The Hack for unlocking the iphone from at&t

[tall, dark & Handsome]

This thing is pissing me off. has anyone gotten an iphone and used it by another service provider? Do I have to wait 24 hours after getting ther hack?

[JohnnyWalkerBlackLabel]

you will not like what I have to say

great phone: lousy terms

legally they should not be able to get away with NOT giving you the code to unlock the phone to use with whatever network other than AT&T that's GSM that you'd want to, but they've been able to shuck & jive around this for months which is fucked up

the hack as far as I know should have been instantaneous, try it again after a phone reset, see what happens

also

be careful what you check out on the iphone, as part of the terms you give them the right to observe various things you browse (i.e. stocks) and numerous users have recently gotten stock advice based on what they checked out with their own stock portfolios browsing them on the iphone

JWBL™

[Idgaf]

Better hacks should come out soon as a court in Germany has decided
that the contract to the provider is not binding on any iphones purchased in Germany ,no matter whether they were purchased befored this decision came out or not.

The existing hack is easily found by Google.
I have it.
A link to it was published by the New York Times ,if I remember correctly.

[Gtech]

Go to tuaw.com and look under iphone hacks for details. There is a bunch of info if you look deep enough to unlock. It is a great phone.

[sjamaica]

u guys are crazy. if u dont like at&t, don't buy an iphone.
any hack u do, can be disabeled and then what?i no more updates forever?

i've had 1 for a month. the first week, it wa tough to love, but once i let go of the old ways, and by that i mean, the faults that other phones give u, like looking fthru menus, and scrolling through pages ti loved it

i use a mac, so the intergration with my Address book and iCal was worth it alone. because i use a mac, the change was eaiser for me, but years of training on OTHER phones, has hard to let go.

i will say that the edge network for web browsing can be ok ( in manhatten, near the airports)
in other places, with out wi-fi, FORGET it. dont even bother.

but , i used to come home and light up the laptop to check e-mail, no more ,
all my mails ( time warner, gmail, and the others) come thru ( even on EDGE) so i keep up to date
all in all, it's great as a comm device, as ad ipod , its ok, but it needs a time waster on board, even the pos solitare that come on iPods would be an improvement.
one other thing i've noticed, it is a great wifi network finder! in the trendy/arty areas, you can find free wifi very often, but because it dosent tell you how much time you have left (if it does,i havent found it yet) i worry about battery life. i know that wi fi usage eats the batt much faster than edge. but i have gonr through a weekend with out charging and was ok. but because it dosent act as a hard drive ( like an iPod can) any usb port can be used to charge it and any usb to dock connectoer can be used

[tall, dark & Handsome]

They sent me to jailbreakme.com my wifi is working fine, but the biggest flaw I find is that when I attempt to click on the appsnap installer for 1.1.1 it's sends me to http://jailbreakme.com/files/y/tiff this does not seem to be recognized by my phone as there is a question mark (I imagine some sort of unveiwable Image) on the screen.

I had edge technology on my last pearl. I liked the edge technology, I fucking hated the peal. I have owned three black berries and a t-mobile sda in three years, and combined could have had a very satisfying phone. On their own I disliked each.
& I think they are all built with planned obsolessence in mind meanning none of them have lasted a year w/o getting squirrley. Ie, turning off at strange times, locking mechanisms going haywire etc.

So far the iphone looks to have the best calling and history features. I am on the phone ALL the time with a lot of people so this means retrieving numbers means a lot to me. I also use maps a lot.
But, Fuck AT&T I had them back in '96 and they piss me off, so never again.

I usually buy every new PDA that comes out (I haven't even listed to ones I returned to the store) but the iphone looks to be the best. the reason I didn''t buy it when it first came out was Jobs fucked up on the price point. He also fucked up on the exclusivity of the provider. assuming that the latter point has been rectified..I'll keep it but:

As nice as it is, it's just a fucking phone, if I don't have this thing up and running by Friday afternoon....It's going back to the shop.

[Harvey Byrdman]

When did you get the phone? What firmware is running on it currently?

[BrendaQG]

be careful what you check out on the iphone, as part of the terms you give them the right to observe various things you browse (i.e. stocks) and numerous users have recently gotten stock advice based on what they checked out with their own stock portfolios browsing them on the iphone

JWBL™

Ok so I the Iphone would not be good for business purposes. Noted. I wonder if AT&T has been eaves dropping on me already. :-?

[Kenal0]

Go to hacktheiphone.com and follow the directions carefully. Phone should work fine.

[Chuck]

As in any hack it helps to know what you are doing as opposed to just following instructions.

[Bandyspring]

I thought they add in elements to the patches which will disable and deactivate your phone when you update the iphone? There was an piece about it in Tuesday Morning Quarterback a few weeks back.

[Northof60]

u guys are crazy. if u dont like at&t, don't buy an iphone.
any hack u do, can be disabeled and then what?i no more updates forever?

i've had 1 for a month. the first week, it wa tough to love, but once i let go of the old ways, and by that i mean, the faults that other phones give u, like looking fthru menus, and scrolling through pages ti loved it

i use a mac, so the intergration with my Address book and iCal was worth it alone. because i use a mac, the change was eaiser for me, but years of training on OTHER phones, has hard to let go.

i will say that the edge network for web browsing can be ok ( in manhatten, near the airports)
in other places, with out wi-fi, FORGET it. dont even bother.

but , i used to come home and light up the laptop to check e-mail, no more ,
all my mails ( time warner, gmail, and the others) come thru ( even on EDGE) so i keep up to date
all in all, it's great as a comm device, as ad ipod , its ok, but it needs a time waster on board, even the pos solitare that come on iPods would be an improvement.
one other thing i've noticed, it is a great wifi network finder! in the trendy/arty areas, you can find free wifi very often, but because it dosent tell you how much time you have left (if it does,i havent found it yet) i worry about battery life. i know that wi fi usage eats the batt much faster than edge. but i have gonr through a weekend with out charging and was ok. but because it dosent act as a hard drive ( like an iPod can) any usb port can be used to charge it and any usb to dock connectoer can be used

Do a little research would ya already? The hack was initially intended for peeps who lived in areas which AT&T does not provide service. As far as your comments about the phone being disabled go, they are laughable at best. Anyone with half a wit knows that the phone can be flashed back to it's original state and it isn't all that difficult to prevent apple from forcing the security updates. Thats the beauty of digital - it's either on or its off and anything that is locked can be unlocked no matter how secure they try and make it. If you want a good example, just look at what is going on with satellite television which is far more sophisticated than a goddamn cell phone.

[tall, dark & Handsome]

Got the Final Answer from jailbreakme.com anyone looking for an iphone listen up.

check the serial number the 4 & 5th digits need to be 44 or under these are the 1.1.1 . Mine is 46 that is after the uk launch in early nov. when they had fixed the hack. they are still looking for a way to beat ithe 1.1.2 (and I am sure they will in just a matter of time).

My solution?
I am taking this phone back to the apple store (which is heavily traffiked) in the city. I am going to a small at&t store in jersey or Philly and asking to see two phones.

If one has a 44 or under I am buying it. I found a guy yesterday who picked up a few near Rahway NJ that were 41.

Read as-- if you want one get it while the getting is good, or wait until they hack the 1.1.2
nuff said

[LBCDO]

Did you ever unlock yours? If not, hit me up, Ice unlocked a lot of 1.1.2s for friends here in ATL