Unlocking Mobile – iPhoneSIMfree goes retail, let the unlocking begin
iPhoneSIMfree goes retail, let the unlocking begin
Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/iPhoneSIMfree_goes_retail’; After numerous delays and endless cries of “hoax!”, it looks like the iPhoneSIMfree iPhone unlocking software is finally available for purchase from four online retailers around the world. Wireless Imports in the US, iPhoneWorldwideUnlock in Australia, 1digitalphone in Germany, and iPhone4arab in Saudi Arabia (currently down) have all purchased bulk licenses from the iPhoneSIMfree team and are selling individual unlocks for around $100 (Update: that price is just from the US etailer, it seems; looks like the Aussies are letting it go for under 50 bucks American. Also, the Hackint0sh community is already busy at work trying to snatch these sites’ code as we speak). Go nuts, and let us know your initial experiences below…Update: The Hackint0sh guys claim they will not be reverse engineering the iPhoneSIMfree software. Ok, well, whatever. Scratch that. That crew definitely seems to be reverse engineering the IPSF solution, and frankly we can’t blame ‘em. Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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Don’t worry, iPhone hackers: Apple doesn’t hate you
Filed under: Cellphones It’s really an ethical dilemma for the ages. On one hand, you love your shiny new Apple toy so much, you just have to hack in new functionality, on the other hand you can’t bear to think that the mighty Steve Jobs thinks ill of you and your hacker ways. Well now you can finally put those fears to rest, because Apple’s Greg Joswiak has officially confirmed a “neutral” stance on the iPhone hacking issue. That is to say, Apple doesn’t plan to maliciously attempt to break native, third-party applications in forthcoming firmware updates, but at the same time Apple won’t go out of its way to ensure those updates don’t break third-party applications accidentally, and certainly isn’t offering support to the hackers of any kind. We’d say it’s a step above “frenemy,” but not quite to the point where Steve’ll be demoing Jailbreak at his next keynote. Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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iPhone SIM unlock giveaway: round 2
Filed under: Announcements, CellphonesiPhoneSIMfree’s finally launched, and the crew that software unlocked the iPhone has hooked us up with five iPhone unlocks to give away to you, our faithful, iPhone obsessed readers. We’ll be giving one away each day of the week this week. Here’s how it works.Details about the unlock Bring your own iPhone. We’re not supplying the device, just the unlock. You must send us your iPhone’s IMEI; you can’t resell the unlock. If we don’t receive your IMEI in a timely manner, we may award the unlock to someone else. We will not be offering tech support on the unlock. Once you’ve got it, it’s out of our hands, ok? We do not make any guarantees about the unlock. We’re not guaranteeing that it will work when your phone gets the next Apple update later this month, that it will work with your SIM or your carrier, or even that it will work on your phone. We’re not even going to guarantee you won’t end up with a bricked phone. We’re just handing it off to the winner, the end. The other regular rules (yeah, there are always rules): Leave a comment below. That’s it! Who loves you, baby. You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you’ll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.) In other words, be careful when commenting and if you submit more than once, only activate one comment, ok? If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory. Contest is open to anyone worldwide! Duh. Winner will be chosen randomly. Entries can be submitted for the next 24 hours. After that we’ll move on to the next iPhone unlock. Good luck! Permalink | Email this | CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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iTunes now serving-up Ringtones
Filed under: Cellphones If paying for ringtone snippets of the songs you already own is your idea of a good time, then get on over to iTunes trust funders, Apple’s now serving up ringtones at $1.98 a pop. But they’re only $0.99 you say? Nope, remember, you have to buy the rights to the song too. Fun. Keep it safe, kids.[Thanks, Pinsleric, Michael F. and everyone who sent this in] Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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iUnlock released: the first free, open source iPhone SIM unlock software
Filed under: Cellphones digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/iUnlock_released_the_first_free_open_source_iPhone_SIM_unlock_software’; It looks like the battle’s officially over between iPhoneSIMfree and the numerous unique groups of open source hackers trying to software SIM unlock the iPhone. As we’ve been following in our previous post on the topic, earlier this afternoon iUnlock, the first free, open source iPhone SIM unlock app, was released to the underground just 74 days after the iPhone’s release. Developed by the iPhone Dev Team, it’s not (yet) for the faint of heart and it takes a little longer to do its magic than iPhoneSIMfree’s method, but it works. To pull this off you’ll need iUnlock + nor + the .fls file, which is available in ZIPs all over. We’ve got the app here, but this package doesn’t include