{"id":1408,"date":"2007-09-14T12:13:27","date_gmt":"2007-09-14T19:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/?p=1408"},"modified":"2007-09-14T12:13:27","modified_gmt":"2007-09-14T19:13:27","slug":"unlocking-an-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/14\/unlocking-an-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlocking an iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macworld.com\/2007\/09\/secrets\/iphone_sim_unlocking\/index.php\">Macworld<\/a>:<i><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>By Cyrus Farivar<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re one of the million people who\u2019ve purchased an iPhone since the end of June, you probably signed up with Apple\u2019s exclusive carrier in the U.S., AT&#038;T, when you activated your phone. That means your iPhone identifies itself to AT&#038;T\u2019s network using an AT&#038;T SIM card, a smart card that\u2019s located in a small tray between your iPhone\u2019s sleep\/wake button and its recessed headphone jack.<\/p>\n<p>But what if you\u2019re planning a trip to Europe and rather than paying AT&#038;T to use the networks of its European partners, you want to take advantage of the favorable rates and local phone numbers offered by replacing your AT&#038;T SIM card with a pre-paid European card? Or what if you\u2019d prefer to use T-Mobile as your cellular provider, rather than AT&#038;T?<\/p>\n<p>In the past month several groups have announced that they\u2019ve found a way to \u201cunlock\u201d the iPhone, allowing it to use a SIM card from any provider. (Keep in mind that this is only half the story: the iPhone uses the GSM radio band for its communications, meaning that it\u2019ll only work with providers that use the GSM network. In the U.S., that means T-Mobile and AT&#038;T.)<\/p>\n<p>In August, a group of hackers demonstrated a method for unlocking SIM cards and sold its software to resellers, who in turn began selling it to the public for as much as $100 last week.<\/p>\n<p>But another group has came up with its own hack that, with the help of some free, open-source software, lets you unlock your iPhone in about an hour, free of charge. Below, I\u2019ll show you how it works \u2014 and it does work, because I\u2019ve used this technique to unlock my own phone. (One important caveat: Certain AT&#038;T-only features, such as Visual Voicemail, will not work when you\u2019re connected to other cellular networks.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macworld: By Cyrus Farivar If you\u2019re one of the million people who\u2019ve purchased an iPhone since the end of June, you probably signed up with Apple\u2019s exclusive carrier in the U.S., AT&#038;T, when you activated your phone. That means your iPhone identifies itself to AT&#038;T\u2019s network using an AT&#038;T SIM card, a smart card that\u2019s located in a small tray between your iPhone\u2019s sleep\/wake button and its recessed headphone jack. 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