Anyone handy with jail breaking old iPhones?

http://www.ifans.com/forums/threads/how-to-the-ultimate-jailbreaking-guide-for-iphone-ipod-touch-and-ipad.369529/

reds0w should work here I think the wifi sync app is paid but it should be in one of the default repos . if you need more help/ a step by step as you livestream feel free to add me on steam!

I used Sn0wbreeze. It was the easiest and the one that worked for me after a few days of failing with other software. It pretty much does the work for you and all you have to do is find the correct update file. I'm not sure if it works with mac but for sure with windows.

You can use greenpoison or redsn0w to jailbreak, it should be easy to do. As for wifi sync, only the iPhone 4S can do that without jailbreaking. Other iPhone models have to get a software from Cydia store to do that.

Dependent on the firmware and the type of iPhone, iPod, iPad you have. If your looking for an efficient way to JailBreak any apple device is to first do some research. At the moment redsn0w has the most recent firmware jailbroken (iOS 5) they are currently working on the iOS 5.1 firmware and will hopefully release an untethered jailbreak for it soon.

Here are the types of jailbreak that is around at the moment:

Tethered: Basically you do not want to turn off your apple device when you have this type of jailbreak. If the device does turn off you will have to load redsn0w and reboot the device through that.

Semi-tethered: Not too sure what this one does, however i believe it is a more stable tether jailbreak and will allow you to run apps smoother compared to a tethered jailbreak

Untethered: This will allow you device to function like it would normally however it will be jailbroken, you may turn off the device as you please, you will not need redsn0w to reboot it. In other words this is the best type of jailbreak you can use.

Yes I have jailbroken apple devices many times in the past.

I think you can open up jailbreakme.com (or jailbreak.me) directly on your iPhone with the official web browser. It's an automated process, but it doesn't work with iOS 5.0 and above (I recall 3G's have stopped at 4.X anyway).

Alternatively, you could always rob a bank, leave the iPhone there with a pic of a cartoon burglar as the background, and hope for the best. When the judge sentences it to life, you drive there and during visiting hours and you quickly shove it in your pocket. Then you walk out, and you've got your jailbroken device.

Just out of curiosity (I don't own an Iphone), what's the disadvantage of Jail-breaking a device?