Unlocking an iPhone 3G the Vietnamese way - Boing Boing Gadgets

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Vietnam's amazing phone-unlockers
Published 12/1/2008 by Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing
... turn. He used a chip reader to read information into a file. He then used a Hex editor to remove the locking data from the file, and after that, the chip got reprogrammed with the newly altered file. Now it was no longer programmed to work with only a specific provider. The chip then got reassembled into the motherboard, another painstaking process. As a last step, the technician put the phone back together, and it looked like nothing had been done to it. Unlocking an iPhone 3G the Vietnamese way Discuss this on Boing Boing Gadgets ...

Vietnamese iPhone Unlock Isn't for the Faint of Heart [IPhone]
Published 12/1/2008 by Adam Frucci at Gizmodo
... only a specific provider. The chip then got reassembled into the motherboard, another painstaking process. As a last step, the technician put the phone back together, and it looked like nothing had been done to it. All this for a mere $80! Call me crazy, but watching someone do this to my phone would be infinitely more satisfying than simply downloading a program to crack it. You'd feel like your phone really earned its unlocking. [Crave via Boing Boing Gadgets] ...

Unlocked iPhone 3G Available in Vietnam
Published 12/2/2008 at Mobilewhack.com
... a file. He then used a Hex editor to remove the locking data from the file, and after that, the chip got reprogrammed with the newly altered file. Now it was no longer programmed to work with only a specific provider. The chip then got reassembled into the motherboard, another painstaking process. As a last step, the technician put the phone back together, and it looked like nothing had been done to it. Get your bags ready then. You’ll have to go all the way to Vietnam for that! via Boing Boing Tags: ...