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Free the iPhone from AT&T

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-it-is-the-fourth-of-july dept.

Acererak was one of several readers who noted that DVD Jon has released information on unbricking an iPhone. You sacrifice all cel phone functionality of course, but you have an iPDA that will work on your WiFi. Currently the hack is windows only but it doesn't look very complicated.

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  1. Yeah make it worthless, then I can afford one!! by HouseArrest420 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why would you pay that much money for a PDA, when you can get other devies whose only purpose it to be a PDA for less?

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  2. Re:Why is DVD Jon focused on Apple? by Aladrin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    He earned his name long ago. He has no need to 'justify' himself to anyone, and he certainly doesn't owe us anything. He can do whatever he damned well pleases, and you should be thankful for anything that happens to help you, instead of disrespecting him for the stuff that doesn't.

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  3. Re:Why "Of course"? by LearnToSpell · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Here's a choice: DON'T BUY IT.

    Jesus. /. drives me nuts sometimes. Everybody wants an iPhone for 99 cents, with 10,000 free minutes a month, unlimited texting, unlimited bandwidth, and a personalized letter from Steve Jobs thanking them for making a difference in the world. How the fuck is any of this unfair? There are other phones. There are other PDAs. Want a competitive market? Get Samsung to make a hot phone, and hook it up to another network. Talking about how you don't have a choice is truly idiotic.

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  4. Re:Its very hard to understand this by mla_anderson · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Should be pretty obvious why they have the network lock: visual voicemail. Visual voicemail is a major change to the carrier's voicemail system, to get a network to agree to make the change Apple has to agree to the lock-in.

    For me, the visual voicemail is the big win for the iPhone, the ability to have random access to voicemail is great. The other features are pretty, but visual voicemail is what makes me drool.

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