Brazilians hack Apple iPhone 3G
p2pnet news view | Freedom | P2P:- It’s déjà vu all over again.
The vaunted Jesus phone has already been freed of its fetters, unlocked by a proud Brazilian crew.
Apple can abandon any idea that its iPhone 3G is safe, says TechGuru (Google translation).
Breno MacMasi and Paulo Stool, owners of Desbloqueiobr, had the full iPhone 3G (2.0) open within a mere 24 hours, it says.
And it was unlocked exactly like the original iPhone by, “using a special card that piggybacks to your SIM card, fooling the phone into thinking it’s using an official carrier,” according to Gizmodo.
The method, “forges the International Mobile Subscriber Identity, making the phone believe it’s working in the network in which it’s supposed to work,”ays the post, adding:
“There’s no word yet on the availability of this hack ….”
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TechGuru – Brasileiros são os primeiros do mundo a desbloquear o iPhone 3G, July 14, 2008
Gizmodo – iPhone 3G Unlocked with SIM Card Adapter, July 15, 2008
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July 15th, 2008 at 10:12 am
according to the most recent edition of the BBC’s “Click”, IT IS NOT ILLEGAL TO UNLOCK AN IPHONE – or any other phone.
of course, Click’s assurances presumably can only apply to UK law.
the issue they say is that phone services don’t want the overpriced phone unlocked because they subsidize the expense by offering them free or cheap to customers who take out a long-term contract. if the phone is unlocked, the customer can use any SIM card from any phone service.
so the service providers prefer the customer be locked into a long-term contract, instead of allowing the customer to choose how they use their phone.
and anyway, there are much better similar cameras out now – and many more coming out soon. the new iphone doesn’t even have a camera (according to the Click report) – for those who care about such things.
“Nokia, which sells more phones in one week than Apple does in a year, says it will join the party later this year with at least one touch screen smartphone.”