Siri to work fully on iPod touch and iPhone 4
9th November, 2011 by adina
Tags: Apple, iPhone 4, iPod Touch, Siri, Software
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Steve Troughton-Smith, mobile application write, and Grant Paul, Cydia developer, created a completely functional implementation of Siri, which works on the fourth-generation iPod touch and on the iPhone 4 as well. Files and a validation token obtained from a jailbroken iPhone 4S are used to trick the voice recognition system and make it work as it would do it on its original platform. Unlike earlier hacks, the current implementation works at full speed and connects properly to the network.
More refinement involves now making the system work smoothly. There are about twenty steps to make it working, said Troughton-Smith. He wanted to be sure that his technique does not break other components in the background and is very safe to use.
Siri Service on Apple iPhone 4
Other details would come once the whole process was cleaned up. Steve Troughton-Smith did not want to insert himself the code in the Cydia jailbreak store, as he wanted a proof of concept. Being interpreted as illegal is also a possibility he would want to avoid.
The hack shows why Apple did not implement it on the iPod touch. The microphone is not powerful enough to receive voice on a consistent level, such as on the iPhone. However, the iPhone 4 appears to process tasks at a similar speed the iPhone 4S does. This suggests that Apple perhaps did not have enough time or simply lacked resources to backport Siri. Another hypothesis would be that Apple held off in order to encourage early sales.
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Hello, someone from Apple said Siri is what she is cause of the A5 processor.And they said the other devices don’t have what the 4S have(am I right)the Ipad 2 has the A5 processor.So i’m saying they should make an update for the Ipad 2 to port Siri on their because the ipad can get that.I don’t have an Ipad but I think it’s fair