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<blockquote data-quote="Rich B" data-source="post: 5432376" data-attributes="member: 571023">Hackers unlock iPhone 3G, free it from shackles of AT&amp;amp;T<img src="http://dvice.com/pics/12-31-08-iphone3gunlock.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />It&#039;s a new year and a new day for iPhone hackers — the iPhone G has finally been unlocked. As of a couple of hours ago, the unlocking app called Yellowsn0w, created by a group of hackers calling themselves the iPhone Dev Team, is now available as a free download.This is great news for iPhone owners who don&#039;t want to be chained to AT&amp;amp;T — now they&#039;re free to use the iPhone with the carrier of their choice. For example, what if you want an iPhone, but there&#039;s no AT&amp;amp;T coverage in your area? T-Mobile is a favorite of the expatriates, with a lower data cost per month, but then they don&#039;t get Apple&#039;s gorgeous Visual Voice Mail.Unlocking is different from &quot;<a href="http://www.intomobile.com/2008/11/23/iphone-dev-team-does-it-again-pwnage-tool-22-jailbreaks-iphone-22-os.html" target="_blank">jailbreaking</a>,&quot; which has been possible with the iPhone 3G for a few months now. That gives you the ability to <a href="http://www.iphonespies.com/iphone-hacks/why-jailbreak-your-iphone-or-ipod-touch/" target="_blank">load software applications not approved by Apple</a>, such as an app that lets you use the iPhone&#039;s 3G connectivity as a modem for your PC, hundreds of games, extensive customization of backgrounds and sounds, new ways to organize all those apps, and a whole lot more. The risk of turning your iPhone into a useless &quot;brick?&quot; Slight.<a href="http://dvice.com/archives/2009/01/hackers_unlock.php" target="_blank">http://dvice.com/archives/2009/01/hackers_unlock.php</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rich B, post: 5432376, member: 571023"] Hackers unlock iPhone 3G, free it from shackles of AT&T [IMG]http://dvice.com/pics/12-31-08-iphone3gunlock.jpg[/IMG] It's a new year and a new day for iPhone hackers — the iPhone G has finally been unlocked. As of a couple of hours ago, the unlocking app called Yellowsn0w, created by a group of hackers calling themselves the iPhone Dev Team, is now available as a free download. This is great news for iPhone owners who don't want to be chained to AT&T — now they're free to use the iPhone with the carrier of their choice. For example, what if you want an iPhone, but there's no AT&T coverage in your area? T-Mobile is a favorite of the expatriates, with a lower data cost per month, but then they don't get Apple's gorgeous Visual Voice Mail. Unlocking is different from "[URL="http://www.intomobile.com/2008/11/23/iphone-dev-team-does-it-again-pwnage-tool-22-jailbreaks-iphone-22-os.html"]jailbreaking[/URL]," which has been possible with the iPhone 3G for a few months now. That gives you the ability to [URL="http://www.iphonespies.com/iphone-hacks/why-jailbreak-your-iphone-or-ipod-touch/"]load software applications not approved by Apple[/URL], such as an app that lets you use the iPhone's 3G connectivity as a modem for your PC, hundreds of games, extensive customization of backgrounds and sounds, new ways to organize all those apps, and a whole lot more. The risk of turning your iPhone into a useless "brick?" Slight. [URL="http://dvice.com/archives/2009/01/hackers_unlock.php"]http://dvice.com/archives/2009/01/hackers_unlock.php[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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