The Rise and Fall of Jailbreaking: How Apple Killed Cydia

In this video, we're diving deep into the fascinating history of jailbreak on iOS. Let’s find out what happened to its creator the so-called Saurik...
Why in 2016, the FBI tried to use his knowledge to hack an iPhone.
Finally, we’ll discuss what happened to Cydia’s store, and how Apple was able to kill the jailbreak and the vibrant community of Jailberakers.
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0:00 - Intro
1:10 - The Origin of Jailbreaking
3:06 - The Birth of Cydia
5:08 - Who is Saurik?
7:20 - The Golden Age of Jaibreaking
9:22 - Apple Fights Back... and Wins !
10:55 - The Decline of Jeailbreaking
13:19 - What Happened to Saurik?
14:59 - The Legacy of Jailbreaking
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[@N1IT3]

awesome video dude, 166 views is an injustice...

[@ArthurBrassart]

Hey, thanks for your comment. I really appreciate your support :) Unfortunately, the KZbin algorithm doesn't like creators like me :D Anyway, I am glad some people found this video interesting.

[@bluetoadmaker]

@@ArthurBrassart How many views do you need you have 7K with 11K subs

[@mohammadiaa]

@@bluetoadmaker😂

[@user-ss3lr3bp8g]

@@bluetoadmakermore views

[@SkyNick]

@@ArthurBrassart and we tech enthusiast viewers took that personally

[@gagehanke]

I remember I jailbroke my iPod Touch 4 solely to get Siri, right after the iPhone 4s was released. I followed the tutorial, but then my iPod got stuck on the Apple logo and wouldn’t reboot. Sad times as a 12 year old…

[@ArthurBrassart]

Me too I had iPod Touch 4 😀 BTW #short specially for you: Talking with Siri from 2011 kzbin.infowTs6XgliH9w?feature=share

[@DrewAk49]

Was just a soft brick, hope you just unbricked it... I had siri always on, so even when the screen was off I would control everything by voice. Super cool.

[@emilyp7506]

@@DrewAk49Did you notice a significant impact on battery life?

[@gd.ritter]

I was so mad when apple restricted siri after they bought it. I had it on my ipod touch before they bought it and was so Angry when they shut it down to make it exclusive to the new models

[@itsmegreg6561]

i had an ipod touch 4, but i lost it behind my couch and when i found it months later it was somehow disabled for over 400 years, and it displayed the time i had to wait in minutes.

[@Marco-wp9kw]

You never forget your first time breaking out of Apple's clutches. Thank you Saurik, redsn0w and everyone else who has contributed to the jailbreaking/opensource movement.

[@robilav]

Never forger George Hotz with blackra1n or limera1in! He's also the first to unlock an iPhone & of course the PS3 jailbreak when Sony sued them and he dropped à crazy diss track 😅

[@VishwasRavindran92]

Is it was that of a big deal back then why to use ios device at first place ?

[@spac3cloud922]

It’s crazy just how true this statement is..I remember feeling so much joy just being able to do things we should have already Ben givin.somethings we still don’t have on IOS that I had in 2012..it’s crazy

[@NissanSkyline69]

Completely unrelated but shoutout to DarkAlex too! iykyk

[@JerryBananaa]

@@NissanSkyline69was darkalex active on the ios scene too? I thought he was psp only

[@joellandry2406]

My iphone 3G had more features than my 12max because of this man.

[@512TheWolf512]

your problem fundamentally, is that you still bought the 12max. they failed to teach you anything at all, and something tells me, it's not their fault

[@joellandry2406]

@@512TheWolf512 No one cares about your android goober lol. Besides, its a company phone, i paid 0$.

[@Otto500206]

And most likely, Android supported most them without rooting and still supports them.

[@joellandry2406]

@@Otto500206 Is that supposed to be a flex?

[@Otto500206]

@@joellandry2406 Nope, a reminder of the reality.

[@savagerez4123]

my now deleted first KZbin video was about jailbreaking the iPod touch. That feels like a lifetime ago now.

