hi, just bought new ipad2 ~ talk me into keeping it

[jsh1120]

You know, you can always jailbreak the iPad...


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As far as I know (and I, too, may be wrong) you cannot "jailbreak the iPad" if you're running the most recent version of the operating system. At least not at the present time.

 

[Mountainbikermark]

Graywolf, Touch Wiz is a firmware update.
I've got a question.
If one does a jailbreak, does all the custom changes, updates to another jailbroken version, does one need to reset the tweaks? Iow, is it like a hard reset to the user settings?

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[graywolf]

You know, you can always jailbreak the iPad...


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As far as I know (and I, too, may be wrong) you cannot "jailbreak the iPad" if you're running the most recent version of the operating system. At least not at the present time.

You can jailbreak iPad 1 on any version.

 

[graywolf]

Graywolf, Touch Wiz is a firmware update.

Didn't know that.

I've got a question.
If one does a jailbreak, does all the custom changes, updates to another jailbroken version, does one need to reset the tweaks? Iow, is it like a hard reset to the user settings?

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Yes. But I use pkgbackup which acts like iTunes for all the tweaks and stuff. Backs it up and restores it if you need to.

 

[Mountainbikermark]

Thanks. So basically a hack is a hack is a hack, just different ways to back up beforehand?


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[graywolf]

Thanks. So basically a hack is a hack is a hack, just different ways to back up beforehand?


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What?

Btw, my grandmother lives like 5 miles away from you.

 

[mjtyler]

iPad doesn't need to be sold to you you either love it or don't! Having said that I guess it depends on what you want the tablet to do. Figure that out and you will know which one to keep.

 

[Mountainbikermark]

Thanks. So basically a hack is a hack is a hack, just different ways to back up beforehand?


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What?

Btw, my grandmother lives like 5 miles away from you.

Let me rephrase . Getting into the root system is getting into the root system, no matter the platform. I didn't mean hack in a derogitory way.
PM her name. I might know her and can tell her how her grand child is helping me with this new fangle technology stuff

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[Mountainbikermark]

iPad doesn't need to be sold to you you either love it or don't! Having said that I guess it depends on what you want the tablet to do. Figure that out and you will know which one to keep.

The problem is they love both equally .
I was in the same boat but wasn't up against a return window so I had more time to decide. My decision ended up being based on a year from now vs today and I personally didn't see the aggression from Apple to advance, but that's just me and not meant to attempt to persuade anyone in any direction. A year from now I see Apple and Android as going in totally opposite directions and at the fork in the road chose Android.
I believe with the stated uses by the op that either direction they choose at the fork will be the correct one for them.

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[graywolf]

Thanks. So basically a hack is a hack is a hack, just different ways to back up beforehand?


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What?

Btw, my grandmother lives like 5 miles away from you.

Let me rephrase . Getting into the root system is getting into the root system, no matter the platform. I didn't mean hack in a derogitory way.
PM her name. I might know her and can tell her how her grand child is helping me with this new fangle technology stuff

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I just didn't get the "backup beforehand".

But, yes. A hack is a hack is a hack. Just different ways of getting there.

 

[Mountainbikermark]

What?

Btw, my grandmother lives like 5 miles away from you.

Let me rephrase . Getting into the root system is getting into the root system, no matter the platform. I didn't mean hack in a derogitory way.
PM her name. I might know her and can tell her how her grand child is helping me with this new fangle technology stuff

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I just didn't get the "backup beforehand".

But, yes. A hack is a hack is a hack. Just different ways of getting there.

On my desktop before doing any major changes I backup my stuff , on my phone and Tab before any major changes I backup, on my ipad before a sync it backs up is what I meant. I didn't know if/how possible for jail break
Sorry.

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[jsh1120]

You know, you can always jailbreak the iPad...


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As far as I know (and I, too, may be wrong) you cannot "jailbreak the iPad" if you're running the most recent version of the operating system. At least not at the present time.

You can jailbreak iPad 1 on any version.

Really? Thanks for the clarification. I must admit that I don't quite understand how that would be possible since I assumed that the OS is identical on both generations of iPads, but I'll take your word for it.

 

[graywolf]

As far as I know (and I, too, may be wrong) you cannot "jailbreak the iPad" if you're running the most recent version of the operating system. At least not at the present time.

You can jailbreak iPad 1 on any version.

Really? Thanks for the clarification. I must admit that I don't quite understand how that would be possible since I assumed that the OS is identical on both generations of iPads, but I'll take your word for it.

The OS is nearly identical, but a the jailbreak for iPad 1 uses a loophole in the bootrom which is buried in the hardware and apple can't update that with out taking the device apart.

Jailbreakers have yet to find a hole on the iPad 2. So, since there is that hole in iPad 1 there will always be a possibility of a tethered jailbreak.

iPad 2 requires a userland or software jailbreak for now. So there had to be a loophole in the OS.

 

[graywolf]

Let me rephrase . Getting into the root system is getting into the root system, no matter the platform. I didn't mean hack in a derogitory way.
PM her name. I might know her and can tell her how her grand child is helping me with this new fangle technology stuff

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I just didn't get the "backup beforehand".

But, yes. A hack is a hack is a hack. Just different ways of getting there.

On my desktop before doing any major changes I backup my stuff , on my phone and Tab before any major changes I backup, on my ipad before a sync it backs up is what I meant. I didn't know if/how possible for jail break
Sorry.

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There is a way to backup jailbreak apps and tweaks. I use pkgbackup.

 

[jsh1120]

The OS is nearly identical, but a the jailbreak for iPad 1 uses a loophole in the bootrom which is buried in the hardware and apple can't update that with out taking the device apart.

Jailbreakers have yet to find a hole on the iPad 2. So, since there is that hole in iPad 1 there will always be a possibility of a tethered jailbreak.

iPad 2 requires a userland or software jailbreak for now. So there had to be a loophole in the OS.

Thanks for the explanation. Very informative.