iPad Jailbroken in a Day

[ethaninja]

What does Jailbroken mean?

it means you've broken it out of jail and can now actually use it.

=D The Apple jail. Otherwise known as the first circle of hell.

9th layer actually. Won it in a suite with satan because of trademark enfringement. (using their apple logo to seduce Eve)

Haha good one.

 

[SenseOfTumour]

Yeah, I've always had the feeling apple stuff is just regular stuff in a 'cool' package, and I flatly am not going to pay extra just because it's in white plastic instead of black or beige.

Add that to the fact that white headphones tell every potential mugger that you're probably carrying at least £100 worth of ipod on top of anything else, and that ipods are still seen as 'cool' and that's why I'll stick to a generic player, as I mainly listen to radio shows anyway.

Having said that, surely all Apple are doing is what Sony and MS and every console maker did, make it so they have control of what comes out on their platform? As much as I think apple is overpriced junk for people obsessed with image, I don't think they're any worse than the rest.

 

[OmegaXIII]

I'm glad to hear this. People should be allowed to run whatever they want on their hardware. It's a shame they have to go to such lengths to do so.

This, a thousand times.

 

[Aeshi]

And do Apple really make toasters or was that sarcasm?

iToast?

On-topic not too surprised about this.It's just a big iPod/Phone after all.

also out of all the Apple haters how many of you have a valid reason and how many are just jumping on the bandwagon?

 

[Camembert]

iToast?

On-topic not too surprised about this.It's just a big iPod/Phone after all.

also out of all the Apple haters how many of you have a valid reason and how many are just jumping on the bandwagon?

Ah, the minute I smell so much as a whiff of bad business practice, that's another company struck off my list of Folks-Who-I-Buy-Stuff-From. My other lists (Folks-Who-I-Don't-Buy-Stuff-From, and Folks-Whose-Stuff-I-Only-Buy-Second-Hand) are pretty long these days.

 

[Eleima]

Can't say I'm surprised it was jailbroken so fast, considering it's so similar to the iPhone...

 

[shirin238]

What does Jailbroken mean?

it means you've broken it out of jail and can now actually use it.

I figured as much.

 

[breadlord]

Kids these days.

 

[oppp7]

also out of all the Apple haters how many of you have a valid reason and how many are just jumping on the bandwagon?

Actually, the main bandwagon--when it comes to Apple--is driven by its fans.

Wow, I hope they catch those guys. I hate this kind of BS.

You hate being able to choose a service of your choice rather than being forced into whomever gives Apple the most money?

Evidently so. I'm guessing he's been an Applecore all his life.

in other words: so stupid people have to remind in to inhale and exhale?

Yeah. And judging from his subsequent posts, I'm right on the money here.

lol, I see what you did there.

:awesome:

And props to the hackers, the I-Pad is a joke and Apple's got it coming.

Damn straight! *hi5*

Wow, I hope they catch those guys. I hate this kind of BS.

You hate being able to choose a service of your choice rather than being forced into whomever gives Apple the most money?

Evidently so. I'm guessing he's been an Applecore all his life.

Heh, "Applecore," clever.

Ta. I'm hoping it catches on eventually; ending things in "-tard" is so trite...

Wow, I hope they catch those guys. I hate this kind of BS.

You hate being able to choose a service of your choice rather than being forced into whomever gives Apple the most money?

Evidently so. I'm guessing he's been an Applecore all his life.

What's an Applecore?

Someone too dumb to figure it out on his own.

Wow, I hope they catch those guys. I hate this kind of BS.

Yeah, I really hate it when companies who can't even be bothered to pay their foreign workers minimum wage get fucked over, too. Such bullshit.

Do you have an iPod/Phone/Toaster? If so, you just supported them.

And what if he doesn't? :V

That's great, but if you're stupid enough to buy an iPad, you deserve every last bit of brandlocking Apple tries to force on you.

Wow, I hope they catch those guys. I hate this kind of BS.

What BS--letting people run applications without having to ask Steve Jobs for permission? Yeah, that's really heinous.

Wow, I hope they catch those guys. I hate this kind of BS.

You hate being able to choose a service of your choice rather than being forced into whomever gives Apple the most money?

Going by the explaination of jailbreak from the above posters. Explained my reasons in the edit. I probably don't know enough about Apple to get a good idea of the whole situation, but overall I normally see hackers as another term for pirates.

Since the word "pirate" gets applied to people who have legitimate reasons for making a copy of something they already bought and paid for--in other words, something they own and should be allowed to use as they see fit--you really aren't making your case look any less inane, or yourself any less insipid.

Wow, I hope they catch those guys. I hate this kind of BS.
Edit: I don't like hackers. They're the type that pirate stuff and make viruses. Yes, they can make some good things, but for the most part it's probably going to be illegal reasons for cracking the code.

WOW, chief.
First of all, there is no such thing as an illegal reason. To outlaw a reason is as laughable as outlawing any other sort of thought, and just as impossible to enforce a law against.

