Symbian 9.2 hacked to bypass app certification

App certificates have long been a bane to S60 users and developers alike, causing pain, frustration, and an almost obligatory cash outlay to get your hard work certified to run on the very platform Nokia is so quick to call "open." Finally, it truly is, thanks to the hard work of the Symbian hacking community that has developed an easy (or easy sounding, anyway) method of "jailbreaking" the Symbian 9.2 device in your life (S60 3rd Edition FP1 users, that's you). After that, installed apps won't need a certificate at all -- let alone an invalid one -- to do their dirty work. Open, indeed.

[Via Part-Time Phone Reviewer, thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 27th 2008 1:51PM]

Hi Chris,

Just to let you know that Symbian Freak is actually real source and the only responsible place for this hack and actually only when you can get the support full and unlimited support and reach the hack author!!

http://www.symbian-freak.com/news/008/03/s60_3rd_ed_has_been_hacked.htm
http://www.symbian-freak.com/news/008/03/s60_3rd_ed_feature_pack_1_has_been_hacked.htm
http://www.symbian-freak.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=198866

Cheers,
Teo

[Chris Posted Mar 27th 2008 1:17PM]

Hey Teo, thanks for the info! You'll notice that the image and Read links on this post actually link straight to symbian-freak, too, so hopefully everyone will be able to find their way over there.

Cheers,
Chris

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 27th 2008 1:58PM]

Ah, sorry Chris, posted it from the mobile phone and really didn't noticed that, sorry once again :(

Teo

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 27th 2008 2:04PM]

UIQ3 also has been hacked...similar process

http://www.uiqblog.com/2008/03/27/access-uiq3-private-folderseven-on-c-drive/

[fernando Posted Mar 27th 2008 3:42PM]

I'm sure this is main engadget worthy, but whatever.

[theos Posted Mar 27th 2008 7:10PM]

+1
... or maybe this not so interesting for the US of A-ers ?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2008 6:39AM]

Chris, considering that everytime the iPhone's software is jailbroken, it will certainly be on main Engadget AND Engadget mobile, why isn't it the same for Nokia? This has been hacked for the FIRST TIME and the iPhone has been jailbroken MANY times yet you post it on main Engadget every single time it's jailbroken. What is your beef with Nokia, seriously?

Please answer.

[Chris Posted Mar 28th 2008 11:44AM]

Actually, I've been a diehard S60 user for some time, and my current daily phone is an N95 8GB (in fact, my dirty little secret is that I don't even own an iPhone). I understand what you're saying, but philosophically, bypassing app certification is a smaller step than overcoming the inability to install any apps at *all*, which speaks to the jailbreaking situation on the iPhone.

Chris