There are many advantages that out way the disadvantages of jailbreaking you iPhone. Below is a list of 10 reasons to jailbreak your iPhone.

iRealQuickSMS -The most useful app of all that Apple definitely needs to implement into their next firmware.  Lets you reply to a text within an application.  This is a huge time saver.

Backgrounder -The closest thing we have to multitasking.  Lets you run applications in the background.  Perfect for music apps like Pandora and iHeartRadio.

Notifier -Notifications for Email, SMS, MMS, and Missed Calls on the taskbar. Viewable from the lock screen, so you do not have to slide to unlock to see if you have email, text, or a missed call.

SBSettings -Offers the quickest way to access important settings such as turning on and off 3G, Wifi, Edge, Bluetooth, etc.  it is also a hand memory manager.  You can kill processes and free up memory with a touch of a button.

Custom CSS Mail Signatures -Create a lot nicer mail signatures than the default Set from my iPhone.

ActivateMMS2G -Enables MMS on the first iPhone (iPhone 2G).

Winterboard and Themes -Fully customize the look of your iPhone with custom icons and backgrounds.

3G Unrestrictor -Tricks your iPhone into thinking that it is on a wifi network so you can use 3G or edge without restrictions.  This lets you use Skype over 3G and also download files larger than 10MB on the AppStore.

OpenSSH -Full file system access lets you manage all of the files on your iPhone using a simple application like Transmit (mac) or Winscp (windows).

Unapproved AppStore Apps -Jailbreaking your iPhone gives you access to Cydia, an AppStore alternative.  All the apps that Apple does not allow into the AppStore have the ability to be released in Cydia.  With the recent rejection of Google Voice apps from Apple’s official AppStore, Cydia gives jailbroken iPhone users a chance to use those Apps.  GVMobile was recently released in Cydia because of this very reason.  They did not want all of their hard work go to waste.

All of these applications can be found on Cydia.  Cydia is added by default when you jailbreak your iPhone.  Hopefully we will see some of these features implemented by Apple in an updated firmware.  Some of these we will never see and this is why jailbreaking your iPhone is worth it even though Apple does not allow it.  If you bring your jailbroken iPhone into the Apple Store, Apple will void your warranty.  Since a restore in iTunes completely eliminates the jailbreak, make sure you do a full restore before you bring your iPhone into the Apple Store.

Yes everyone! Cydia has a new update for everyone with an unlocked iPhone 3G. There is a new ultrasn0w update! This is great news as this brings ultrasn0w closer and closer to 1.0 state.

Also, iPhone 3G S users are now eligible to get on the jailbreak/unlock bandwagon as Saurik has updated mobilesubstrate (2 times actually) and Winterboard to work on the new iPhone 3G S.

ultrasn0w 0.9 new features include:

• Works on both 3G and 3GS

• Works on hacktivated devices

• Works regardless of how you jailbroke your device

• Doesn’t patch any mach-o binary whatsoever. (Doesn’t require a separate patch as each new firmware comes out).

• Doesn’t install any additional daemon

• Has no race conditions, no popups about “Missing SIM”, no network issues

• Is almost 7,000 times smaller than its nearest competition

Is available now via Cydia. If you already have ultrasn0w, then go into Cydia and refresh and you should see an update.

The repo for ultrasn0w is http://repo666.ultrasn0w.com (that last “0” in ultrasn0w is a zero!)

Did you just update your iPhone 3G, jailbreak with Redsn0w, and try to update packages in Cydia only to find this message: Error Couldn’t configure pre-depend dpkg for ncurses, probably a dependency cycle.

The Fix: It is caused by installing ICY. Rejailbreak and do not select ICY.  You can just rejailbreak using redsn0w 0.7.1 and you do not need to restore the firmware.

It Is Sn0wing in June: UltraSn0w Unlocks All iPhone 3G iPhones!

Yes everyone, it is Tuesday June 23, 2009 at 1:34am (central time) and the iPhone Dev Team has just released ultrasn0w to the public just a couple minutes ago. (We are also the first to break the news, other than the dev team of course)

This is it folks!

1. Ensure you have upgraded to iPhone OS 3.0
2. Jailbreak your iPhone 3G using redsn0w or PwnageTool (this will also install Cydia/Icy)
3. Run Cydia or Icy
4. Please add the repo repo666.ultrasn0w.com to Cydia or Icy. That last “o” is actually the number zero “0”! If you use the letter “o” you’ll get an error.
5. Search for ‘ultrasn0w’ in cydia or icy and install ultrasn0w
6. Reboot your iPhone 3G
7. T-Mobile USA users should disable 3G before using ultrasn0w
8. Enjoy

Good night everyone, and to those waking up to this, good morning and thank you for joining us!

Jay Freeman, the developer of Cydia, has created an alternative to the App Store.  The Cydia Store will only be available to those iPhone users that have a jailbroken phone.  While Apple does not like jailbroken phones, over 1.7 million people are already using Cydia to modify their iPhone with hacks, mods, and applications that Apple will never approve on their App Store.

The Cydia Store’s first paid app, Cyntact, costs $1.00 and shows profile pictures in the contact lists.  Saurik,  (Jay Freeman’s handle) will charge developers 30% to have their apps on the Cydia Store.  This is the same price Apple charges.  If developers are denied from the App Store they can now get their apps out to the public with the Cydia Store.  Most of the items you will find in Cydia are free with the exception of a few.  We can expect to see some very neat and useful apps in the Cydia Store soon!