I am currently deciding whether to upgrade from my android phone to another android phone or a jailbroken iPhone.
Honestly, I HATE Androids. I don't like how they are laid out, built, apps, etc. HOWEVER I chose an Android because I need my file system. I didn't think to consider a jailbroken iPhone.
Could you please look at this list below and tell me if a Jailbroken iPhone can do it consistently? And if so, if it requires an external tweak/Cydia app please list its name.
Also I am under the understanding that Jailbreaking is reversible. If I decided that my jailbroken iPhone did not fit my needs (and I was still under the acceptable period for the provider) I could undo the jailbreak and return it right?
Also does your jailbroken device work smoothly? Do you ever find that extra features are not consistently working? Do you have to do random reboots, unintall installs (idk)?
Also jailbroken devices do not fundamentally tweak the way iOS manages multitasking or memory right? I dont want these things to function differently as I will be developing apps for vanilla devices.
Thankyou for your expertise!
Honestly, I HATE Androids. I don't like how they are laid out, built, apps, etc. HOWEVER I chose an Android because I need my file system. I didn't think to consider a jailbroken iPhone.
Could you please look at this list below and tell me if a Jailbroken iPhone can do it consistently? And if so, if it requires an external tweak/Cydia app please list its name.
1. Apple Developer ability. I actually write apps. Currently, I use an iPod touch as my development device, but if I am switching to iOS I might as well also use my phone.
2. File system: I need to have things organized in folders where you can move stuff around. Here are some more specifics.
4. This is probably a long shot, but it is pretty nice how when you plug in an android to a Windows computer you can explore files and add files just as if it were a flashdrive.
5. I actually don't have a lock screen on my android phone. However if someone did login they wouldn't be able to do much. The apps for texting, bank account, etc. are all hidden. To get to them you have to press a random icon, and then know the password. Essentially it would be great to hide apps behind an inconspicuous icon and a password. Perhaps if there could be a "second level" like android does?
6. It would be nice to lock specific apps behind a password. I like to put specefic apps behind a lockscreen rather then the whole phone.
7. It would be nice to encrypt and hide files. I have an Android app (galleryVault by thinkYeah) that allows me to lock up files in a way that they can only be seen from the app. Even if you were to look through the entire file system on my phone you wouldn't be able to tell they exist (they are not found in camera roll, or when docked).
8. Icon switching. I dont mean the way vanilla iOS does it where you essentially make a new icon that is a shortcut (meanwhile the real app is elsewhere on the homescreen). I mean that there is a new icon for the app and the old one is hidden or gone.
9. I am rather fond of my calendar wedgit which syncs with google calendar and takes up about half the screen of a page of my homescreen with a month view.
10. I also like my 1 octave piano wedgit.
2. File system: I need to have things organized in folders where you can move stuff around. Here are some more specifics.
A. It is nice if you can play videos directly from clicking on their icon in the file system.
B. It is nice to be able to organize music into folders as if they were playlists. That way an app can shuffle between all of the music in a folder (and its subfolders).
C. It is nice to cut/copy files and unzip zip files.
D. "downloads" folder from the internet is a MUST
E. I can organize photos into folders.
3. It is nice to be able to have an external drive (like the iXpand) that can plug into the device and my computer. That way I can put files on the flashdrive and copy them from the drive onto my phone. I can also transfer files off my phone easily that way. (iTunes/iPhoto is too annoying)B. It is nice to be able to organize music into folders as if they were playlists. That way an app can shuffle between all of the music in a folder (and its subfolders).
C. It is nice to cut/copy files and unzip zip files.
D. "downloads" folder from the internet is a MUST
E. I can organize photos into folders.
4. This is probably a long shot, but it is pretty nice how when you plug in an android to a Windows computer you can explore files and add files just as if it were a flashdrive.
5. I actually don't have a lock screen on my android phone. However if someone did login they wouldn't be able to do much. The apps for texting, bank account, etc. are all hidden. To get to them you have to press a random icon, and then know the password. Essentially it would be great to hide apps behind an inconspicuous icon and a password. Perhaps if there could be a "second level" like android does?
6. It would be nice to lock specific apps behind a password. I like to put specefic apps behind a lockscreen rather then the whole phone.
7. It would be nice to encrypt and hide files. I have an Android app (galleryVault by thinkYeah) that allows me to lock up files in a way that they can only be seen from the app. Even if you were to look through the entire file system on my phone you wouldn't be able to tell they exist (they are not found in camera roll, or when docked).
8. Icon switching. I dont mean the way vanilla iOS does it where you essentially make a new icon that is a shortcut (meanwhile the real app is elsewhere on the homescreen). I mean that there is a new icon for the app and the old one is hidden or gone.
9. I am rather fond of my calendar wedgit which syncs with google calendar and takes up about half the screen of a page of my homescreen with a month view.
10. I also like my 1 octave piano wedgit.
Also I am under the understanding that Jailbreaking is reversible. If I decided that my jailbroken iPhone did not fit my needs (and I was still under the acceptable period for the provider) I could undo the jailbreak and return it right?
Also does your jailbroken device work smoothly? Do you ever find that extra features are not consistently working? Do you have to do random reboots, unintall installs (idk)?
Also jailbroken devices do not fundamentally tweak the way iOS manages multitasking or memory right? I dont want these things to function differently as I will be developing apps for vanilla devices.
Thankyou for your expertise!
