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Unlock Your Uk iPhone

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UPDATE: 15/08/2008 - Pwnage 2.02

There are some UNLOCKED and Jailbroken iPhones for sale at Amazon.co.uk, 6 left at time of writing. Click Here.

Now Pwnage 2.02, the iPhone un-locking tool by the iPhone-Dev Team is now working and available. It can be downloaded here or here or here. Windows users should click here to download WinPwn. There is a video available to give you a heads up on how to use it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R63lKICiWfg

UPDATE:02/08/2008 - iPhone 3G

So, the new iPhone 3G was released and subsequently UNLOCKED nanoseconds after launch. Apparently Pwnage does not work… YET. Not much more to say, there is tons of info on the net: See Google. Also: www.unlockiphone20.com and www.iphoneunlockuk.com. YouTube has just a few clips. Like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNG3CUM8yNM

None of them flick your switch? Why not use your iPhone knowledge to make some easy cash? Or maybe just have some fun?

UPDATE:16/12/2007

A reader tells us of this new website: http://www.iphonelocks.com. Apparently you can easily break 1.1.2 in conjunction with the Jailbreak software within a matter of minutes. If anyone has any experience with it then let us know via email or comments. Check out these videos below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v3s-XGYRyA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cQyZtJqpjU

Original Post:

Last night at 6:02pm the long awaited iPhone made it’s debut on the streets of the UK; people had queued for around 24 hours outside of the Apple flagship store in Regent Street, London. Although much hyped, the furor was never going to reach the fever pitch that it did in the U.S. this summer. The handset has also gone on sale at around 1,300 other O2 and Carphone Warehouse stores around the UK with each customer limited to two of the £269 handsets each.

iPhone in Hand UKThe iPhone lacks many of the features of it’s rivals and particularly the Nokia N95. The iPhone only works on slower 2G networks, limiting its usefulness as a mobile web browser. Apple insist that it chose 2G so as to increase the phones talk-time, stating that the 3G technology is far too power hungry.

Amongst many fans and critics, there are concerns that consumers are only able to use the phone with the O2 mobile network. The phones can be unlocked for use on other networks but this voids the warranty; apparently the device can break if software updates from Apple are installed. As many as 250,000 iPhones have been unlocked in the U.S. so far.

In the States, teenager George Hotz, 17, who was the first to unlock his iPhone so it could be used on networks outside the US has traded the gadget for a brand new Nissan 350Z. They also gave him a paid consultancy job and 3 more iPhones. iPhone unlocking is now big business - there are literally hundreds of websites like this one dedicated to it and even legitimate businesses are spawning everywhere. Be aware, there are also many scams too. Check out these results on Google for iPhone unlocking.

Phone Unlock Ltd have launched the website iphoneunlockuk.com, with it’s aim to do exactly what it says on the tin. For £69.99 a technician will carry out the procedure in-store or for £39.99 you can do it yourself. The website even states that it’s office, on Oxford Street is only 600 yards from the Apple store in Regent Street. In addition, they are claiming to have a hack for the new firmware (1.1.2), Apple reckons they have closed the existing backdoor.

There are also tons and tons of YouTube videos available. Many are out of date so I won’t post one here, I’ll let you choose.

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Comments

22 Responses to “Unlock Your Uk iPhone”

  1. Ellis45 on November 12th, 2007 10:23 am

    Does anyone know if the new firmware version has been cracked yet?

  2. PICKLES on November 12th, 2007 9:00 pm

    Yes it has been cracked visit http://iphone.unlock.no/

  3. Steve the Admin on November 13th, 2007 8:54 pm

    Thanks for the update PICKLES. I had already linked to that site, but not all that clearly. Nice One.

  4. Carl on November 16th, 2007 8:53 am

    Visited this site, but can only see info on 1.1.1 I was under the impression that UK phones had 1.1.2 am I mistaken?

  5. Steve the Admin on November 16th, 2007 10:03 pm

    Thanks Carl, you are correct but let me just refer you back to iphoneunlockuk.com (5th paragraph). They state on their website that they “have posted the first step in the unlock of the 1.1.2 UK iPhone…”. It is just a small matter of time before it is completely cracked and I’ll update this page when that happens. Obviously the holy grail is a free tutorial, I’m scouring the earth as we speak.

  6. Richard on November 20th, 2007 12:47 am

    Iphoneunlockuk.com only use the same system and programs that you can download for free of the net. Save your money and do it yourself.

  7. Carl on November 20th, 2007 8:39 am

    Richard, I agree and have now activated my 1.1.2 phone and it will accept any o2 sim, and all for free

  8. Simmo on November 20th, 2007 1:54 pm

    Carl or Richard, Could you post any URLs to tutorials?

  9. PP on November 21st, 2007 1:32 pm

    Hi guys, if I purchase an unlocked iPhone abroad (canary islands) would I be able to use it in the UK with vodafone? would i need to block itunes from updating?
    thanks

    P

  10. Carl on November 22nd, 2007 4:22 pm

    Simmo
    http://www.google.co.uk/search?
    hl=en&q=unlock+iPhone&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

    This would be a good place to start

  11. mark newman on November 27th, 2007 10:14 pm

    I have bought a uk iphone from 02 but i want to jailbreak it so that i can use 3rd party applications and games on it, it is running on 1.1.2 firmware. Is it possible tojailbreak it because I have read that downgading the iphone to 1.1.1 to jalbreak it only works on american phones that have previously had the 1.1.1 firmware on it?

    Can anyone help please ??? :-)

  12. sam on December 3rd, 2007 12:14 pm

    My phone freezes when i try to get it to call itself i.e *#301# any ideas?

  13. scooby on December 11th, 2007 8:53 pm

    I have bought an Iphone in the UK to use in Europe. Has anyone come up with the ‘unlock’ yet…

  14. mario on January 2nd, 2008 11:19 pm

    check out http://www.iphonelocks.com to unlock your iphone

  15. Doodee on February 4th, 2008 3:04 am

    Thanks for sharing

  16. billy on February 7th, 2008 12:54 am

    I unlocked my new iphone by http://www.unlocknowyouriphone.com/ to use it without O2 !
    This team have the best support worldwide !

    Thanks to unlocknowyouriphone.com

  17. FrorArrar on March 10th, 2008 9:36 pm

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  18. Max on March 16th, 2008 10:45 am

    k Your Uk iPhone — Ultrathought thanks for this post!

  19. Krystal on March 19th, 2008 2:33 pm

    Hi I just got a new UK iphone and there are so many threads on this discussion i dont know which website to use to unlock it. Richard said that Iphoneunlockuk.com charges for software that is free. Where can i get the free software is it at http://iphone.unlock.no/? Does it really work?

  20. Adent on August 7th, 2008 7:51 pm

    Very interesting site, i have added it to my favourites. Greetings.

  21. nirou on August 15th, 2008 10:47 am

    i want to get the new iphone 3g but i need to know for sure that i can unlock it to use in another country. can anyone confirm for sure that it can be unlocked and recommend a trusted website to do it on? thanks

  22. Steve the Admin on August 15th, 2008 9:42 pm

    Nirou,

    It can be unlocked, by the Pwnage software.

    Also, the 2 sites mentioned in the update above do it as a service:
    http://www.unlockiphone20.com and http://www.iphoneunlockuk.com can do it at a reasonable price. Look at their sites and see what you think.

    Steve

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