No. ChevronWP7 does not "root" your device; it seems to simply unlock developer access. The result is actually still quite limited: it would be nice to have "root".
"""Provided unlocks are equivalent to those provided by Microsoft’s App Hub. That means 10 side-loaded applications. That also means no “Interop accessâ€."""
No. ChevronWP7 does not "root" your device; it seems to simply unlock developer access. The result is actually still quite limited: it would be nice to have "root".
"""Provided unlocks are equivalent to those provided by Microsoft’s App Hub. That means 10 side-loaded applications. That also means no “Interop accessâ€."""
Pretty smart move really. With the amount of people that Root their phone, charging a little bit of money for a "secure" way to do it will probably rake in a decent deal of cash for MS while not actually losing anything. People will root regardless, so charge them a small fee for it.
For those interested, XDA-Developers is an excellent resource - they seem to have a sizable development community behind WP7. Not to mention they are able to exploit the opening that the ChevronWP7 or developer unlocks create to grant as close to "full" access as possible - interop unlock.
There's also some dedicated people working on allowing native code to run on the WP7. I'm certainly glad I hopped on when I did - I can't wait to see some of the things homebrew developers are able to pull off.
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"""Provided unlocks are equivalent to those provided by Microsoft’s App Hub. That means 10 side-loaded applications. That also means no “Interop accessâ€."""
Well said. Took my comment out of my mouth before I could post it :-D
Welcome to Icrontic.
There's also some dedicated people working on allowing native code to run on the WP7. I'm certainly glad I hopped on when I did - I can't wait to see some of the things homebrew developers are able to pull off.