Hacker Shows Off World's First Unlocked iPhone
Yes thats right, we have an unlocked iPhone. The hardware is only used to unlock
the iPhone, and can be removed after it's unlocked. Thanks to gray, iProof,
geohot, dinopio, lazyc0der, and an anonymous contributor for making this
possible. Thanks also to everyone who donated and stuck with us in
#iphone.unlock. Our group has agreed to release the method in one week. The
current method involves taking apart your phone and doing some complicated
soldering, with a high probablity of a bricked phone. Although after the phone
is unlocked all the hardware can be removed. We hope to find a software unlock
very soon. So in one week exactly from this blog post(thats less than the time
it takes to ship a turbosim) we will release simple step by step instructions
for unlocking, probably not even involving hardware. Sorry about the wait, but I
assure you it will be worth it.
I found this at
http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/2007/08/full-hardware-unlock-of-iphone-done.html
In a video up on the Finding Jtab on the iPhone blog, a shaggy-haired young hacker holds up an iPhone and proclaims "This is the world's first unlocked iPhone."
By unlocked, he means he's gotten around having to use the iPhone with AT&T. In the video, he holds the phone up to the camera to show the T-Mobile connection indicator on the screen, makes a phone call, and then removes a T-Mobile SIM card.
He says he and his team had to take the phone apart and perform some complicated soldering, but they hope to have a software unlock figured out when they post details of their hardware unlock in a week.
Ars Technica also has a blog post up with a few guesses about how the team pulled it off.
I found this at
http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/005210.html
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I am sure by now you all have seen George Hotz blog and how he unlocked his iphone, we are looking for suppliers of unlocked iPhones. If anyone is interested in taking up this venture please email me at Dave@unlockedapplephone.com
We would love to sell your unlocked iPhones on our website http://www.unlockedapplephone.com
I am sure by now you all have seen George Hotz blog and how he unlocked his iphone, we are looking for suppliers of unlocked iPhones. If anyone is interested in taking up this venture please email me at Dave@unlockedapplephone.com
We would love to sell your unlocked iPhones on our website http://www.unlockedapplephone.com