<![CDATA[Free Your iPhone Using a SIM Unlock Card - Gizmodo Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Free Your iPhone Using a SIM Unlock Card - Gizmodo Comments]]> http://gizmodo.com Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:43:18 EST Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:43:18 EST http://gizmodo.com/349172/free-your-iphone-using-a-sim-unlock-card <![CDATA[Free Your iPhone Using a SIM Unlock Card]]> http://gizmodo.com/349172/free-your-iphone-using-a-sim-unlock-card#c4132781 I have just installed Iworld and it is working pretty well. Everything.
Thanks to everybody and the dev'team.

Zeca

]]> 4:349172:c4132781 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:43:18 EST <![CDATA[Free Your iPhone Using a SIM Unlock Card]]> http://gizmodo.com/349172/free-your-iphone-using-a-sim-unlock-card#c4089591 I have an 1.1.2 OTB week 45. I activated, jailbreaked and I put the Brando Sym. It recognizes the celular company (Vivo-Brazil) but it does not receive calls and when I try to make a call, the keyboard vanishes. I think there is a kind of a short circuit.

Zeca

]]> 4:349172:c4089591 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:52:37 EST <![CDATA[Free Your iPhone Using a SIM Unlock Card]]> http://gizmodo.com/349172/free-your-iphone-using-a-sim-unlock-card#c3925255 So is this process reversible back to a... 'stock' state?

iomatic

]]> 4:349172:c3925255 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:12:05 EST <![CDATA[Free Your iPhone Using a SIM Unlock Card]]> http://gizmodo.com/349172/free-your-iphone-using-a-sim-unlock-card#c3904107 It also works for Japanese Softbank-branded cellphones and someone's working on making one for DoCoMo, so it's not just for the iPhone.

jamar0303

]]> 4:349172:c3904107 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:40:37 EST <![CDATA[Free Your iPhone Using a SIM Unlock Card]]> http://gizmodo.com/349172/free-your-iphone-using-a-sim-unlock-card#c3901939 What isn't news is someone chiming in about what is or isn't news.

-and yet none seem to have their own crack news site!

-go figure. :\

strider_mt2k

]]> 4:349172:c3901939 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:07:40 EST <![CDATA[Free Your iPhone Using a SIM Unlock Card]]> http://gizmodo.com/349172/free-your-iphone-using-a-sim-unlock-card#c3900675 @TheName: We have been reporting about this kind of cards since they came out. In fact, we were the first news outlet to reported on TurboSIM:

[gizmodo.com]

And the first ones to TEST it. This is just one more option by Brando.

Jesus Diaz

]]> 4:349172:c3900675 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:38:07 EST <![CDATA[Free Your iPhone Using a SIM Unlock Card]]> http://gizmodo.com/349172/free-your-iphone-using-a-sim-unlock-card#c3900473 @Stacky Botrus

it's true. This solution has been out for awhile now. although I'd argue "Ages" as well but this solution has been available since before September last year.

One thing about this post from giz is that it seems to offer the cheapest xsim card solution. I just bought mine for $50. waaaah!

RastaSega

]]> 4:349172:c3900473 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:51:27 EST <![CDATA[Free Your iPhone Using a SIM Unlock Card]]> http://gizmodo.com/349172/free-your-iphone-using-a-sim-unlock-card#c3900359 @TheName:

How can an unlock be OUT FOR AGES when the phone itself has not been available for a year, yet. Also, if you clame Giz is behind, what does that make you in your announcement? Have YOU tried your solution? DO tell us! I am curious to know now intuitive you are.

Stacky Botrus

]]> 4:349172:c3900359 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:16:30 EST <![CDATA[Free Your iPhone Using a SIM Unlock Card]]> http://gizmodo.com/349172/free-your-iphone-using-a-sim-unlock-card#c3900287 So, what still needs to be "activated", if the simlock is removed?

That crap gives me one more reason why I don't want an iPhone. No other GSM phone in the world requires such nonsense.

darex

]]> 4:349172:c3900287 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:55:09 EST <![CDATA[Free Your iPhone Using a SIM Unlock Card]]> http://gizmodo.com/349172/free-your-iphone-using-a-sim-unlock-card#c3900256 @TheName:

"Jail Braked"

If you are going to bash, at least use PROPER grammar and pronunciation..

Jail BROKEN
JAIL broken
JAIL BROKEN

Miccheckin4life

]]> 4:349172:c3900256 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:44:59 EST <![CDATA[Free Your iPhone Using a SIM Unlock Card]]> http://gizmodo.com/349172/free-your-iphone-using-a-sim-unlock-card#c3898983 Does anyone hav VDO .. please share .. i need to get sim unlock for my 1.1.2 OTB .. so please post the vdo or any guides possible ..

koooomar

]]> 4:349172:c3898983 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:42:13 EST <![CDATA[Free Your iPhone Using a SIM Unlock Card]]> http://gizmodo.com/349172/free-your-iphone-using-a-sim-unlock-card#c3897605 damn! i just bought an xsim for $50!

