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Jail breaking not all it's cracked up to be

Ipad2man333

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Well, I just completed my experiment with jail breaking my iPad2 and I was a bit disappointed. My motivation was to be able to use a mouse using BT Stack from Cydia. I think not having a mouse was the the biggest thing missing from iPads and would allow them to function easier with spreadsheet and word processors. The mouse apt is not bad, but does not have the full functionality of a mouse; no track ball or right click button menus. Really no better than using your finger or a stylus. I noticed a few other subtle things about jail breaking: 1) battery drained much more quickly;2) funny things happened with the iPod/music function - when I pressed the icon for a song, another one would play;3) photos disappeared and slides show did not work - just a black screen shows. Nothing major, but for someone familiar with a device that always functioned flawlessly, this was disconcerting and I felt bad messing with software and firmware that had never failed me. Maybe we should leave well enough alone. I restored my device and everything was back to working as it should have.
 
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Hi and welcome to the Forum!

Glad you sorted your iPad!

The IPad Forum is a community of members from all walks of life and from all over the world coming together to share our experiences and to help each other learn about this wonderful piece of technology the Ipad. There is a wealth of information already here in the many threads we have so doing some searches will answer most of the questions you have. If then you cannot find the answer you are seeking then by all means post your question. There are many friendly and informed members here only too willing to help you.

We also have our own App - It is a very simple app to navigate.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/discussion-forum-for-ipad/id412896524?mt=8
Reading the IPad manual is a great place to start so please download a copy of these.
http://www.support.apple.com/manuals/ipad/
3 very informative threads from which you will learn many tips and shortcuts for the IPad.
http://www.ipadforums.net/ipad-general-discussions/21590-tips-tricks-those-us-who-dont-know.html
http://www.ipadforums.net/ipad-os/49581-ios5-tips-tricks.html
http://www.ipadforums.net/ipad-help...shortcuts-helpful-places-people-new-ipad.html
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