BANGALORE, INDIA: Two developers Chpwn and Ryan Petrich have announced that they have come up with a Siri port which, they claim, brings all capabilities of Apple's new feature Siri to any jailbroken iOS 5 device legally.
"Spire is a small download, but while installing it will download Siri itself (directly from Apple)," said Chpwn in a blog post.
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Chpwn further added that the new tool uses about 100 MB of data and can be downloaded from Cydia using a Wi-Fi connection.
However, Spire is not a complete solution, cautioned Chpwn, adding that Apple still requires authorization to use Siri, so information from an iPhone 4S is still required.
"Spire uses a new method to obtain the files necessary for Siri, so it doesn't 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," added Chpwn.
According to the blog, Spire uses a new method to obtain the files necessary for Siri, so it doesn’t have the copyright issues encountered by previous attempts.