What is Jailbreak and how do I jailbreak my Windows Phone?

My first entry into the world of smartphones was with a 2nd generation iPod Touch, as you can imagine with iOS operating system. Although it was not a smartphone itself, it did let me download applications from the App Store and use it as one. The only detail was the calls.

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When I heard the word Jailbreak, it sounded just as weird to me as it did to you if you haven&39;t already done it to your terminal, and when putting in Google Jailbreak iPod Touch, I was presented with a lot of terms and things that seemed new to me, and of course, somewhat complicated to understand.With Windows Phone, it is unfortunately the same case."

However, I have to say that Jailbreaking on Windows Phone is a bit easier, but still, it takes time and practice. After one gets into the sauce, everything is much easier to understand and do.

What is Jailbreak?

Jailbreak is the unlocking of the terminal for developers, that is, these people can create applications that access system resources operational that they normally could not have. For this reason, the applications that can be downloaded later give our terminal more utilities and features.

There are several types of jailbreak:

• Developer Unlock: Allows you to install developer apps without using the Windows Phone Store.
• Interop Unlock: Gains greater access to the smartphone, such as logs, file browsers and others.
• Rooting: Allows applications to have higher privileges in the operating system.
• Full Unlock: Allows you to run .exe files on your smartphone.

The type of jailbreak you have will depend on the method you use to do it, each one is different. It should be clarified that Jailbreaking a smartphone is not the same as releasing or unlocking it for other operators.

How do I jailbreak my smartphone?

There are several methods to do this, Windows Phone Hacker(a website that I recommend following to keep abreast of this issue) has compiled the jailbreaks available for terminals.

Windows Phone 7

• Samsung: For those with OS 7740 or lower, Windows Break. First generation Samsung (Focus and Omnia 7), DFT MAGLDR.
• LG: Interop Unlock by MFG Application.
• HTC: First generation by DFT HSPL. Second Generation (Radar and Titan) by DFT HSPL (same method, but for different models).
• Nokia: Nokia Lumia 710 by Reality ROM. Nokia Lumia 800, 610 and 900 not yet available.

For terminals with Windows Phone 8 it is not yet available

This is not the only methods out there, surely there must be many more, if you want to see more information like new ROMs, applications for smartphones with Jailbreak and others, the best place for this is XDA Developers, it is the site where all independent Windows Phone developers meet, use your browser's search engine to locate your smartphone and in the subforums you will find a lot of information.

Tips for Jailbreaking

Jailbreaking, as I mentioned at the beginning of the article, can be difficult until you later assimilate the concepts. However, here are some tips to keep in mind when doing this.

• Don't get frustrated: It's a lot of information, and a lot of steps to do, it's easy to get something wrong, so yeah the first or second time it doesn't work, don't get frustrated and keep trying.
• Read carefully: The articles and forums have all the information you need, but you should read it well, if you are not very good with English, use Google translate to translate the article into Spanish.
• Create a backup of your smartphone: It is very possible that you have to reinstall the operating system of your smartphone, make sure you have saved the photos, contacts and files so you don't lose them.
• Take your time: Don't jailbreak on a Wednesday at 9pm, because if for some reason you can't, you're going to walk without phone for a day or with nothing installed. Use Saturday or Sunday to do this.

You are also a part

Jailbreak is a practice that is done in community, if someone needs help, another person lends it to them, it is because they know that another day they will also need it. Be nice, say thanks in the forums for the information or help and share if there is something new so that more people know about it.

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