[@ArthurBrassart]

We are getting old now ☺️☺️☺️

[@DrewAk49]

Same, lol. Jailbroken iphones/ipods and ubuntu

[@naufrage0]

Omfg me too 😂

[@samhausmann1479]

​@@DrewAk49Ubuntu is alive and well, in contrast to jailbreaking

[@effin-e]

jailbreaking is how I got into programming man this is a real throwback

[@No12u]

It’s a very sad truth but you are 1000% right. I loved jailbreaking so much I named my daughter “Cydia”.

[@supernova8962]

DUDE !!! THAT IS AWSOME!!!

[@aesthetic8780]

Nice! I always found that name satisfying. I think it's a great name!

[@brontiago]

Does she know she’s named after nerd sh**?

[@brontiago]

LMAO

[@ionutbarna]

Better the chlamidya that's fo' sure

[@katerclickbait887]

I miss the days of early jailbreaking. Everything felt fresh and exciting, same as the early days of PSP cfw's. I learned so much in that time because it felt like the door to endless possibilities. Now everything tech wise feels kind of bland. Sure, we have AI now, we have phones capable of incredible tasks but I can't help but miss those old days.

[@DrewAk49]

I loved Cydia and the jailbreak community. I only had iPhone because of them. I was able to turn an iPad touch into an iPhone thanks to Cydia and a special case. I still have on my channel old jailbroken awesomeness. Had real Bluetooth, awesome customized themes and tweaks. Thank you for all you did Mr. Freeman! And to all that made the jailbreak possible, I used every single tool through the years! ❤

[@ACasualSandwich]

Pretty underrated video. I got here because of the algorithm. I am glad I was here before it got viral.

[@ArthurBrassart]

Welcome aboard!

[@weberito]

"I am glad I was here before it got viral." Yup, it was much better 4 days ago.

[@PurpleFlush]

What really killed jailbreaking was the bounty program. Why give up an exploit for free when you get paid 5 figures for reporting it to Apple.

[@nothing1843]

Why not do both?

[@nosepickerultimus]

@@nothing1843 Because Apple probably makes you sign an agreement to not disclose the exploit in exchange for the money.

[@bomberfish77]

@@nothing1843 Actually, that's what some security researchers do. They'll get the bounty, and once a patch has been released, they release the code used to exploit. That has resulted in the current drip-feed of exploits that barely keeps the jailbreak scene alive nowadays.

[@Blu3ManiC]

Apple never pays the bounty, there’s plenty of devs that have never been paid out with anything more than credit in the patch notes that nobody reads. What actually killed it is the black market of selling exploits to malware makers and other hackers. Why write a jailbreak when you can have a botnet of iPhone users that don’t know they’re infected?

[@EuropaeusOrigo]

@@nothing1843 because the exploit will get fixed by apple when you tell them about it genius

[@alicagank]

Awesome video, man! A dying culture... I remember the days when the first thing we'd do any time a new iPhone dropped was to jailbreak it haha. Love the editing, looks professional! :)

[@ArthurBrassart]

Thanks for your comment bro! :) I am trying to improve my editing skills. I am glad you liked it.

[@bluecar5556]

@@ArthurBrassart Speaking of improving your editing skills, the VCR sounds is interesting. The duct tape transition not so much. As a general rule of thumb, people will put up with subpar video but not audio. That being said, if it was me I would use an EQ HPF -6dB roll off around 250hz (this removes the low droning sound from your low voice, some of us don't want our skulls rattled by headphones just listening to a talking head, take it as a compliment). This will give the narration more clarity. Then normalize audio at -9dbFS Sample Peak Program (General rule of thumb for dialog is keep it between -15 to -10dB) this is why -9dbFS (SPP) is default setting in Davinci Resolve, btw. Keep it up dude!

[@Cheesicle_]

watching this on my jailbroken xs max lol. Edit: just wanted to mention that thanks to jailbreaking there are videos of me as a baby cuz my dad had jailbroken his iphone cuz at the time it didint support video recording.

