14 DAY TRIAL // After reporting that iPhone 4 had been jailbroken within days of its official launch, Redmond Pie was able to confirm that the iOS 4-exclusive iMovie app could run on Apple’s iPhone 3GS. However, users need a jailbroken device, as well as a modified iMovie.ipa application file which breaks Apple’s DRM. Needless to point out, readers are not encouraged to proceed with installing iMovie on iPhones other than iPhone 4.
The report in question informs that David Romhan Torres first posted about the feat on Redmond Pie’s Facebook page. He reportedly said, “I just make iMovie for iphone 4 run on an iphone 3GS, it’s very simple just download it from iTunes, modify info.plist file and change the Minimum system version to 3.0.0 and front-facing-camera to false”. According to a 9to5mac report, it’s actually not that simple. To achieve this, users first of all need a jailbroken device and some SSH skills. Redmond Pie themselves acknowledge that editing internal application (iMovie.ipa) files results in breaking Apple’s DRM.
Still, the source continues to dish out information such as making the app run on any jailbroken iPhone and iPod touch as long as it is running iOS 4, by changing the string for front facing camera to false. iPhone 3GS users can reportedly run iMovie even if they have iPhone OS 3.1.3 or 3.1.2 installed, by simply changing the minimum system version string. This, however, doesn’t work for iPads, which run iOS 3.2. A video demonstration of iMovie running on iPhone 3GS is then provided (embedded below).
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