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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Phones

iPhone Push May Be Sending AIM Messages To Random People

11:57PM Jesus Diaz | According to developer Till Schadde, random people may be receiving your AIM messages if you have a jailbroken or unlocked iPhone. In fact, anyone with a jailbroken iPhone may be getting it, according to his testing: More »
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Phones

Apple May Be Blocking Push Notifications In Unlocked IPhones

3:40AM Jesus Diaz | We don’t have confirmation on this beyond the word of a Czech-based developer who has tested it, but apparently Apple is blocking push notification services in unofficially unlocked iPhones. However, we have tested it and it works. More »
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Friday, June 26, 2009
Software

IPhone 3GS Jailbreak/Unlock Coming Soon, Leverages Old Exploit

6:20PM John Herrman | Not that anyone ever had any doubts that the Dev Team would be able to work their magic on the 3GS, but this is quick: within a week of the phone’s launch, the hackers say they’ve figured it out. More »
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Software

Dev Team Teases Carrier Unlock For IPhone 3.0 Firmware, Will Demo

9:16PM Simon Crisp | The iPhone Dev Team has got us excited (and Apple worried) by announcing they have a fully-working software carrier unlock ready for the 3.0 firmware ahead of its official release. More »
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Thursday, January 1, 2009
Software

iPhone 3G Unlock Now Available

11:30PM Jesus Diaz | The iPhone 3G unlock is now available. The unlocking software is called yellowsn0w, runs as an invisible application in your iPhone, and it’s very easy to install. Here’s how. [Updating as we try it] More »
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Saturday, July 12, 2008
Software

iPhone PwnageTool For iPhone 2.0 Live On Video (Luke Finds Out Leia Is His Sister, Feels Dirty)

7:17AM Jason Chen | The iPhone Dev Team has a video up showing exactly what their PwnageTool 2.0 looks like. You know, the tool that unlocks iPhone 2.0. Check back in a couple minutes to see the video. This works in both the original iPhone and the iPhone 3G on both 1.1.4 and 2.0 firmware. Woohoo, unlocked iPhones! UPDATE: Video up after the jump. More »
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Friday, July 11, 2008
Phones

iPhone OS 2.0 Unlocked

2:52AM Jesus Diaz | The new iPhone OS 2.0 software has been unlocked and jailbroken. It was released just hours ago and it has already been cracked by the iPhone Dev Team. The first one took a couple of months, but this one was actually unlocked before Apple released it to the public. And you have had the proof in front of you all morning. More »
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Phones

Don’t Buy an Unlocked iPhone From AT&T, Just Cancel a New Contract

8:20AM Mark Wilson | A special thanks to commenter “tamade” for pointing out the obvious. Since AT&T’s unlocked iPhone 3Gs will cost you $599 (8GB) or $699 (16GB), you are better off signing a contract and cancelling it than buying an unlocked iPhone. In fact, it’s even cheaper to buy a 16GB iPhone using this method than to buy and unlock an 8GB version. But math isn’t our strong suit so go ahead and double-check our calculations. We won’t be offended: More »
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Friday, June 6, 2008
Phones

Would You Unlock the 3G iPhone Even If It Has Good SDK Apps?

7:40AM Sean Fallon | Having an unlocked iPhone has always been a tradeoff–you can get some cool 3rd party apps but trying to install firmware updates is a huge pain in the arse. Still, the urge to rebel and personalise your phone the way you want is strong–and there will always be a large group of people who will hack their iPhone just because they can. So, the question is would you unlock a 3G iPhone even when there are good SDK apps to be had? More »
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