[@ArthurBrassart]

keep this phone man! in 10 years it will be worth a lot of money ;) It's like old cars.

[@9852323]

@@ArthurBrassartit’s not old yet. Phones last a long time now.

[@slushie4649]

@@ArthurBrassartwondering how it will all play out especially with how the future seems to want to have ai integrated directly into hardware. Wonder how different these devices will seem looking back after 10yrs. But yea I have a 11pro max & 15pro max will hold on to them for the fuck of it :)

[@slushie4649]

my 11 already comes in handy for extra emulators and such will eventually jailbreak it. 👍🏼

[@nickrog6759]

HOW COULD YOU ! Reporting you to Pear HQ .

[@sgtplatano]

I used to jailbreak back in the iPhone 4/5 days it was fun while it lasted, with recent developments to iOS you dont really need tp jailbreak anymore, but if you think about it, apple just stole ideas from old school tweaks and presents them as new and revolutionary? ......icon customization? weve had that for years but iOS 18 is 'revolutionary'

[@ArthurBrassart]

Yep, iOS 18 is heavily inspired by Jailbreak ☺️ PS. I am trying to organize an interview with Jay Freeman (Saurik) to ask his opinion about Apple, Tim Cook, iOS 18 etc

[@christopherdixon4472]

This has to be my biggest grip. I jailbroke phones from the first till the 6th and as someone who is now an open source dev I despise apple for the way the treated the brilliant jailbreak community. Stole their ideas, threatend them with legal action and all around treated us like criminal scum for daring to break their precious walled garden. I don't think I will ever regret switching to android.

[@lapielazoolie]

@@ArthurBrassart I’d say ever since iOS 16 you could see the inspiration, I had an iPhone 12 Pro Max when iOS 14 was latest and I remember installing Jellyfin and other such tweaks to customize the Lock Screen almost exactly how it ended up looking like on those newer versions…to think that was the last ever possible jailbreak within “modern” iOS

[@ikemreacts]

You ALWAYS need to jailbreak. It was never about tweaks, it was about control. RIP jailbreaking.

[@IngwiePhoenix]

Not just stole. SBSettings' dev was outright recruited and wrote the initial Notification Center. ^^

[@crash_suppression]

I originally studied computer science when I began college (switched to audio production about halfway through; big change, I know). I had this cybersecurity class that required us to do a semester project, but it was very open ended, so me and this one guy decided to do our project on jailbreaking. For a big chunk of my research, I jailbroke my iPhone 7 and used it for the entire semester. I helped people out on Reddit, tried different combinations of tweaks, etc etc. Our paper was very well done, and when we presented to the class, we were tied for the class’s favorite presentation of the day… the teacher failed us (56/100) without a single mark on our paper and no comments on any of it. This teacher was in bed with Silicon Valley big tech, so I’m almost certain she did it just because she didn’t like it. Thanks for reading my story, random person on the internet. Have a wonderful day.

[@xl000]

Upload you paper somewhere so that we can have a look at it. If it exists. I still have each and every file I've worked on since 2000. I don't have anything worth keeping before that

[@crash_suppression]

@@xl000 It doesn’t exist anymore, unfortunately. I got rid of all my CSC stuff when I switched to audio.

[@xl000]

@@crash_suppression Yeah, right.

[@t3dotgg]

Saurik is one of the kindest and most thoughtful people I’ve ever met. I owe him for so much of my success. Thank you for showcasing his impact on mobile software ❤

[@krtirtho]

Crazy how Apple stole the jailbreak features/customizability options and released them shouting their *"innovation"* Truly disgusting that they didn't even acknowledge those poor developer's hard-work and creativity. Instead tried to sue them.

