Those excruciating sounds you get word are the tortured shout of despair coming from Steve Jobs ’s office staff in Cupertino , California , following written report that some intrepid iOS hacker has calculate out a way to get Adobe Flash working on the iPhone — sort of .
Developer Comex , the same singularly - named individual who create thatWeb - base jailbreaking site earlier this month , has unleash “ Frash ” for the iPhone , iPad , and iPod signature . If you ’ve jailbroken any of the compatible devices — which include the iPhone 4 , the iPhone 3GS flow iOS 4 , the third - generation iPod tactile sensation , and the iPad — you’re able to now get Flash working inside of Mobile Safari , if you make bold .
Gadgets DNAprovides footfall - by - whole step instructions ; you ’ll add a custom repository into Cydia , install Frash , and then reset your iPhone .
The iPhone has never offered support for Flash , which has sparked a long - running disputation not just between Adobe and Apple , but even among smartphone users . Earlier this year , Apple CEO Steve Jobs pennedsome public thoughts on Flash , excuse that Apple continue it off iOS devices for a variety of reason — among them its vulnerability to exploits , its general mutual exclusiveness with touchscreens , and its deleterious impression on battery life .
Adobe , for its part , has been stating its intention to embark a mobile version of Flash for Google ’s Android smartphone platform for several month , but a concluding version of the software is still not usable to user of all Android equipment .
Remember , jailbreaking is legalnow . So if you lack fright , or perhaps taste , Flash is just a few tap off .
Update : impart clarification that mobile Flash has been revolve out to some but not all Android substance abuser . — decimetre
