That is exactly what I told them ha ha On Jul 6, 2012, at 10:22 AM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote:
> Hi, > > With all due respect to your friends, they should have read about > Spire before they paid for access to a Siri proxy. The author releases > the product for free; third parties charge for access. And probably > steel your information at the same time. > > Cheers, > Ben. > > On 7/6/12, Blinkin <[email protected]> wrote: >> Be careful with these only because one of the main packages that run these >> called Spire I think has not updated to work with IOS 5 and it says in Lydia >> that they are not going to. >> Just make sure to check everything out before you buy anything huh. >> I have had some friends buy the key for sir only to find out that they can't >> even run it because the package doesn't work. >> >> I sent the Podcast link out last night and it should be up on iTunes now >> for those of you who want to download it. Just search How to be Blind in >> downcast or whatever else you use to find it. >> have a great day! >> >> Mike M >> On Jul 6, 2012, at 3:28 AM, Ben Blatchford wrote: >> >>> I am using Siri on my iPod touch. This tweet of medical from Cydia is >>> called Siri court and what it and I think you is it allows you to use Siri >>> on your non-iPhone 4S devices this technique is awesome. I need you to >>> type this message TDF the iPhone and longest right now ch for >>> >>> Sent from my iPod >>> >>> On Jul 5, 2012, at 5:35 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> That is correct, although there is currently no unofficial unlock for >>>> the 4S, so jailbreaking won't help. >>>> I'll also echo what Raul has already said about your friend; there >>>> simply is no way that he is talking from experience because that just >>>> doesn't happen. In contrast, everyone? contributing in this topic has >>>> at some point jailbroken their device, so in theory, the information >>>> offered will be much more accurate. >>>> My accessibility experiences concerning jailbreaking have infact all >>>> been positive. Up until around 1.5 years ago, Cydia, the jailbroken >>>> app store was completely inaccessible. A couple of us emailed the >>>> developer and it was made completely accessible in the next version. >>>> An app that some of us use called voice activator used to crash when >>>> vo was turned on. Once I found this out, I emailed the developer and >>>> from memory a fixed version was released the next day. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ben. >>>> >>>> On 7/6/12, Kelly Pierce <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> I believe if I were to purchase a used iPhone 4s that someone had used >>>>> on AT&T, I would need to jailbreak it to unlock it, from the various >>>>> tutorials I have read. >>>>> >>>>> Kelly >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 7/5/12, Joseph Lee <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> You don't have to jailbreak first - apple do sell an unlocked iPhone >>>>>> for >>>>>> about 800 dollars. >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Joseph >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>>>>> Behalf >>>>>> Of jeremy >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 4:27 PM >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Subject: Re: Jail breaking >>>>>> >>>>>> Do you not have to jailbreak to unlock the phone though? I'd always >>>>>> assumed >>>>>> that in order to unlock the phone, it first must be jailbroken. >>>>>> Take care. >>>>>> >>>>>> On 7/5/2012 6:17 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: >>>>>>> They are very different. Unlocking means your phone is made to work >>>>>>> with any provider. So, if you have an AT&T phone and you unlock it, >>>>>>> you can use it with another gsm provider like T-mobile. Jailbreaking >>>>>>> means you gain access to the root of the phone and can do many nice >>>>>>> tweaks and add other types of apps. Jailbreaking and unlocking are >>>>>>> not >>>>>>> synonymous. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Raul A. Gallegos >>>>>>> Never have more children than you have car windows. - Erma Bombeck >>>>>>> Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com >>>>>>> Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 >>>>>>> Facebook: http://facebook.com/rgallegos74 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 7/5/2012 7:09 PM, Jessica Brown wrote: >>>>>>>> What is the difference between unlocking and jail breaking? I >>>>>>>> thought >>>>>>>> that they were 2 separate things. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>>> From: Blinkin <[email protected] >>>>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>>>> Date sent: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 17:45:28 -0500 >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Jail breaking >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I will cover this also in my podcast. >>>>>>>> I have had one or two extra bugs while using voice over on my >>>>>>>> jailbroken iPhone 4 but nothing has ever moved and the bugs are >>>>>>>> certainly easy to live with. >>>>>>>> The two biggest I deal with occasionally are folders closing a >>>>>>>> split second after I open them and I just have to re tap the screen >>>>>>>> and occasionally when I press the sleep button my phone will take a >>>>>>>> screen shot instead of locking. >>>>>>>> to fix this I just tap the home button twice then hit the sleep >>>>>>>> button and it goes right to sleep. >>>>>>>> these are the only issues I have ever had with voice over. >>>>>>>> Everything has worked just fine for me but I have not unlocked my >>>>>>>> phone. >>>>>>>> Only jailbroken it. >>>>>>>> If I am lucky I will have one of these bugs happen tonight when >>>>>>>> I finish recording. >>>>>>>> cheers! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Mike M >>>>>>>> On Jul 5, 2012, at 5:04 PM, Kelly Pierce wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Greetings from Chicago. I have never owned a cell phone before and >>>>>>>> really learned the benefit of one when I was in a suburb and asked >>>>>>>> folks for directions a few times. no one could answer my questions >>>>>>>> directly. they all turned to their smart phones! I realized I could >>>>>>>> have the same thing in my hand that was fully accessible. I learned >>>>>>>> about the Straight Talk service and discovered that iPhone service >>>>>>>> is >>>>>>>> now more affordable than high speed Internet access was when I first >>>>>>>> subscribed more than 10 years ago. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> to use Straight Talk or most of the other prepaid services, it is >>>>>>>> necessary to unlock the phone. Unlocking usually requires jail >>>>>>>> breaking, I understand. Even if it doesn't I would eventually >>>>>>>> jailbreak anyway for the added flexibility. A friend told me that >>>>>>>> unlocked and jail broken phones are unstable with Voice Over. He >>>>>>>> said >>>>>>>> the places where one gestures or taps to initiate actions can move >>>>>>>> or >>>>>>>> change. These shifting locations he said can make it difficult for a >>>>>>>> blind person to use an unlocked phone. For this reason, he urges >>>>>>>> blind people to use contract service only. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> has anyone else experienced this with unlocked or jailbroken phones? >>>>>>>> Is voice Over less responsive and precise in unlocked or jail broken >>>>>>>> configurations than an out of the box phone from a contract >>>>>>>> provider? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I appreciate all the contributions people have made in the few days >>>>>>>> I >>>>>>>> have been on the list. I have learned so much already. 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