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Siri has been ported to all Idevices running iOS5 :-)

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A developer by the name of Jackoplane claims that he has successfully created a Siri that will work on any iDevice that’s on iOS 5! Jackoplane’s port is also free of lag and can actually connect to Apple’s servers and come back with a response to your comments, remarks, questions and commands

In addition to actually creating a port, Jackoplane said that users will need to in order to get Siri on their iOS 5 device – users will either be able to get it from , or use NSFileManger. Which is easier said than done, NSFileManger isn’t for your average user, so hopefully it will be a fairly simple and straightforward process.
This could just be just publicity stunt, but supposedly Jackoplane will post a video “soon” of Siri working on an older iDevice running iOS 5 and then we’ll know for sure (they can’t release one now due to legal reasons). Stay tuned for more news related to Jackoplane and his Siri port!


Siri Has Been Ported To All iDevices Running iOS 5
 
1. Who is currently working on this port?At this current time, the people that are working on this particular port of Siri are Jack (@Jackoplane) and iH8sn0w. Joshua Tucker of ModMyi is the outside beta tester for this particular version.2. What devices will be supported? Currently, the port is being tested on an iPhone 4. However, the end goal is to port on all devices. At this time, we can not make any promises to when those will be, however the iPhone 3GS is looking promising outside of just the iPhone 4 at the moment.
3. Are we in need of any beta testers?
At this time, Jack and the team working on the port (including myself – beta testing wise) are not in need of any testers at this time. Asking if that is possible is not the best idea – if we do need more people, we will extent that opportunity out when the time comes.
4. When will this port be released?
We are not specifying an ETA at this time. The reason being is because we do not want to miss our expectation if we were to same something. Note that as soon as possible, we will release that information. For the time being however, there’s no decided or even thought up date for releasing this to the public.
5. How will this port be distributed?
There are numerous ways of distributing this particular port, however it’s a matter of how the files end up being compiled as well as cost. Cydia has been suggested many times and that is a viable option. However, we’re not limiting ourselves to just that venue as the tables may turn. At this particular moment in time, where this port will be distributed is currently undecided. Those of us that are hands-on with the work are always entertaining new ideas and will decide the venue when the time is right.
6. Will it be free or paid?
This is still undecided. This particular component is highly reliant on how we distribute this piece of software. Again, as the above, we’re thinking through it thoroughly to ensure the best for all. The reason why it may be required to pay (if not donate) is because there are hosting related costs that will need to be taken care of when the time comes.
7. When you say that there are “legal issues” to be deal with, what do you mean?
Because Siri is Apple’s product as well as copyrighted, one can’t just release these files and not get away with violating the law. When the news of Jack’s work as well as my involvement began, the files I had were strictly Apple’s. Thus, if we had given those files out then we could possibly be viable for copyright infringement and as many of you know from people like geohot, that’s no good in the hood.
8. What’s the current status of the port?
Because when we were first testing it and the legality of the whole ordeal, we’re are starting from the ground up. Re-writing code and that sort of thing to avoid copyright infringement. At this current stage, performance of Siri is just as good as on the iPhone 4S.
9. When will a video be released?
A performance video will be released tonight to show that the speed of Siri has been greatly improved. As for a full fledged video, that will be here in the next few days.
10. Is a jailbreak required to install Siri on a non-iPhone 4S device
Absolutely; no question.
11. Any update on the untethered jailbreak for iOS 5/iPhone 4S
We know nothing more than the public does. It’s not worth asking because we have absolutely no idea.
12. How does the Siri port connect to Apple’s servers?


When you first activate an iPhone 4S, when you enable Siri, Apple’s servers basically says “Oh, you’re an iPhone 4S. You’re clear.” Since we don’t have that luxury, we have to intercept the data that is being exchanged between devices to initially “trick” Apple’s servers into thinking that the device is authorized. So, imagine that what we have setup is a middle man.
iPhone 4 (in this case) sends out commands to Apple’s servers, we intercept and change the data, send to Apple’s servers, and Apple’s servers goes “Cool beans.”
13. What is required to host this type of capability?
We won’t really go into this because the process is not something that you can easily explain. However, as you guys have mentioned in chat, hosting this particular server to intercept data will cost money and will be the venue for all users to use Siri without an iPhone 4S.
14. Even though you can’t give an ETA, is it days, months, years, lifetimes, millenniums, never?
Weeks.
15. Is the authentication process made just one or every time?
Anytime you request from Apple’s servers, it performs a method of authentication.
16. What’s so special about the iPhone 4S and its connection with Siri?
There is nothing special about the 4S that makes it so that Siri can only work on that chip. Nothing is hardware accelerated in regards to Siri.
17. When you say that authentication is required, what does it take?
Not releasing this information at this time.

 
Po probs bro i'm just digging up some info about Siri , i will keep this thread up to date when more info comes available
 
I find part of the technical details posted here, if they are correct, very interesting. Especially the part concerning activation. If Apple is truly only using a challenge/confirm internet system, that means there is a very good chance that Apple will release Siri to the iPad 2 and iPhone 4.

Simply put, they don't need a challenge system to activate the software. The iPhone 4S has too many unique characteristics that can be tested and if the code is signed properly for anti-tampering, they wouldn't bother with an easily hackable system. And yes, to the people that don't hack full time, man in the middle internet captures for this type of challenge is rather easy to setup and execute.

It should be interesting to see how many times iOS 5 gets patched to block Siri's use on non-iPhone 4S device before they are ready to release it publicly.
 
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