REVENGE Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 A working software unlock method for the iPhone has finally been released. This software has been in development by the company iPhone Sim Free, and after undergoing a long period of delays it is now available world wide. The soft unlock comes in the form of an iPhone application, which you must put on your phone and run. After running the unlock application, you may use your iPhone with a variety of GSM carriers provided you have a registered SIM card. In order to unlock your iPhone, you must first purchase a copy of the IPSF software from iphoneworldwideunlock.com for $50 USD. The unlocking process itself is fairly easy to comprehend, although neophytes might find it time consuming to go through all of the directions. You can read about the first unlocks to be carried out worldwide at Gizmodo. There seems to have been some initial problems with the first revision of the application, but those have supposedly been resolved. If any of you decide to purchase and run the IPSF soft unlock, please let us know how the process went for you! Also, early adopters beware! The open iPhone hacking scene has declared they will attempt to reverse engineer this software process and put out a free unlocker as soon as possible. Source: TheInquirer BREAKING NEWS: Scratch the above, a FREE iPhone soft unlock method has been created and confirmed according to Gizmodo. It appears that the requisite files are now online, and Gizmodo states a full tutorial will be written soon. Behold, the power of the scene! UPDATE: It appears the file is an iPhone application. I would suggest following the IPSF unlock guide, but instead of purchasing their software just replace it with the iUnlock application. Below is a temp-file mirror for the application; full instructions will be posted when available. A prelinimary guide is now available. UPDATE: The iPhone unlocker GUI application has reached mature status, and can now be obtained at one of the mirrors listed on either HaRRo's freeiphoneunlock site or below at unknown-files.net. NOTE: The following Unlock.app has had its iUnlock module replaced with the latest one as instructed on HaRRo's site. You DO NOT need to download the latest iUnlock and replace it manually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 can this unlock it to the point where verison can be used with it or is the whole 3g thing getting in the way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REVENGE Posted September 12, 2007 Author Share Posted September 12, 2007 can this unlock it to the point where verison can be used with it or is the whole 3g thing getting in the way? Soundless, the iPhone is a GSM Quad band phone, meaning its underlying hardware can only operate on GSM networks. Thus, it cannot work with Verizon because Verizon operates a CDMA network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onetrack Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Guys... Its free now.. http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/breaking/indepe...eved-298825.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~T.E.K.B.O.I.~ Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 about time. Because I really hate AT&T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REVENGE Posted September 12, 2007 Author Share Posted September 12, 2007 Guys... Its free now.. http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/breaking/indepe...eved-298825.php Win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBK.Xscape Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Win. Its a Win, But a very bloody and dirty one so far. Im waiting for an app that is a one step type, just click and let it do its magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Marvin Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Huzzah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBK.Xscape Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 More Breaking News- Engadget HaRRo over on the iPhone Dev Team has already upped the ante -- just hours after releasing the first free, open source iPhone SIM unlock software, he's already got an early beta version of the graphical one-click iPhone-based software cooking. We tested out an early build (sorry folks, it's not quite ready for release yet) and can confirm that despite the visual glitches you see above, it's already a fully functional one-click unlock solution, not different from IPSF's paid unlock software. Unfortunately, you still have to actually get the app onto the phone and go through the faux-activation process with your SIM afterward (and re-enable YouTube, if you so choose), but this is the first major step in automating the process of quickly and easily unlocking everybody's iPhone. More information -- including the final build of the GUI unlock -- will be posted as it comes to HaRRo's iPhone unlock site This is so awesome, its just triumph after triumph after triumph in the iPhone Scene..... My post earlier asked for this and a few HOURS later it is here.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddharth Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Yay!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwinian Dude Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 OK, when I got home and read this and went to download the file, most links are wrong, including a Torrent. So: The 6.3kb iUnlock.zip that has a 20kb quicktime movie that doesn't play as the only item inside, is NOT the right file. The 3.9mb iPhoneUnlock.zip file IS the right file. Anyone want to buy me an iPhone i can keep and so i can test if it works so they don't have to brick theirs??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 BREAKING: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegodfaza Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 1) What did you do to your iPhone Colonel. 2) What does apple think about it. Are they not going to support unlocked iPhones, release an ununlocking software update, or consider legal actions? EDIT: I was thinking about this and I don't understand why Apple or AT&T don't unlock the phones themselfs. When I bought my V3 from Armagedden Networks(don't remember their actual name) they told me that my phone comes unlocked because they had to legally unlock the phone if I asked them to do it. So doesn't that law apply to AT&T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2k. Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 yes,yes,yes ~R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Good this is free, that $100 an unlock was stupid. I bet those guys are pissed and they should be, if they did like $20 for each one, they would hae still been hacked, but more would buy it. $600 iphone and $100 unlock? To much. Yay free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onetrack Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Ahh GBK.Xcape beat me to it - looks like there is a gui for the installer now Also, now that they know how to write to the flash - i would suspect the installable apps to start pouring in The floodgates are opened, and as the news spreads you'll see a big jump in iphone sales. Gotta give those guys credit - what a great job dissecting the unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REVENGE Posted September 12, 2007 Author Share Posted September 12, 2007 BREAKING: Sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabron Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Sucks. thats really a **** about the posted new: Ill become crazy with that, free gui unlocker for everyone at everywhere, jesus man... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2k. Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 @cabron your dream become truth how you only need an iPhone ... cheers mate ~R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Wouldn't unlocking the iPhone invalidate the warranty??? If so I would think twice about invalidating a $399 phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabron Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 @cabron your dream become truth how you only need an iPhone ... cheers mate ~R yeah this + the price drop of 8gb model and a friend from my friend in miami = god smiling to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBK.Xscape Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Sucks. same thing happened to my brothers iPhone and he sent it in to get it fixed at no charge to him..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkLord7854 Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Bought an iPhone now that it's official it can be unlocked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REVENGE Posted September 14, 2007 Author Share Posted September 14, 2007 Bought an iPhone now that it's official it can be unlocked Congrats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faq Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 <h2 class="det_title">iPhone for all! Buy a sim-free iPhone in Hong Kong</h2> http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-14580...+Hong+Kong.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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