all of the files necessary. Good list of links here, or try here, here, here, here, and here.For the how-to, just hit up one of those guides down below. Naturally, we offer zero guarantees that any of this will work. (Read: don’t whine to us if your iPhone gets bricked.) Big ups to the iphone.unlock crew, Draken, and, of course, the iPhone Dev Team. Let us know in comments if this technique works for you.Update: We’ve confirmed the hack! Yes, it’s fully restore-resistant, too, which is great news. We’ll get you all the juicy proof in a few, but we have indeed managed to software unlock an iPhone with iUnlock. Also, HaRRo says the app should be out “very soon” to make this easier on the noobs.Update 2: Depending on activation method, YouTube might not be working after the unlock — ours isn’t. This is, of course, expected behavior. There’s a Windows script here that should hopefully fix you up (again, we don’t make any guarantees), but Mac users will have to look elsewhere. Also, alongside the Mac GUI iUnlock app in the works, the iPhone Dev Team is prepping a Windows version, a simple bash script and an iPhone app — and eventually an all-in-one app that can do everything from the Jailbreak to the unlock.Update 3: We’ve posted our terminal output from using the hack after the break. Go ahead. Nerd out. Also, the graphical version isn’t out quiet yet, but we’ve got the first image of it above. Check it out.Update 5: Ok, the graphical unlock app still isn’t yet out, but we’ve tested an early build, and it definitely works! Check it out here.Read – Official unlock guideRead – Unofficial unlock guideContinue reading iUnlock released: the first free, open source iPhone SIM unlock software Permalink | Email this | CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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iPhoneSIMfree’s end-user solution tested, it works!
Filed under: Cellphones digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/iPhoneSIMfree_s_End_user_solution_tested_It_works’; So last Friday we got two things from iPhoneSIMfree: the demo version of their software SIM unlock solution, and the promise that it would be available for purchase today. We can’t confirm that anyone’s actually received their iPhone unlock orders, but we did get to test the release version of the software unlock today — the very same thing people all over will be paying to unlock their devices with — and, not surprisingly, it works like a charm. In other words, while we can’t vouch for any of the vendors selling the software, we can vouch for the software itself working exactly as advertised. We’ve got the full unlock on video, which we’ll be posting shortly. Permalink | Email this | CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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More Palm Centro details leaked for Sprint
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds The cats at the Morning Paper claim to have a piece of marketing collateral which spills, or at least, reshuffles the beans on the Palm Centro for Sprint. EV-DO, check. Palm OS (Garnet), check. Touch-screen, check (obviously). Really, the only things we haven’t seen before is the list of Sprint services it’ll be packing: Sprint TV, On Demand, IM, Mobile Email, and Google maps in the slimmest Treo, er Palm OS device yet. But Garnet on a Q4 2007 Palm release? Puh-lease.[Thanks, Sheldon] Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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HD video: iPhone unlocked on camera from start to finish
Filed under: Cellphones, Features digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/iPhone_unlocked_on_camera_from_start_to_finish’; Ok, here it is, the first time on camera you’ve seen a real iPhone software SIM unlocked from start to finish (and not done with the demo app iPhoneSIMfree sent out last week). The last iPhoneSIMfree unlock video we had only showed of the end result of a successful iPhone unlock, which took place off-camera. This time we’re doing the entire process, which we confirmed earlier this morning, on video. For quick reference, here are the steps we took on camera: Started with AT&T SIM inserted Inserted T-Mobile SIM, showed that it produces invalid SIM error (expected behavior for a locked iPhone) Connected to iPhone over SSH Transferred iPhoneSIMfree unlock app over SCP Restarted SpringBoard (iPhone default application launcher) Ran iPhoneSIMfree app When complete, iPhone shows that T-Mobile SIM no longer produces invalid SIM error, instead asks for activation (expected behavior for an iPhone that has a valid SIM, but is not yet activated) Prep for re-activation off camera using iAsign (phone is now unlocked, but still activated with AT&T) Back on camera: activate iPhone with T-Mobile SIM using iAsign Make test call to another phone Activate iPhone once more with AT&T SIM using iAsign Granted, we don’t expect end-users to take all these steps when unlocking their iPhone — we just went a little overboard here so everyone can see the release software is functional, and unlocks iPhones as advertised. Embedded player after the break. [MP4] Download in 720p HD (187MB)[MP4] Download in wide VGA (61MB)[AVI] Download in 720p HD (187MB)[AVI] Download in wide VGA (61MB)Continue reading HD video: iPhone unlocked on camera from start to finish Permalink | Email this | CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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