[@guap3228]

Vivid memories of jail breaking my phone and loading so many tweaks on it it would restart into safe mode every 15 minutes. Good times

[@darkmagician805]

People used to pay my bro to jailbreak their iphones or ipads, so much that he was able to afford laptops and other stuff at 12 years old, lol

[@clarysshow3253]

Boy's gonna go viral after some days I can smell it

[@ArthurBrassart]

Thanks bro! Let's hope 😎 I made a screenshot of your comment!

[@Kekimus]

Ayo its time

[@winchesterkid]

Algorithm saw it!!! It’s viral!

[@ArthurBrassart]

@@winchesterkid lets see what algorithm thinks about this new video about Jony Ive: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXmamIlnhpqqm9Ufeature=shared

[@ArthurBrassart]

What do you think about this type of video?

[@wisehat_yt]

very well edited, very easy to follow, very good scripting, overall, great vid!! :) new subscriber!

[@DrewAk49]

Love it!

[@Emancipatriot]

I liked the video it invokes nostalgia…. but you left one loose end: did he agree to help the fbi or did he work with “the man” ? Because I’d really like to think Jay would appreciate privacy… unless they gave up some insane amount of money. Still though, he wouldn’t be helping in just that one case. Sharing knowledge like that with the feds is just another step on the road to blade runner 2049

[@ArthurBrassart]

@@Emancipatriotfinally its another company who was able to help FBI

[@revmatchtv]

Very well done video!

[@TommyCrosby]

I miss the jailbreak times. Apple made a mistake by actively killing the literal thinktank behind the best iOS features we have now. Once the apps market got way better on Android (2013-14), I moved to it just to be able to have my own custom phone instead of barely having different wallpapers. Although, Android as well has became closed and the root scene pretty much died unless you have very one of few devices. But it will take much more than iOS 18 to catch up lol.

[@technocody9296]

Nah Android are always open source. You got wrong phone. Don't buy Samsung ever again!!!!! Get Google Pixel or Sony Xperia come with unlockable bootloader that let you install custom roms. Do not buy phones from att, T-Mobile, Verizon and any prepaid company. Buy your own android phone with no network carrier branded. 70% Android manufacturer and network carrier love to locked their devices so customers can't do much with it until exploit come out.

[@overcomingwithin]

i remember jailbreaking for the first time in 2008. haven’t stopped, but it’s mad to think back in the day you’d have to wait a few weeks, now it’s years apart. feel like this 16.4 jb might potentially be my last. edit: i also do remember when the servers couldn’t handle the traffic. cydia used to be SO SLOW 😂. you’d have to really know what you wanted to download because it would take like a 3-5 minutes to load the cydia homescreen

[@TNerdo]

Saurik will be known as an IT Legend. Dude has done so much for the tech community while asking for so little in return.

[@Wtrxprs007able]

Ahhh the lost art of jealbreaking. Boy i miss those days. I always found it funny how a lot of the packs found on cydia was later added to ios

[@daggar2k]

I Jailbroke my iPhone as my Service Provider would not allow me to use my Data Plan with a computer. It was also nice to have access to some of my games I paid for but were removed from the store for various reasons. Great video 😊

[@ArthurBrassart]

Thanks 🙏

[@jazzarito]

This was such an amazing point in iOS history. I remember being in high school, spending countless hours jailbreaking my iPod Touch, and installing as many tweaks as I would find. I had friends even pay me to jailbreak their devices. I remember trying to install Siri on my device was one of the biggest challenges I ever faced. Once I got it installed, it was slower than I could imagine. Just a testament to how popular these hacks were. I miss them dearly.

