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iPhone 3G Unlocked And Working On 3
Posted by Nick Broughall at 4:50 PM on July 16, 2008
Up until today, there was absolutely no way of knowing whether or not an unlocked iPhone 3G would work on other networks like 3 - even 3 themselves had no idea. Fortunately, thanks to MacTalk.com.au forum member tryandbyte, we now know that you can, in fact, have your iPhone and eat some decent data plans too.
It's hardly the cheapest option, or the simplest, but if you purchase an iPhone 3G outright and pay an unlocking fee to Optus (It's $80), you can update your iPhone to work with other carriers.
If you're interested to see more screengrabs and read all about the unlocking process, head on over to the MacTalk forums.
UPDATE: Reader Simon has informed us that it also works on an unlocked Telstra iPhone, with evidence available on the MacTalk forums...
[Thanks Kieran!]
It's hardly the cheapest option, or the simplest, but if you purchase an iPhone 3G outright and pay an unlocking fee to Optus (It's $80), you can update your iPhone to work with other carriers.
If you're interested to see more screengrabs and read all about the unlocking process, head on over to the MacTalk forums.
UPDATE: Reader Simon has informed us that it also works on an unlocked Telstra iPhone, with evidence available on the MacTalk forums...
[Thanks Kieran!]
Tags: au | iphone | iphone 3g | networks | optus | three | unlocks
Comments
Gary
Posted July 16, 2008 9:02 PM
Great article. I was certainly amazed at the line of people waiting to buy an iphone at the North Sydney Optus Store on Friday morning....
Dav[e]tech
Posted July 17, 2008 8:45 AM
Fantastic! :D
i can now buy a pre-paid iphone and move across to 3 who ironically have the best data plan and yet not the iphone :D
Phil
Posted July 17, 2008 10:20 AM
what would happen if the iphone is unlocked and somebody with a locked iphone would use the same itunes account to do a restore? would that unlock the iphone?
sushant
Posted August 1, 2008 11:32 AM
"what would happen if the iphone is unlocked and somebody with a locked iphone would use the same itunes account to do a restore? would that unlock the iphone?"
iPhones arent loked by itunes accounts but instead by the serial number of the phone