Chris Cantell Discusses Hacking: Teen 'unlocks' iPhone from AT&T network by Notme dfsfs

A seventeen year old from Glen Rock, New Jersey became the second person in the world that succeeded in hacking the iPhone. According to his blog, George Hotz unlocked Apple's iPhone and used it on his carrier, T-Mobile a rival for the iPhone carrier, AT&T.He said that unlocking the device requires experience taking about two hours and involving an amount of soldering and software, missteps may render the iPhone useless.Hotz confirmed the unlocking the phone in front of a AP reporter that brought his T-Mobile SIM card for replacing with the original AT&T card. He was able to connect to the T-Mobile's network and placed calls using the reporter's account.By using Hotz's instructions, iPhone's functions remain intact but the visual voicemail it is disabled."Some of my friends think I wasted my summer but I think it was worth it," he told The Record of Bergen County, which reported Hotz's hack Friday.Analysts say that Apple still has time to modify the iPhone production line to make new phones invulnerable, but the procedure if very difficult and is likely to keep it confined to hardcore hobbyists."I'm having a hard time figuring out where the real pain is going to come from in this," said David Chamberlain, principal analyst with market researcher In-Stat who follows mobile devices and services. "Just selling the piece of hardware, they've made a nice profit off that."

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070825/ap_on_hi_te/iphone_unlocked;_ylt=Ahy4chpm3PFlY10zMsHVJJGs0NUE

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