How To Jailbreak Your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch

You must have heard the word "Jailbreak" either from a friend who has an iPhone or you might have come across it somewhere online, if not right here for the first time right? I have talked about in a previous article about the difference between Jailbreaking, rooting and unlocking, but in this tutorial we are going to see how to jailbreak your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

So Jailbreaking your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch means lifting all restrictions enforced by Apple's operating system. Jailbreaking enables root accessibility to the iOS file system and manager, making it possible to download more applications, extensions, and themes that are not available through the official Apple App Store.

 
How To Jailbreak Your iPhone, iPad Or iPod Touch? 

There are actually a couple of Jailbreaking tools available but the most recent and well-known one would be Pangu iOS 9 Jailbreak tool from Pangu Team. You can download the program from their official website here. Before using Pangu, make sure you backup your data via iTunes before jailbreaking your iDevice. As a way to raise the jailbreaking success rate, please switch your device to airplane mode, and turn off the passcode and “find my iPhone” features in system setting. 

Once you get all that done, hit the "start" button and wait till the jailbreaking process ends successfully; you will find Cydia (alternative to iPhone App Store) installed on your home screen. If your attempt to jailbreak your iPhone or iPad fails,  reboot both your iOS devices as well as your computer and give it another shot. If the result is still unsuccessful, use the restore feature in Pangu to restore your device, and try again. 

There is an incredible number of people who are Jailbreaking their devices and there rises one question: "is this Jailbreaking legal?" Yes it simply is.

Although Jailbreaking parties have not been officially threatened and confronted but Apple has always reacted with updates to every jailbroken iOS version patching those exploits. 

What Are The Benefits And Drawbacks Of Jailbreaking? 

As we know that the process of jailbreaking your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch is authorized in the U.S. for the moment, however if anything goes south throughout the jailbreaking process, it's your responsibility to fix it. Here are some benefits and drawbacks of jailbreaking:

Benefits 

1. Ability to download and install a whole new world of third party cracked apps, wallpapers, system fonts, emulators, extensions and Cydia tweaks
2. Free tethering by using your iPhone/iPad as a broadband modem to hook up your laptop to the Internet
3. Complete flexibility to customize your iDevice platform
4. Full access the iOS file system

Drawbacks

1. Risks of untested apps containing malwares
2. System instability with potential bugs from third party apps
3. Warranty void unless you unjailbreak or restore your device
4. Battery life issues

Eventually, if you consider jailbreaking your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, just be certain to cautiously look for the apps you want to install due to the fact you'll be getting into a space of no constraints. You will definitely notice how uncovered you're going to be.