Jail-breaking Chrome and making it the default browser on Ipad 3?
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You can't make any other browser the default browser on your iPad, jailbroken or not, without a lot of work. Even then it's not problem free. Also, every app is designed to open in safari as a default.
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You can make Chrome your default browser if you (1) jail break the iPad and (2) install either the "Browser Changer" or "BrowserChooser" tweaks from Cydia (both free tweaks). Cydia is the jail breaker's "AppStore" that gets loaded when you jail break. Visiting it to get free or paid tweaks is just like Apple's AppStore - you press an icon.
Then, when you select a link that would normally open in Safari - Chrome will open instead. Of course, you have to have Chrome installed from the AppStore, which is the only place from which you can get the app. But, it's free, also, so there's that...
If you need instructions on how to jail break your iPad, and you are running 5.1.1 6.0, 6.1.1 or 6.1.2, then see this tutorial: http://www.ipadforums.net/ipad-hacking/24377-jailbreaking-methods-ipad.html. This will tell you which jail breaking tool you'll need to use.
Hope this helped.
Marilyn
Then, when you select a link that would normally open in Safari - Chrome will open instead. Of course, you have to have Chrome installed from the AppStore, which is the only place from which you can get the app. But, it's free, also, so there's that...
If you need instructions on how to jail break your iPad, and you are running 5.1.1 6.0, 6.1.1 or 6.1.2, then see this tutorial: http://www.ipadforums.net/ipad-hacking/24377-jailbreaking-methods-ipad.html. This will tell you which jail breaking tool you'll need to use.
Hope this helped.
Marilyn
Thank you Marilyn.
Are there any real dangers in Jailbreaking?
All I want is to have a browser that uses gestures. Theres not much else I am looking for.
Jailbreaking your device should be relatively risk free, especially as you only want one simple tweak. I've done this to plenty of iPads for my friends (just to install one or two minor tweaks). You will not even notice it is there, other than the fact that you can set Chrome (or any other browser) to be the IOS default.
Follow our very simple guide here - http://www.ipadforums.net/jailbreak...jailbreak-ipad-ios-6-0-6-1-using-evasi0n.html
Then open Cydia (the jailbreak app store), and install BrowserChanger. Let the device respring, and when you go to the iPad Settings App, you should see a section about half way down with Browser Changer, and you can choose which 3rd party browser from any you have installed to be the default.
Then you can simply go about your business and forget about the JB. (unless of course we can entice you with some other cool tweaks over time
)If you run into any problems you know where we are...
Good luck.
Jailbreaking your device should be relatively risk free, especially as you only want one simple tweak. I've done this to plenty of iPads for my friends (just to install one or two minor tweaks). You will not even notice it is there, other than the fact that you can set Chrome (or any other browser) to be the IOS default.
Follow our very simple guide here - http://www.ipadforums.net/jailbreak...jailbreak-ipad-ios-6-0-6-1-using-evasi0n.html
Then open Cydia (the jailbreak app store), and install BrowserChanger. Let the device respring, and when you go to the iPad Settings App, you should see a section about half way down with Browser Changer, and you can choose which 3rd party browser from any you have installed to be the default.
Then you can simply go about your business and forget about the JB. (unless of course we can entice you with some other cool tweaks over time
If you run into any problems you know where we are...
Good luck.
Thank you!
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