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    Image of Dr Durdon Dr Durdon
    06/16/09

    In reply to iPhone Dev Team Unlocks iPhone 3.0 With New "UltraSn0w"
    I updated my 2G iPhone to 3.0 last week. When this drops on Friday, I will be unlocking this phone for my wife and upgrading to the 3GS. Nice work from the dev team!
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    Image of framitz framitz
    12/01/08

    In reply to Vietnamese iPhone Unlock Isn't for the Faint of Heart
    The work isn't that difficult. You have to shield components from heat then use a heat gun to heat the chip. The heat will soften the adhesive and melt the solder (The chip can take the heat if you don't over do it). Then it's just a matter of carefully removing the surface mounted chip.


    A soldering iron isn't needed or used. The best and safest way to reinstall the chip is to clean up the board, then use resistive tweezers to solder one lead at a time. Working under a microscope, this isn't difficult, just tedious.


    About 30 minutes for the whole job if done right.


    I worked as a technician in a factory environment testing and repairing circuit boards built similarly. We usually turned this kind of job over to a rework tech that does nothing else all day.


    I've done much more difficult jobs than this.

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    12/01/08

    @framitz: So a Vietnamese electronics pirate performed a hardware modification that is difficult to everyone except for NASA engineers? I'm still impressed...
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    Image of quasimotto quasimotto
    12/01/08

    In reply to Vietnamese iPhone Unlock Isn't for the Faint of Heart
    i see at least 8 ESD opportunities near the terry-cloth work surface... want to count them?
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    12/01/08

    @quasimotto: Sissy boy! ESD is a myth, used on pansies to explain away DOA products...
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    Image of RacecarBoobTat RacecarBoobTat
    12/01/08

    In reply to Vietnamese iPhone Unlock Isn't for the Faint of Heart
    For some reason this makes me think of Tom Cruise's eye-replacement surgery in Minority Report.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/01/08

    @RacecarBoobTat: Watch out for the sour milk and rotten sammich.
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    Image of fsusmithc2 fsusmithc2
    12/01/08

    In reply to Vietnamese iPhone Unlock Isn't for the Faint of Heart
    I would imagine that not only is the chip strongly glued to the board but it is likely surface mounted and those contact points are tiny as hell. I'm not that bad with a soldering iron but I don't think I could de- and re-solder the chip without frying something.


    But then again, I have no interest in the iPhone. ;)

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    Image of iAirmanshirk iAirmanshirk
    12/01/08

    @fsusmithc2: too bad :)
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/01/08

    @iAirmanshirk: Would you try it on your iphone? That doesn't look to user friendly...
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