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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. Re:Yeah make it worthless, then I can afford one!! by 1zenerdiode · · Score: -1, Troll
    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?

    Simple! So you can feel morally superior to others who are tragically less hip than you are. Your sweatshop-produced microelectronic device is better for society than theirs! Nobody even has to know that the phone doesn't work nor that in reality your iPhone now has less utility than a cell-phone-shaped bubble gum dispenser.

    Besides, you can't pinch your fingers on a standard PDA. What could be worse than that?

  2. Worst.Article.Evar!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Thanks Taco...for keeping the "high standards" we are all accustomed to.

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    Jaap van Ballspoogen

  3. Why is DVD Jon focused on Apple? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    In order to justify his name he should do Blue Ray and HD DVD stuff. Does he have anything against Apple Computer and/or Steve Jobs?

  4. People will actually do this by DogDude · · Score: -1, Troll

    From the reviews I've been reading, the iPhone's "phone" functionality is pretty much worthless anyway. Even though each sucker [customer] paid a few thousand for what is apparently the worst cell phone service on the market, I'm sure we'll see people just getting rid of it, and instead having a $2000+ iPod. It's twisted, but I'll bet money that it'll be widespread.

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  5. DVDJon needs to get a life... by jpellino · · Score: -1, Troll

    "What do you want to be when you grow up, Jonny?"
    "I want to piss people off by throwing a big ugly monkey wrench into their life's work."
    "Hmm... well there's the IRS, Jews for Jesus, or, well, there's this third thing you could try, but it would never work..."

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    "Win treats sysadmins better than users. Mac treats users better than sysadmins. Linux treats everyone like sysadmins."
  6. Stupid tags by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why is this tagged "hardhack" when the summary plainly says that it's not complicated?

  7. Re:Yeah make it worthless, then I can afford one!! by E+IS+mC(Square) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sir, I may be too dense to Read The Fucking Title, but then you are not so bright as to Read The Fucking Parent To My Dense Reply To Which You Replied (RTFPTMDPTWYR).

  8. What do you mean, "of course" by Idaho · · Score: 0, Troll

    You sacrifice all cell phone functionality of course


    I don't see at all how this would be "of course". Why can't you simply install a different SIM card? I can see how you would "of course" lose the AT&T-specific subscription services but not "all cell phone functionality".

    That just makes no sense whatsoever (except in the USA perhaps?)
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    Every expression is true, for a given value of 'true'
  9. Re:Why "Of course"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Talking about how you don't have a choice is truly idiotic.

    Spoken like a true American Consumer.

    Next you'll be telling us that America is a free country.