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Windows Phone Homebrew Hits a Snag

Posted by Soulskill on from the freedom-for-some dept.

symbolset writes "TheNextWeb is reporting that the first official jailbreak for Windows Phone 7, ChevronWP7, has 'sold out' of tokens to enable homebrew application support. Only 10,000 tokens to jailbreak Windows Phones were ever granted. According to an announcement through ChevronWP7's Twitter feed, they're discussing whether they will ask Microsoft to make more available. With Lumia falling flat in Europe Microsoft needs all the enthusiastic modding fans they can get."

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  1. Nokia Lumia by SharkLaser · · Score: 0, Troll

    With Lumia falling flat in Europe Microsoft needs all the enthusiastic modding fans they can get.

    Actually, Lumia is performing really well in Europe and Australia. In November it was on top of sales charts of Sweden and Australia and in December in United Kingdom, beating both Android devices and iPhone. Nokia and Microsoft did really well in Europe.

  2. ChevronWP7 is not a jailbreak by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It is a mockery of the whole idea of what a jailbreak is.

  3. So.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fuckem... Someone figure out how to jailbreak your phone for free. Just like all the other ones.

    Why the hell would you pay for such a thing... You KNOW windows of any sort is so full of holes theres gotta be a dozen easy ways to exploit it.

    1. Re:So.... by SharkLaser · · Score: -1, Troll

      Because they haven't sold enough WP7 to anyone to waste their time trying.

      Why can you use that line when Windows is involved, but not with Linux? Every time someone says that Linux is secure because it doesn't have enough market share there is countless amount of people saying that it isn't so. Selective much?