It was posed to me on a previous blog to explain what jail breaking is, so here we go. Put most simply, it's taking an iPhone and granting yourself access to the phone that you normally don't have. Yes, you're giving yourself access to something you already bought, because buying it isn't enough to get full access. This lets you "side load" software, or install things via USB rather than only through the iTunes store.
Doing this means you're taking full responsibility for your own device. You void all warranties on it's functionality, and by side loading, you're bypassing all the safety that iTunes/Apple gives you by checking the functionality, security, and reliability of their code.
This means that you can take full control of the device you own, which is good, but if you don't know what you are doing, then you are stealing just enough rope to hang yourself, so do your research and make sure you know why you're doing it.
Side note, with Android machines it's called Rooting rather than jail breaking. Also, since launcher replacement and side loading is already allowed, rooting really only is used for changing the base operating system or more base functions of the phone. I'm not an expert in either process, but since I've owned both kinds of phones, the iPhone had me wanting to do the procedure the entire time I used it, while my android works just the way I want. Remember, rooting or jailbreaking a phone wrong can brick it right out of the gate, so be careful. (Bricking means your phone becomes a $700 doorstop)
Next week I'll talk about a few launchers and software I recommend to give your phone the functionality you want, without rooting it at all, stay tuned!
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