[@Cozumii]

Sadly now the only devices that can jailbreak iOS 17 are the 2017 iPad Pros, and the iPad 6th and 7th generation. The 7th gen may be our only hope in getting an iOS 18 jailbreak because it’s the only one of those 3 to get that version

[@ArthurBrassart]

I just sent an E-mail to Saurik :) Maybe he will accept my proposition to talk about tech and the future of Apple and Tech industry

[@technicolordiode9891]

As I owned a 7th gen (recently upgraded to a 2018 iPad Pro), I will say jailbreaking iPad aren’t as particularly fun, nor useful like they used to be sadly 😔

[@Cozumii]

@@technicolordiode9891 Plus there’s no tweaks for iOS 17. I jailbroke a 7th gen on iOS 17 and there were a few cool tweaks but most tweaks are for iOS 16 earlier

[@xoquinnnn]

my ahh still on IOS 14 😂😂

[@zed4643]

@@xoquinnnnhow do you manage it. My iPhone 12 didn’t support many apps anymore on iOS 14 and I had to update 😢

[@neverendingsuffering]

Well made video! Very informative, I always wondered what happened with cydia and the whole jail breaking community lol

[@SuccessTheMan]

Man I remember looking for a jailbreak on school computers and then rushing home to try it, some fond memories

[@Slayerbeslayin]

Such nostalgia honestly. I remember back in the day we used to do this to all of our Ipod touches and show off all the cool mods we had....Good times..

[@andydelvalle68]

Great editing and great narration! Just subbed - keep up the great work and God bless

[@ArthurBrassart]

Much appreciated! Thanks for your subscription 😇

[@dylangarcia4216]

Kim jong un wallpaper, I need that haha

[@ArthurBrassart]

haha, I like it too:D You can download it in the description under this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqGwp2t_o5pjack BTW: I have a lot of funny dynamic island wallpapers

[@itsNightlen]

Great video man! I loved the content. One issue that I found myself feeling frustrated about was the animations for each chapter. I felt they happened to often… where each time you ran that animation, it’s about 13 seconds, and when I just saw it 3 minutes prior, it really felt like it took me out of the video. Other than that, I really enjoyed the video

[@doctor_sega]

Best video, i know ever details of this video and lived it in these old days. I subbed you, thanks for your excellent first class video. Greets from germany my friend and greets to the community here ;) - cheers

[@ArthurBrassart]

Vielen Dank für deine Unterstützung 😀

[@SynackResearch]

Really well made video with very accurate content. Thank you.

[@afterglow-podcast]

Man, I remember jailbreaking my iPod Touch 2nd gen and turning that thing into a little handheld computer that ran alongside my cell phone with all the apps I wanted that weren't in the app store. Loved being able to customize all the icons and the GUI.

[@Pina_0411]

Great video! Brought back memories.

[@ArthurBrassart]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Igor88bg]

Thanks for bringing a memories back :-) it is like yesterday ...

[@ArthurBrassart]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@kairu_b]

Very informative!

[@qurtxy5529]

I miss being a kid starting off having no idea what I was doing u till I figure out that I was making my phone more to my liking. I miss jailbreak ig so much :(. I use to show off to my friends with me getting the new iOS before release and all my tweaked apps

[@MysteryMan404]

It was such an adventure :)

[@nicolasrodriiguez]

Great video! I jailbroke every iPhone I had from the 4-11. I’m on the 15PM now.. I miss it.

[@dogbunns]

Great video! Reminds me of my jailbreaking days in highschool. People would pay me to jailbreak their iPhones off the school computers. It was after ios4 so there was no JailbreakMe anymore.

[@ArthurBrassart]

Haha, me too I was jailbreaking phones for my Friends 😂 I forced everyone to do it back in the day 🙈

[@dogbunns]

@@ArthurBrassart Then they'd update their phones and be all surprised when the Jailbreak was gone.

[@schmutz1g]

ahhhh the good old days. my adventures with jailbreaking was all about removing carrier locks. loved and hated it, hated having to do it but it always felt so awesome when you got a difficult device to work

[@abrendan_dev]

Amazing video! I have all my iPhones in my collection below the iPhone 5S jailbroken. Used to love it and even tested beta builds of jailbreaks until the iOS 12 era with Unc0ver. My favorite tweak of all time is probably DreamBoard using the Mavericks Mini theme. I loved to have a little OS X device in my pocket. Oh memories

[@pablosalazarcomposer]

The picture with Saurik on his violin is Goated, no lie!

