Windows Phone devices from Samsung, such as the Omnia 7 and Omnia W, can gejailbreakt be via the browser. A well known Windows Phone developer, the method designed. The tool works not yet on other devices.
The tool works by creating a link to open to a page on the domain of WindowsPhoneHacker.com and then the Windows Phone device, and its security can be stripped. After the jailbreak, the user can through the desktop to install apps outside of Marketplace to. Other things, such as custom roms are not possible with the jailbreak. Homebrew apps that make use of the drivers in the software which can not normally be addressed, such as registry editors, can the phone be rotated. The browser-jailbreak is a so-called “Interop Unlock”.
The method works only with Windows Phone devices of Samsung. That is because after the jailbreak, a ‘provisioning’ must take place, which in other devices is stopped. It is unclear whether the jailbreak at a later time, other devices will support. The jailbreak goes as an alternative for the paid developer unlock is provided by Microsoft and the paid unlock of ChevronWP7 for consumers.
Windows Phone is a closed system, similar to iOS: consumers can’t install apps outside of Marketplace and homebrew apps are only allowed on devices whose security is lifted.
