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Jailbroken 1st gen iPhone vs. Jailbroken 3GS: Which is better?

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bollweevil

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I currently own a 1st gen iPhone, I have had it for 23 months. I have never jailbroken it. I desperately need to jailbreak it now, because I need a VoIP app that will run in the background and ring when I have Wifi but no AT&T signal.

I was hoping to buy a new iPhone 3GS, sign up for another 2 year AT&T contract, and jailbreak the 3GS. However, I was wondering if there was any way that the 1st gen is superior to the 3GS.

Specific questions:
1. Does the 3GS actually have a magnetic compass in it? Will the compass work after jailbreaking?
2. Will the 3GS still record video after jailbreaking?
3. Which is easier to jailbreak, a 1st gen or a 3GS?
4. The 1st gen will be vulnerable forever. Is the 3GS less of a sure thing, might Apple completely patch it somehow in the future?
5. Is there anything the 1st gen can do that the 3GS cannot?
6. Is there anything else I should know when choosing between 3GS and sticking with my 1st gen?
7. Do you think the official iPhone firmware will be improved in the future such that I can have my background app or push notification VoIP app, without the need to jailbreak? If Apple fixed the firmware to enable that, would it likely work only on the 3GS?

Thanks.
Note: I may also want to tether it, but that is not very important to me, and it looks like I can tether either model of iPhone.
 
bollweevil said:
I currently own a 1st gen iPhone, I have had it for 23 months. I have never jailbroken it. I desperately need to jailbreak it now, because I need a VoIP app that will run in the background and ring when I have Wifi but no AT&T signal.

I was hoping to buy a new iPhone 3GS, sign up for another 2 year AT&T contract, and jailbreak the 3GS. However, I was wondering if there was any way that the 1st gen is superior to the 3GS.

Specific questions:
1. Does the 3GS actually have a magnetic compass in it? Will the compass work after jailbreaking? Yes, called the magnometer. Still works after jailbreaking
2. Will the 3GS still record video after jailbreaking? Yes all functions continue to work after the jailbreak
3. Which is easier to jailbreak, a 1st gen or a 3GS? They both use the same process, blackra1n is the easiest way.
4. The 1st gen will be vulnerable forever. Is the 3GS less of a sure thing, might Apple completely patch it somehow in the future? You can always continue to make sure you can jailbreak it as long as you read and follow the instructions and advice from the dev team here
5. Is there anything the 1st gen can do that the 3GS cannot? Older and wiser? No. :p 3G S has more features.
6. Is there anything else I should know when choosing between 3GS and sticking with my 1st genii? Does your 2G still work fine? Why do you want the 3G S? Obviously the 3G S will be much faster before and after the jailbreak, and it has a lot of nice features.

Thanks.
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See answers above in bold. :D
 
bollweevil said:
I currently own a 1st gen iPhone, I have had it for 23 months. I have never jailbroken it. I desperately need to jailbreak it now, because I need a VoIP app that will run in the background and ring when I have Wifi but no AT&T signal.

I was hoping to buy a new iPhone 3GS, sign up for another 2 year AT&T contract, and jailbreak the 3GS. However, I was wondering if there was any way that the 1st gen is superior to the 3GS.

Specific questions:
1. Does the 3GS actually have a magnetic compass in it? Will the compass work after jailbreaking?
2. Will the 3GS still record video after jailbreaking?
3. Which is easier to jailbreak, a 1st gen or a 3GS?
4. The 1st gen will be vulnerable forever. Is the 3GS less of a sure thing, might Apple completely patch it somehow in the future?
5. Is there anything the 1st gen can do that the 3GS cannot?
6. Is there anything else I should know when choosing between 3GS and sticking with my 1st gen?

Thanks.
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I'm a noob who has dedicated much of my recent time into learning about 2G and 3GS so here goes:

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. 1st gen has more options but you CAN just blackra1n a 3GS
4. 2G's are tanks - maybe but if you never let itunes update your phone u'll be just fine.
5. Be dropped and abused more! And load 2.2.1 or 1.1.4 or whatever..
6. Get a pre week 37 one by looking at serial number XXX**XXXX the 4th and 5th numbers are your week code... This will help if your're stuck on 05.11.07 firmware which you will more then likely be if you buy new at a store..
 
Ask yourself

what better ford Focus or a Mustang 5.0 kind of your answer. both will get you there the mustang faster! ;) really though 3GS is made to be JB I personally wouldn't do it to a 1st gen
 
How about getting a iTouch for Wifi VoIP?!

So are you using call forwarding to call a second VoIP phone#?
 
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