Update: There is now a GUI application for unlocking the iPhone that simplifies things greatly.
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Congratulations to all the current and former members of the iPhone Dev team. They’ve just released a free software unlock for the iPhone that will allow it to be used on any GSM carrier without requiring hardware modification. The release comes just a little over a day after IphoneSIMFree finally released their commercial software unlock.
The commercial software looks like it may be easier to use, but I’m sure the open source iPhone hacking community will continue to polish the initial release they way they have with iPhoneInterface, Jailbreak, and installers for 3rd party apps. I’m glad they got their hack out so soon after the commercial version, because the commercial version almost certainly took advantage of their work on decrypting the restore image, gaining access to the phone, creating a toolchain for 3rd party apps, and also the hacked firmware for the cellular radio that GeoHot first released with his hardware unlock.
A tutorial on how to use the unlock software is supposed to be forthcoming. In the meantime you can find download sites after the jump:
- Original Site (http://www.deadbeef.cn/files/iUnlock.zip) is overloaded
- Official Mirrors, 1, 2
- Engadget
- Gizmodo (Source)
I’ll update as I find out about other legit mirrors.
Other coverage:
Update: There is now a GUI application for unlocking the iPhone that simplifies things greatly.
Great tip! Thanks for the links! As soon as I have tried out some of the software I will review those and give some guidelines on my website.
Do you have any experience with the software already??