14 DAY TRIAL // Jailbreaking isn’t necessarily illegal (at least not in the US) but it’s certainly frowned upon over at Apple. If you’re looking to take your device in for repairs, you might want to cleanse it of any hacks first.
The evad3rs (authors of the “evasi0n” untethered jailbreak tool for iOS 6.x) say jailbreaking doesn’t necessarily affect iPhones in any way – i.e. drain the battery, and stuff like that.
However, the hack does open up some functionality that may ultimately lead to some undesired behavior. And if by any chance you need to take your iPhone / iPod touch / iPad in for repairs, chances are Apple will refuse service on the count of your jailbreaking. Even if your iDevice is still under warranty.
In such a case, you might want to un-jailbreak, so to speak. To do that, follow the evad3rs’ advice down below:
“If you someday decide that you want to undo your jailbreak, you can plug your device into your computer, make a full backup with iTunes, click ‘Restore’ in iTunes to wipe the device, and load your backup when prompted. All your App Store apps and the information in them will be preserved as usual.”