ChevronWP7 team may stop Windows Phone 7 jailbreak tool
updated 05:35 pm EST, Mon January 2, 2012
ChevronWP7 runs out of tokens, may not renew
The ChevronWP7 team's Rafael Rivera confirmed Monday that it had run out of tokens for access to its jailbreak tool in what might be an end to the program. ChevronWP7's creators had struck a deal to make no more than 10,000 of the credits available and was now considering whether or not it wanted to "up this number" later. Contrary to some fears, Microsoft hadn't forced it to shut down and hadn't been involved yet.
"They can’t provide us with more unlocks because we haven’t asked yet," Rivera said. "If we do request more, we’re sure Microsoft will respond positively – as they have in the past."
Although not the same as an iOS jailbreak or an Android root, ChevronWP7 has a similar core effect in letting developers run apps without having to pass them through the Windows Phone Marketplace. Microsoft was initially opposed to the idea but came to a compromise to cater to homebrew developers.
