Ask Tii - Which Jailbreak is better?

Hi Rob,

 

My 3GS is running iOS 4.3.3 and is currently jailbroken with redsn0w.

 

I want to JB with Jailbreakme (it's better) and I want to know if I have to unjailbreak (i.e., restore) it before I point my iPhone Safari browser to jailbreakme.com.

 

Are there any other things I should do first (besides back it up) such as uninstall Cydia apps, take my extra icons out of the doc and folders, etc?

 

Thanks!

John

 

Hi John,

First I would ask by what you mean by "I want to JB with Jailbreakme (it's better) ".  If you are talking about which one is easier to do - then yes Jailbreakme.com is clearly the better choice.  But if you are already jailbroken with Redsn0w and you are not having any issues - I highly highly recommend you stay with your current jailbreak,

I have heard from one listener that when doing the Jailbreakme.com JB and using BiteSMS that BiteSMS will crash and put your phone into a boot loop when you attempt to send an SMS.

So if anything it sounds like Redsn0w is the more stable and less buggy Jailbreak.  

That all said if you are still determined to do the Jailbreakme.com jailbreak - then yes you need to do a complete restore to iOS 4.3.3 - Do not restore to iOS 4.3.4 - which is the latest version of iOS - and that version has patched the hole used by Jailbreakme.com

So first you need to download the latest version of iOS 4.3.3 for your iOS device.  Check my tutorial on how to jailbreak iOS 4.3.3 for links to download iOS 4.3.3 for your iOS device. 

But again I would suggest you stay with your current jailbreak if you are not having any issues. 

Regards,

Rob W