Free iPhone GUI unlock works perfectly - thanks hackers!

Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Friday, 14 September 2007 01:03

Your IT - Mobility

Sure, anyone wanting an 'official' iPhone hack (from the third-party iPhone Dev Team, not in any way from Apple or AT&T), you can wait for a few days for the ‘official’ unlock from the iPhone Dev Team, but if you want it now, go to the i-Hacks website for really simple step-by-step instructions and a link to download the necessary software and associated files.

Now, just a warning – the instructions and the accompanying software are for Windows XP or Vista users – so if you’re a Mac user, you’ll need to keep on searching through Google to find a similar set of iPhone unlock tools, or you'll need a copy of VMware Fusion (or Parallels Desktop) and Windows XP or Vista to install the hack that way.

Another warning – you might ‘brick’ your iPhone, you might find your unlocked iPhone disabled by future firmware and iTunes updates, and you certainly won’t make Apple or AT&T very happy. Heck, I’m sure I’m not making Apple very happy either, although this is hardly the first article on the topic. Also, if you do find you have problems, you can restore your iPhone back to factory status and try again.

But I couldn’t be happier myself – my wonderful, fantastic, 21st century digital device extraordinaire is finally a fully featured cell phone as well as a 6th gen Wi-Fi iPod.

All the Apple lovin’ world needs now is an iPhone 2.0, with 3.5G HSDPA support, 16GB (or more) flash memory, video calling capability, cut and paste, true third party software support and more. Is this the iPhone the Europeans will get this Christmas, and Australasians sometime in 2008?

Let’s hope so… I’d be the first to upgrade, with my existing 8GB iPhone very happily going to a lucky family member. But until then, my iPhone has been set free at last… free at last! Thank you again, iPhone hackers. Please keep up the good work – we’re going to need you when the next iPhone update comes out to try and take back our hard earned freedom - and so we don't have to worry about cracking open our iPhones and poking them with soldering irons.

Perhaps we need a declaration of iPhone independence… but until that happens… I’ve got some calls to make!