[@LivingBreathingRedFlag]

I remember jailbreaking my Gen 4 iPod Touch back in the day for the fun of it. I kind of miss those days of being a kid and messing around.

[@0hhStormy]

Great work, thank you for making this informative video on jailbreaking.

[@ArthurBrassart]

Glad you liked it

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

I jailbroke my ipod touch 4, iphone 4s, and iphone 5s. I only used fully untethered jail breaks. I used iphone 7 plus, and I never jail broke it. It was my last iphone. I am on Android now.

[@orangeyellow-me1pz]

Better decision.

[@arandomguy8552]

This video is pretty good! Keep up with the good work :)

[@ArthurBrassart]

The next video will be about Apple's Greenwashing :) I studied their Environmental_Progress_Report_2024 and found some interesting data

[@arandomguy8552]

@@ArthurBrassart great, I love those type of content!

[@HailAnts]

I was a diehard Windows user my whole life. I only bought an iPhone 4 so I could buy a car mount that was specifically made for a phone's hardware (I hated universal phone mounts). I was a power user (I pirated DirecTV for a number of years) so I investigated jailbreaking immediately, but I never bothered doing it. I didn't want to brick my expensive phone, I didn't want to mess it up so that I was without a cellphone for any length of time, and there was never any killer app that I had to have that required jailbreaking. I don't regret it. Jailbreaking was as much a hacker hobby as it was a practical resource. More so in fact.

[@m29s]

Your video is cool, i remember jailbreaking my iPhone 3G, iPhone 4 and 5, a lot of idea of apple was from jailbreak app

[@haselhofler]

Man thanks so much for this video. It triggered so much nostalgic feelings from my nerdy teenage years 🤩. Because of those jailbreak years I decided to become an iOS developer :)

[@ArthurBrassart]

Amazing 😀

[@JoaquinYugo-cf9qu]

Enjoyed it a lot, of course the network unlock tweak was my most favorites otherwise my phone would just be an another itouch…cheers to Saurik!

[@ATrippyManeHD]

Ahhh you just unlocked memories, the untethered JBs after several ios updates. Good ole times lol. I switched to android after 2014

[@matisvanasse5905]

Great video man, keep it up :)

[@ArthurBrassart]

Appreciate it!

[@casualtrips9571]

Got a iPhone touch 2g for Xmas when I was like 12/13. I remember jailbreaking it, I remember sbsettings lol. Many things from this video brings back some nostalgia.

[@BenjaminHari]

Never was an iOS user but I always LOVED Open Source community and their hard work for making consumer devices more customizable and better in many ways. 2000-2015 were GOLDEN days for technology and hacking your devices, so much freedom and excitement but now it became way too complicated, not enough exciting advancements, people are being too distracted by social media etc. Boring and soul-less time in technology these days...

[@u0aol1]

Was an Android user until the 4S, what a great time I had with that phone, followed up with a 6s but now I'm back in droidland with a fold5

[@del3bcl3]

I personally think the transition is kind of annoying. But this is a really good structured video on history of jailbreaking. This takes me back. I made a dark mode UI for winter board back then. Like multitasking background status bar, default, iPhone apps and etc.. though I posted it for free. I miss those good old days. Jailbreaking community was very tight. Almost like being part of a family. Shame that those days will never be here again again. As far as I know, jailbreaking is completely dead. So I think we still need to be able to do it. The software updates don’t give us all the cool stuff we used to have. I miss making my entire home screen dance to Harlem shake lol

[@PatrickCTimeTravel]

My new IOS18 beta with filtered colors on apps feels like my old jailbroken iPhone for the first time. Not as many customizations, but at least I can make my entire phone neon colored.

[@TheRealScottMusic]

Hey I'm loving the video but I'd put some work into your editing and transitions you've got some amazing potential here

[@VarVarJeg]

Awesome video bro, keep it up, hope you get big! (i used to be interested in jailbreaking before jailbreaking died and my parents never allowed it so i got an android and have been happy since)

[@ArthurBrassart]

Thanks 🙏

[@gabriel_alonso_]

Awesome video, dude!

