Spire is known to us as the first legal Siri port, unfortunately however Spire is not yet compatible with the newest version of iOS (5.1). The reason why Spire is not compatible with iOS version 5.1 yet is simple, the developers stopped making Spire… or at least have not had time to update it.
Don’t worry though, a new alternative is available to Spire called Spite. Spite is a much faster than spire, but is still in beta. Depending on your device and how many gigabytes of flash storage it has, Spite may or may not work. Thus, it is important to keep in mind that on some devices Spite will not work and you will have to restore for you device to work again.
If you would like to get Spire working on your iOS device running iOS 5.1 then you will be glad to know in this how to guide from iJailbreak.com you will learn how to do just his by installing the Spite Cydia tweak.
How To Install Spite Cydia Tweak
Note: If you are using an iPod Touch 4G or 8GB, you will have to restore. So do not proceed. If you are using an iPhone 4 8GB or 16GB the Camera.app will not work. So proceed at your own risk.
Step 1) – Open the Cydia.app and add the following repository:
repo.technetec.com/beta
Step 2) – Install Spite (5.1) or if you are on 5.0.1 or 5.0 and you want the new and faster Spire get Spite (5.0.1).
Step 3) – Reboot, if you are using 5.1, you most likely have a tethered jailbreak. So boot tethered using RedSn0w.
Note: The i4Siri proxy will not work, since when you try to install it, it says you need Spire. It should be updated when Spite is out of beta though.
Enjoy Spite/Spire, and tune in for more tutorials on Siri, Spire/Spite proxies and of course for an announcement when Spite comes out of beta. Please leave any further questions or thoughts in the comments.
[Written by Yahya Kisana]
hey! what do do on iPad 2 on 5.0.1 AND CAN i get your (Yahya Kisana) email
You write this like chpwn just changed the name and continued on. This is untrue. Spite is from different developers than spire. Whether that is good or bad is left up to your judgement.
The rewrite clears it up :)
Didn’t worked for me, had to restore my iPhone 4 _16GB_ iOS 5.1….!
does this work or do we need a proxy like spire?????????????????
i have Spire on my iphone 4 with iOS 5.0.1..and it´s working now, but if i install the new Spite 5.0.1, will it work without having to upgrade other stuff? or should as it´s been said,, not mess with the working things?
Did you reboot using redsnow? Since you probly have a tethered jailbreak?
Your always going to need a proxy. They are not gonna host one unless they make you pay ~10-20$ for the app/yearly.
Your always going to need a proxy. They are not gonna host one unless they make you pay ~10-20$ for the app/yearly.
this just killed my ipad 1st gen
seriously it wont even boot now and I cant recover it using redsnow or itunes any help out there?????????
Please send me your email, I’m not going to list my email in the comments since I don’t want to get spammed.
does this work correctly
Please tell me what is going on, this worked on all my devices…
How many gigabytes do you have on your iPad?
Tats grt … Me to have iphone 4 ios 5.0.1 jailbreaked bt ive installed spire … Bt i dont hv the proxy server … Wat shal i do ??? N hw s it working ?? Plz reply soon
64 gb ipad 1 gen just got it to boot tethered in 5.1 but im afraid to try this again its a pain in the ass to rejailbreak
Going to test it on iPhone 4 iOS 5.1 wanted to make sure do i need a proxy for this?
worked on mine iPhone 4 16GB iOS 5.1 you need to wait after it reboots wait 2mins before you tethered in to start you’re device also there is some camera and plugins which you need to download it to make it work basically there was a 140mb file “Spite 2.3” and some 85mb plugin/fix file named as “Spite 2.4” which you will need.
I wouldn’t recommend to try it out on any 1st gen devices as its still in beta stage and there are lots of bugs it even slows down iphone 4 to some extend sometimes.
its not working????
It works but you need siri proxy sever address
iPhone 4 16gb 5.0.1 … Stuck on Apple logo after reboot. I’ve been waiting over 1/2 hour and nothing.
I guess I’ll have to reinstall through Redsnow (hopefully it’ll work).
Is Spire safer than Spite?
Unfortunately it seems that the spite repo is offline.
Boot tethered?
Yeah the repo doesn’t work D:
would this work on untethered?
Ipad 1st Gen ruins my ipad. After you reboot it tethered, the sync sound just keeps playing and theres a spinner in the middle of my screen.
Fail.
Tell me when there’s a fix!
I have an iPhone 4 on iOS 5.1. I jailbroke it using redsn0w 0.9.10b6 which is a tethered jailbreak. I installed the 2.4 fix first accidentally before the 2.3. This was not good as when it rebooted, it just hung on the Apple logo forever and never rebooted. I tried to JustBoot tethered. That didn’t work. I tried to reinstall Cydia, and that didn’t work either. I finally had to do a full restore which at first wasn’t working but after a few attempts, I finally was able to restore my iPhone.
Is there anything I can do to get Spite working on my iPhone? What steps do I need to follow?
Yep, same thing with me on my iPod touch 4th gen. Plus, after a while the two beeps when you start up Siri are just buzzes…
try power+home for 10 seconds. if that doesnt work, put it in dfu mode and restore.
This Tweak just killed my iPhone 4. After I installed Spite and boot in tethered (iOS 5.1), my phone just showed me a “Green Screen” look a like and cant revive it now. I can’t even restore it in redsnow or iTunes
the source didnt work for me. wtc?
oh thanks this just craped up my ipod
Did re-install recover your boot?
could not add the repo… so much for step 1
Iphone 4 16g here running 5.1 Jailbroke with redsnow, It deffinately works but it kills your video camera, facetime and anything else that uses your video camera, and it takes like 10 seconds to load the regular camera, so i installed the 2.4 fix for 5.1 and that made my camera work, but killed other apps such as facebook etc, tried uninstalling and it took my graphics drivers with it, so had to do a full restore and rejailbreak… PAIN IN THE ASS!!!!
I’m on an iPod touch fourth gen. When I installed it, my iPod went into and endless reboot even though I am on 5.1.1 untethered. I had to restore. Is this because it’s on beta or what?
I don’t know why anyone would want to download this piece of crap 95MB package when all it does is slow down/kill your device in a heartbeat. There is a better solution to this and its called Sara. The repo is: http://isoftjsc(dot)com. After adding the repo install the “Sara 0.2.2 build-29” and there you go! Better version of Siri without the bs of killing devices. Best thing is is that you don’t need a proxy!
Killed my Ipad 2 and cant restore, thanks this is great….
download an ios IPSW file . and click restore by hiting Shift key :)
Hi,I keep try to Do all those things with Spire and all those thing But when I try to download them.In the middle when Im downloading This read lettering comes up saying “sub-process/bn/bzip2 returned an error code
I keep getting a 404 Not Found error when I try to download the 5.1 version.
I installed this about 2 weeks ago on my 4th gen ipod everything was good until i went to uninstall then it got stuck in a infinite boot loop
The commment I just posted before this is only for 5.1.1 Untethered using absinthe
cool
i got ios 5.1 untethered and it says 404 not found
Kill my iPad 1….
It’s not a real link
WOW!!! I had a really crazy chat conversation with someone on the technetec site. I paid for access back in late September. I have not yet gotten access to Spite (it’s October THIRD now) and went to that site to inquire. Dude was crazy rude and banned my IP from the site as well as threatened to post my IP to Twitter. Finally opted to “check” and then sent me an email address for someone else. The original site form this article leads to nothing now (404 I guess???)…Be careful here…something just don’t quite seem “right”…