Unlocking A New iPhone Is Now Illegal, But Jailbreaking Is Still Safe — What It All Means For You

Cult of Mac
By Alex HeathJan 29, 2013, 6:10 pm478 pts
It can be easy to get “unlocking” and “jailbreaking” confused, but the two terms mean totally different things. Unlocking refers to freeing your phone to work on any carrier instead of just the one you bought it on. Jailbreaking is the process of circumventing Apple’s security measures in iOS to install…

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