The iPhone has over 100,000 downloadable apps from the Apple App Store, with only 16,000 being games.http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/11/appstore/ Therefore, users often have third party games that they may want to play and have to Jailbreak their iPhone to do so. Jailbreaking is a form of hacking which allows you to install third party apps. This page tells you how to jailbreak an iPhone.
Tips
Be aware of the risks of jailbreaking your iPhone
Question if you really need to jailbreak it
Download reputable updated firmware for your iPhone version
Introduction
Every iPhone has its own firmware, which literally is the coding that operates the hardware for features and apps. When someone jailbreaks their iPhone, they literally are rewriting a new coding over the existing firmware.
Step 1: The Risks
If you are to jailbreak your iPhone, like any form of hacking, there could be many problems arising as a result. It could damage your iPhone and the firmware. Jailbreaking is relatively simple but if you do have problems you may be able to restore it by reinstalling the original firmware via iTunes. Remember that this might not work and therefore your iPhone becomes useless.http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/how-to-tech/how-to-jailbreak-iphone2.htm
Step 2: The Need to Jailbreak?
Often jailbreakers are iPhone users that want to have more games or cooler apps for their iPhone. Constantly, new apps are being uploaded to the App Store - so why not wait and avoid risking your entire iPhone becoming an iBrick?http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/how-to-tech/how-to-jailbreak-iphone2.htm
Step 3: Downloading the Firmware to Jailbreak your iPhone
If you are sure that you still want to go ahead and jailbreak your iPhone, you will need to find your model of iPhone - whether it is the iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G or the iPhone 3GS and searching on search engines such as Google and Bing, find reputable websites providing downloads for the newest version of firmware.
Unlock Your iPhone
According to Apple developers, once iPhone 4 is released with iOS 4 there will be an unlocking of older iPhone OS versions.http://www.redmondpie.com/unlock-iphone-os-4.0-iphone-3.1.3-release-confirmed/ Stay tuned for details.
