July 16th, 2008
iPhone 3G Unlocked with SIM Card Adapter
By Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
As hackers get more sophisticated, the time it takes them to unlock devices such as the iPhone becomes shorter and shorter. Much as with DRM on CDs and DVDs, the question must be asked: are companies like AT&T and Apple simply hurting honest consumers in their quest to hang onto a monopoly?
Only 4 days after launch, the iPhone 3G has been unlocked using a special card that piggybacks to your SIM card. This fools the phone into thinking it’s using an official carrier.
Of course, the fact that the iPhone 2.0 software was jailbroken so quickly pretty much indicated hacks wouldn’t be too long in coming.
According to the one of the Brazilian hackers, Breno MacMasi:
Our procedure consist in using one SIM adapter to simulate a fake IMSI test card. Instead of the AT&T IMSI like in the universals.
If you happen to be able to speak Portuquese, you can enjoy this video of the hack demonstrated:
john kin says:
Did they use one of these simpigs www.simpig.co.uk and some hack or unlock softwaer? I’d like to know so I can unlock mine
July 16th, 2008 at 8:13 am
deep kapoor says:
Hi
i want to carry this iphone 3g in India for my own use but is there any software for unlock so i this phone is work on other network in India like AIRTELL, Vodaphone,BSNL ,IDEA etc
thanks
Deep
July 16th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Shadow says:
You can see on the back of the phone the CE mark, this is a European phone. The sim adapter on the 3g is different than the original, and chips capable of bypassing the protection are not yet available to the underground hacking scene.
This is likely an Italian or French phone, those are sold unlocked.
July 16th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
No shadow says:
It’s not true. In italy and france , the iphona is locked in the carriers network too
July 19th, 2008 at 12:23 am
Shadow says:
Ahhhg, you made me doubt myself so I had to go and research. At the following apple site you can find the list of supported countries for the iPhone.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1937
I was wrong about France, but Italy and Hong Kong do sell the iPhone carrier unlocked. You need to Activate it with a specific sim the first time, but after that you use any sim you want.
Again, look at the CE on the back of the phone, this moron didn’t think about that before making their little video.
European (Italian) iPhone.
July 19th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
john_ai says:
Hi everyone, i have a problem..
I want to buy the iPhone 3g in USA for after return in switzerland. Can i use the iphone 3g with a swiss SIM card ( sunrise) ?
July 21st, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Shadow says:
john_ai: Sorry to say but you have two problems. 1) The iPhone is only sold to US residents, you’ll need to supply an address in the US to be able to purchase it.
And second, The iPhone as sold in the US is carrier locked and can’t be unlocked by any means at the moment. See my previous post for more info.
July 21st, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Jason-K says:
It sucks when you have a beautiful iPhone 3g in front of you and you cant use it for anything more than an iPod touch. Any clues on unlocking yet? Dev team has yet to release
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:33 pm
tommy says:
shadow is an idiot.
they all have CE on the back, got mines from the at&t store in nyc had to get it via direct fulfillment.
love the 3G data speed =]
big BOO on having on txt price plans at at&t though.
July 27th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Hussein says:
I am in Florida and i need iphone 3g and use it in egypt (vodafone).
Will it work or i need to unlock? and if i need to unlock..HOW ??
Plz reply on this mail :
Hussein.haikal@gmail.com
July 29th, 2008 at 6:33 am
Rain Withers says:
Hi Hussein,
Only way to use the iPhone in Egypt if you buy it from usa at the moemnet is with a stealthsim se from www.stealthsim.ca that way you can unlock the phone and network.
August 4th, 2008 at 8:00 am
hello people says:
i just wanted to ask something about the iphone 3g !?!?
to buy the iphone in the US do i need to be resident or can i just buy it like the old iphone???
August 5th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
jon says:
I have found a source that tells me they are selling unlocked iPhone 3G for 350 Euro’s…if the phone trully is unlocked, is there any ‘activation’ needed…as there is when its using At&t?
August 6th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
jon says:
reply to my email: jmakrakis@hotmail.com
August 6th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Fabio says:
Do you want buy an Iphone 3g unlocked (sim free) from Italy?…No problems!! It’s easy!
Get on http://www.iphone3g-free-sim.co.cc
contact me!
August 13th, 2008 at 2:22 am
CLARK says:
Hello,
someone has tried that simcard unlock?
i’m italian, but i want to buy an iphone in switzerland because, although the italian iphone 3g is sim unlocked with all the sim, the price is too expansive (500 euro for the 8Gb). In switzerland (i wanna buy it with a switzerland friend) the iphone is sim locked but the prize is more convenient (330 euro for the 8 Gb).
TY for the reply!
August 23rd, 2008 at 5:20 am