Comments on: Rock Your Phone, the better alternative to Cydia on your jailbroken iPhone [Jailbreak Apps] http://isource.com/2010/02/08/rock-your-phone-the-better-alternative-to-cydia-on-your-jailbroken-iphone-jailbreak-apps/ #1 Source for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac and AppleTV Thu, 02 Oct 2014 22:34:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.6 By: iGnome http://isource.com/2010/02/08/rock-your-phone-the-better-alternative-to-cydia-on-your-jailbroken-iphone-jailbreak-apps/#comment-19711 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:45:36 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=14328#comment-19711 Sure and I suppose there is no beef between them or Rock would not be available on Cydia. So in away using Rock should free up bandwidth and therefore speed on Cydia which is a good thing. I think I'll give it a wiz and maybe purchase from both. The Rock interface certainly seems nicer. Great article, thankx.

]]> By: Thomas http://isource.com/2010/02/08/rock-your-phone-the-better-alternative-to-cydia-on-your-jailbroken-iphone-jailbreak-apps/#comment-19660 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:47:04 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=14328#comment-19660 In reply to iGnome.

I know what you mean about loyalty: I felt like that with Evernote. Well I still use both services: Cydia to buy and Rock to manage. And yeah, a donation could help, but I’m not sure that Cydia speed is one of Saurik’s priorities right now. Guy has a lot of projects as I understand it.

The way I meant this article to strike was to point out that Rock is a much better package browser and manager than Cydia is, as that’s how I think most people (including myself) perceive it. However, you did make a good point that it’s also a pillar for jailbreaking in terms of helping people keep their future JB options open.

]]> By: iGnome http://isource.com/2010/02/08/rock-your-phone-the-better-alternative-to-cydia-on-your-jailbroken-iphone-jailbreak-apps/#comment-19659 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:38:16 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=14328#comment-19659 Hi Thomas. Yes I read that post of Saurick's when I first jail broke but if I'm reading it right to step back to an earlier software version you still use i tunes but i tunes is fooled into thinking that it is restoring from your i tunes back up when really it's restoring from the SHSHs on Cydia. The hackintosh link above is very clear. Just strikes me that it must be vulnerable to apple stopping this but I'll be honest I don't really understand.
But I guess my thoughts were not only about is rock better/worse than Cydia but more about loyalty to Cydia for this service. Maybe I should paypal some money to Saurik to help make cydia as fast as rock rather than just jumping ship?

]]> By: Thomas http://isource.com/2010/02/08/rock-your-phone-the-better-alternative-to-cydia-on-your-jailbroken-iphone-jailbreak-apps/#comment-19622 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:35:29 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=14328#comment-19622 In reply to Thomas.

hrmm, also found this after looking around. Might help with restore:
http://www.ihackintosh.com/2009/09/how-to-downgra…

]]> By: Thomas http://isource.com/2010/02/08/rock-your-phone-the-better-alternative-to-cydia-on-your-jailbroken-iphone-jailbreak-apps/#comment-19618 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:50:34 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=14328#comment-19618 In reply to iGnome.

great point, iGnome – honestly didn't consider that because I don't do that full restore often. I looked the issue up quickly and yeah, one of the great things about Cydia is that it does keep a signed signature that's personalized for your device so that you can future-proof it against Apple updates (http://www.saurik.com/id/12#howto)

Rock apparently features similar functionality, but I honestly can't find it right now. I looked around on the website and through the app and FAQ but found nothing, but their new warning against 3.1.3 seems to suggest you can create such a backup. So I can't explain how to do that restore right now, but it is apparently possible with either Cydia or Rock.

One other issue I didn't go into was the way that Rock natively supports backups of all your installed jailbreak apps. So with the touch of one button you can re-install all of your apps and hopefully your settings as well (this info is inside of Rock app -> Manage -> Settings)

]]> By: iGnome http://isource.com/2010/02/08/rock-your-phone-the-better-alternative-to-cydia-on-your-jailbroken-iphone-jailbreak-apps/#comment-19608 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:23:12 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=14328#comment-19608 Rock sounds great. But If I understand things correctly Cydia has a dual function: It's an app store but it also stores information about your iphone so that you have the possibility to restore to an earlier software version if you take an apple update that you don't like. Does rock do this also? I know this is a bit off topic (not bad for the first post eh) but I'd love to understand how to step back to an earlier software version from Cydia /rock and whether future apple updates might prevent this even if Cydia/rock has SHSHs on file.

]]> By: Nikola http://isource.com/2010/02/08/rock-your-phone-the-better-alternative-to-cydia-on-your-jailbroken-iphone-jailbreak-apps/#comment-19604 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:55:19 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=14328#comment-19604 Totally agree with you!

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