Originally Posted by Dark 1:
“I recently jailbroke my 3GS. My assumption was there'd a simple little 'tweak' that would bypass the carrier's ability to block the already built in facility to tether. Imagine my disappointment when I find it's not quite that simple. Tethering is via a 'special' app that costs $20. Call me tight, but no thanks!
So basically, the only non-Apple-allowed app I got that I found any use for is SBSettings.
Come iOS 5, I don't think I'll bother re-jailbreaking it. Too much hassle for so little gain.”
I jailbroke mine just to bypass paying o2 £7.50 a month to tether 2gb amonth when I alread have an unlimited data plan. The one off £13 it costs will quickly be recouped by not having to pay for a limited service through o2.
Have you tried other cydia apps like Bite SMS, which really improves upon the native sms app (although this will soon be less impressive once ios 5 comes out it still has features that ios 5 wont have).
Barrell is good for customising the way you scroll between screens and has loads of different animations.
Graviboard is good fun but completely pointless.
xBackup is an easy way of backing up and reinstalling all of your jailbreak apps once you have updated to a new ios and then jailbroken again (not theat I have used it yet, but it will be good when I come to upgrade and jailbreak ios 5).
If you keep it simple with not too many jailbreak apps you should be able to keep it quite stable. I had a few crashes after installing an app, but once this was removed i'm back to it being quite stable with no crashes for a few days (I didn't have any prior to the bad app).
I was initially scared to jailbreak, but once I had made my mind up and done it I have not looked back. The first time you see al the lines of code scrolling down your screen is terrifying as you may not be aware that is what happens (and happens everytime you install a jailbreak app thereafter) but once it all boots back up again and all your apps, settings, photos and contacts are all still in place it is quite a relief and you knwo you'll do it again when the nexc update occurs.