NEW YORK, 2:44 PM, SAT JUL 26 | 31 POSTS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS | tips@gizmodo.com | RSS
UK | FR | NL | IT | DE | ES | JP | AU
Posts Tagged “

unlocked

”
iphone

How I Sold My iPhone in 24 Hours For More Than I Paid

With the possible announcement of the 3G iPhone only a week away, many current iPhone owners are itching to upgrade, which takes money. Other people, finally bitten by the iPhone bug, are eager to buy one, only they are harder to find in stores. This creates a nice, natural supply-and-demand formula that we managed to exploit not once but twice on eBay. Not only did I sell my iPhone in 24 hours, but I sold it for more than I paid.

More »

Feature

10:00 AM on Tue Jun 3 2008
By Christopher Mascari
59,237 views, 94 comments

Latest by robogobo: man, talk about pwned. more »

unlocked iphones

All Those Unlocked iPhones May Be Costing Apple $300 Million

Both Fortune and Marketwatch are saying that all the unlocked iPhones, which make up about a third of the total phones sold, may be costing Apple $300 million in future revenue kickbacks from cellphone providers. And if Apple doesn't stop the unlocking madness, what's the incentive for a provider to pony up that revenue sharing in the first place? [Fortune and Marketwatch - Thanks David!]

5:00 PM on Mon Jan 28 2008
By Jason Chen
7,651 views, 54 comments

back from dead iphone

Confirmed: Bricked iPhones Rise From the Grave With Firmware 1.1.3

For all those unlocked iPhones out there that were bricked after attempting firmware upgrades, we have some great news. It appears that Apple's new 1.1.3 iPhone firmware rewrites either most or all of the phone's firmware, allowing for bricked iPhones to be brought back to life. If this sounds too good to be true, watch the video above. We tested it on our own dead iPhone that was originally unlocked with AnySIM and later bricked by an attempted upgrade. This phone had just been gathering dust in one of Brian Lam's many gadget drawers, so we were surprised when we finally had success with bringing it back to life. Getting the iPhone working again wasn't as easy as we expected, and at times it didn't seem like the firmware upgrade had worked, so here's what happened.

More »

5:28 PM on Thu Jan 17 2008
By Christopher Mascari
54,996 views, 40 comments

Latest by n/a: YES, CONFIRMED. I brick an iPhone 1.1.2 OTB (NEW Bootloader 4.6) when I erased baseband trying to unlock. With this firmware (1.1.3), I unbricked the iPhone. If you downgrade to 1.1.1, the AT&T Sim aren't recognized as valid (I think is because more »

ipod video unlocked

iPod Video Unlocked: RealPlayer Now Available

After a five month beta, iPod owners can finally look outside of iTunes for their video content thanks to RealPlayer. As part of the RealPlayer Plus package, it is now possible to transfer downloaded video content to the Apple iPod Nano, iPod Classic and iPod Video. Naturally, that opens up a world choc-full of non-DRM protected videos for users to enjoy. A beta version for Mac users is also available. The RealPlayer Plus package will set you back $39.99 —a small price to pay if you ask me. [RealPlayer]

8:30 PM on Thu Nov 15 2007
By Sean Fallon
6,535 views, 42 comments

Latest by dontforget: @omg-ponies: i agree, i was just being sarcastic about all the positive things that were said by commenters more »

iphone unlocked

iPhone: 1.1.2 Firmware Unlocked?

The iPhone elite development claims that they have managed to jailbreak the iPhone 1.1.2 firmware. Keep in mind that this hack is completely unproven at this point, so you may want to wait for some other poor bastards to screw up before you try it. [Elite Download via Tuaw]

6:55 PM on Fri Nov 9 2007
By Sean Fallon
10,883 views, 1 comment

iphone unlocked

250,000 Unlocked iPhones Have Been Sold

Apple just stated in their earnings call that out of 1.4 million iPhones sold since launch, 250,000 are unlocked. They know this from subtracting the number of iPhones activated on AT&T from the number of iPhones sold total—which is 250k. That's a farmhouse load of unlocked phones, which match up with the 500,000 downloads of AnySIM 1.0 unlocker we've seen before. Those are official numbers from the iPhone Dev Team, which make sense when you factor in lookeyloos who download it and people who unlock even with an active AT&T plan. [9to5Mac]

