NEWS: iPhone unlocked for any network

Next week - on sale- software to unlock your iPhone.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/i...ugust-24-2007/

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<[email protected]> wrote:
> Next week - on sale- software to unlock your iPhone.
>
> http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/i...ugust-24-2007/

And they said it couldn't be done!

Video showing T-Mobile SIM in use on the iPhone:
http://www.engadget.com/videos/iPhon...-unlock-hd.mp4


"Notes on the install:
* The unlock process took only a couple of minutes. From our end it was
totally painless.

* Once you put your new, non AT&T SIM in the device, you have to go
through the usual activation process. This can, of course, be done by anyone
anywhere with the right tools (like iASign or iActivator)

* We tested with an active T-Mobile SIM -- after the hack was finished
and we reactivated we immediately got full bars and the T-Mobile carrier
info popped up in the top bar.

* Everything is otherwise the same, except the menu system now has a
couple more options. The root menu has Carrier settings where you can select
your preferred network if you don't want to roam.

* The General -> Network menu now has an EDGE network settings area
where you can input your carrier's APN and username / password. We put in
our T-Mobile info, and were immediately online. (Apparently these hidden
menus were added in the 1.0.1 update, they tell us. How convenient!)

* Visual voicemail isn't in the cards -- sorry. That was, of course, to
be expected because it's a special AT&T network-specific feature right now.
When you hit the voicemail button you are taken immediately to your
carrier's default voicemail line though, and that works just like it would
on any other phone.

* Everything is confirmed as working on a non-AT&T network: SMS send /
receive, internet (including Safari, Mail, Google maps, etc.). YouTube
doesn't work out of the box, but that's to be expected. If you're not on
AT&T you have to manually activate YouTube -- here's the guide on how to do
that. (YouTube is the only app you have to activate like this.)

* We know, it's kind of crazy, but this isn't a hoax.

* No, sorry, you can't have our unlocked iPhone.

Restore / upgrade resistance:

* The iPhoneSIMfree.com guys claim this method is restore and upgrade
resistant. We have no way of knowing whether Apple will be able to disable
this SIM unlock with future iPhone software updates, but we can confirm that
it is restore-resistant.

* We performed a full restore (v1.0.2) on our iPhone and successfully
activated it using an inactive AT&T SIM.

* After fake-activating our iPhone, you merely pop out the AT&T SIM, put
in the foreign SIM of your choosing, reactivate, and you're done. "Boom," as
Steve might say.

* Restoring from an iPhone backup in iTunes worked perfectly despite the
lock and foreign SIM. The only thing to notice was the phone number is now
listed as "n/a" in iTunes. Big whoop.

* No, seriously. You can't have our unlocked iPhone.

Video
Before you get in a tizzy claiming it's a faked video, please note that:
* We show the T-Mobile SIM at the beginning and end.

* The video stream does get cropped toward the end. That's actually just
a crop to make sure the phone number on the second iPhone isn't shown. No
frames of the video stream were removed, it wasn't a cut.

* Just so you could be extra sure it's real, we even left in the GSM
radio noise.

* Dude, you can unlock your own iPhone soon, ok? You can't have ours."



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Mike

Tinman wrote:
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Next week - on sale- software to unlock your iPhone.
>>
>> http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/i...ugust-24-2007/
>
> And they said it couldn't be done!
>
> Video showing T-Mobile SIM in use on the iPhone:
> http://www.engadget.com/videos/iPhon...-unlock-hd.mp4

Wow, the iPhone is now usable with prepaid SIM cards when traveling.
It's not that it happened that's amazing, it's that it took so long, and
that so many iPhone buyers didn't even realize the limitation of not
being able to use a foreign prepaid SIM when traveling.

"SMS" wrote:
> Tinman wrote:
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Next week - on sale- software to unlock your iPhone.
>>>
>>> http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/i...ugust-24-2007/
>>
>> And they said it couldn't be done!
>>
>> Video showing T-Mobile SIM in use on the iPhone:
>> http://www.engadget.com/videos/iPhon...-unlock-hd.mp4
>
> Wow, the iPhone is now usable with prepaid SIM cards when traveling. It's
> not that it happened that's amazing, it's that it took so long, and that
> so many iPhone buyers didn't even realize the limitation of not being able
> to use a foreign prepaid SIM when traveling.

Somehow I think you could turn anything positive about the iPhone into a
negative. It's not with Verizon. Isn't it time you accepted that and moved
on?


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Mike

Tinman wrote:

> Somehow I think you could turn anything positive about the iPhone into a
> negative. It's not with Verizon. Isn't it time you accepted that and moved
> on?

It's just that what is normal for most phones is somehow big news for
the iPhone promoters, who will mis-state every positive, and ignore
every negative. Wait, didn't Apple invent the cell phone, or at least
the removable SIM card?

Personally I don't care that Verizon didn't want it.

On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:09:30 -0700, SMS <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Tinman wrote:
>
>> Somehow I think you could turn anything positive about the iPhone into a
>> negative. It's not with Verizon. Isn't it time you accepted that and moved
>> on?
>
>It's just that what is normal for most phones is somehow big news for
>the iPhone promoters, who will mis-state every positive, and ignore
>every negative. Wait, didn't Apple invent the cell phone, or at least
>the removable SIM card?
>
>Personally I don't care that Verizon didn't want it.


Which Verizon phone has a SIM card?

[email protected] wrote:

> Which Verizon phone has a SIM card?

Samsung a790. There may be one other as well.

In article <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On aug. 24, 23:15, [email protected] wrote:
> > On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:09:30 -0700, SMS <[email protected]>
> > wrote:

>
>
> WOW !

Yes, WOW for being an idiot and trying to sell the guy's free
instructions. Hope he spanks you good.

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On 8/26/07 3:13 PM, in article
[email protected], "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:

> On aug. 24, 23:15, [email protected] wrote:
>> On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:09:30 -0700, SMS <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Tinman wrote:
>>
>>>> Somehow I think you could turn anything positive about theiPhoneinto a
>>>> negative. It's not with Verizon. Isn't it time you accepted that and moved
>>>> on?
>>
>>> It's just that what is normal for most phones is somehow big news for
>>> theiPhonepromoters, who will mis-state every positive, and ignore
>>> every negative. Wait, didn't Apple invent the cell phone, or at least
>>> the removable SIM card?
>>
>>> Personally I don't care that Verizon didn't want it.
>>
>> Which Verizon phone has a SIM card?
>
> Hey Guys !
>
>
> Just found the real iPhone unlock site here:
>
>
> www.secretsofeasylife.com
>
> Awesome, I can use my iPhone eith my Tmobile sim, and use wifi and
> Itunes....
>
>
> WOW !
>
Ya think the first four spamming crap was enough? No this stupid sack o'****
thinks that we may have missed it before.

FucOff loser!

On aug. 24, 20:46, [email protected] wrote:
> Next week - on sale- software to unlock youriPhone.
>
> http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/i...dt-loses-iphon...

I just found the newest Iphone SimUnlocking method.
NO turbocard or other harware needed.
Awesome !

http://iphone.h18.ru/index.htm

On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:43:22 -0000, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On aug. 24, 20:46, [email protected] wrote:
>> Next week - on sale- software to unlock youriPhone.
>>
>> http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/i...dt-loses-iphon...
>
>I just found the newest Iphone SimUnlocking method.
>NO turbocard or other harware needed.
>Awesome !
>
>http://iphone.h17.ru/index.htm


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