iPhone jailbreaking involves removing Apple-imposed restrictions, allowing users access to third-party apps and features like 3G FaceTime. While jailbreaking can save money and enhance functionality, it voids warranties and carries risks such as bricking the device. Current jailbreaks for iOS 5 exist, but the iPhone 4S remains without a jailbreak, with rumors of future solutions being explored by various hacker communities.

1. iPhone Jailbreaking What IS iPhone Jailbreaking? Why Should You Jailbreak Your iPhone? Drawbacks Upcoming Jailbreaks

2. What Is iPhone Jailbreaking By default, all iPhones come from the factory with restrictions from Apple Jailbreaking removes these restrictions Each time a new iOS is released, a new jailbreak needs to be discovered by the jailbreaking community Jailbreaking precedes “Unlocking”, which is an additional procedure that allows you to use your phone on unauthorized carriers

3. Why Should You Jailbreak Your iPhone Access to T-Mobile GSM Network Save money on overseas calls, and possibly get better reception in your area Get Access to Cool 3 rd Party Apps Only Available for Jailbroken Phones Through Cydia.com It's Fast and Easy You used to have to be a hacker to jailbreak your phone. Not any more!

4. Why Should You Jailbreak Your iPhone – Part II It's Fully Reversible If you ever want to unjailbreak your phone, it's a pretty simple procedure that simply involves doing a factory restore FaceTime Video Chat over 3G This is an awesome new feature that lets you use the FaceTime app over 3G, rather than having to be on Wi-Fi

5. A Few Cool JailBroken Apps MyWi: Turns phones into mobile hotspots Intelliscreen: Puts e-mail and calendars on the home screen MxTube: Download YouTube videos onto your phone for offline viewing My3G: Allows for previously Wi-Fi-only processes to run on 3G, like HD YouTube videos PDANet: Share Internet connection

6. Drawbacks to Jailbreaking Voids Your Warranty Jailbreaking is completely legal, but is against Apple's TOS. This means that your warranty is void when you jailbreak. You can get your warranty back by unjailbreaking. Risk of Bricking Your Phone When something goes awry with the jailbreak process, it can render your phone inoperable. Sometimes this can be fixed with a factory reset. Sometimes not.

7. Current Jailbreak News You can now jailbreak ioS 5 However, there are a few issues The jailbreak is currently a tethered jailbreak, although a semi-tethered add on is available There is no current jailbreak for the iPhone 4S The Semi-Tethered Jailbreak Allows you some functionality if you have to boot without a tether. However, you will not be able to use jailbroken apps/mods until you boot tethered.

8. Current Jailbreak News II Reports from jailbreak hackers such as Comex and the iPhone-Dev and Chronic Dev teams indicate that a hack to jailbreak iPhone 4S is currently in the works. We don't have a timeframe yet though. Estimate for an iPhone 4S jailbreak range from a couple of weeks to a few months. In the meantime, we just have to sit tight.

9. Who Are the Jailbreakers? Jailbreaking is an interesting community of hackers The practice was declared legal in 2010, so many have “unmasked” themselves They include Comex, BigBoss, the iPhone Dev team, Chronic Dev, and more Many are young, in their teens, 20s, or 30s One prominent jailbreaker recently went to work at an internship for Apple

10. Conclusion Millions of people are jailbreaking their iPhones There are tons of reasons to jailbreak Jailbreak does, however, come with some risk If you wish to jailbreak, you can do so for a nominal fee at iPhoneJailbreakPlus.com