So lets say some person or some site figures out how to unlock the iPhone and you get an iPhone and do the method to unlock it. So now you have an unlocked iPhone, how would you go about activating it with another service? Which services would be able to handle it?
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Unlocked iPhone?
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you wouldn't have to activate it, just put a new SIM card in there. and since it uses SIM cards and runs on GSM any carrier that uses GSM would be an option. but certainly not all of the 'features' would work. like the visual voicemail since that relies on a special server at AT&T/Apple.
You couldn't use all the functions on the phone (like virtual voice mail, push mail) with an unlocked phone. You could probably activate it like a normal cell phone, obviously not using iTunes. But I'd like to hear about their experience when the first knucklehead tries this eventually.
The phone is hard coded to ONLY work on AT&T. A T-Mobile sim card, for example, will not work in the phone.
I am betting someone is working to crack that as we type.
I am betting someone is working to crack that as we type.
this may be a dumb question... But I thought the sim card on these was internal and as far as I know no one has been able to make one work after reassembly. I know ifixit.com had pics up of a dismantled one but said that it wouldn't work after they put it back together. So how are they planning to get to the sim?
