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- SmackMyMac, on 10/11/2007, -1/+83Not even the best hackers can get the iPhone to work on Sprint or Verizon.
They are CDMA, the iPhone is GSM only.
Might want to strap a Sanyo to the back of the thing to make calls. - theonlyvlad, on 10/11/2007, -5/+61be prepared to never update your iPhone service, since any hack will most likely be patched.
- randomgeek, on 10/11/2007, -1/+40And then re-hacked.
- alefox, on 10/11/2007, -0/+29then patched again
- cyberdork, on 10/11/2007, -1/+30Taken from the main iPhone hacker site:
"Progress Report - Latest update July 6, 12:00AM
Boot Loader:
We've successfully issued commands to the boot loader. So far, we've been limited to power off, but have made significant progress on issuing other commands. Some of the commands are radio commands, and this is our key to wealth and prosperity. :-)
Unlocking:
We know how to unlock the phone, so the question now is whether we can get the commands to the radio or not. We don't believe our method is the only method, but assuming that with the help of some very smart folks we can get access to the radio, the firmware should be trivial to unlock.
iPhoneInterface:
We have successfully written a tool named iPhoneInterface allowing for some basic manipulation of things on the phone, and are releasing it tonight. We are including source code so you can understand the techniques we have used so far. We will be expanding the functionality of this tool significantly tomorrow. The best news is that we have prototype code that allows the ability to:
- Run any desired application already residing on the phone.
- Control what processes run on the phone (currently implementation is very hackish)
- Move files around on the phone
- Enable viewing of verbose information during the restore process
- Activate the phone without iTunes and without a token
Note: Not all of the features listed above are necessarily included in tonight's initial release.
We are continuing significant work on this tool and will probably have similarly worthwhile updates tomorrow.
Hardware side:
We are working some prototype circuitry which once understood, will allow us to access the debug capabilities of the phone. Stay tuned for more on this, as I don't have up-to-date information on this yet." - Alegoo92, on 10/11/2007, -1/+28Yeah, here's my bet: no.
- trghpy, on 10/11/2007, -3/+27good by warranty...
Helloooo freeedom! - albiniak, on 10/11/2007, -2/+25goodbye warranty.
- dinkola, on 10/11/2007, -0/+22Urm...it is Friday, and no hack yet. What do I win?
- tnoy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+22and hacked
- zachlutz, on 10/11/2007, -2/+17The iPhone could have been such a more attractive option had Apple simply sold an unlocked phone for $499 and opened it up to real Cocoa apps. In a world of Treos, BlackBerries and Windows Mobile devices, there's no excuse.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13What makes you think it wouldnt be distributed via iTunes?
- twmsdude, on 10/11/2007, -11/+24Nope. Until the iPhone comes to sprint then Apple is still at a loss with me. When is someone going to make a UNIVERSAL phone. With both GSM and CDMA. That'd be nice.
- galore, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13"There have already been successful attempts to activate the phone without going the _LEGAL_ (!!!) route of registering it with AT&T via iTunes."
Legal ?!
Whoever wrote that article is already successfully brainwashed by the corporate overlords.
It is NOT illegal to unlock your cell phone. See http://www.copyright.gov/1201/index.html item #5 - sinembarg0, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11@TechCF
Dark_Alex contributed so much to the PSP community. How can you be so selfish as to expect and demand he do more? With people like you demanding more from every person that does something good to help a community, or even a single entity, it's now clear to me why some of 'those who can' don't bother. - Goldbricker, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10Anyone else find it ridiculous that in this country you are trapped into a specific plan even though you BOUGHT the phone. I could forgive it if it's free, but if I'm shelling out hundreds of dollars I'd like to choose which network to use it on. It was much easier when I lived overseas and simply bought the phoen I wanted and then picked my service provider. Why don't we in the U.S. have that same option? Why the two year service agreements? Maybe it's an ignorant opinion, but I feel like Apple had a chance to change all this with the Iphone and in the process make a ton of money.
