Mini vMac for iPhone

[Mac128]

My phone isn't jailbroken and I don't want to risk trying it...But, is it possible to download the source code for this app, compile it using the app development program, then install it straight onto a non-jailbroken phone - bypassing the app store??

Nope. The iPhone OS will not allow any of the operations that Mini vMac invokes. Nor will it allow bypassing the App Store. I doubt the App development program will allow it either. As for "risk", the iPhone is software, it's not like you are transplanting some hardware component surgically which could destroy the ability of the iPhone to operate. You back up the iPhone, JailBreak it, use it, and if an when you want to return to the features of the iPhone, you simply wipe it and re-install your original Apple software. However, if you are like me and use the Mobile Me suit of integrated services and want a simple, peaceful, interconnected life, you give up neat things like Mini vMac on the iPhone and other features Jailbreakers enjoy which I wish were on the iPhone and must wait for Apple to eventually adopt to use.

 

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Nor will it allow bypassing the App Store. I doubt the App development program will allow it either.

'Course it will - how else do you test your software? My brother had a whole lot of programs he'd written installed on his Touch well before they were on the app store.

Anyway, that's a bummer. I'm not game to jailbreak it even if it is "safe" because I've had enough problems with it already.

 

[Mac128]

Nor will it allow bypassing the App Store. I doubt the App development program will allow it either.

'Course it will - how else do you test your software? My brother had a whole lot of programs he'd written installed on his Touch well before they were on the app store.

I was under the impression that all of the testing was done via a virtual iPhone application within the OS X environment. Obviously there is some porting method within the SDK, which only makes sense. The question I have now was whether any of the applications your brother wrote violated any of Apple's guidelines for Apps. If so, then the only restriction is the actual App Store itself and the development software allows violating Apple's rules. ANYBODY KNOW FOR SURE? However, since Apple neither condones nor supports violating their guidelines, you may well have more problems than if you jailbreak your iPhone. Also, unless you wipe your iPhone clean before any AppleCare service, the presence of the unauthorized application would void your warranty – and you may not always be able to wipe it when something goes wrong.

Besides, Zydeco already answered this earlier.

Anyway, that's a bummer. I'm not game to jailbreak it even if it is "safe" because I've had enough problems with it already.

My understanding that for those who follow the procedures, the jailbroken iPhone actually runs better than Apple's software, depending on what you need it to do, ad restoring it to Apple's software introduces no new problems than Apple's software is already full of. I make this point so as not to let your fear be interpreted as fact by someone casually reading this. Jailbreaking one's iPhone causes NO DAMAGE whatsoever. You are at greater risk trying to run an unauthorized app under Apple's software.

 

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Jailbreaking one's iPhone causes NO DAMAGE whatsoever. You are at greater risk trying to run an unauthorized app under Apple's software.

I've heard plenty of bricking stories, so I'm not so sure about that. That's not my main concern though, as I agree it probably won't happen.

 

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Oh and to answer your question, no, all my brother's stuff ended up on the App Store eventually, so - no guidelines broken.

 

[Mac128]

How is the new "Retina" display going to affect the application? At standard res, there's gonna be a thick black frame around the display. Come to think abut it, it's gonna look a lot like it did on the original (when properly adjusted for WYSIWYG) :beige:

Do you have a version for the iPad yet? The best part is that the current iPad resolution is exactly double the original 512 resolution, which means a nice sharp crisp display that should look almost identical to the original display! (well with 21 extra black pixels top & bottom – can't wait for the Color Classic version of Mini vMac which will fit those dimensions exactly).