Paid jailbreak for Windows Phone is sold out

The paid jailbreak for Windows Phone 7, ChevronWP7 Labs has sold out. The developers have with Microsoft agreed to make 10,000 devices to jailbreak with their software and that number was on new year’s day reached.

The jailbreak is called ChevronWP7 Labs, works with tokens that must be bought for 9 dollars. The developers had with Microsoft, agreed on a limited number of tokens to give for the jailbreak. In return, approved by Microsoft, the jailbreak for Windows Phone 7 well. The number of 10,000 tokens was Sunday reached, tweeted developer Rafael Rivera.

It is unclear whether the jailbreakmethode still will return. ChevronWP7 was the cheapest method to get a WP7 device to be jailbroken. After a jailbreak, a user can install apps outside downloadwinkel Marketplace. This allows homebrew apps to be used, such as a Live Tile to the accupercentage display and apps to settings to tweak.

Moreover, the jailbreak not for all apps just can be rotated. Apps which are native code to run, such as registry editors, require an ‘interop unlock’.

There is no other method to get Windows Phone devices to jailbreak. Only for the Omnia 7, Omnia W and other Windows Phone smartphones from Samsung, there is a browser-based jailbreak method. An unlock for ontwikkelaarstoestellen, so apps outside the Marketplace, to be able to be installed, costs $ 99 per year.


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