Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🚨 A prison escape 📱 Device unlocking 📱 To unlock device
to jailbreak

to jailbreak

2 7.4
To remove a device maker's limits on a phone or tablet so you can install unofficial apps
  • verb
  • /ˈdʒeɪlˌbreɪk/
  • Texting
translation icon : jailbreak
  • To jailbreak your device, you must follow a specific set of instructions carefully to avoid issues.
  • jailbreak your device

But first you have to jailbreak ChatGPT.

Examples

  • Fortunately, if you jailbreak, you can install this effect very easily.

    Blog text (1)

  • We met earlier, and you said that you could jailbreak my phone.

    Countdown (2019)

  • Once you jailbreak a phone, you can put any software on it that you like.

    Blog text (17)

  • People should have the right to jailbreak their devices.

    Blog text (27)

  • Why should I have to jailbreak the phone to augment it?

    Blog text (14)

  • Many people jailbreak their Kindles to add custom fonts and never install USBNet to root their device.

    Blog text (2)

  • If you want to install apps that aren't available in the App Store, you need to jailbreak your phone.

  • Many users choose to jailbreak their smartphones to customize their interface and access new features.

Synonyms

to unlock
vsto jailbreak
84 1.3

Make a skill, chance, or secret become available

targets software limits specifically to let unauthorized apps run
to hack
vsto jailbreak
  • Jargon
15 5.5

To change computer code quickly to make it work

aims to bypass official limits to allow unauthorized apps not just quick fixes
to reprogram
vsto jailbreak
  • Specialized
14 4.1

Change a device's instructions or settings so it works differently

removes built-in software limits specifically to allow unauthorized apps
to mod
vsto jailbreak
  • Jargon
2 5.9

To change a game or program by adding new features

removes default restrictions rather than simply adding extra features
to reflash
vsto jailbreak
  • Specialized
1 8.0

To update the software that is built into a device

removes software limits to permit unauthorized changes beyond updates

Antonyms

to restrict
361 3.1

Limit how much people can use or access something

How Modified

to reflash
  • Specialized
1 8.0
to root
  • Specialized
14 8.8
to jailbreak
  • Texting
2 7.4
to unlock
84 1.3

Surface Forms

jailbreak infinitive
jailbreaking present participle
jailbreaks third person singular
jailbroke past
jailbroken past participle

Morphology

jailbreak = jailbreak (semi-transparent) = jail + break

The verb is a zero-derived use of the compound noun 'jailbreak', and the software meaning is a metaphorical extension of breaking out of confinement.

Etymology

To jailbreak a device is to make it 'break out' of the maker's limits so you can install apps or change settings not allowed before. That's why to jailbreak means removing a device's built-in restrictions.