{"id":3197,"date":"2007-08-24T19:07:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-24T19:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/08\/george-hotz-unlocks-the-iphone.html"},"modified":"2007-08-24T19:07:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-24T19:07:00","slug":"george-hotz-unlocks-the-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/08\/george-hotz-unlocks-the-iphone.html","title":{"rendered":"George Hotz Unlocks the iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For use with another network (he&#8217;s using T-Mobile).  Instructions on how to do it are <a href=\"http:\/\/iphonejtag.blogspot.com\/2007_08_01_archive.html\">here<\/a> (it&#8217;s a ten step process, just scroll down &#8212; I linked to the archives) or you can <a href=\"http:\/\/iphonejtag.blogspot.com\/2007\/08\/phone-is-for-sale.html\">buy his on ebay<\/a>.<br \/>\nDoesn&#8217;t this violate the terms of use with the iPhone and can Apple stop you from using another carrier?<br \/>\nUpdate: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2007\/08\/24\/iphone-unlocked-atandt-loses-iphone-exclusivity-august-24-2007\/\">Engadget<\/a> reports that iPhone has been unlocked using software only:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iphonesimfree.com\/\">iPhoneSIMfree.com<\/a> team called us up to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadgetmobile.com\/2007\/08\/22\/iphone-software-unlock-promised-within-48-hours\/\">prove their claim<\/a> that they cracked Apple&#8217;s iPhone SIM lock system, and prove it they did. (No, we don&#8217;t have a copy of the unlock software, so don&#8217;t even ask us, ok?) The six-man team has been working non-stop since launch day, and they&#8217;re officially the first to break Apple&#8217;s SIM locks on the iPhone with software. It&#8217;s done. Seriously. They wouldn&#8217;t tell us when and how they would release it to the public, but you can certainly bet that they&#8217;ll try to make a buck on their solution (and rightly so). We can hardly believe the iPhone&#8217;s finally been cracked. No, scratch that &#8212; we just can&#8217;t believe it took this long.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Go read the details (they have video!).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For use with another network (he&#8217;s using T-Mobile). Instructions on how to do it are here (it&#8217;s a ten step process, just scroll down &#8212; I linked to the archives) or you can buy his on ebay. 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