Jailbreakers Warned Not to Update to iOS 6

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Posted September 18, 2012 at 8:15pm by Shalom Levytam

BigBoss, of the BigBoss Cydia Repository, has warned jailbreakers not to update to iOS 6 until a jailbreak is released.

"iOS 6 is a total dud. I think it's by far the worst major upgrade Apple has ever provided. It's more like a 5.1.2 than a 6.0," said BigBoss.

He notes the major differences moving to iOS6 from iOS 5:
1) Removes youtube
2) Removes google maps.
3) Adds apple maps. No street view, no transit directions. Remember, google has been doing maps a long time. No way apple is doing it as well in a few months.
4) Adds what? Facebook integration, ViP mail, do not disturb? iOS 5 users, you can get "do not disturb" functionality with "ringerx vip" in cydia.

This is definitely not worth an upgrade. And if you are jailbroken on iOS5 definitely do not upgrade to this. You will lose your jailbreak and that's definitely not worth it for this.

We are hopeful that an untethered jailbreak will be found for iOS 6; however, before updating please take into consideration that only a tethered jailbreak is available at the moment.

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Fer - December 17, 2012 at 11:38pm

Guys, I think the big difference is the Siri Voice upgrade to other languages. I´m a spanish native speaker in a spanish spoken country so....i need this new last version jailbraked. Do anyone knows when this is going to happen? Thanks

Eric - November 5, 2012 at 4:20am

I'm currently using 3Gs with IOS 4.0.1. I wish to update it to IOS 5.1.1 . Do i need to update my it to IOS 6 and restore it back to IOS 5.1.1? Can anyone guide me. Thanks.

polocatfan - November 9, 2012 at 3:20pm

just get the 5.1.1 firmware and upgrade to that.

Spiegs - November 5, 2012 at 1:46am

When is the jailbreak for ios 6 comming out now apple just released ios 6.01 so now I am two behind.

binod soltee - October 1, 2012 at 8:04am

does IOS 6 support gevey?? can gevey sim used for ios 5.0.1 be used for ios 6??

Gg - September 25, 2012 at 5:00pm

I just upgraded without thinking.. duh! How do I go back to my old version? helllllp!!!

Mike - September 25, 2012 at 4:03pm

Map quest is free and better than google maps and YouTube in app store problem solved

polocatfan - November 9, 2012 at 3:21pm

so its worth losing jailbreak because of that? noooooooo

zedx - September 22, 2012 at 12:32pm

do not disturb?... i just call it "airplane mode" ... and it's beeen there a long time LOL

jac - September 19, 2012 at 7:19pm

3) Adds apple maps. No street view, no transit directions. Remember, google has been doing maps a long time. No way apple is doing it as well in a few months. This is not totally true, because blackberry has been doing cell phone a long time before apple and apple made a better phone.

asdfghjklö - September 19, 2012 at 10:19am

you can download ios 6 in cydia :P

john88a - September 19, 2012 at 2:46am

The article mentions you can get "do not disturb" functionality with "ringerx vip" in cydia, they should say also that in Cydia you need to pay $2.99 for that feature, and in iOS6 you get that one and many more for free....

Nay - September 19, 2012 at 2:11am

When is the new jailbreak going to be available?I I'm not buying an Iphone5 until the jailbreak becomes available. I cant imagine an Iphone without a jailbreak. Hell Nay!!

tksbnk - September 19, 2012 at 12:56am

ive been using the beta since 3 months now.. my 4s is very fast compared to 5.1.1.. i even forget that i dont have a jailbreak since i like it as it is.. but i still want it to be jbed..

Strotti - September 19, 2012 at 12:03am

Just download the APP ..

Javier S - September 18, 2012 at 11:29pm

This is not an upgrade is a "downgrade" ... too bad

Strotti - September 19, 2012 at 12:05am

Do you have IOS 6 instelled ? it's a BIG upgrade .. and Jailbreak will come ..

rexology - September 19, 2012 at 12:25am

I think for now, iOS6 is a downgrade. But once this OS is jailbroken...all the heartbroken Apple users will be happy enough to hop on again.

Pedro hierro - September 18, 2012 at 11:05pm

Definitivamente, este es el principio del fin de Apple, han dejado de innovar y van a peor, una pena, pero toda empresa tuene su fin.

Strotti - September 18, 2012 at 10:27pm

I use IOS6 since a couple of month .. and needles to say my 4S is much faster .. after the update i thought i got a new phone and there are much more upgrades .. i use the do not disturb feature and some other SMALL updates .. IOS 6 is the way to go ..

Alvaro - September 18, 2012 at 9:24pm

for you it's a little upgrade but for me is a huge update because finally i will get siri in spanish!!!!!! and you forgot PASSBOOK and some UI upgrades

BrawlBro1 - September 18, 2012 at 10:18pm

Are you referring that comment to my comment? If so, then read it again because I clearly mentioned Passbook, Siri, and other sorts of features.

BrawlBro1 - September 18, 2012 at 10:20pm

You forgot that eventually some developer will port Spanish translations to Siri.

uldis91 - September 18, 2012 at 9:21pm

I don't care about the jailbreak! iOS 6 is a really nice update...

BrawlBro1 - September 18, 2012 at 9:47pm

iOS 6 is just a small update with little features. There are no major features in iOS 6, except for Passbook, new UI for some apps, and 3D Maps (which is literally useless and pointless). The original stock maps was better. The new Siri features aren't even a major feature. There just small features that should had been implemented in iOS 5. I could only think of 2 major features and a useless feature.

zetaprime - September 18, 2012 at 11:18pm

It doesn't take long after a new iOS version comes out before apps start to require the latest version. So what the new features are is irrelevant. You need it regardless.

BrawlBro1 - September 19, 2012 at 1:54am

Fair enough. I don't want to see the 'This app requires iOS 6' message. Though, you could easily bypass it. Most app nowadays require iOS 4.3 .

BrawlBro1 - September 19, 2012 at 1:56am

Yeah... there was suppose to be a plus sign at the end of 4.3.

CKsilver007 - September 18, 2012 at 9:17pm

Pretty much the only reason I'm Jailbroken now is because of 'My3G'. It's awesome but in a couple weeks I'll have the iPhone 5 and it'll be pre-installed with iOS6. I've been jailbreaking since day one and with each major update in Apple software it's making me more inclined not to worry so much about it. Though with a iOS6 jailbreak comes out I'll most likely get it.

NoGoodNick - September 18, 2012 at 9:00pm

Pretty useless advice. Anyone that has a jailbroken phone knows to not upgrade until there's a new jailbreak available, but complaining about how 'unimpressive' the new iPhone is isn't going to convince anyone not to upgrade, otherwise we'd all be using Samsung devices. Most iPhone users will upgrade (even at $850 a pop) simply for the LTE/4G access, not to mention all the other upgrades. Trying to convince people NOT to upgrade hasn't worked with the many Android supporters on this and every other Apple support website, do you really think it'll work now? No one needs his advice on what to do with our own money. It may not be worth upgrading existing iPhones to iOS 6, but people aren't going to be convinced not to buy an iPhone 5.

f1982 - September 18, 2012 at 9:15pm

I think you misread the article. It's talking about upgrading your current hardware OS to iOS6, not upgrading to iPhone 5.

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