Hacker Pod2g Says He is 'About to Switch to an Android Device'

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Posted June 17, 2013 at 2:33pm by Shalom Levytam

Pod2g, the hacker who has been an integral part of the last few jailbreaks, has announced that he is 'about to switch to an Android device' after spending some time testing iOS 7.

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After a few days of iOS 7 beta 1 testing, I must admit that I am about to switch to an Android device.

IMHO, this version of iOS is the worst move Apple did in a long time.

iOS 7 design is awful, it's slow, battery life time is the worst ever, it's full of UI bugs and crashes. OK it's beta 1, but still…

I am pretty disappointed by the features I've seen in iOS 7. No revolution here. No big news. Just kid painting.
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This would be a terrible blow to the jailbreak community. Hopefully, he sticks around a bit longer and Apple addresses user concerns in its upcoming betas.

What do you think about iOS 7? Love it? Hate it? Let us know in the comments!

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Worm34 - December 7, 2013 at 12:28am

I prefer downgraiding to Ios5 . I am using ios 6 jailbreaked and installed ios7 theme for testing it and i was surprised my iphone became android ;(

Joe - June 19, 2013 at 4:34am

Apple need to thing 10 time b4 releasing the ios7 it is the big one that will get apple down back to 1980 s but now we don't have Steve to get apple back on the map my life and work is Apple I do not what to see apple go out Tim if you need help e mail Me i am in apple iphone from 2006 sorry

nmm - June 19, 2013 at 12:54am

these icons should be as external theme! but really it become kids stuff

mavrik101 - June 19, 2013 at 12:02am

i say, if you can fire Scott over Maps, Jony must too be let go for this iOS mess

rexology - June 19, 2013 at 2:37pm

They need to hire real designers for the job. There are so many talented designers on behance.net, it's a shame that high-profile jobs like this is left to other people.

jayzee - June 18, 2013 at 10:37pm

simple, don't update the version

Runo9000 - June 18, 2013 at 7:27pm

I don't now about iOS 7 because I am on 6.1 and I saw a few comments and I think you should stay at iOS 6 because you have cydia on iOS 7 you don't have cydia and you must wait for the jailbreak for me you shouldn't update to iOS 7 you should stay at iOS 6 because of cydia and other things ...

fOx - June 19, 2013 at 10:51pm

Man, this theme is ugly. Android is better.

littlekid440 - June 18, 2013 at 6:55pm

He's right. "...awful, it's slow, battery life time is the worst ever, it's full of UI bugs and crashes." Making playlist on Music app and marking podcast played / unplayed crashes the apps. The whole system needs serious bug fix but it looks like the system was build ground up so nothing unexpected.

iOS - June 18, 2013 at 6:37pm

Pod2g likely has iPhones (multiple) AND androids.

iRobot - June 18, 2013 at 4:02pm

should i even care about this? i purchased idevices for it's usefulness on my daily life.

justabrake - June 18, 2013 at 3:41pm

Pod2G go work on the Roku

Nikolay Andreev - June 18, 2013 at 3:00pm

Good Riddance. iOS 7 makes jailbreaking almost obsolete now anyway.

amiagin - June 18, 2013 at 1:59pm

Pod2g probably had given up jailbreaking ios 7 because he probably realize there's no way he can jailbreak it. This could be his way of escaping the jailbreaking scene hehe.

rexology - June 18, 2013 at 2:20pm

Like I mentioned before, 7mil downloads for the Evasi0n jailbreak in the first 4 days. if half of them donated a dollar, that's $3.5mil. Pod2g realized after, "testing" IOS7, that the new OS is over his head. Him saying he's switching, is actually him saying, "There's no money in here anymore. Let's jump ships."

rockne1865 - June 18, 2013 at 12:42pm

I see a few posts here saying that some of these OS Updates came from Win8, Android, & others WRONG most of these upgrades came from the Hacker community & Microsoft, Google & Apple has taken this software often without compensation, something that they (these companies) object to when someone barrows from them!

Bob Hope - June 18, 2013 at 12:32pm

I think apple should copy more of the jailbreak features. Like a real dedicated home screen with up to date weather and scrolling notifications. Also give users of apple iOS more freedom to customize there device. Geez. That's why jail breaking is so popular. Most people that jailbreak only do it for the customization. It's obviously not that complicated to customize your device because they're litterly thousands of tweaks on cydia that allows for a user to do this. I'm betting they're thousands of apple employees that have jailbroken devices. I love my apple device because it just works. I have had most of all my phones jailbroken and ran with little or no issues. Apple needs to listen to the jailbroken community and not andriod users.

Sameem - June 18, 2013 at 10:14am

Good for iphone 5 but worst on 4s nd 4 :(

No ma'am - June 18, 2013 at 10:02am

I agree, Ugliest icons ever! I like command center but still seems behind other smart phone interfaces.

justabrake - June 18, 2013 at 9:24am

Best thing to happen to an iPhone since the 2G iPhone came out ! Couldn't be happier ! Thanks Apple

f1982 - June 18, 2013 at 6:19am

I'm surprised he has said this given his background- it is incredibly short sighted and ignorant. This is a beta version of a brand new UI- how were there NOT going to be many bugs in it? That's the point of releasing a beta- to help find and remove them. The UI is great. It's exactly what iOS should be. The only problem is with the springboard. The icons look Gordy and the wallpaper they chose makes it look childish. Luckily those would be the easiest parts to fix- if apple wanted to.

Tiki - June 18, 2013 at 12:36pm

I was surprised too, but I'm thinking that he may be using his high profile to give Apple a nudge during this pre GM version to up it's game and make IOS 7 much better. It may be that he's seen a drop in quality in this beta version, compared to the previous other beta versions before this.

vai - June 18, 2013 at 5:46am

go go pod2g...we'll miss you so much..but there so much "pod2g" beside you anyway..and show must go on.

LOL - June 18, 2013 at 4:35am

Seriously? At first everyone was complaining iOS is lack of function (eg. Bluetooth send images, Control centre ) and now they implement those function and you guys still complaint about the design. Well, just get yourself an old Nokia phone, and don't have to care anything much.

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