Gizmodo
Hackers from the iPhone Dev Team are claiming that they have fully unlocked the iPhone using a complicated hardware method—it requires "complicated soldering, with a high probability of a bricked phone." Not really very exciting, as you can already get full service with any carrier using a Turbo SIM with no risk of breaking your iPhone whatsoever. Check their claims on the video after the jump.
As you can see, they say the hardware unlocking method will be released in a week, but also vaguely promise that they are hoping to get a 100% software method "soon." Well, as soon as they promise it will be this easy, we will be waiting.
Yes thats right, we have an unlocked iPhone. The hardware is only used to unlock the iPhone, and can be removed after it's unlocked. Thanks to gray, iProof, geohot, dinopio, lazyc0der, and an anonymous contributor for making this possible. Thanks also to everyone who donated and stuck with us in #iphone.unlock. Our group has agreed to release the method in one week. The current method involves taking apart your phone and doing some complicated soldering, with a high probability of a bricked phone. Although after the phone is unlocked all the hardware can be removed. We hope to find a software unlock very soon. So in one week exactly from this blog post (that's less than the time it takes to ship a turbosim) we will release simple step by step instructions for unlocking, probably not even involving hardware. Sorry about the wait, but I assure you it will be worth it.
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okay, what the hell does TSFU stand for
@gadgetchic:
maybe an alternate of stfy
like teh or something lke that.
Sounds very promising, a step by step hardware-moddingless unlocking solution? to good to be true? I hope not
How Yoda would say STFU, TSFU is.
Consult this article you should:
[gizmodo.com]
@gadgetchic: It's either
Totally Stupid and fcuked Up or
Tips you Should Find Useful.
My Sister:
Oooh wait. Maybe its Yoda speak for STFU
The fuck shut up...
Me:
haha yeah
My Sister:
I CRACKED TEH CODE!
@gadgetchic:
Reference to the earlier post with Yoda and Luke.
Um, is anyone else getting freaked out by the Ricoh color add depleting gizzy's page from loading color for like 5 seconds? Or has ol' jibble's gone er-AAAAZEEE?
My understanding was that this group is not exactly part of the "iPhone Dev Team" due to some obscure contretemps a few weeks ago.
yoda-speak indeed, carried over from one of yesterday's posts. just an example of the giz responding to public demand.
YAY!!!!!!!
im goin2 buy 5 iphones a week and sell for 200 dollars more in 3rd world countries.
maybe...
[www.urbandictionary.com]
Too Fucking Stupid To Understand?
hahahhahhah
@gadgetchic: It's supposed to be Yoda saying STFU.
@BRDF: How's that? Ping me with your answer on my email, please.
So did the Turbo SIM method ever get tested by giz? orr emm maybe im confusing blogs..
@o0adam0o: Getting a hold of a turbosim right now is impossible. Bladox even closed down their shop for the turbosim because of the high demand. If you have good soldering skills, this is probably the best option since it's free and won't take forever to be shipped out.
Yes, I'm testing TurboSIM. Just got my cards. I gotta get some time.
Jekyoo, the cards are coming. I got two.
This hardware soldering hack is completely nuts. It WILL void your warranty and there's no way around that.
The TurboSIM won't void your warranty, as it can be taken out and the system can be restored.
1) You don't get to see the transition from the so-called "home screen" that says T-Mobile to the calling.
2) You don't get to see the T-Mobile SIM card actually coming out of the phone
As far as I am concerned, the first image could be a static image stored in the photo application, and the SIM card taken out could be another SIM card taken out.
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