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illvialuver
08-26-2007, 11:58 AM
So I read in the san fransico chronicle this week that a 17 year old boy from ny was the first to hack the iPHONE so it can work with another server besides at&t.

and it he spent 500 hours working on it! about 8 hours a day since the phones debut.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8R7H9OG1&show_article=1


i don thave the phone but its pretty cool. and thought that if anyone had one or wants one they have instructions on how to unlock it yourself for free.

FaLKoN240
08-26-2007, 12:37 PM
Saw this on my SF examiner this morning as well.

mr2man07
08-26-2007, 01:02 PM
damn, and even sold it for over $2,000.

illvialuver
08-26-2007, 01:24 PM
for how much time he spent moding the phone and the cost of the phone 2k really isnt shit, he could have made that much at a summer job, he said he worked about 8 hours a day and put of his life and summer plans for it.

s13gold
08-26-2007, 01:30 PM
i guess thats cool if you really want tmobile as your carrier.

xblack240x
08-26-2007, 01:31 PM
LOL I feel bad for him when you do look at it the way illvialuver pointed it out... He spent soo much time on it, only to profit about $1500.. Either way, saw this this morning as well, I didn't expect anyone to make a thread about it though... Well, happy reading people...

azndoc
08-26-2007, 02:08 PM
Damn dude it's just a phone.

As long as it works you can speak with someone on the other end then who really cares.

Crazy ass people.

illvialuver
08-26-2007, 02:21 PM
thats why i posted it, i mean imgine what that kid could do if he appliedhimself into other things instead of just a phone, if i tried that i woudla been like fuck it after the first week, or 40 hours, i dont think the juice was worth the squeeze on that one

mr2man07
08-26-2007, 03:05 PM
Damn dude it's just a phone.

As long as it works you can speak with someone on the other end then who really cares.

Crazy ass people.


same can be said about our cars too man. :ugh:

who cares if it has a turbo, as long it gets to point a - b is what some people think.

GoodOl'S13
08-26-2007, 03:10 PM
thats why i posted it, i mean imgine what that kid could do if he appliedhimself into other things instead of just a phone, if i tried that i woudla been like fuck it after the first week, or 40 hours, i dont think the juice was worth the squeeze on that one
but it now takes him about two hours to unlock them. So he could unlock 2 a week and make 12k a mo.

trybal
08-26-2007, 03:37 PM
I didn't see this in any posts.. This is from his actualy website "blog"

THE iPhone HAS BEEN TRADED
Terry Daidone, the founder of Certicell contacted me this morning, and offered to make a trade for the iPhone. I traded it for a sweet Nissan 350Z and 3 8GB iPhones. I will be sending the iPhones, unlocked if they wish, to jpetrie(the first donater), gray(the reversing genius), and iProof(who is truly amazing at finding stuff online) Thanks a lot everyone. I leave for college tomorrow, and this has been a great end to a great summer. If I ever do anything more with the iPhone, it'll definitely be posted here. Also I contacted iphonesimfree and offered to verify on this blog their claims of a software unlock. No response yet...

http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/


hows that for "wasting his time"

DOOK
08-26-2007, 03:47 PM
I'd say a 350z is worth it

projekt_s13
08-26-2007, 03:52 PM
damn i was just about to post that, but a 350z and 3 8 gig iPhones to unlock and make more sweet moola (with uncle rico) is damn worth all the time spent on unlocking it

Matej
08-26-2007, 04:03 PM
LOL I feel bad for him when you do look at it the way illvialuver pointed it out... He spent soo much time on it, only to profit about $1500
Electronics and computer developers will probably be fighting over the guy, he most likely has his future secured.

ayuaddict
08-26-2007, 10:28 PM
Electronics and computer developers will probably be fighting over the guy, he most likely has his future secured.

exactly. fucking genious kids.

understeer
08-26-2007, 10:49 PM
id take a 350z....but who'd be stupid enough to trade a car...that you drive....for a phone?

luisgonz
08-26-2007, 10:57 PM
I going to buy one tomarrow just for this. I got the whole write up and parts haha. :naughty:

understeer
08-26-2007, 11:08 PM
I going to buy one tomarrow just for this. I got the whole write up and parts haha. :naughty:


maybe you'll get a 350z out of the deal?? lol

Matej
08-26-2007, 11:23 PM
id take a 350z....but who'd be stupid enough to trade a car...that you drive....for a phone?
If he didn't make it public, held out for it, and only talked to a few big companies, I'm sure he could've gotten a lot more, maybe even tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars.

understeer
08-26-2007, 11:44 PM
If he didn't make it public, held out for it, and only talked to a few big companies, I'm sure he could've gotten a lot more, maybe even tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars.


most def...but he's still going to get good benifits...companies are going to be in "awe" of this kid...cause if he can break and iPhone...which holds reputation for not being that easy to hack...then he's going to be getting calls...but cant he get into trouble over this?

