[Zzzzoot]

Originally Posted by RuBBa_cHiKiN

I'm 18 and have an iPhone, but:
-I worked for the money to buy my first-gen 8GB iPhone off eBay.
-Above is the main reason for why I have true appreciation for my iPhone.
(Of course, this laptop was a gift from my Dad for college entry, but there's no reason why I wouldn't appreciate it either. I'd never wanna be without this laptop.)
-I'm a Rogers pay-as-you-go customer.
-I'm a bit more tech-savvy than the majority of my friends who have iPhones, and hence, I mod the hell out of the thing, and love it. (I'm good at figuring out workarounds to make it do what I want. I'll explain later.)
-I feel that using the iPhone is the closest thing I have to having a computer in my pocket, without actually having a computer in my pocket.
-I'm 100% in control of my cell phone, and my cellphone terms. (I wouldn't say "plan", since it's prepaid.")

A few of my friends who bought their iPhones themselves also have the first-gen. One has a 3G but he pays for his own plan. He kinda makes a living importing, and then reselling phones.

Anyhow, I totally understand what you mean. And to answer your question, it's because their parents are rich. I know they may feel proud, bragging to their friends that their parents bought them the 3G-S (which, I know they definitely will) but I still feel more pride from saying that I have a first-gen iPhone that I bought myself. I'd most likely have more pride too, if I end up buying a 3G-S myself, too.
I mean, it's not all about what you have. It's also about how you got it.

To them though, it's a just a phone. I don't see the iPhone as being just a phone. The whole point to jailbreaking is to unlock the true hidden potential of the iPhone, and also to open up an endless ability for customization. One of my friends who used to have an iPhone sold it off and got a Storm or something. I asked him why he sold it off, and he said he was just bored of it. I asked him if he had ever jailbroken it, and he said he hadn't. In all honesty, I wasn't surprised.

Of course, it also voids your warranty and whatnot, but the benefits outweigh the risks. I've had my first-gen for almost a year, with no problems. But I'm rather tired of the fancy new phones being dangled around, just screaming for users to sign up for, in order to get them. I don't jailbreak just because I have to so I can unlock and use my iPhone on Rogers, I jailbreak because it allows me to fully express who I truly am. I mean, you carry your phone around with you, mostly all day, right? Why not extend your personality to it? I'd rather have a phone that screams "ME!" than one that screams "3-Year Contract!". Even if I did have the latest iPhone on a 3-year, I'd still jailbreak.

I know that blatantly drifted off-topic, but long story short, the majority of spoiled rich kids who had the latest iPhones bought for them by their rich parents honestly don't seem to know jack about them, or what they can truly do.

I agree with you. I feel the same way about my MacBook and my current crappy phone. I worked to pay for those and, while I do appreciate other things in my life, I appreciate them more.

Originally Posted by Cal

not spoiled really...pretty cheap with contract

...On AT&T? Ha Ha Ha

[RuBBa_cHiKiN]

Originally Posted by Emeianoite

Everyone and their mom can jailbreak an iPhone and mod it. So pretty much what you're saying is that you can use the "google machine" better than most of your friends? Because all in all, it's what you do.

I'm talking about graphics-wise. I make and modify my own iPhone themes, and icons. I also edit other cydia themes for personal use on my phone, because I can't call a phone truly customized, just by downloading a bunch of other people's themes, and saying that they express who I am. Search "Tokidoki" in Cydia, and look for packages with my name as author. There's a few others, like the Sumomo alerts pack. But a lot of the stuff I've figured out how to do is just by finding my way around the filesystem through MobileFinder, and WinSCP. Hell, I learned how to write the classic Hello World java program simply from a combination of TextGuru, MobileFinder, and the JIKES extension for MobileTerminal. Also, to make restoration easy, rather than keeping a crapload of different themes in Winterboard, I combine what I want into one big personal supertheme, all through MobileFinder. I can't really explain a lot, but you'd have to actually see my iPhone to know. Less than half of any of the themes I ever download from Cydia stay in their complete original condition. Except for the stuff I put on there myself. =3
One other trick. I know this isn't too fascinating, but I created a simple workaround to recieve, edit, and send back out office attachments from and to any email.
You just need ReaddleDocs, DocumentsToGo, File2Mail, and of course, MobileFinder.
Just forward your email with the attachment to your readdledocs email thing, then download the attachment to your phone. Use MobileFinder to browse into ReaddleDocs app directory, to grab the document. For convenience, make a bookmark of this directory in Finder. Same with the directory for DocumentsToGo. Make a bookmark of it. Anyway, throw the document in there. Then, open in DocumentsToGo, make whatever necessary changes you want, and then in File2Mail, grab the document from the DocumentsToGo directory, and then send to whoever you wanna send it to.
I've also figured out how to solve an overwrite error in Terminal, simply by deleting the .profile file in MobileFinder's library.
Personally, I consider my iPhone to be an extension of my computer, rather than just a cellphone.
Of course, I don't know EVERYTHING there is to know about the iPhone's innards, but what I DO know, I know well. Somewhat of an iMacGyver, I guess.

[Emeianoite]

Originally Posted by RuBBa_cHiKiN

I'm talking about graphics-wise. I make and modify my own iPhone themes, and icons. I also edit other cydia themes for personal use on my phone, because I can't call a phone truly customized, just by downloading a bunch of other people's themes, and saying that they express who I am. Search "Tokidoki" in Cydia, and look for packages with my name as author. There's a few others, like the Sumomo alerts pack. But a lot of the stuff I've figured out how to do is just by finding my way around the filesystem through MobileFinder, and WinSCP. Hell, I learned how to write the classic Hello World java program simply from a combination of TextGuru, MobileFinder, and the JIKES extension for MobileTerminal. Also, to make restoration easy, rather than keeping a crapload of different themes in Winterboard, I combine what I want into one big personal supertheme, all through MobileFinder. I can't really explain a lot, but you'd have to actually see my iPhone to know. Less than half of any of the themes I ever download from Cydia stay in their complete original condition. Except for the stuff I put on there myself. =3
One other trick. I know this isn't too fascinating, but I created a simple workaround to recieve, edit, and send back out office attachments from and to any email.
You just need ReaddleDocs, DocumentsToGo, File2Mail, and of course, MobileFinder.
Just forward your email with the attachment to your readdledocs email thing, then download the attachment to your phone. Use MobileFinder to browse into ReaddleDocs app directory, to grab the document. For convenience, make a bookmark of this directory in Finder. Same with the directory for DocumentsToGo. Make a bookmark of it. Anyway, throw the document in there. Then, open in DocumentsToGo, make whatever necessary changes you want, and then in File2Mail, grab the document from the DocumentsToGo directory, and then send to whoever you wanna send it to.
I've also figured out how to solve an overwrite error in Terminal, simply by deleting the .profile file in MobileFinder's library.
Personally, I consider my iPhone to be an extension of my computer, rather than just a cellphone.
Of course, I don't know EVERYTHING there is to know about the iPhone's innards, but what I DO know, I know well. Somewhat of an iMacGyver, I guess.

TBH... I really don't care. LOL.

[RuBBa_cHiKiN]

Originally Posted by Emeianoite

TBH... I really don't care. LOL.

So, you accuse me of doing nothing more than google-searching to find needed information to theme my phone. I explain how I was able to learn my way around the filesystem by taking the time to browse around in it through mobilefinder and winscp, which you promptly blow off my explanation as meaningless.
Doesn't that defeat the purpose of your entire argument, if you were simply going to disregard my reply? If my wallet ever goes missing, I might as well just say you stole my wallet, and then when you say you didn't, I'll just say I don't care.

Okay, then. What have you made for the iPhone? What have you published on Cydia?

[ivanbalvan]

I am 13 and I have an Iphone 3gs, but thats cuz i whore my self out every night, for 10$ a head!