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what is jailbreaking a

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Answered by jashanpreet9478
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When it comes to computer science, a jailbreak involves removing restrictions of some kind in the software on a device. The term first became popular in regards to the iPhone - remember early versions of the device didn't have an app store available, and iOS was more limiting for users than it is today.

Since it first appeared, the term "jailbreaking" has been used to refer to adapting the code on numerous other devices, from phones to games consoles. There's no one fixed definition, so people sometimes use it to talk about putting custom software on mobiles or removing DRM restrictions on movies.

It's closely related to terms like "cracking" (software) or "rooting" (phones). The latter process is a little bit like the Android version of a jailbreak, getting around protections put in place by manufacturers to install alternative mobile OSes like CyanogenMod. These terms are sometimes interchangeable.

Jailbreaking is still most often used in reference to iPhones: hackers started trying to unlock iOS in 2007 and haven't stopped since. Meanwhile, Apple has repeatedly fixed jailbreak exploits with successive updates to its mobile OS, and you'll usually have to pause automatic iOS updates to apply a jailbreak.

With iPhone apps now given more access to the OS, jailbreaking is less popular than it once was, and most people won't ever consider doing it. However, if you really want to take charge of the way your iPhone looks and works, it's relatively simple to do and won't cost you anything... though there are downsides.

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charge of the way your iPhone looks and works, it's relatively simple to do and won't cost you anything... though there are downsides.

The results of jailbreaking

Generally speaking, jailbreaking results in more control over your device: installing your own screensavers on a Kindle, for example, or adding extra icons to the iPhone home screen dock. You become the 'administrator' of your device with all the relevant rights, rather than Amazon or Apple or anyone else.

What is jailbreaking

As far as the iPhone goes, you can install any app from the Cydia store after a jailbreak. Retro gaming emulators are good examples - these are banned by Apple from its own app store (because they allow you to play older computer games without buying the original copies), but freely available on Cydia.

You can tweak various aspects of the iOS interface, replace Safari and Messages with alternative default apps, and so on. On the other hand, you'll no longer get automatic updates direct from Apple - for each new version of iOS, you'll need to wait for the appropriate hack from the jailbreaking community.

There are security risks too: because you have more control over your device, so do all the apps that run on it. Jailbreaking also enables software piracy, so apps and games can be distributed for free, and you're therefore putting your trust in the developers of all the apps you install rather than Apple.

Most iPhone security scares only affect jailbroken phones because they don't have the same security measures in place as standard iOS. It's up to you whether you think the risks are worth the extra flexibility, but you should go in with your eyes open if you're thinking about jailbreaking a device.

Answered by anand01274
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IT REFERS TO A PROCESS OF GAINING ROOT ACCESS TO THE IOS OPERATING SYSTEM THAT RUNS ON ONLY IN APPLE DEVICE .

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