Now that
iPhoneSIMfree is in the wild, the
iPhone Dev Team folks that started all this hackery have been looking to see how the iPhoneSIMfree hack works, and seem to have landed upon the solution. Apparently the thrust of what the iPhoneSIMfree folks figured out was that it's possible to write / flash to the baseband of the iPhone -- the chip that controls the main voice and system functions of the phone. Apparently Geohot resorted to his hardware hack because it was believed this couldn't be done. Now that the Dev Team people have observed this flashing in action, they've launched into writing their very own unlocker using the same method, which will naturally be released free of charge as soon as it's ready. All signs point to the free unlocker being ready soon. On a slightly shadier note, there seems to be a parallel effort to emulate the iPhoneSIMfree server that does the unlocking magic for those currently willing to pay for the privilege. If it's to be believed, the fake server (and free service) should be ready to go in a matter of hours.
posted Sep 11th 2007 4:50PM
I hope they get it to work soon. Although I have already bought a license from Iphonesimfree.
It is always good that there are free solutions.
These people had been working very hard and they deserve all of our gratitude :)
This is good news, if this isn't a hoax. Other companies are selling their unlock preorders for ungodly amounts (though, some are reasonable, I hear) and this one would be free.
This would be the second time early adopting iPhone users would be screwed. Ouch!
Done
http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=123
Don't pay for IPSF
Hi, I did unlock my Iphone using the free iUnlock software. just follow the instruction as in the site and it's working.. Great evryone can try, no need to spend money on Iphonesimfree software.. ..........