Is JailBreaking a Good Idea?

[abel305]

Its 100% worth i jailbreaked every itouch i ever owned including my friends ipod.

[JMK940]

If you have a warranty then i wouldnt recommend it.

[Drizzy]

Jail breaking is easy man go for it

[Reality]

It's not good or bad.

There's some things that are good that you can get out of it, but also bad things.

Good:

• Free stuff, as long as you aren't doing illegal stuff
  
• Nice looks
  
• Showing off >: P
  

Bad

• Warranty if voided
  
• Can't boot in
  
• Major lag
  

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[SpankDaHobo]

Couldn't you reset the iPod back to factory settings?

[Resistance]

Iv'e got a list of downsides on why not to jailbreak and why you should:

First Downsides:

1. You get a slow idevice.
2. Very minor idevice virus infections.
3. Tons of Application crashes.
4. Low battery, possibly finish in 40 minutes if charged at 100%.

Good Things:

1. Customizable Themes
2. Cool Applications, such as Anonymous. (Email Anybody using a Fake Email that could even be taken! Like I could email you as john123@gmail.com)
3. Nice tweaks, edits and hacks for your idevice.
4. You'll have a fun time with it.

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Couldn't you reset the iPod back to factory settings?

Of course you can. Thats with the restore! Great feature, gotta say.

[unuser0910]

It doesnt mess your ipod up, just gets you apps for nothing

[Apocalypse]

Iv'e got a list of downsides on why not to jailbreak and why you should:

First Downsides:

1. You get a slow idevice.
2. Very minor idevice virus infections.
3. Tons of Application crashes.
4. Low battery, possibly finish in 40 minutes if charged at 100%.

Good Things:

1. Customizable Themes
2. Cool Applications, such as Anonymous. (Email Anybody using a Fake Email that could even be taken! Like I could email you as john123@gmail.com)
3. Nice tweaks, edits and hacks for your idevice.
4. You'll have a fun time with it.

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Of course you can. Thats with the restore! Great feature, gotta say.

You left out free applications which is the main reason besides the customizable themes people jailbreak an iDevice.

[Pineapple]

Yes, it is. Mac Life (A magazine about all Apple products) actually encourages you to jailbreak it due to a lot more consistency.

Pros:
Themes for your iPhone/iPod
Apps that were not released in the appstore due to denial.
Mobile Terminal, this was one major reason I got it.
More Customizations, Such as wallpaper, themes, basically you can turn your iPhone/iPod into anything
If it gets messed up, such as bricked, you can just restore it and take it in, Apple won't notice a thing.

Cons:
It increases the risk of bricking by 15%. (Estimated guess due to unlikeliness.)
Apple voids the warranty IF you bring it in WHILE jailbroken.

[Codine]

I'm thinking about buying one, just to jail break it..