Jailbreaking Discussion - Page 29

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Is jailbreaking legal in the United States?
We aren't lawyers, so we can't tell you for sure, but jailbreaking seems to be OK. A law in the United States, the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA), has an anti-circumvention clause which states that if there is a protection mechanism on a piece of software, a user is not allowed to bypass that protection. Jailbreaking may fall under that clause, but in 2012 the Library of Congress renewed an exemption for jailbreaking cell phones such as iPhones. A proposed exemption for jailbreaking tablets (such as iPads) was declined, but this doesn't necessarily mean that jailbreaking iPads is now illegal. It means that it's still a legal grey area - in other words, there's never been a DMCA exemption for jailbreaking iPads, and there still isn't one, but it's unclear whether the DMCA actually makes jailbreaking illegal in general. Jailbreaking iPod touches also falls into this grey area. If you are outside the United States, some countries have anti-circumvention laws with various exceptions and conditions, so please research the laws of your country to make sure jailbreaking is not prohibited for you - this may be a helpful place to start. Keep in mind that if you are pirating things, that is copyright infringement, which is illegal in most places.

quote Pokenerd15

Officially jailbreak'd my iPhone 5. I must say, the process of jailbreaking was simple. Good thing I saved my SHSH Blobs before doing it though. I think I'll get started on trying to install some stuff onto it later..

quote ProudLoz

quote Pokenerd15

Officially jailbreak'd my iPhone 5. I must say, the process of jailbreaking was simple. Good thing I saved my SHSH Blobs before doing it though. I think I'll get started on trying to install some stuff onto it later..

Good luck. Cydia is currently unresponsive no matter what you do. It will not install anything.