yet another iPhone thread

[Akula]

It has been unlocked... Now I might be interested.

[Supplicium]

agreed. it would suck though if u unlocked on say verizon then somehow they created a work around to block it either on the iphone or the network.

 

none the less gj to the group that hacked it last night.

[wnaplay1647545503]

What does it mean to have a phone unlocked?

[Akula]

When you go to att and get a cell phone it only works with att's network. When you unlock the phone it works with tmobile too, assuming you have a tmobile sim card.

 

for me I could take it to the UK and use my pay-as-you-go sim to make calls, but I wouldn't have to use the POS phone I have.

[wnaplay1647545503]

So I could say put a nextel sim card in any unlocked phone and it would use the nextel network?

[Akula]

Does nextel use SIMs? If so, and they are GSM (I think they are PCS) it would work.

[wnaplay1647545503]

Does nextel use SIMs? If so, and they are GSM (I think they are PCS) it would work.

 

Cool, thanks I was always curious. One more, how does a phone get unlocked?

[Akula]

typically you call into their support and say you need to unlock your phone. They ask for your IMEI number (unique identifier for the phone) and then send you a code to type in to unlock it.

 

The iPhone doesn't allow for this type of unlocking via the interface, so a guy figured out how to do it in hardware.

[HotCarl]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/08/24/iphone.unlocked.ap/index.html

[Casper]

Here's the kid's blog:

http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/

 

He's selling it on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230164884672

[Supplicium]

edit

[Casper]

I dont know about this kid story, I was under then impression that http://www.iphonesimfree.com/ hacked it which was a team of 6 programmers.

 

That's a software hack, and not released yet.

[Minty Fresh]

I didn't read any of the articles yet. But, if it does in fact work, it's probably T-Mobile only. (Which the iPhone was already slated to work with over in Europe). I don't think it will work on any other carrier, even if it's "unlocked." You'd also probably lose Visual Voicemail.

[Supplicium]

Yeah I took out my post. I was unaware of this story.

 

The kid has a bright few ahead of him.

[Casper]

Yeah I took out my post. I was unaware of this story.

 

The kid has a bright few ahead of him.

This kid is going to make history, and not just for this. You know he's going to figure out a lot of shit in the near future.

[surefooted]

Its a GSM phone so it would only work on ATT and T-Mobile anyways as mentioned above.

 

edit: I see ATT and Apple going after him with the DMCA.

[Akula]

Its a GSM phone so it would only work on ATT and T-Mobile anyways as mentioned above.

 

edit: I see ATT and Apple going after him with the DMCA.

 

Actually, it will work with O2, Orange, Vodafone, <insert name of European/Asian provider here>

 

You could get one, unlock it and sell it for $300 more to a person in EMEA. Gotta remember there are more countries than just he US.

 

I go to the UK for like 15 weeks per year, I would love to have a sweet phone to use while I am there.

 

In the US, there are limited GSM offerings but GSM is the only transmission methodology in Europe.

[SlowZ06]

So I could say put a nextel sim card in any unlocked phone and it would use the nextel network?

 

No, Next-Hell uses iDEN technology, which isn't compatible with GSM phones. The only ones that aren't iDEN are the hybrid phones (ic402/502/902), and those are on the PCS network. Blackberries are as good as it gets for us.