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Buy An Unlocked iPhone 4 in the USA Now, If You Really Want too…

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

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Buy An Unlocked iPhone 4 in the USA Now, If You Really Want too…

Buying an unlocked phone, whether it’s an iPhone or not, is the best way to go – every time. Locking yourself into a 12-24 month contract means you end up paying a lot more for the phone over time, and makes it difficult to upgrade when you want to. It’s relatively standard practice to be [...]

The iPhone 4 Micro-SIM Situation

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

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Because there are now several countries where the iPhone 4 is sold unlocked, everyone can choose the best network and tariff for their needs while not tying themselves down to a long contract. There is no doubt that this is the way phones should be sold, however, buying the iPhone 4 in this way has [...]

Canada, France (and UK) to receive unlocked iPhone 4’s

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

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Canada, France (and UK) to receive unlocked iPhone 4’s

You read right, in somewhat of a bold move, Apple has decided to no longer restrict French, Canadian (and UK) iPhone 4 users to a single (or select) GSM carrier(s). This means that iPhone 4 users in these countries will be able to buy the device from Apple “commitment free,” and then use the device [...]

UK iPhone 4 Sold Unlocked via Apple Store

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

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UK iPhone 4 Sold Unlocked via Apple Store

While the five networks who will be offering the iPhone 4 in the UK continue to drag their heels when it comes to releasing tariff pricing, the iPhone 4 has become available for pre-order via the Apple Store. Robert took a look at the US pricing earlier today, but the UK has a little surprise [...]

Jailbreaking news: Fix the push notifications on your unlocked/hacktivated iPhone with PushFix

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

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Those currently running a hacktivated/unlocked iPhone may be missing one nice feature that arrived with OS 3.x — push notifications. If you have activated your iPhone (original,3G,3GS) without an authorized SIM card (i.e. Hacktivated) and are running OS 3.x, then your push functionality is probably not working. The existing fixes haven’t worked because there is [...]

Geohot to return with a one-stop solution for jailbreaking

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

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Geohot to return with a one-stop solution for jailbreaking

The last we heard, Geohot was killing off both purplera1n and purplesn0w, which at the time made it seem like he had moved on from working on the iPhone. Of course he did leave us with a little teaser in the past, and now according to a recent post on his blog, it looks like [...]

Jailbreaking news: Purple, both ra1n and sn0w are dead

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

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Jailbreaking news: Purple, both ra1n and sn0w are dead

With the release of iPhone OS 3.0.1 we saw that Geohot’s tools (purplera1n and purplesn0w) were no longer working, at which time he recommended that others begin using the Dev Team’s offerings. Now sadly, thanks to a recent posting on his blog we learn that he is not planning on making purplera1n or purplesn0w work for [...]

Geohot returns with purplesn0w; his own iPhone 3GS unlocking solution

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

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Geohot returns with purplesn0w; his own iPhone 3GS unlocking solution

It seems there may be a line being drawn between the Dev Team and Geohot when it comes to working together to bring what is best for the end user as a whole. While some may argue that them working together is for the best, I would argue that competition between the two may end [...]

Jailbreaking news: Dev Team releases redsn0w for Linux and the iPhone 3GS

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

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Following the release of purplera1n, the Dev Team has decided to release an updated version of their own jailbreaking tool — redsn0w. If you remember back, they had originally announced they were going to hold off until OS 3.1 was available, however according to the most recent post on their blog. “We realize we upset some [...]

How to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS using “purplera1n” on the Mac

Sunday, July 5, 2009

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How to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS using “purplera1n” on the Mac

Just recently, Geohot made the Mac version of purplera1n available, and well this is the one I had been waiting for. So without much of a wait, I went ahead with the jailbreak. The overall process was really simple, and at least in my case it was very quick. All said and done, it look [...]