6:04 PM on Mon Oct 22 2007
By Jason Chen
17,393 views, 24 comments

Latest by n/a: I understand the desire for unlocked phones, and I hope they all are. But here is my story. I switched from Verizon to T-Mobile because of a feature they offered. I did not like the phone and bought a Blackberry, more »

unlocked iphone

Rumor Smashed: French iPhone's Unlock Status Still Unknown

Although many sites are reporting that the iPhone is coming unlocked in France, quoting an INH article, Apple told us that the piece was based solely off of reading French Law, not from statements by Orange or Apple. The particulars of pricing plans and whether the iPhone will or won't be unlocked is still up in the air, so don't start pulling out your credit cards for a French iPhone just yet. However, because there is such a law that "forbids bundling the sale of a mobile phone and a mobile operator", there still may be hope for an unlocked iPhone. [IHT]

3:47 PM on Wed Oct 17 2007
By Jason Chen
4,630 views, 12 comments

Latest by n/a: Correct me if I'm wrong... but why is it the same amount of money with different currencies (399€ in France, US$399 in US)? Aren't they in different exchange rates?? Somehow I feel it's not necessary to explicitly lower the price of more »

unlocked??

The French iPhone Comes Unlocked

We told you yesterday that Orange would be the exclusive iPhone provider in France, but that's only half the story. The other half is that since French law prohibits the exclusive sale of phones locked to a provider, Orange will be selling both a locked and an unlocked version of the iPhone as a compromise. The unlocked version doesn't have a finalized price at this time, but we do know it will be more expensive than the €399 bundled version.

With all of the efforts all over the world to unlock iPhones, it's almost a slap in the face (or just a step in the right direction?) that Apple/Orange will be offering an unlocked version to France. Guess it's time to import if you don't like AT&T. [iht]

UPDATE: Apple's official response to our inquiry is that the IHT was only citing French law, not Orange's intentions, and that this matter, along with the particulars of pricing plans, etc., will be addressed before the French iPhone launch.

10:00 AM on Wed Oct 17 2007
By Mark Wilson
12,055 views, 35 comments

Latest by JoshS: @mangochutney: Thanks for the explanation. Seems like Apple is making a pretty penny off ipod/mac sales in Europe right not. Did they really do the branding thing like we have here in the states? When I was in Europe, all the phones more »

iphone unlocked

Free iPhone 1.1.1 Unlock is Here

The iPhone Dev Team just released AnySIM 1.1, the free utility that unlocks iPhones from the not-so-sexy handcuffs of AT&T. The updated version works on firmware version 1.1.1, but doesn't fix baseband problems caused by updating an unlocked 1.0.2 phone up to 1.1.1. This means that for those people who've previously unlocked via AnySIM, you need to wait until the iPhone Revirginizer is released (which is also being worked on by the iPhone Dev Team). For everyone else who didn't unlock their phones, they're free to do so now, but be aware that you might run into the same problem when the next firmware version comes. [Hackint0sh via TUAW]

2:08 PM on Tue Oct 16 2007
By Jason Chen
36,941 views, 25 comments

Latest by n/a: i am from Egypt and i want to know if this program can unlock the iphone and still work on the Egyptian companies like Mobinil , vodafone or etisalatplease respond as soon as possible more »

unconfirmed

Apple Stores Voiding Warranty on Hacked iPhones?

We're unsure if this is a policy or a one-time incident, but Jason O'Grady from ZDNet is reporting that an Apple store refused to service a hacked and unlocked (for T-Mobile) iPhone, saying the warranty was voided and blacklisting "the phone against future service, or return." More »

1:28 PM on Fri Sep 21 2007
By Jason Chen
11,021 views, 27 comments

The owner of phone reseller CertiCell has apparently traded iPhone unlocker George Hotz three locked 8GB iPhones and one Nissan 350Z to get Hotz's unlocked iPhone unit. This trade teaches us the virtue of patience and how hacking an iPhone can get you ridiculous amounts of stuff. [Jtag]

19 comments

cellphones

National Geographic Travel Phone: Cheap Phone, Roving Number

National Geographic is getting in to the phone market with their unlocked Quad band GSM cell phone. While the thing looks like it just popped out of 1998, it actually seems pretty useful. More »

6:12 PM on Wed Feb 21 2007
By blongo3
1,806 views, 8 comments