[@lukeh0]

Jailbreaking is the best thing to ever happen to Apple. 1. Because people bought iPhones just to jailbreak them. 2. Every feature in iOS today comes from tweaks like bioprotect and dark mode.

[@No12u]

Facts

[@brontiago]

The average iPhone user didn’t know or care about jailbreaking, just nerds. Also, those features would’ve came regardless

[@sejoki_]

Jailbreaking was awesome. You were usually behind on OS versions but still years ahead in terms of features. This brought back so many memories. Tethering, the control center, customization (home screen wallpapers!) and most importantly for me at the time - carrier unlocking (which also required with a push notification fix because only properly registered devices supported that, so every now and then you'd receive a push notification from someone else because I assume keys were shared) I had a carrier locked first gen iPhone and a locked 3GS, it wasn't until the 4S that I bought a new, unlocked one but sadly also the first one I didn't jailbreak anymore. It was still a glorious time, thanks Jay. Man, do I miss the late 2000's internet when the entire thing was mostly run by people, not corporations…

[@relicpassion]

That last wallpaper truly shows why dynamic island notch was made in the first place 😂

[@Notyourdaddy83]

ulala, ponad 150k wyswietleń! brawo, gratulacje :)

[@ArthurBrassart]

#roadto1millon :)

[@YoutuberUnknownPlayerground]

SAURIK is a god! Thanks for the video. I never seen the guy! LEGEND!

[@iosifd2409]

Jailbreak been a huge part of my childhood. My first iOS device ever been an iPod 2nd gen on iOS 4.2.1 , done the jailbreak with appsync installed , to get to install cracked apps . Then my first iPhone 3G in 2014 , when the look of iOS changed with iOS 7 , some developer launched a version of iOS 3.1.3 with all the tweaks from iOS 7 , which was mind blowing, it was designed to run on 2G/3G , iPod 1st gen , 2nd gen . Anyways jailbreak was cool , it was a flex back then to have an iPhone with endless pages of games and apps .

[@dexlovesgames_dlg]

Arthur I just want to let you know that getting your next video out ASAP is more important than making sure it’s perfect. Please let go of whatever perfectionism that you *may* have and take advantage of this burst of attention KZbin algorithm blessed you with. Good luck.

[@ArthurBrassart]

thank you for your comment, my friend :) I will follow your advice! PS. BTW I just made a new video about Jony Ive and I've put a lot of perfectionism in it :D

[@MrNateDD]

I remember installing cydia on my iphone 3GS, and I used to get so many questions on how I made my iphone look different! Fun times

[@xl000]

Good . I was tired of either having to deal with failed jailbroken device from acquaintances, or being asked to jailbreak some acquaintances's iOS device. It was a waste of time for everybody

[@DD-ff3zo]

I just had to search for that wallpaper after your video! Set as my current wallpaper now!

[@ArthurBrassart]

Good choice! Enjoy ;)

[@giorgoskaroussis7392]

I remember jailbreaking my iPod touch 4 after many attempts. This memory is as strong as my first kiss or meat beat…

[@reddiegaming195]

I still jailbreak whatever device is possible … without i always feel like am missing something!

[@BrokeMahWallet]

This video gonna blow ur channel up for sure

[@ArthurBrassart]

Let's hope :) I am glad that people are enjoying this video 😺

[@youtubesuxnow8766]

My jailbroken iPhone 14 Pro Max; "The rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated."

[@MrBrunoThai]

I was here before you blow up this channel! Let’s goo

[@neige81]

these are the kind of videos that light fires and motivate developers

[@kilo-watt]

Got into jailbreaking back on the 3g and stuck around until it mostly died off a few years ago. It was a fun scene for long time, loved all the new tweaks that were released over the years.

[@michaeln46]

Good video, liked & subbed! keep climbing!

