While the iPhone is considered by many to be the closest thing to the "perfect" phone, the software running the device is beginning to show its age.
That's why a lot of people enjoy jailbreaking their iPhones, which lets you customize the software with apps and other features that Apple wouldn't normally allow.
Jailbreaking is pretty easy, and you can use this simple tool to do it. (Fair warning: jailbreak at your own risk as it can cause some problems and voids your iPhone's warranty.)
Here are a few of our favorite jailbreak features. You can download most of them from Cydia, an alternative app store that appears on your phone after you jailbreak.
You can unlock your iPhone with a gesture.
Like having a secure iPhone but hate having to put a code in each time you unlock your device? Stride is an app for jailbroken iPhones that lets you unlock a device with any gesture you'd like. It's convenient and secure.
Multitask with gestures, not the home button.
iOS lets you open your recently used apps by double-clicking the home button. That takes you away from the screen and puts extra wear on the most-used button on the device.
To make things faster, jailbroken users can install Zephyr, which lets you switch between apps by swiping up from the bottom of the screen.
Get rid of Newsstand.
For some users, Newsstand is a convenient way to get news and magazines on their iOS devices.
For most of us though, it's an eyesore that can't be hidden in a folder or deleted from the home screen.
Users of jailbroken iPhones, however, have the option to install NoNewsIsGoodNews, which gets rid of Apple's pesky app.
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