A new jailbreak app called H1Siri has just been released on Cydia, which claims to bring Siri to iPhone 4 running on iOS 5 or iOS 5.0.1. It was only last week that a developer had released a jailbreak tweak called Siri0us that brought Siri's Dictation feature to non-iPhone 4S devices. He however had to pull the tweak from Cydia as he was illegally using Nuance's voice recognition software.
Naturally, the H1Siri jailbreak app takes things a step further and essentially is a complete port of iPhone 4S' Siri to iPhone 4. The jailbreak tweak is available via a custom repository. http://www.iphone3gsystem.fr/cydia/
How it works, is not known, but according to initial reports it looks like once installed, the Siri port makes use of a proxy server, which is handles the requests rather than Apple's servers. Reports are also claiming that Siri works only occasionally probably due to high load on the proxy server resulting in connectivity issues.
By the looks of it, seems like the hackers that brought h1siri have got this working on an iPhone 4 by pirating some of the iPhone 4S system files, which is illegal.
Additionally, reports claim that it is causing other issues such as randomly rebooting the iPhone 4 and messing up the Settings app (when you open the Settings app, it goes to Siri section and it is not possible to go to any other section in the Settings app) and you may be forced to ultimately restore your iPhone 4.
iOS hacker and developer chpwn provides some more reasons to avoid installing this Siri port
Chpwn writes the following: "Please note: if you use a proxy to access Siri, you may be sending your Email, SMS, Calendar, Contacts, Location, etc though that server. (It's up to you if you want to accept that risk. It's also your choice if you want to violate copyright law to obtain the needed files.)"
While it's a good concept, it's best to avoid using this port and either wait till a proper, safe port is released or buy an iPhone 4S for such functionality.
Tags: chpwn, cydia, h1siri, ios 5, iPhone 4 Siri, jailbreak siri, Siri port
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I installed this, in a fairness I figured it's been done with good intentions so 3rd party server didn't concern me. Regardless of other peoples opinions and my own though. I had to take it off. It stopped my camera from being able to record video and it never connected to the server anyway.
After uninstalling it I have had to restore my phone as I got stuck on the respring screen and all attempts at restarting my phone failed.
My advice. Dodge it until it's more stable at the very least.
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Fuck cydia don't wast or time with these bitches
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