[@ArthurBrassart]

Thanks 👌

[@de_stroyed]

cydia is not dead, it's still going strong but a lot more underground now since it takes a bit more time to crack current devices with a lot more hurdles.

[@ArthurBrassart]

Jailbreaking is no longer a mainstream :( It is reserved to an elite users 😎😇

[@TheScorpioKnight]

that north korean leader wallpaper aligned perfectly with the dynamic island is hilarious.

[@ArthurBrassart]

ENJOY: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/bwhgneuy5kzj2dpsd1zlg/KIM.png?rlkey=ncl3l5sl194737qk2xpxw2mll&st=bem3dk6m&dl=0

[@echo5394]

I remember shipping my iPod Touch 3G back to Apple because I didn't understand tethered jailbreaks and it wouldn't turn on lol

[@Mendaz]

Great video! I hope the algorithm blesses you to the masses soon!

[@ArthurBrassart]

Thanks a lot for your support! I hope too ;)

[@lumari0307]

Great video!

[@ArthurBrassart]

my pleasure :)

[@TheIronRafael]

I remember getting the third generation iPod touch and jailbreaking it. So many useful features came from jailbreak such as the Control Center stuff we have in stock iOS now. The thing about beating jailbreak is that not only they patched the security exploits, but they also copied some features which made regular people want to jailbreak their phones in the first place. Kinda like how Steam helped reduce piracy with good customer service.

[@lapielazoolie]

Same, Cydia still has the blobs saved from when I jailbroke it with p0sixspwn. Pretty amazing how many features were available on the third gen compared to the previous, despite both of them running that same iOS 4.2.1 software. After all, never quite likened to iMessage on the 3G compared to how everyone knew it on the 4G alongside FaceTime

[@antiimperialista]

great work keep it up

[@ArthurBrassart]

Thanks, will do!

[@KoopavonRox]

I miss Cydia and Jailbreak. It was fun back in the day to customize your phone and add so many features to it. iOS is improving with customization but nothing will top the ole Jailbreak days.

[@mohammada4315]

I used jailbreak from iPhone 4 until iPhone 7, the only reason was to keep background app active even when screen is off, never had an issue with lagging or anything, it’s crazy how my 13 once I exit any app it restart instantly 😢

[@elliotw4668]

I remember being able to make app folders from an app in Cydia, and then a few years later apple added it as a "Main Feature".

[@Iam_inevitabIe]

being sought out by FBI because of your unique talent is the most badASS aura moment ever

[@Kaiyats]

I got this reccomended 😊

[@WiscoFisherman93]

So nostalgic, so sad. I really miss jailbreaking

[@dumdees]

Really good video, but the transitions with the tape and VHS feel very... contextually wrong? Also, the video text warping would be a cool idea if it didn't warp outside the TV screen!

[@ArthurBrassart]

This was my first video of this type :) Next one will be even better 👌👀 PS. The old TV was related to “good old times” 😅

[@MISTER__OWL]

Your video is well explained and easy to understand. Thank you. I had a jailbroken ipod touch in 2009 I bought with my money from my first job. I remember having apps like winterboard to customize the icons. My girlfriend at the times little brother showed me how to do all these amazing things. there was little to no risks I had to reset and re jailbreak many times. I stopped using Apple when I could no longer use my hardware how I wanted and went to Android... which was in the Jellybean Era. (edit I still have screenshots of these custom ipod touch themes.)

[@bougougesjeweleryworld]

im glad to say i jailbroke back in the day, and am looking to get more old devices to do it again

[@Jreaddy]

I do miss this, checking for new tweaks daily, I still have my tweak list in my email lmfao and it’s been like 4-5 yrs since my last jailbreak, I still visit the forums and stuff to see what’s going on, but I always get the newest phone so I’m not jailbroken.

[@somin3d1080p]

Man I love and miss the jailbreak community. All the tweets and themes made having the iPhone fun to use and modify, especially adding features Apple has now finally been adding years later