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The Android Dev Phone 1 is a completely unlocked device

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Kyle
on December 8, 2008
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The T-Mobile G1 is available unlocked for $399 under a new name: The Android Dev Phone 1. The Android Dev Phone 1 is the same device as the T-Mobile G1, except it is completely open. Forget going online and giving a stranger your IMEI or following an online guide for some sketchy hardware unlock. All you will need is an Android Market account to qualify. Head over to the Android Market site for more info. There is a $25 registration fee.

The Android Dev Phone 1 is a SIM-unlocked and hardware-unlocked device that is designed for advanced developers. The device ships with a system image that is fully compatible with Android 1.0, so you can rely on it when developing your applications. You can use any SIM in the device and can flash custom Android builds that will work with the unlocked bootloader. Unlike the bootloader on retail devices, the bootloader on the Android Dev Phone 1 does not enforce signed system images. The Android Dev Phone 1 should also appeal to developers who live outside of T-Mobile geographies.

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iPhone Dev Team unlocks iPhone 3G

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Kyle
on October 28, 2008
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The very first iPhone 3G unlock has happened and now you can unlock yours too soon you’ll be able to. The iPhone Dev Team have been able to break in the baseband processor. If you’re like me and have no idea what a baseband processor is, the dev team fill in the details. It’s basically the core of the iPhone 3G and controls everything about the phone.

Nucleus is the operating system that runs on the PMB8878 baseband processor, we are using minicom running on the iPhone to talk to the baseband via AT commands, the AT command shown is a custom AT command that has been inserted into the PMB8878 that starts an application on the baseband, one of the things that this application does is to lists the tasks (processes) that are running within Nucleus.

[Update: The comments are right. The Dev Team can manipulate the baseband but it doesn't mean YOU can unlock your iPhone 3G. To be fair, it doesn't necessarily mean THEY can unlock it. They just have made a serious step in doing it.]

Unlock the iPhone 3G with iPhone-SIM-Unlock.com

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Kyle
on October 16, 2008
in Customization and News
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iPhone hot chick

QuicklyBored reader Pascal tipped me off to this iPhone unlocking service. Apparently he’s had it unlocked for the past 6 weeks and it’s working just fine. His comment was in response to my posting about Rebel Sim which also purports to unlock the iPhone 3G. Apparently that service doesn’t work so well and this is the good stuff. Let me know if anyone feels the same way.

Unlock your device with Rebel Simcard

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Kyle
on September 23, 2008
in Customization and News
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Rebel Simcard seems like an incredibly easy way to unlock your device. Personally, I’m terrified about turning on my iPhone 3G’s data roaming because of heard horror stories about bills of tens of thousands of dollars. If unlocking my device was this easy, I doubt I would ever have this problem again. We’ll keep you posted about this product as we’ll be traveling a lot more in the near future and this product seems like a life saver.

Unlocking the BlackBerry Bold and the BlackBerry Pearl

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Kyle
on September 7, 2008
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Unlocking the BlackBerry Bold and the BlackBerry Pearl

BlackBerry Bold and Pearl unlocked and ready to rock

Now that we’re in San Francisco, it’s important for us to unlock our devices in order to save money on data costs. Once they’re unlocked, we can take advantage of an all-you-can-eat data SIM from AT&T that costs about $20.

With help from our good friend, Kevin at CrackBerry.com, we managed to unlock both the BlackBerry Bold and the Pearl.
Click here for instructions on how to unlock the BlackBerry Bold and the BlackBerry Pearl

The worst iPhone hack job ever

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Kyle
on August 19, 2008
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Brutal hack job

“He was made bit by bit, piece by piece. The undying monster. The triumphant climax of Frankenstein’s genius.”

If you live in one of the seriously unfortunate countries with no iPhone 3G, you could think about unlocking it. If you do unlock it, you might want to try a solution that doesn’t involve Frankenstein style soldering. The above picture is from a Vietnamese site that claims it can unlock the phone with their brutal hack job. Is this phone even safe to put near your face?

[Via SlashPhone]