Hackers unlock iPhone 3G, free it from shackles of AT&T

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Hackers unlock iPhone 3G, free it from shackles of AT&T



http://dvice.com/archives/2009/01/hackers_unlock.php

It's a new year and a new day for iPhone hackers — the iPhone G has finally been unlocked. As of a couple of hours ago, the unlocking app called Yellowsn0w, created by a group of hackers calling themselves the iPhone Dev Team, is now available as a free download.

This is great news for iPhone owners who don't want to be chained to AT&T — now they're free to use the iPhone with the carrier of their choice. For example, what if you want an iPhone, but there's no AT&T coverage in your area? T-Mobile is a favorite of the expatriates, with a lower data cost per month, but then they don't get Apple's gorgeous Visual Voice Mail.

Unlocking is different from "jailbreaking," which has been possible with the iPhone 3G for a few months now. That gives you the ability to load software applications not approved by Apple, such as an app that lets you use the iPhone's 3G connectivity as a modem for your PC, hundreds of games, extensive customization of backgrounds and sounds, new ways to organize all those apps, and a whole lot more. The risk of turning your iPhone into a useless "brick?" Slight.

[BlooInBloo]

1. Nice....

I'm loving my google phone - sim and bootloader unlocked, running linux.

[Tesha]

2. We'll see how long the hack lasts. Me, I'm reasonably happy with ATT. (NT)

[Luminous Animal]

3. The only reason why I won't get an iPhone

is AT&T. Fucking enablers for spying on U.S. citizens.

[Tesha]

4. You're a lot more sanguine than I am that Verizon, T-Mobile, etc. didn't/won't...

roll over in exactly the same way AT&T apparently did. They denied it?
Well, of course they did!

Any transmissions over the air are susceptible to eavesdropping/disruption
if the government wishes to do so, no matter who the carrier is.

Tesha

[Luminous Animal]

9. Bingo! I don't have a cell phone!

99% of my personal communications are face to face.

[K Gardner]

5. Does that mean I could buy an iPhone and use it with Verizon - legally? And how much of

a hacker do you have to be to pull that off?

[ACTION BASTARD]

6. I don't think so.

Verizon is CDMA and the iPhone is built for GSM, I believe.

[Tesha]

7. Correct. Verizon rejected Apple's early overtures, BTW. (NT)

[K Gardner]

8. Drat.. lol. Thanks :-)

[anonymous171]

10. Sweet. nt