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Microsoft Approves Windows Phone 7 Jailbreak Tool

Posted June 18, 2011 at 4:16pm by iClarified · 26566 views
ChevronWP7 Labs is an upcoming tool that will jailbreak your Windows Phone 7 device with Microsoft's approval.

As announced on the Windows Phone Dev Podcast, we will soon be launching an approved Windows Phone unlocking service as part of ChevronWP7 Labs. This will be available to developers across all skill levels and all regions.

The service will require a small fee — currently via PayPal — to offset costs but we assure you it will be more affordable than the App Hub. Those who wish to write and immediately publish apps are recommended to sign up to the App Hub instead.


Unlike Microsoft, Apple has chosen not to embrace jailbreaking even though it has 'borrowed' many of its best features from jailbreak developers. In July of last year The Library of Congress ruled that jailbreaking your iPhone in order to install applications not approved by Apple and/or to unlock is legal.

Read More [via Engadget]