Getting started with jaiblbreaking my iPhone

By Sabrina, 2 September, 2021

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iOS and iPadOS

I would like to jailbreak my iPhone but have never done that before and don't know what is accessible. Can anyone give me some instructions?
If I knew what to search for I would but don't want o mess up with inaccessible methods.

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By Rixon Smith on Thursday, September 2, 2021 - 18:09

In the first place I’ve never heard of any accessible way to do that and the second place if you do jailbreak your iPhone you will probably lose Apple support for your iPhone because of what it would do to iOS software

By Patrick Smyth on Thursday, September 2, 2021 - 18:48

No reason to scare someone into not trying this. You can always reload your phone from a backup and Apple support won't know anything about the fact that you had a jailbroken phone. Jailbreaking can lead to some mild instability on your phone, but on the other hand you also get some new tools to deal with problems, like respringing (reloading the graphical environment). Back in the day I jailbroke my iphone, and I could do things like hit the volume buttons to restart Voiceover, which helped a lot when it got stuck.

Unfortunately, I don't know much about the current methods of jailbreaking your iPhone. The old Cydia tweak download application was pretty accessible once you're on the other side and jailbroken, though, or at least it was back in the day. I've also heard the process is a lot easier than it used to be. Maybe get some sighted assistance for a couple hours, try the jailbreak, and then report back here. Maybe you'll encourage me to jailbreak again as well :) Good luck.

By fatih on Friday, September 3, 2021 - 13:30

Doesn't jailbreaking your iPhone causes you to not be able to update your IOS software?
I.e.. If I for example jailbreak my iPhone, which has IOS 14.7 on it, and then if IOS 15 gets released, can I update my iPhone to IOS 15 without any problems?
Thanks

By Sabrina on Thursday, September 9, 2021 - 10:16

Okay I made it. I am having a little trouble. I cannot see what the apps in cydia are for. Just a little strange things.

By Unregistered User (not verified) on Friday, September 10, 2021 - 10:58

Hi!
If you want to jail break your iPhone, then take an android and you won't need to jail your iPhone. My opinion and nothing more.
Cheers!

By Holger Fiallo on Friday, September 10, 2021 - 15:43

FYI I think that apple will not fix any issue if you brake your phone.

By ascent.flower on Friday, January 30, 2026 - 22:38

Jailbreaking depends heavily on your iPhone model and iOS version, so the first step is figuring out those details. Once you have them, look for guides that specifically match your device and iOS, such as this popular site iphone jailbreak — many older methods won’t work anymore. Stick to well-known communities and guides, avoid paid tools, and make a backup before trying anything. Reading the full guide first will save you a lot of trouble.

By João Santos on Friday, January 30, 2026 - 22:53

I wouldn't follow the link posted above if I was any of you, especially if you haven't updated to the latest version of iOS, because the above is spam at best and scam to own your device at worst.

By Brian on Saturday, January 31, 2026 - 02:22

VoiceOver for iOS has a function that will allow VO to read aloud a hyperlink without double tapping on it. It requires assigning a gesture to it, but I would highly recommend everyone do this. For me, I use the two finger triple tapped gesture, as I have item Chooser set to a different gesture. It is especially helpful, when somebody posts a hyperlink, and you are unsure of where that link actually takes you.

HTH.

By Quinton Williams on Saturday, January 31, 2026 - 05:40

I've searched the word "link" in the vo settings, but can't figure out which command this is.
The only one that only partially made sense to me was move to linked item, but nothing happened.
This does sound super useful though.
As for jailbreaking, it's pretty much dead at this point.
Cydia is no longer being developed, and no modern versions of iOs support it.