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iPhone Unlocked/Hacked

vip Posted: Sat, 25/08/2007 - 1:22am
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some 17 year old kid has managed to do it

and gives instructions on his blog, infact eh did it live, and posted on his blog as he did it

put the phone up for auction on ebay also

news interview with kid - http://www.breitbart.tv/html/4823.html

blog - http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/

auction - http://cgi.ebay.com/Worlds-Second-Unlocked-iPhone_W0QQitemZ230164884672QQihZ013QQcategoryZ64355QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

AT&T and Apple must be PISSED!

apple shares rose 2.5%, they reckon the kid is the reason why

haz Posted: Sat, 25/08/2007 - 11:27am

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I bet Jobbs is bidding on it!

DW Posted: Sat, 25/08/2007 - 11:31am
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$50k Eek why is it that much i dont get it sorry but i am no techy person

yasmanian Posted: Sat, 25/08/2007 - 11:41am
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i think apple wont mind but at&t and yes bcause obviously it means people wont have to use their service to use the phone.

dont think it will matter when it comes over here, i doubt apple will only supply to one network exclusively.

smart kid btw.

FUNKY.IN.HULL Posted: Sat, 25/08/2007 - 12:35pm
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I read that it was going to be t mobile exclusive (i think it was tmobile anyway). apple wont care because at&t will have allready paid them a fortune for the rights.

yasmanian Posted: Sat, 25/08/2007 - 12:39pm
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o2 actually.

Murakami Posted: Sat, 25/08/2007 - 12:40pm
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Cant the networks block the number or something if they pissed off , 50k for a phone is dumb , those have to be fraudulent bids

FUNKY.IN.HULL Posted: Sat, 25/08/2007 - 12:42pm
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^^ ah ok. theres been alot of iphones on ebay saying unlocked though so i dont understand why this is big news? If it was the only one other than his own i could understand the bidding being so high because at&t would want it so badly.

He must have done it for his friends though.

yasmanian Posted: Sat, 25/08/2007 - 12:52pm
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its only 50k because he is selling it as a "piece of history".

why would at&t want it? he's released the firmware and instructions on the net, anyone can unlock an iphone now.

FUNKY.IN.HULL Posted: Sat, 25/08/2007 - 1:02pm
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^^ hadnt read the blog brfore i posted that. As a piece of history though? its hardly a pice of history is it, its not like it's the steering wheel off the titanic.

Sarny Posted: Sat, 25/08/2007 - 1:39pm

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so why did Apple think they would be unhackable?

phelen Posted: Sat, 25/08/2007 - 2:21pm
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Seth wrote:

so why did Apple think they would be unhackable?

They can't have. Pretty dumb if they said so.

Paolo G Posted: Sat, 25/08/2007 - 2:26pm

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I bet he's Asian.

yasmanian Posted: Sat, 25/08/2007 - 3:00pm
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phelen wrote:
Seth wrote:

so why did Apple think they would be unhackable?

They can't have. Pretty dumb if they said so.

but it was seth that said it

Paolo G wrote:

I bet he's Asian.

watch the video.

gojira. Posted: Tue, 18/09/2007 - 2:23pm
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O2 have announced today its coming out on November 9th, you have to commit to an 18 month contract and its going to be £279... Fuck that !

andymakesglasses Posted: Tue, 18/09/2007 - 2:28pm
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Eye-wink

Noble Locks Posted: Tue, 18/09/2007 - 2:32pm

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all contracts are becoming 18 months, and 279 is not bad for a new fone of that magnitude and you always pay apremium for being first.

the_fear Posted: Fri, 02/11/2007 - 6:58pm
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ordered this iphone from the states on ebay and it is unlocked but this screen just constantly appears no matter what i do, anyone else have this problem?

guffer Posted: Fri, 02/11/2007 - 7:02pm
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oops

the_fear Posted: Fri, 02/11/2007 - 7:03pm
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that was my initial response, followed by fuck

Tay-o Posted: Fri, 02/11/2007 - 7:14pm

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Merc'ed