Update: There is now a GUI application for unlocking the iPhone that simplifies things greatly.
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Geohot and the other iPhone hackers have done it! They’ve unlocked the iPhone so it can be used on any GSM network without resorting to a chimerical hacked SIM card.
That’s the good news. The bad news? You have to take the phone apart and do some very delicate work to hook up special gizmos in order to perform the unlock. Nevertheless, this is important progress and will likely help the efforts to come up with a software-only unlock.
They are keeping the method secret for now, so someone doesn’t exploit their work before they can claim the ultimate prize themselves.
Finding JTAG on the 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.
Update: There is now a GUI application for unlocking the iPhone that simplifies things greatly.
can you unlock for me.. what is your charge?
Will the iPhone ever be able to be used with Verizon Wireless or will I need to switch carriers?
Can you unlock my iphone?
I’m not selling unlocks on this site, at least not yet. I originally chose this domain name as a joke, but interest is high enough, I might be foolish not to find a way to sell unlocks.
Will, the iPhone is GSM, which won’t work on Verizon’s (or Sprint’s) network. You’ll need to switch carriers to use an iPhone anytime soon.
If you aren’t in a huge hurry, I’d consider waiting until mid-fall to see if Apple releases a 3G capable version of the iPhone.
Whats the advantages of having the phone unlocked?
With an unlocked phone, you could use the phone on any carrier, not just AT&T. Any update?
you can unlock the iphone for $36, sad news you have to buy 50 licences and program call iphone sim free.
I saw an iphone on the verizon service today… Is this amazing or becoming common?
hi am levi from Mauritius i bought 1 iphone from USA and i hv unlock it and am using a normal simcard note to be able to unlock simcard u must not upgrade the firware.
if u use to computer then it will be easy to unlock the iphone by yourself. if the other guy and me from mauritius we are able to unlock the iphone so y not u can do so??????
so start learning how to hack it tips u wont sleep believe if u really wanna unlock it
hi eas u said that “If you aren’t in a huge hurry, I’d consider waiting until mid-fall to see if Apple releases a 3G capable version of the iPhone.
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im from egypt and i want to buy an unlocked iphone the GSM network here 3.5G, so did iphone will work in this network and there’s other thing i can sell these iphones here alot actully i know many friends want to buy it so if you can offer to me the 4GB and the 8GB i can be your reseller here in egypt and all the arabian countries because people here are very hungry to the new things so think about it and email me at eg.ahmad@gmail.com