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Software-based iPhone 3G unlock on video!

By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, July 24th, 2008 at 4:13 PM

For many, being locked in to a lengthy contract with AT&T (or whatever your local iPhone carrier happens to be) is enough to steer them away from picking up Cupertino’s latest Apple handset. In the US, the iPhone 3G is only offered on AT&T and requires a two-year contract with an unlimited iPhone 3G data plan. Of course, there’s no getting around the in-store activation process, so unlocking an iPhone 3G will prove to be more an exercise in breaking the rules than true network portability.

Following on hardware SIM-unlock solutions and various retailers hocking allegedly unlocked iPhone 3G’s for hundreds more than their retail value, a video has been uncovered, showing what looks to be the first live-demonstration of a software-based SIM unlock solution. Could this video be proof that the iPhone Dev Team’s SIM unlocking software is almost ready to go public?

As you might recall, the iPhone Dev Team’s Pwnage Tool 2.0 conspicuously launched without any support for iPhone 3G unlocking, with the promise of a working software-based SIM-unlock tool further down the road. We can only hope that this video is a sign that the Dev Team’s hard work and dedication is getting prepped for its iPhone 3G unlocking-debut.

[Via: Engadget Mobile]

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Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...

  • billy

    rogers and fido are the same company..they merged like 3 years ago…its like Gap and Old Navy who r owned by the same guy….this is NO NEWS

  • craig

    it looks like he has the sim emulator on the sim card

  • hasloku

    This is not a software solution for unlock iphone 3g.
    You can see on video, fido sim has cutoff part to accommodate turbo sims ic.

  • G

    you’re an idiot. fido and rogers are the same company. iphones in canada are locked to fido/rogers network only.