So the hacking community led you to a free or fee-based unlock of your iPhone, you are zipping along fine with your new carrier, and then you hear the news that if your iPhone is unlocked the next iPhone firmware update could leave your phone busted. What do you do?
The same thing any logical person would, find a way to reverse the unlock and go back and pay your penance ... continued »
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Worried about bricking your recently unlocked iPhone? Willing to go back to AT&T? Read on
So the hacking community led you to a free or fee-based unlock of your iPhone, you are zipping along fine with your new carrier, and then you hear the news that if your iPhone is unlocked the next iPhone firmware update could leave your phone busted. What do you do?
The same thing any logical person would, find a way to reverse the unlock and go back and pay your penance ... continued »
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Grave news for iPhone modders, yes you
Apple announced today in a press release that the act of “improving functionality” of your $600 (or $400 after price drop) device could cause your iPhone to become a really good looking paperweight, should you choose to upgrade to the next firmware version. They also officially stated - clearing up a lot of confusion but not in a way anybody wanted - that said-modifications absolutely do void your warranty.
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Rumor: Hacked, unlocked, or otherwise modded iPhones’ warranties get voided and blacklisted
It’s no surprise that as per Apple’s terms and conditions, if you mess with your iPhone, they will both no longer fix it, and they will go ahead and void its warranty and blacklist it from further repair. Third party apps are ok, as long as they aren’t running natively. This one gets the Rumor tag because I have only seen one such incident reported so far.
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Hacked iPhone gets blacklisted at Apple Store
Many theorised what Apple's response might be to those who choose to hack or unlock their iPhones - remote locks, being banned from upcoming feature upgrades and other devious tricks were suggested - but until now there was no real evidence that the Cupertino crew would actually do anything if they came into contact with an obviously tampered handset. Steve Jobs himself pretty much dismissed the matter of unlocked iPhones ... continued »
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Get voicemail back on your unlocked iPhone
Apparently, if you unlock your iPhone, you lose voicemail functionality. Now you can have it back via one simple step.
Open the Phone app and hit the keypad button. Then you just type in the following: *5005*86*phonenumber#.
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More Videos from the Apple Event
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This time we have Steve’s analogy of choosing O2 over other carriers, comparing it to going out on a few dates before marrying. Its kind of a funny video actually.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzjpg_uC5J0[/youtube]
Then we have the clip of someone asking about iPhone Unlocking. That’s a pretty big issue, but they so far haven’t done anything to stop it. Mainly because I don’t think Apple cares about where their phone is used or with ... continued »
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Free iPhone Software Unlock!
That’s right, no more paying for software unlocks via iPhoneSIMFree, now, thanks to the iPhone Dev Team hackers there is at least one way of unlocking your iPhone for free. The program is comically named iUnlock and works more or less the same way as the iPSF hack.
Better yet they are making the current hack open source and passing it out like candy on Halloween. The full team’s names are ... continued »
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