AssitantConnect4S is a new tweak from Cydia that allows users to get Siri on non-iPhone 4S devices, without setting up a proxy server. That’s right, you can now get Apple’s intelligent voice assistant on older devices without requiring your own proxy setup.
Previously, we have written about Spire, the best Siri port to date. Spire had a few drawbacks. Users not only required a jailbroken device but access to a Siri proxy as well, which was difficult for most people. AssitantConnect4S is now here to help. What the tweak does is fairly simple: It lets iPhone 4S owners e-mail their authentication data to non-iPhone 4S owners thus allowing the recipient of the data to natively use Siri. The need for a proxy server is bypassed.
Apple has recently begun to try to disable Siri porting to other, older devices, This goes in accordance with Apple’s claim of the iPhone 4S being the only device out there capable of handling Siri. Developers have tried their best not to let this claim remain true for too long and many jailbreak enthusiasts already enjoy Siri on their older devices, which Apple is aware of and does not like. Since Apple is going to try to disable porting of Siri to other phones, the developer of AssistantConnect4S has recommended that AssistantConnect4S be used to mail data to only around five people. This is a precautionary measure, to avoid detection and its consequences.
This latest tweak, AssistantConnect4S, is available free of charge in Cydia’s repository BigBoss. Needless to say, you need to jailbreak your device to be able to enjoy Siri on non-iPhone 4S models. Follow one of our previous guides to jailbreak your iDevice. If you wish to share authentication data from an older device instead, you can use AssistantConnect. To activate Siri on your older device, follow these instructions:
Step 1: Launch Cydia, search for and then install the Spire Cydia tweak on your iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad.
Step 2: Enable Siri by tapping on Settings > General > Siri > On.
Step 3: Go back into Cydia, install the AssistantConnect Cydia tweak. Once installed, launch it from your home-screen and reboot your device.
Step 4: Repeat Step 3 to install AssistantConnect4S next.
Step 5: Once your phone is done rebooting, open AssistanConnect4S. Give Siri a voice command and wait for it to respond. This is to allow AssistanConnect4S to log the authentication data the proper way.
Step 6: After Siri has responded, you can close it and select the E-mail Siri Data button to send data to an older device. The attachment should have a file size greater than O KB.
Step 7: Open the e-mail client on which ever older device you have sent the data to. Tapping the authentication data attachment should prompt you to open the file with AssistantConnect. Do so. A message will appear, saying that AssistantConnect has been successful in loading the authentication data.
Step 8: Reboot your device.
(Please note that the authentication device expires every 24 hours. To continue enjoying Siri on a device other than an iPhone 4S you will need to re-send data after 24 hours.)
Congratulations on successfully installing Siri.
[ Liked it? Don't forget to +1 this ]
