Comments on: iPhone unlocked by 17-year-old hacker

By: Madison

Madison — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:54:16 +0000

The simplest solution I have found was http://softunlock.com

It worked and it was free.

By: SupeS

SupeS — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:50:58 +0000

it’s also possible to fool the simcard
shown in this (dutch) movie http://www.bright.nl/crackparty-iphone

By: r

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 03:22:53 +0000

I read some where his hacked iPhone went for 12k on ebay or something like that… and also to hack the phone they had to open up the casing and solder shit… why would you pay 12k for a iPhone, if you’ve got that much money for it, you may aswell spend 600 just pay your AT&T bill…

By: Ian from www.thenewsroom.com

Ian from www.thenewsroom.com — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:21:20 +0000

Here’s a video of the kid: http://thenewsroom.com/details/633981?c_id=wom-bc-js

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:29:08 +0000

I’m working to hack the upcoming Motorola phone that will allow me to vacation on Neptune without all the surcharges like last year

By: Predator04

Predator04 — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:23:04 +0000

to #7 rogue

Are you a idiot? he never unlocked the iphone. w0w people are fucking stupid

By: Anon

Anon — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:35:08 +0000

So they finally removed the DRM from the iCrap?

Remember kids, $pple DRM = good, Anyone else’s DRM = bad.

By: Ruff McGruff

Ruff McGruff — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:57:45 +0000

thats pretty kool. i saw his youtube video, alot of hate going on over there. cant we all just get along? lol. good job to this guy and his crew.

By: 666666666666

666666666666 — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:53:50 +0000

Marc is right- Hotz was working with 4 other hackers. 2 from Russia & 2 believed 2 be from the US.

all i can say is any1 who pays $600 for that piece of shit needs their head examined.

By: Bako1

Bako1 — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:30:45 +0000

this is awsome sick people keep up the good work..just stop fighting over who was first and start fighting over whether it really works or not ,..i have t-mobile..and i know a guy who will go crazy over this

By: Mr. X

Mr. X — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:34:27 +0000

thanks for ‘what really happened’ marc. here’s to martin for posting the cool article

By: Marc

Marc — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:27:46 +0000

1. dvd john didnt unlock the Iphone to use on other Carriers.

2. GeorgeHotz that 17 year old guy from finding jtag wasn’t really the cracker behind the newest crack. He had a bunch of guys who were working together. That 17-year old was more of a Webmaster who started the project, but all the stupid press of course has to make him the 17-year old cracker. LOL.

Here is a quote from his blog-entry “Postmortem”:

“This has been a great community and has been a great trip. I hope I was a positive influence on the community. Thanks so much everyone, I have learned so much. Coming into this project I didn’t know that cell phones used at commands, or that there was a distinction between kernel/user space. I had once in my life looked at ida before this, and found it too confusing. I still can’t reverse well, but this is definitely something I want to learn. Thanks again everyone.”

By: rogue

rogue — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:05:44 +0000

uhm.. DVD Jon already did this some months ago..

http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/07/dvd-jons-iphone.html

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:41:04 +0000

So does this mean I can use it here in New Zealand on the Vodafone network?

By: TheDoctor

TheDoctor — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:30:54 +0000

You can use your own mp3 for the ring-tone, it is pretty easy to mod your iPhone, hit modmyiphone.com or a similar site, they even have brainless one click software to upload ring-tones, However, yeah, you can’t just do it through iTunes, but go get yourself a copy of iFuntastic and your set.