After getting accustomed to the word jailbreak linked with iPhone, Microsoft is feeling itself privileged as hackers have finally given time to the new WP7 phone.
Rafael Rivera, Long Zheng and Chris Walsh have released the Windows Phone 7 jailbreak/Unlock tool ChevronWP7. Here is an easy guide to jailbreak your new Windows Phone 7 handset.
Step 1: Install the latest version of Zune desktop software for Windows. Click here to Download.
Step 2: Download
and install the latest version of Windows Phone SDK, or you can
download the registery key from the following link and run it with
administrative rights. Click here to download the registry key.
Step 3: Now connect your WP7 phone with your PC via USB.
Step 4: Run the Zune application on your PC and sync
your Windows Phone 7 phone. Make sure the phone has a “full sync”
access, and not “guest” relationship with the Zune
software.
Step 5: Run the ChevronWp7 jailbreak tool. Click here to download ChevronWp7 jailbreak tool for WP7.
Step 6: Check “Ensure your phone isn’t PIN-locked” and “Install certificate on phone using Internet Explorer at http://chevronwp7.com/cert” options, and then click on the “Unlock” button.
Now wait for new WP7 third party apps as unlike Cydia Windows Phone 7 is still lacking a third party app store for WP7.
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