Positive and Negative Facets of Jailbreaking iPhone 4S

The software giant - Apple’s arbitrary or self-serving rejections of apps has turned people on to the idea of freeing themselves from dependence on Apple. This paved way to Jailbreaking, which Apple terms as illegal. Mocking on the super giant, some of the world's most tenacious hackers always look to jailbreak the powerful gadgets of Apple. Whereas as under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, jailbreaking iPhones is legal in the United States.


iPhone designers benefit greatly from jail breaking as they are not restricted to obtaining applications from Apple store. For a long time Apple has just allowed some of its applications to be on store. But with the constraints off, you can find the Jail broken stores opening for developers to submit their applications, obtain new ones, download or use them.

Positive Aspects

One of the benefits of Jailbreaking iPhone 4S is that AT & T will no longer have the monopoly of iPhone. Moreover, it's been stated that JailBreakMe, a site focused on iPhone 4 Jail Breaking, has thought to use Safari Browser as it allows PDF's to be downloaded,which has codes to jailbreak the iPhone and other Apple products. Further, if you want to unlock iPhone 4S to use on another carrier, you will need to jailbreak the phone first before installing an unlock. 

Negative Aspects

Apart from these benefits, there are some of the disadvantages of Jail breaking as it pose question on security, capability and usability.

This makes Apple security on iPhone a lot more difficult. If you jailbreak your iPhone 4S, you will void your warranty or service agreement with your cell carrier as well as with Apple. With jailbreaking, there is a constant threat of downloading unwanted software. You could download a spyware that bricks your iPhone or steals vital passwords and data.

Apple has controverted Flash plans on the iPhone, which has evoked Adobe to undoubtedly take part in jail bursting of iPhone 4S. This has started a cold war between Adobe and Apple. 

In a nutshell, looking at the various positive and negative aspects of Jail breaking, you need to take decision whether you want to go for your iPhone 4S Jailbreak or not? Share your views in the comment box.