Teen Hacks IPhone – Now Works With Other Companies, Not Just AT&T

If you wanted an iPhone but didn’t want to switch to AT&T, maybe you can find a teenager to crack the code for you so you can use an iPhone with another carrier .  They look awefully handy, but I’m too cheap to buy one. But if AT&T wants to give me one and free service to test it, I’ll be glad to review it for them.

But back to the story.  A North Jersey 17 year old cracked the code and posted the details on his blog. Now an iPhone can be used with any cell carrier using SIM card technology.

Hotz said he is aware of other so-called unlocks, but that his is the first that lets the phone work with a SIM card from any carrier without purchasing additional parts to make the unlocked phone operate. (The SIM card is the tiny rectangular card that fits into a phone and contains phone number and account information. In the U.S., phones sold by AT&T and T-Mobile use SIM cards; Verizon Wireless and Sprint use a different technology, so Hotz’s fix wouldn’t work.)

Here’s the first of his long series of posts on the subject.  Some have complained of the technospeak, but that’s just how techie kids talk today.  He’s not really cussing (I don’t think) though the words may sound unfamiliar to you.