BIG iOS 5 question. Please answer with your opinion/experience

[Don Ju4n]

Hello fellow modders

With the imminent release of iOS 5 this wednesday I have a question that probably half of the jailbreaking community has out there... SHOULD I upgrade to iOS 5 as it's released? I heavily rely on jailbreak mods like QuickReply, ScreenDimmer, LockInfo, and een though I don't HAVE to have a theme on its just nice eye candy... I'm wondering if it would be a wise idea to upgrade. I do reckon that this will kill my productivity and make me a "standard" iPhone user but I've been a loyal Apple fan for a while and I think it would be nice to "go along" with their calendar and upgrade.

2 extra questions
1) I've read around and it seems like Apple is killing downgrading by saving SHSH blobs (tinyUmbrella) will this mean that if I'm unhappy with iOS 5 ill be stuck with it?!
2) If any devs or iOS 5 beta testers are reading this, what were your experiences with iOS 5 (I do realize the beta is COMPLETELY different from the actual release) but just wondering what your thoughts are.

Thank you very Much

Don Ju4n

[iJonathan]

Well, downgrading iTunes should let you downgrade firmware with blobs for one thing, also , iOS 5 GM is great now, I still have a few glitchy issues, but most iOS 4 jailbreak apps work on iOS 5 (few exceptions) , I'd say make a backup and save blobs, update, to iOS 5, if ya don't like it, downgrade iTunes and downgrade firmware (:

[Don Ju4n]

most iOS 4 jailbreak apps work on iOS 5 (few exceptions) , I'd say make a backup and save blobs, update, to iOS 5, if ya don't like it, downgrade iTunes and downgrade firmware (:

Wait what?!? I thought iOS 5 was a jailbreak killer! Do you mean I'll be able to jailbreak my phone on iOS 5 if I want to?! Wow this is AMAZING news I definitely have no doubts about clicking that update button on wednesday.

[Broomhead]

Yes, but it's a tethered jailbreak

[Don Ju4n]

Yes, but it's a tethered jailbreak

Oh... To be completely honest I know how a tethered JB works, YET i don't know the mechanics of it so I'll probably be fussing around for quite a while if my phone ever runs out of battery. Do you think the DevTeam or other jailbreakers will develop something in a near future (again, I am no dev so I dont know how complicated it is to exploit iOS 5)

[iJonathan]

Chronic dev claims to have a few exploits for iOS 5 (they didn't release in betas so that apple couldn't patch) but yeah, chronic is openly working on ios 5 untethered (:

[Don Ju4n]

Wow this is SO awesome! It's safe to say you just made my night telling me that.

and iJonathan sorry if I bother with the question, but do you actually develop or how did you get your hands on iOS 5 GM?

[iJonathan]

Haha well, iv been invited to infini-dev at one time to help work on their icy port. But I do more of my own small work, but yeah registered dev, been using iOS 5 since the first beta

[Don Ju4n]

Haha well, iv been invited to infini-dev at one time to help work on their icy port. But I do more of my own small work, but yeah registered dev, been using iOS 5 since the first beta

Awww dude that is SWEET! I really want to learn how to program and develop and I already have a couple of ideas for little apps I'd be interested in creating (just to try it out I really have no other intentions) but I just can't find the time (pssst... Don't tell anyone but I'm still in High School) Hahaha

[iJonathan]

(psst...I am too) DONT TELL A SOUL

[Don Ju4n]

Wow that is so AWESOME! iJealous now

[iJonathan]

I'm taking computer science classes as a high school elective (: