"JailBreak", here is not related to the famous American drama "Jailbreak", but refers to the crack, so that users get full control of the smart phone hardware to install more rich applications, even using unofficial customization Operating system. Why is there a jailbreak of a smartphone? We have to start from the iPhone.
When iOS is also called OS X for iPhone, Apple guarantees the user experience of the iPhone and the security of the mobile phone system, as well as the protection of its own brand recognition and application ecological benefits. Deliberately shut down some API interfaces of the operating system, so that third-party applications can only run under limited interfaces and authorizations. The most representative ones are custom UI (system icons, interfaces, unlocking methods, etc.), input methods, and most Important, the strict limits of the application installation channel. Of course, there are also some reasons for fear of infringing on the intellectual property rights of other families. In the smartphone before the iPhone, there is almost no obvious jailbreak concept. The operating system almost opens up all the interfaces that can be opened. This also leads to the advent of the iPhone, directly letting the past smartphone operating system, user experience, stability, Security, even the aesthetic taste is dwarfed. Of course, it is necessary to talk about it. The jailbreak and unlocking that often occur together is not a concept. The latter is a kind of illegal behavior that destroys the agreement by cracking the binding of the operator.
Although the current jailbreak is legal in the United States, jailbreaking is not just equivalent to absolute freedom, but also a series of risks that users have to bear. Moreover, the use of pirated applications through jailbreak is illegal in any country and is unethical.
So, is it necessary for all users of all smartphone operating systems to escape?
Free lunches obtained through jailbreak
The temptation to jailbreak to many users comes from the free application. Use third-party software to obtain root privileges and remove the limitations of the original firmware to install third-party applications without restrictions. In short, enjoy a free lunch outside the app store. It’s understandable to hunt for free psychology, but the reason for using free as a bottom line for breaking the mobile operating platform is not to be said. Even if many users are used to this way of thinking, and the jailbreak behavior itself is legal, it is not appropriate to use jailbreak to create a permanent free lunch for yourself.
And even for the issue of free apps, there are a lot of free apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace app market, and many paid apps have the "free trial" feature, so the Windows Phone platform "uses free apps." The reason for the escape of the program is even less established.
Customized followers
In addition to free access to applications, many Windows Phone platform users choose to jailbreak because of the lack of personalized customization features, thus choosing to achieve personalized customization by obtaining ROOT permissions . Such users tend to generate paid behaviors in third-party jailbreak environments outside the official ecosystem, such as the Barrel plugin under Cydia for the iOS platform. Although users can get Barrel plug-ins from many free channels, there are still many users who choose to pay for the purchase, and thus become a personalized follower.
In the current jailbreak is very common, and in the case of many users as a matter of course, how to guide users to the correct view of jailbreak?
“Welfare& quoquo; and risk coexistence jailbreak Ecology
If users want to enjoy free and personalized services through jailbreak, then we will define this behavior as a way to get “welfare”, but this way of getting benefits is usually accompanied by risk. . This risk is manifested in two aspects, one of which is the failure of the jailbreak process. Many users are facing the problem of jailbreak failure, which led to the phone becoming a completely "brick". In addition, imperfect jailbreaks often cause frequent crashes of the operating system due to application and operating platform compatibility issues, causing inconvenience to the user's normal use.
Security issues derived from jailbreak ecology
The Windows Phone platform imposes strict restrictions on the hardware and software ecosystem to ensure consistency of user experience, but jailbreak behavior may directly break this complete user experience. This is because in the ecosystem of Windows Phone, the application is very strict, and the information under the operating platform cannot be accessed, which ensures the security of the user's information. But in the jailbreak ecosystem, the application can call the underlying information of the operating platform unscrupulously undetectable by the user. At the same time, viruses and malicious programs have repeatedly hit the wall in the strict review of the official application ecology, but the excessive opening of permissions under the jailbreak ecosystem also provides opportunities for viruses and malicious programs.
The open source foundation of the Android operating platform, for example, allows application developers to easily access all hardware that may be installed on their phones via APK files, including GPS chips, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, cellular radios, digital cameras and other less common ones. Option. It also supports APK file request verification certificates, write external storage, subscribe to information, and send permanent processes. This exposes the user's information invisibly.
Support for genuine consumer behavior habits
Compared to other mobile operating platforms, Windows Phone has the ability to cultivate users' potential genuine spending habits. This is because in the Windows Phone application ecosystem, most applications and games are sold at a very low price, users can get a completely genuine user experience through a small amount of money, and in this way support developers' development work. Develop a healthy consumer behavior habit. After all, jailbreak behavior is weak in both moral and legal terms.
At present, the Apple Store's average application price remains above $4, of which only two-thirds of the apps are under $2, compared to more than three-quarters of the current Windows Phone Marketplace. The application is less than $2 and the average price remains at $1.95.
Intensive and after-sales maintenance insulation
Under normal circumstances, users in the process of use, mobile phone software and hardware problems can be resolved through the after-sales service channel. However, in the jailbreak ecology, if the jailbreak user encounters problems in use, the user will be insulated from the normal after-sales service without brushing back to the official version. In this case, most users will choose an informal maintenance channel to solve the problem, which also provides a potential for shortening the normal life of the user's mobile phone.
The original user experience under the official ecology
According to some pursuit of personalized user thinking, jailbreak can really enrich the user's personalized needs, such as the current screen capture function that Windows Phone does not support, indeed There are quite a few homemade apps that can run on jailbroken devices. But this behavior undermines the original user experience. For example, under the Windows Phone platform, the dynamic tile of Metro UI is an uncustomizable operation concept. Many users have to inject the function of the folder on this basis, to some extent. It is said that this kind of personalized customization is actually a kind of surplus. After all, the 6 big Hubs of Windows Phone itself is an extension of the folder concept.
In addition, although many mobile operating platform providers adopt a tacit attitude towards the jailbreak ecology, they are all looking for a space for user experience improvement under the official ecology from the concept of jailbreak ecology, in this way to improve the mobile operating platform. Functional features and user experience, then in this case, is there a reason for the user to need to escape?