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Q&A: What does it mean to ‘jailbreak’ an iPhone?

Posted on May 23, 2022

Question from Barbara:  Can you explain what it means to “jailbreak” an iPhone in terms a six year old can understand?

I read something about that the other day and it went right over my head.

Rick’s answer:  [Read more…]

Q&A: Do you think I should Jailbreak my iPhone?

Posted on October 7, 2020

Question from Jamie:  My mom recently bought me my first iPhone. It took me a while to get used to it but now that I have, I really like it.

My question is should I jailbreak it?

I don’t really understand what it means to jailbreak a phone but my brother says I need to do it because it’ll let me install apps that a normal iPhone can’t run.

He said he would do it for me when he comes home on leave (he’s in the Army) but I thought I might be able to do it myself so I searched the Internet for instructions.

While I was looking for instructions I found several articles saying it’s a bad idea to jailbreak a phone.

What’s your opinion about that? Should do it or not?

Rick’s answer:  [Read more…]




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