Secondly, all hacking of this type is technically illegal--but just being illegal doesn't automatically make something bad. Have you ever downloaded music? Have you burned a mix CD? Have you ever made a backup copy of anything whatsoever? Well, sunshine, I'm afraid that doing any of these makes you a pirate.

Third, the kind of people who make viruses are not the kind of people who jailbreak electronic devices; virus-making is a destructive art used to , whereas jailbreaking

Of course, I don't expect any of this to even matter to you, given your infantile reasoning; you are clearly the kind of consumer who loves Apple the way a three-year-old loves Mommy--"Mommy is wonderful and Mommy is always right and anyone who does anything Mommy doesn't like is horrible and evil and wrong".

In short: You, sir, are a contemptible and incorrigible idiot. Please find a fire and jump in it as soon as possible.

Lol, wow...
First: No, I'm not a Mac/Apple fan. I've never bought any of their i products. But I do hate hackers(out of fear and anger at them for messing up the game. DO NOT RESPOND TO MY STANCE ON PIRATING VIDEO GAMES. I got sick of that topic a few months ago when Ubisoft released their retarded DRM), my post is a little... one-sided against pirates and hackers.
Second: Yes, some hacking is good, but I'm guessing at least half of all the jailbreaking is going to be used to pirate apps.
Third: I was kind of lumping all hackers together when talking about viruses. No, the ones who hack iPads and such aren't the kind who write viruses, but I'm guessing a good bit of hackers for other things do. I mean, those are the ones who steal accounts and identities, so viruses would be a step back for them.
Forth: This is the Escapist. We do not flame and insult on here. I'd love to know what I said to make you insult my intelligence so fervently.

 

[Chicago Ted]

Calumon: Should I call the Police?

Can someone gag this little bastard for me? The amount of good it is trying to bring is making me sick.

Anyways, I think this is hilarious. Record time right?

 

[Giovanto]

Haha fucking Apple. Glad I don't buy into their trendy shit

Yea, overpriced and limited in everything. I mean (without jailbreak) you can only install apps from the appstore. And Apple checks every app to be nice for them. No multitasking, no USB. Well, it's Apple...they say that Mac OS is "the most advanced OS" and stuff like the iPad is revolutionary and has an unbeatable price. Damn, I mean the iPad is an oversized iPod Touch and I could get a NetBook with USB and free choice what I install on it for less.
In laymen's terms:
Apple = Lastgen Hardware in a nice case, for a nextgen price.

I can't keep enduring the ignorant anti-Apple stuff that is rather irrelevant to the OT. I have to finally call someone out, so I choose you.

The app store has a huge variety. OS X is highly more advanced and stable then Windows. Yes the products cost more but the hardware is top notch and their biggest notebook is light enough for me to lift with one hand, while my PC laptop has 1/10th the power and is a behemoth that I hate carrying because it weighs too damned much. Multitasking? I've ran two VMs between two logged in users while running apps in both as I used one of them to run more tasks. No USB? You mean LESS USB. Yes, the MacBook Pro has less ports, but it still has USB ports. It has four while my PC notebook has six. The iPad has the power of a minor computer in something the size and weight of an actual paper notebook, if not less then size and weight. I wouldn't mind having one. Also, have you used an iPod Touch? It's tiny and thin but has a fully functional browser, weight sensitivty (the "Accelerameter" is similar to the SIXAXIS in a PS3 controller and does just that) so if you hold it sideways the screen adjusts which can make the keyboard easier to work with and an excellent multimedia player function which has the little Genius gimick, so you can make a nice playlist with the touch of a button (I love this to no end). It also is excellent for storing photos, something I enjoy doing because I like showing pictures to people. My only complaints are that the Wi-Fi and games kill the battery pretty fast and it doesn't have a camera.


I used to hate Apple too...then I went into an Apple store. After an hour of using the Macbook Pro, I decided I was done buying PCs, parts for PCs, upgrades etc. With a VM and dual booting I can run Windows apps flawlessly without the hassle that comes with it. That lack of compatibility that OS X has? The side effect is that a lot of things that compromise security (namely viruses) on Windows don't work on OS X because the viruses aren't compatible with the Linux-based OS that it is.

Point is...don't go sounding off about how bad they are unless you actually use them. The Macbook Pro we've got was well worth the 2,000$ investment.

Anyway...OT: I don't think it was so much a quick fix, since it uses essentially the same OS they broke before, it was probably just a few minor changes to the crack they already had to make it work the same. Still pretty nice. The iPad will probably bring some nice homebrew since it has better hardware to work with. Imagine Doom 3 on a small pad. They already did Quake 3 with the iTouch and iPhone.


EDIT: Just in regards to the above, I'm not aiming for a flame war so much as I just want you to realize that Apple products are popular for a reason. I don't like the cocky pretentious Mac users or their commercials either, but the product itself is quite good.

 

[rabidmidget]

What does Jailbroken mean?

It gives users almost complete access to their device's firmware, which allows them to use apps that Apple won't let on the app store so they have more control over their device

 

[shadow skill]

Why do they even bother, it doesn't stop people from doing it.