RastaSega

]]> 4:349172:c3897605 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:26:35 EST <![CDATA[Free Your iPhone Using a SIM Unlock Card]]> http://gizmodo.com/349172/free-your-iphone-using-a-sim-unlock-card#c3896746 @discounteggroll: And here I was thinking: "That looks like a simple little surface mount chip in on a SIM card adapter."

Mio

]]> 4:349172:c3896746 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:53:57 EST <![CDATA[Free Your iPhone Using a SIM Unlock Card]]> http://gizmodo.com/349172/free-your-iphone-using-a-sim-unlock-card#c3895893 that looks like what would be the equivalent of what the agents put in neo's belly button in the matrix

discounteggroll

]]> 4:349172:c3895893 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:27:26 EST <![CDATA[Free Your iPhone Using a SIM Unlock Card]]> http://gizmodo.com/349172/free-your-iphone-using-a-sim-unlock-card#c3895886 This one is cheaper (and probably better?)
34$ incl. shipping

[www.dealextreme.com]

M_Mickey

]]> 4:349172:c3895886 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:26:39 EST <![CDATA[Free Your iPhone Using a SIM Unlock Card]]> http://gizmodo.com/349172/free-your-iphone-using-a-sim-unlock-card#c3895855 If I use this for travel, can I revert the iPhone back to an official state?

iomatic

]]> 4:349172:c3895855 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:24:09 EST <![CDATA[Free Your iPhone Using a SIM Unlock Card]]> http://gizmodo.com/349172/free-your-iphone-using-a-sim-unlock-card#c3895776 hackintosh forums is probably a baetter place to follow this cheap SIM unlock card, the only new thing is the price?

M_Mickey

]]> 4:349172:c3895776 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:17:39 EST <![CDATA[Free Your iPhone Using a SIM Unlock Card]]> http://gizmodo.com/349172/free-your-iphone-using-a-sim-unlock-card#c3895667 These things are huge in Norway, and works on OTB 1.1.2 jailbroken & activated phones. The going rate, however, is a $100 - they're sold by a guy who specializes in iPod repairs, but these days he only unlocks and activates iPhones. Guess he can afford that Carribean-cruise any day now.

mrcleville

]]> 4:349172:c3895667 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:08:18 EST <![CDATA[Free Your iPhone Using a SIM Unlock Card]]> http://gizmodo.com/349172/free-your-iphone-using-a-sim-unlock-card#c3895330 It looks like some kind of SIM key. Many operators in Europe use those special SIM cards to unlock handsets when required. A SIM key contains info matched to the manufacturer, model and cell carrier. Also the chipset on board is different (very similar to the one in the picture) since it also has an special controller to interface with the base band hardware of the phone. Actually SIM key unlocking is almost phased out and not so many handset manufacturers use it. As far as I remember, Motorola was the only one using it for some of it's GSM cellphones in Europe.

Supposing Apple designed the iPhone with the possibility to unlock it via SIM key, then maybe Brando managed to get one from AT&T and then somehow cloned it, but seriously, I really doubt it works.

Wanna try it, anyone?

Seph

]]> 4:349172:c3895330 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:45:29 EST <![CDATA[Free Your iPhone Using a SIM Unlock Card]]> http://gizmodo.com/349172/free-your-iphone-using-a-sim-unlock-card#c3895285 Um ... why is this news? TurboSim/NextSim/etc. have been out for ages and work all the way through the newest jailbreaked 1.1.3. I'm shocked--shocked--that Giz somehow missed these things' existence.

Welcome to the outside world guys! Leave that cave behind!

TheName

]]> 4:349172:c3895285 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:42:25 EST <![CDATA[Free Your iPhone Using a SIM Unlock Card]]> http://gizmodo.com/349172/free-your-iphone-using-a-sim-unlock-card#c3895081 It's not obsolete yet, since the 1.1.3 jailbreak-firmware-softupdate doesn't touch the baseband part of the firmware, so whatever you were running in 1.1.1/1.1.2 will pretty much carry over.

Aliacha

]]> 4:349172:c3895081 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:29:20 EST <![CDATA[Free Your iPhone Using a SIM Unlock Card]]> http://gizmodo.com/349172/free-your-iphone-using-a-sim-unlock-card#c3894235 Buy one and let us know how it is Gizmodo!

phungy

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