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.
