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Free iPhone software SIM unlock released [Updated]
Following Monday’s announcement of commercial sales of iPhone unlocking solutions, intrepid hackers have released a free method for unlocking the iPhone via software. The manual steps were originally released by the iPhone Dev Team, and have been verified to work by iLounge editor Jesse David Hollington. Following this release, a GUI application is in development that will greatly reduce the technical skill required to perform an unlock. After performing the unlock, the iPhone can be used with any SIM from any service provider.
Update: The GUI application originally linked in this story is actually the work of TUAW’s Erica Sadun. We have removed the link to the unfinished GUI application, as Erica, the true developer of the application, plans to release her work through the installer.app package manager for the iPhone once it is ready.
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1
Ha! Take that you for-profit unlockers!
Posted by dasmb on September 12, 2007 at 11:30 AM (CDT)
2
Does the phone need to be activated first?
Posted by otaku on September 12, 2007 at 11:56 AM (CDT)
3
Just trying to unlock my iphone for free.
Posted by jeremy on December 14, 2009 at 11:08 AM (CST)