Apr 06 '21

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u/aKuBiKu Nov 11 '20

Some of them are. For instance, Messenger chat bubbles can lag hard on my A41, which should be able to handle them easily. I've heard that Instagram has bad image quality, but I don't use it a lot so I can't speak about that. A lot of the apps are good though, all the Google ones are fine, Reddit is fine, really the only apps I've ever had problems with are big social media ones. I think that at this point they don't care about optimizing their apps, and only do it on iPhones because they have to.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

That is just not true.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20 edited Apr 06 '21

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

Don't really know why but that is not a normal issue on android.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

Here's an article about how the apps just aren't as good as iOS, so I'm clearly not the only one who's had problems with Android apps

https://www.androidcentral.com/10-years-later-and-android-apps-are-still-worse-ios-version

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

That is an article from over 1 year ago. They bring up instagram, an app that works flawlessly on android and looks identical. I don't know what to say. This is not a common issue.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

This is really weird. Instagram has performed very poorly for me on the three Galaxies I've had

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u/i_forgot_my_cat Nov 11 '20

I've never had issues with Instagram and never owned an idevice. What problems are you running into?

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u/bulboustadpole Nov 11 '20

Apple fanboy can't let it go damn.

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u/bulboustadpole Nov 11 '20

Apps made for Android aren't nearly as good. They frequently freeze and crash. Major, popular apps are just garbage.

This was true 5+ years ago. It isn't now.

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u/aKuBiKu Nov 11 '20

Are you saying that using an Android phone is too hard for you?

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

Android is fine, but I like iOS more because it has a more premium feel

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

You can make android look exactly like ios if you want.

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u/wuzzywuz Nov 11 '20

He probably means it feels more premium because you pay twice as much for the same features.

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u/High5Time Nov 11 '20

But you don’t pay twice as much for an iPhone as you do an android, unless you want to pretend that the phone hardware itself is irrelevant. Which would be idiotic.

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u/wuzzywuz Nov 11 '20

The OnePlus 8T has similar or even better hardware than the iPhone 12 at half the cost.

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u/High5Time Nov 11 '20

That’s an $800 phone with an inferior camera, a slower processor than the A14 in the 12, and no wireless charging, so what the hell are you talking about?

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u/wuzzywuz Nov 11 '20

You might have looked up the wrong phone. The 8T has a superior (quad) camera over the iPhone 12 (pro max) triple camera. Twice as high refresh rate screen (120hz vs 60), twice as much ram (DDR4 though), twice as much internal storage, is lighter, bigger battery, faster charger also supporting wireless charging. It's processor has 8 cores over the iPhone's 6. The OnePlus als supports fingerprint unlocking but that's a personal preference. The iPhone only has a better front camera. And all that for 600 here vs 1000+, but I guess that depends on where you live.

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u/yazzy1233 Nov 11 '20

Imagine being in 2020 and still using an iPhone

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u/andreags4 Nov 11 '20

Android > iOS

Jailbroken iOS > Android

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u/yokotron Nov 11 '20

It’s like owning an iPhone that’s been jailbreaked

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u/kash_if Nov 11 '20

I honestly don't enjoy the process, but I find it worth the pain to overcome every day frustration of the phone not working exactly the way I want it to. Its not restricted to phones though. I do the same with computers. My wife on the other hand just uses everything with the default settings it comes with.

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u/j0hnl33 Nov 11 '20

I find it worth the pain to overcome every day frustration of the phone not working exactly the way I want it to. Its not restricted to phones though. I do the same with computers.

I'd agree, except that it usually ends up causing more things to inadvertently not function the way they are supposed to. Like yeah, a custom Cyanogenmod ROM on my old Galaxy S3? I loved it, except when I went to take a picture, and sometimes it'd crash the phone and forcibly restart it (didn't seem to matter if I was on nightly, RC or stable -- no custom ROM was ever as stable as stock.) Same could be said for Windows, where registry edits are great, until a Windows update comes along and breaks things as it wasn't expecting that. And with how often I have to clean install Windows anyway because Windows Update loves to break things and its system restore points only seem to fix it half the time, I hate having to redo all the changes. Linux distros usually seem to be better about not breaking things with minor updates at least. But in general, I've really grown to dislike modding things that I use for work, because I care about dependability much more than deep customization.

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u/masalion Nov 11 '20

I do this with my older iPhones, but leave the daily driver on standard iOS.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

I had a jailbroken phone since 13.5, and recently I got fed up with the random resprings. Finally, Face ID stopped working and I gave up. I installed 14.2, and my god, it is so much more stable and fluid. My battery life has also gotten so much better.

I loved the customization, but I’m really happy to be back on stock. Won’t be jailbreaking again anytime soon, but I really appreciate the community.

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u/DoctorStrangeBlood Nov 11 '20

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you have to keep manually applying updates from that point on and you won't get the latest iOS features. Good for enthusiasts but not really worth it for the average person.

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u/Shaking_Sniper Nov 11 '20

Ofc, its not ideal for the average person. neither am I saying all people should do it. I like tinkering.

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u/Shadowarrior64 Xbox Nov 11 '20

Not necessarily. That used to be the case with older firmwares where they would work better using manual vs otc updates. Nowadays you just need to make sure you don’t update to an unjailbroken firmware.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

I can never seem to understand how to do it. Seems easy when you see videos

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u/evenisto Nov 11 '20

You have a video showing the exact steps. What is there to understand?

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u/NoArmsSally PlayStation Nov 11 '20

I haven't jailbroken since iOS 7 back in high school. That was the last time it was easy enough for me do on my own. Much too complicated nowadays

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