In addition to i4Siri brining Siri to jailbroken non-iPhone 4S devices, which is not yet publicly released, Spire also brings Siri to jailbroken devices.
chpwn, developer of Spire have released a new jailbreak app called Spire, which legally brings Siri to non iPhone 4S devices. However, it's a complicated solution and won't start working after installing the jailbreak app.
Spire is chpwn's new tool for installing Siri on previously unsupported, but jailbroken, devices. Spire is a small download, but while installing it will download Siri itself (directly from Apple). Spire is available in Cydia right now — go get it! This will use about 100 MB of data, so please connect to Wi-Fi before installing.
However, Spire is not a complete solution. Apple still requires authorization to use Siri, so information from an iPhone 4S is still required. To insert this information, Spire allows you to enter your own proxy server address. By using this (ancient) SiriProxy fork, you can setup a proxy using your own iPhone 4S to insert the needed information reasonably easily. Other solutions for proxying Siri will be listed here as they are developed — perhaps that sort of proxy might be included in the main SiriProxy repository.
Spire uses a new method to obtain the files necessary for Siri, so it doesnt have the copyright issues encountered by previous attempts. Similarly, rather than directing all traffic through a specific proxy server (and the associated privacy issues), Spire allows you to specify your own proxy server.
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chpwn's blog
Tags: chpwn, Siri
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You forgot to mention, or didn't know, it only works on iOS 5.0 or higher. I got all excited only to find out it wouldn't work on 4.3.3. :( Maybe this is common knowledge to some, but I didn't know.
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I recently upgraded and jailbroke my iphone to 5.0.1, after installing spire i noticed that many app store apps would not load. Immediately after uninstalling spire and respringing, boom, they worked again. It's a great start though, and I'm sure the author of spire will work out the bugs.
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It took me a few days and alot of stuffing around but i have it working fine and now im enjoying siri
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