- chrisrowe, on 10/11/2007, -2/+12A lot of people outside the US can't wait for the iPhone so unlocking the device means they can use UK networks or even just put in their existing SIM. This isn't about using an EDGE data plan or CDMA or any of that. A lot of people, myself included, just want the iPod/Video/Web browser functionality tied into our phone. We're not bothered about the datarates as WiFi can do the job 99% of the time.
- reichec, on 10/11/2007, -2/+12So what they really mean in the above statement: "Um yeah we have no idea what we are doing and are willing to announce vague generalities at this time."
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10Have you ever asked AT&T (Cingular) for an unlock code? Good luck. They laughed in my face. Yes, I was out of contract.
- infobhan, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9I hope everyone realizes that, at least in the US, unlocking this phone would only add T-Mobile and maybe some very small carriers. Sprint and Verizon are not GSM.
- autoatsakiklis, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10It should be similar to PSP
- Ksg89, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10iPhone will sell lots more if its open to all, i don't want no AT&T *****
- danny951, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Um, nice, let's turn a $5-600 device into a fancy $149 iPod Nano. Just buy an 80GB iPod or wait a few months for the 6th gen ipods that are surely in the pipeline. "Activating" in this manner does not mean you can use it as a phone. This digg article is about unlocking it to use AS A PHONE on networks other than AT&T.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7You have to use iTunes to get content to the phone so unless you're happy with the content you put on it right now then you'll get patched automatically I bet.
- damien6669, on 10/11/2007, -5/+10yeah, they make a great soup!
- OriginalLucid1, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5I will put $1000 on no...
- kevnaca, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5a cookie!
- lastrite, on 10/11/2007, -3/+8I wouldn't be surprised, hopefully they'll totally rip it's security to shreds and get homebrew running, then I'd be hard pressed not to get one.
- cm00uw, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Correct me if I am wrong but I believe the Blackberry Curve is GSM and CDMA . . . at least I think I remember reading that when they released it
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6You pay FULL price on the phone AND have a contract termination fee. THAT is the ripoff.
- Angostura, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5You don't have to be online to use iTunes, though.
- bpapa, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Yeah, obviously they needed to do that since it's bombed so far, hasn't it?
- zabouth, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6but all of the UK and i think Europe is GMS
- AntBing, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Sorry man, Digg runs on U.S. time. It's only Friday morning.
- vigormortis, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3There are a number of dual mode GSM/CDMA phones available, the Motorola a840 and Samsung a795 being but two of them available from Verizon. I do a fair amount of international business travel and often find myself carrying one or the other.
- zabouth, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3and the someone works out how to hack the bootloader and rollback firmware or run more that one firmware
- TheKricket, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3oof! just a smidge too late...
- ffleming, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Yes, because Apple's 1st gen technology never has any problems. Seriously, have you never read any tech news ever?
- longboarder543, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3By "any network", they really mean "the other GSM network, T-Mobile" (here in the States at least, I know it will be nice for the rest of the world). Sprint and Verizon won't see one anytime soon.
- silverfires, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4So what you're actually saying is that you do?
- Tomson74, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Apple doesnt plan on releasing the iPhone for CDMA till 5yrs from now people
- AndrewDB, on 01/10/2008, -4/+7Hello freedom with ***** ring-tones!
- celerityfm, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5You keep using the word hack. I do not think that word means what you think it means, in fact, one reason why Apple's products are so great is that they seem to leave so many hacking possibilities open.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3You've not have much experience with the better warranties out there have you? Applecare on site service? Dell's Gold service? Give 'em a try, they are well worth it.
- ThirdPrize, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Yes, $600 for an 8Gb iPod. Cool.
- intekra, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2The SIM pops out with a paper clip...
- ChoadNamath, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Jesus Christ, I want to murder anyone who uses that ***** in public. It's just as rude as putting your phone on speakerphone and talking on it in public.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+5"iPhone on any network by Friday - who cares?" -- there, fixed the title.
- parsifal, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I remember reading that the iPhone's voicemail interface (from what I understand, it's a list you browse through like email) is only supported on AT&T's network. So, it sounds like at least this feature won't work on other networks. Perhaps there are other features that won't work, as well.
- inexplicable, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Oh yeah, and we're using 'magic radio signals' to do it. Really.
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