ps~ i want to see the day when an apple pc's gets hacked into and start getting virus'

JRas
08-27-2007, 12:25 AM
It was only a matter of time

understeer
08-27-2007, 02:17 AM
ps~ i want to see the day when an apple pc's gets hacked into and start getting virus'

It was only a matter of time


but i want to see the PC get hacked...ill laugh at apple...just b/c they claim that they're pratically "un-hackable"

CKAMC
08-27-2007, 03:10 AM
some people REALLY hate AT&T

There are also a lot of foreigners that can benefit from this since not all of them can buy the phone yet.

you also have fokes that dont want a 2 or 1 year contract with at&t or a private cell provider... again there is just a large market for un locked phones overall.

hope he doesn't get caught by at&t, he fought the power(aka death star by some sites) and won.

initialrt
08-27-2007, 11:50 AM
he cant get "caught" considering its not illegal.
"There is apparently no U.S. law against unlocking cell phones. Last year, the Library of Congress specifically excluded cell-phone unlocking from coverage under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Among other things, the law has been used to prosecute people who modify game consoles to play a wider variety of games."

steve shadows
08-27-2007, 11:55 AM
for how much time he spent moding the phone and the cost of the phone 2k really isnt shit, he could have made that much at a summer job, he said he worked about 8 hours a day and put of his life and summer plans for it.

you really think he had a life he was missing out on?

illvialuver
08-27-2007, 02:04 PM
well now that he got a 350z outta it, well worth it!

ManoNegra
08-27-2007, 03:00 PM
iPhone Unlocked (http://www.broadcaster.com/clip/23073)
It was a matter of time only. Most exclusive popular phones are usually unlocked sooner or later.
Same as the new Mac intel machines, Apple made Windows compatability 'official' only after a few groups had figured it out.

Pank
08-27-2007, 05:59 PM
but i want to see the PC get hacked...ill laugh at apple...just b/c they claim that they're pratically "un-hackable"


no they dont, at least Apple doesnt.

A Spec Products
08-27-2007, 06:14 PM
My requirements for a cell phone:

1) Makes phone calls
2) Has phone book

Anything beyond that and I'm wasting my money

illvialuver
08-27-2007, 10:53 PM
My requirements for a cell phone:

1) Makes phone calls
2) Has phone book

Anything beyond that and I'm wasting my money

thats about how much interest i have in phones.

Buffalo Daughter
08-28-2007, 09:52 AM
I think its fucking wild, but i think i would have made some crazy ass demand instead of a 350z like i dont know a buggatti or something. Whatever though pretty insane.

Matej
08-28-2007, 11:19 AM
My requirements for a cell phone:

1) Makes phone calls
2) Has phone book

Anything beyond that and I'm wasting my money
3) Text messaging

Those are the only three features I've ever used.

ZX88
08-30-2007, 09:23 PM
this kid goes to my school he has an entourage now.

downshift_s14
08-31-2007, 12:46 PM
this kid has no life. I'd tell him to get a girlfriend

kousuke180sx
08-31-2007, 01:22 PM
this kid has no life. I'd tell him to get a girlfriend

With all the money this kids going to make in the future he can BUY any girlfriend he wants.

illvialuver
09-01-2007, 12:05 AM
so basically he was a tweeker with out the crack his whole life, and it payed of takin all that shit apart growing up. so is his entourage made up of nerds? or like regular people?

silviaz
09-01-2007, 07:56 AM
He's smarter than you and you bash him wow...

props to the kid.

Sir
09-02-2007, 12:29 PM
3) Text messaging

Those are the only three features I've ever used.
4. Durability

I've seen my boss brake about 4 Razrz in a 6mo period.
My POS Nokia won't die.

FRpilot
09-03-2007, 04:43 PM
He's smarter than you and you bash him wow...

props to the kid.

word. there's always haters. especially against smart people. who cares? smart people end up ahead later on in life anyways.

it reminds me of charles barkley calling mark cuban a computer geek for spending all his time caught up on the internet and on his computer updating his mavblock. cuban replied that barkley should stop being so ignorant since the world revolves around computers and the internet now. and while barkley is famous and has millions, cuban easily can put barkley in his place and laugh all the way to the bank with his billions he made before the dot com bust.

4. Durability

I've seen my boss brake about 4 Razrz in a 6mo period.
My POS Nokia won't die.

yep. my free nokia phone wont die no matter how many times i drop it, although theres is a stress crack line on the battery cover starting to get bigger.

i only make calls, phone book, and used to text also. i dont need camera, mp3player, email, all that shit on my phone.

widegts
09-05-2007, 01:38 PM
tell me about it. I used to sell phones for 3 years before I started this shop thing.

Its funny how some people will get the worse service, crappiest plan, just so they can get the coolest LOOKING PHONE.

hahahahaahaah!

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