It’s Been Done - The iPhone is Free
08.27.07 - 11:53am
The long awaited (well, long in two months is forever dudes long) iphone hack to free the iPhone from AT&T’s slow and sometimes just plain lousy service has been done. By who? - well a 17 year-old kid named George Holtz who actioned off one of the iPhones on e-bay for a new Nissan 350z. His e-bay auction did get shut down by pranksters offering millions for the iPhone but Holtz still made out pretty well.
Not many could probably do what he has done however as the tools he used involved; an iPhone, a trusty case opener, a soldering iron, fine pitch wire, an unlock switch and a Red Bull energy drink. Basically you must solder new connections into the microcircuitry - another basically - if you really want it done hire Holtz to do it for you, unless you’re really good at soldering or unless you don’t mind a $600 paperweight.
Holtz wasn’t the only one to unlock the iPhone this weekend however, iPhoneSIMfree.com said they to have done it with just a piece of software. They did not release the software however, just said that they would unlock the iPhone FREE OF CHARGE to three publications - after that they will surely charge.
Uniquephones, a mobile phone unlocking business, also said they had unlocked the iPhone as well and would be offering a software-only downloadable service for $25 to $50 dollars, that is until Apple and AT&T sent them warnings saying that they had best not release the software if they know whats good for them. So far they haven’t released the software but we can be sure they are in discussions with their lawyers.
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