iPhone - things I want to see updated!
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- rafalski0
Just a quick breakdown of what jailbreaking offers these days. There's plenty but these are the ones I have on my iPhone:
Open SSH: sFTP access, lets you store documents on the phone;
Docs: Documents reader (pdf, doc, xls, etc.);
Boss Prefs: quickly toggle on/off for wifi, edge, 3G, airplane mode, bluetooth, autocorrect, autolock - this gets the most use as it helps save battery;
Mobile Finder - browse files and edit their properties;
CopierciN - copy text from emails, contacts, notes and messages, paste into new ones - rarely used but one day you'll regret not having it when you need to copy/paste urgently;
Cycorder - record video;
myHTML - simple html editor (a gimmick actually, but nice);
weDict dictionaries - add many opensource dictionaries to AppStore's weDict dictionary engine;
BookReader - err.. read html books;
Backgrounder - run apps in the background. This is a fantastic add-on to many official apps, ie. instant messengers.There's plenty more, including MMS, tethering, app launchers, dock extenders and abundance of useless custom skins/wallpapers. I don't care for these though.
Jailbreak is simple and easy with QuickPwn. It is reversible. Bricking phones is history now and bricking Touches is a myth, as far as I remember. But read the small print first ;)
Whoever doesn't need/want it, or isn't sure it's safe enough, doesn't do it, that's all there is to it really. It will enrich some people's usage of the phone but not everyone's.