Apple showcased the new 3D maps in iOS6 at WWDC 2012 and said that the best features of maps will only be available for A5-enabled iDevices, and thus iPhone 4 and the iPad owners will be devoid of a few things. That was the line that Apple said for not giving the 3D map for earlier iDevices. However, things don’t seem true.
A hacker from Russia has successfully ported the iOS6 3D maps to iPhone 4 which just goes to show that the app could have been made compatible by Apple, but they didn’t wish to support the earlier customers. There is a catch and that is the app has a few issues with running, but the developer ensures that he is fixing the stuff and secondly, it’s in Russian. You can off-course uses Google Translate for help.
The hack doesn’t need installation of any libraries from Cydia or just in plain English, you don’t need Cydia installed on your iDevice for it to work.
The information hit the web to help of YouTube videos and after then, it has gone viral with some users saying it a success and few are finding it hard. You can go here for more instructions on the way to port the stuff. You can use Google translate for translation from Russian to English.
