The latest iteration of Apple’s iPhone 4 has proven to be the most difficult of the iPhones to jailbreak yet.
However, that hasn’t stopped people from trying, and persistence has paid off. The iPhone 4 has been jailbroken.
I’m just going to give you the links on how to do it here since I don’t want to take credit for someone else’s work:
- Planetbeing Unlocks iPhone 4
- iPhone 4 Finally Jailbroken
- Reliable iPhone 4 and iOS 4 Jailbreak
- Spirit Jailbreak coming to iPhone 4 and iOS 4
Advantages of jailbreaking the iPhone 4
If you’re not sure if jailbreaking is a good decision, here are some of the advantages (and the main disadvantage) to jailbreaking your phone.
Jailbreaking the iPhone 4 (elusive white iPhone 4 shown)
The big advantage to unlocking the phone is that you no longer are at the mercy of Apple’s App Store telling you what you can and can’t install on your phone. In the past this has included tethering, multi-tasking, and being able to easily change settings. The new iOS 4 has fixed some of these issues, but there are still plenty of apps out there that you won’t find in the App Store that you can install on a jailbroken iPhone, like wi-fi synching.
The main disadvantage of jailbreaking is that it voids the warranty of your phone and there is a real risk of “bricking” the phone – i.e. permanently disabling the device. This can happen on any phone you try to unlock, not just the iPhone.
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