Red Storm
Lifer
- Oct 2, 2005
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Rooting an Android phone so far has been far harder than an iPhone. I'm saying this having rooted a Moto Droid, a Samsung Captivate, Nexus S, Incredible 2/S, and an SGS2. They're all freaking different. Even basic questions like how do I update ClockworkMod seems to confuse me. It seems different on all of them.
Jailbreaking is far easier. By FAR. I've jailbroken an iPhone and two iPod Touches. Contemplating jailbreaking my iPad 2.
From my experience jailbreaking was easier than rooting (but not always). But ROM'ing was easier than customizing my iPhone.
Also, after jailbreaking I discovered just about everything cool (in cydia) had a price tag. I have little desire to pay for unofficial apps/features that are not completely stable.
Yes, I know you can pirate pretty much anything from the app store after jailbreaking, but that's a pathetic reason to jailbreak and shouldn't be done.
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