 

[Nat3r]

I may have an ipod touch but I would never use a mac or Ipad even if there was no other choice. The iPad looks ridiculous. Huge sum of money they can only do half the things a laptop can.

 

[RagingPhonetic]

Hahaha, look at all these people not using Linux... The fools.

http://www.duelinganalogs.com/comic/2007/04/02/hello-im-linux/

http://www.duelinganalogs.com/comic/2009/02/27/know-the-truth/

 

[blindthrall]

Some dude with seven posts just ninja'd me. How emasculating.

Linux rox.

America is all about two huge behemoths duking it out while some intrepid independents bide their time, knowing superior software and ease of modification will eventually win. Yes, the Mac vs. Microsoft and Democrat vs. Republican battles are both represented wonderfully by King Kong vs. Godzilla. Assign sides as you see fit.

 

[dalek sec]

HA!

Calumon: Should I call the Police?

Um go play with this Calumon. *tosses him a shiny red ball to play with*

Damn! Just a day to crack it eh? That's pretty fast.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Hehehe...good for them. So much for the powerful new toy, eh, apple?

 

[tkioz]

I'm still trying to figure out why the hell Apple gets away with releasing devices like the iPhone and iPad that need to be jailbroken in the first place. Isn't the main reason to jailbreak your iPhone the ability to use it with another carrier? even if you purchased it outright. And then they pump down "updates" that basically destroy any "freed" products.

It's (barely) tolerable on gaming consoles because piracy is a real problem, and hey all your paying for is the ability to play games on them, but damn, it's a freaking phone and a freaking touch-screen laptop, you shouldn't need to hack them to use what you paid for however you damn well want.

I haven't owned an apple product since my old Apple II way back when, and I refuse to buy their crap now, sure it looks pretty, but objectively it's sold on "coolness" (dick) factor, not on the tech factor, you can buy better, cheaper, and more user-friendly devices from other companies. I own a creative MP3 player (you know the people who came out with MP3 players a decade before the iPod), an elcheapo mobile phone, and I'm looking forward to the HP Slate.

Why pay more for Steve Jobs' toys?

 

[Neesa]

You know what kills me? People complaining about a product that they:
A: Never tried it.
B: Never owned it.
C. Say they'll NEVER own it.
D: Listen to hearsay and take their word as Bible.

I felt the same way about the iPad until I used one with a co-worker and I say it's pretty neat. If I had the money, I'd purchase one for art work instead of lugging around a huge art portfolio.

First, someone stated that there's no multi-tasking? Well by-George how WRONG you are. You can multi-task just as well on an iTouch/iPhone. Have your music playing and do other things at the same time, like browse the net. So please, before you start spouting off bullshit you didn't put work to validate your claim, find out.

Second, people getting pissed off at hackers and pirates when companies and the government use hackers all the time? Really? And not everything they do is legal. But it's okay because they're doing it for the "good of the people. Yeah, nice job. Also, ALL HACKERS don't go around making viruses. I don't know what 1990s propaganda you're still listening to, but I think you need to come to 2010. Some hackers do things in order to show all the loopholes and broken components, hardware and software that companies leave out. Some companies even appreciate when hackers find things for them to go back and fix. Also, PIRACY != HACKERS I don't know what gave you that impression, but you need to find another synonym that works.

I'm just sick and tired of "I hate this and I hate that" when yet again, people don't have legitimate reasons why they do. Did you hate the iPad because you truly hated it? Or are you being just as bad as the trendy mindless sheep and going along with hating it. Steve Jobs/Bill Gates does not have a gun to your head and saying, "BUY THIS PRODUCT TO SUPPORT MY COMPANY."

Did you really need to spend $199.99 for a 360 Arcade? Or $249.99 for your 360 Pro? Or maybe $299.99 for your Elite/PS3? And guess what? Or what about that new release game/movie/album? Did you get those things cause you wanted to? Or because of how overly hyped it was?

But PS3 and 360....Those things aren't portable. We're not even including all the accessories and games you kick out in order to play these games as well. Or even those that went out to buy a PSP Go? But did your Fanboyism for either Microsoft/Sony coax you into getting one? Or did you get it despite what others say? That's what people that use Apple do.

Some people get it for trend reasons. Some get it for the functionality and capability. Microsoft is not a consumer-friendly OS. You have to have some brain in order to really use one know half of its capabilities. Hell, some people don't know how to use Ctrl+C still. Or that Alt+<- sends you to the previous page. So just stop with all this Apple bashing. You're not any better than all that "I hate Microsoft/Sony/Obama/Democrats/Republicans" cause I was told so.

Yeah that's right, I said it. You're just as bad as the so-called "mindless sheep" that go around and buying Apple products for trend reasons. Now excuse me as I use my iTouch to listen to music and IM people in class. And yeah, at the same time.

Edit: Also, companies like Apple make things proprietary hardware/software cause they're a COMPANY MAKING MONEY. Stupid for marketing, but their sales say otherwise. http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/01/21results.html

Trust me, reading their website won't hypnotize you buy their products, I promise.