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the last few days have been quite exciting for folks who have already or are planning to import an iPhone outside the US (+ US-citizens not willing to enter a 2-year contract with AT&T, of course). [I guess those who know me, may have a certain idea to which group I belong ;)]. on monday, iPhoneSimFree.com (the group who initially got their hack confirmed by Engadget & CNN) reportedly started selling their patch, although not directly to end-customers but through intermediary resellers, which as far as I know, have failed to deliver until now. they better should have done so quicker, since hackers with a more humanitarian approach have set the patch free & open-source in the meantime (ups, there goes another shady business-model). while there are loads of patches & how-to’s spread on the net right now, reliable sources report that the tutorial at iphone.unlock.no offers a detailed step-by-step guide + all necessary download-links. not for the faint-hearted, the free patch involves jailbreaking the iPhone, installing an ssh-server and entering AT-commands on the shell. less tech-savvy users should probably wait another week until a more automated GUI-tool is released. the result: Apple’s iPhone logged in through a SIM-card courtesy of Austrian cell-provider One. voila!

 

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