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- verb Past participle of
jailbreak
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Examples
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The iPhone is quite capable of doing it -- even if not "jailbroken" -- and there are countless folks out there ready to pay an extra $10 or $20 a month for above-board tethering privileges.
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Ikee can infect only iPhones that have been unlocked or "jailbroken" - a practice that gives users the freedom to access the device remotely, share files and use with any SIM card.
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But the Cydia Store requires the iPhone to be modified -- or "jailbroken" -- to run unauthorized programs, though Apple has
Internet News 2009
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But the Cydia Store requires the iPhone to be modified -- or "jailbroken" -- to run unauthorized programs, though Apple has
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Luckily enabling it once you’ve jailbroken is as easy as flipping a switch.
Jailbreak the iPhone 1.1.3 Firmware for Third Party Apps | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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TechCrunch found executable code in Facebook's most recent update to its iPhone app that lets users with so-called jailbroken iPads access and use Facebook's tablet application.
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Video recording has been one of the most widely requested features for the Apple iPhone system, and has only been available until now as a sort of hack on so-called jailbroken iPhones. rumored inclusion of an auto focus feature.
infoSync World 2009
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The ability to detect "jailbroken" iPhones, where the operating system has been modified to allow unauthorized apps to run, and block them from accessing coprorate resources.
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While iPhone OS 4.0 won't keep multiple third-party programs open at the same time -- what people usually mean when they throw this term around, and what you get in Google's Android, Palm's webOS and even on "jailbroken" iPhones -- Apple says this update will offer many of multitasking's benefits at a lower cost in battery life.
Apple's next iPhone software adds multitasking, more or less 2010
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"I've become the repair guy for broken iPhones," he notes, adding that the company has decided not to support "jailbroken" iPhones with disabled controls, since this represents additional risk.
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