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DVD Jon Activates iPhone

firsttube said:
Do you guys work at an apple office, or are you close personal friends of Stevie J?

The reason I ask is because I think the device has only been publicly available for 4 1/2 days. You said he brought it there for a couple weeks? Why weren't you posting more info about the phone before the launch if you had a co-worker who already had one? :D
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I would guess he bought it there in the last day or so and is staying for a few weeks
 
Field Test application found


we have found field test
works on unactivated phones
*3001#12345#*
hit send
have a nice day

what does this do?
opens the field test app
basic network and diagnostic info

Plus little update

we can confirm with a reasonable degree of certainty you cannot unlock the phone through the telephony pad
and
there is a GPRS settings preference panel, but we haven't been able to access it yet

Exciting update

here's some good news
new ringtones = easy
call databases = stored as SQL
new video decoders: easy
./VideoDecoders
./VideoDecoders/H264H1.videodecoder
./VideoDecoders/MP4VH1.videodecoder
compiling them: hard
PNG replacement: fairly easy
more later
 
firsttube said:
Do you guys work at an apple office, or are you close personal friends of Stevie J?

The reason I ask is because I think the device has only been publicly available for 4 1/2 days. You said he brought it there for a couple weeks? Why weren't you posting more info about the phone before the launch if you had a co-worker who already had one? :D
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Notice that the poster didn't mention it was an iPhone. People do have phones, other than the iPhone, that they use all over the world. AT&T's roaming policy would therefore logically also apply to the iPhone if it applies to their other phones.
 
Compile 'em all said:
Awesome news. Thanks for the updates. but what does compiling them mean?
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I think it meant that compiling new video codecs for the iPhone is hard, but to be honest not really sure, just guessing.


they have a sense of humor
Setting the activation state to Activated
Setting the activation state to MismatchedIMEI. Dude, where's your baseband?
Setting the activation state to MismatchedICCID. Put that other SIM back in.
Setting the activation state to MissingSIM. Put that SIM back in, dude.
Setting the activation state to FactoryActivated. Helloq OQC.
Setting the activation state to SoftActivation. Hello AppleCare.

10.15 update
we are getting closer to unlock by the minute, right now we're just researching
some guys are going to come on stream in the next 2 hours to help
I imagine i'll post another update by 4pm

but I can confirm fo ryou
there is absolutely no 3G
we have totally debunked that (but we already knew this)
 
Compile 'em all said:
Why would they?. The only loser from unlocking an iPhone is AT&T Because it means you don't need to switch to them to use an iPhone.
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Apple is reported to get a slice of the monthly service fees paid to AT&T. So Apple is losing revenue as well.

Perhaps they won't lock/brick the modified phones, but I would certainly expect them to not get any updates.
 
appleii2mac said:
Apple is reported to get a slice of the monthly service fees paid to AT&T. So Apple is losing revenue as well.

Perhaps they won't lock/brick the modified phones, but I would certainly expect them to not get any updates.
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Until of course the updates get hacked.
 
xUKHCx said:
I think it meant that compiling new video codecs for the iPhone is hard, but to be honest not really sure, just guessing.
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I don't see why it would be difficult to compile new codecs for the iPhone. It is just a matter of re-compiling the codecs for the target iPhone ARM processor.

Thanks for the updates once again. I really appreciate it. Are you pulling them out of an IRC channel?
 
appleii2mac said:
Possibly. But my main point was that hacking them doesn't only harm at&t, but Apple as well.
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I don't see what is the problem with hacking the phone to work with the operator of your choice. It is not like you are stealing anything. You still pay for the phone and your calls.
 
The only thing I'd really like to see is a divx or xvid codec for the iPhone so I won't have to re-encode all of my videos to iTunes compatible h264
 
Andrmgic said:
The only thing I'd really like to see is a divx or xvid codec for the iPhone so I won't have to re-encode all of my videos to iTunes compatible h264
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But I thought you will have to re-encode them anyway to fit the phone's resolution, no?
 
Compile 'em all said:
I don't see what is the problem with hacking the phone to work with the operator of your choice. It is not like you are stealing anything. You still pay for the phone and your calls.
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I was just replying to your comment that it only hurts AT&T.

If everyone hacks their phone and uses another carrier, it's less revenue for Apple.

Less revenue to spend on R&D for the iPhone.

Less cool features added by apple to the iPhone.

Do you think that new video codecs, ssh servers, BT tethering, and other features that might be added by hackers are going to be as cool as features that Apple might add?

Don't get me wrong, I really wish Apple had released a full SDK for the iPhone so developers could create their own applications. Apple developed their business model for the iPhone on the assumption that it was locked and that they would continue to receive revenue from it going forward. If that is not the case, then they have less incentive to invest time and money in improving the product.

It's possible that this "hack" will result in delays of the release of the iPhone into other markets. Maybe Leopard developers will be put back into iPhone development to make it less hackable. Maybe new iPhone updates will be delayed so they can try to make it less hackable. Or maybe Apple assume this would happen all along and/or really don't care.
 
how about this.....use the iPhone as IT WAS INTENDED TO BE USED. I'm tired of all these people trying to cheat the system, there's nothing wrong with it the way that it is. Stop trying to unlock it, put in different SIM chips, breaking it open to see what's inside, activating with secret phone numbers. if you can't afford it, DON'T BUY IT, if you're not with AT&T , YOUR TOUGH LUCK!

I will say this though, it's just a matter of time before you'll all get what you want, you're just being impatient.
 
Unlocking the iPhone would be awesome. However, that bit is probably in the firmware and not the OS itself.
 
jg2000 said:
how about this.....use the iPhone as IT WAS INTENDED TO BE USED. I'm tired of all these people trying to cheat the system, there's nothing wrong with it the way that it is. Stop trying to unlock it, put in different SIM chips, breaking it open to see what's inside, activating with secret phone numbers. if you can't afford it, DON'T BUY IT, if you're not with AT&T , YOUR TOUGH LUCK!
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I really don't know where to start. Anyway, Thanks for your contribution
:rolleyes:. Feel free not post on this thread.
 
jg2000 said:
how about this.....use the iPhone as IT WAS INTENDED TO BE USED. I'm tired of all these people trying to cheat the system, there's nothing wrong with it the way that it is. Stop trying to unlock it, put in different SIM chips, breaking it open to see what's inside, activating with secret phone numbers. if you can't afford it, DON'T BUY IT, if you're not with AT&T , YOUR TOUGH LUCK!

I will say this though, it's just a matter of time before you'll all get what you want, you're just being impatient.
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My Xbox running XBMC laughs at you. :D
 
jg2000 said:
how about this.....use the iPhone as IT WAS INTENDED TO BE USED. I'm tired of all these people trying to cheat the system, there's nothing wrong with it the way that it is. Stop trying to unlock it, put in different SIM chips, breaking it open to see what's inside, activating with secret phone numbers. if you can't afford it, DON'T BUY IT, if you're not with AT&T , YOUR TOUGH LUCK!

I will say this though, it's just a matter of time before you'll all get what you want, you're just being impatient.
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Wow...what a ret**d
do you really think it's 'bout not affording it...?
 
zebu84 said:
Wow...what a ret**d
do you really think it's 'bout not affording it...?
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no i don't think it's about not being able to afford it, it's about something as revolutionary as the iPhone not being 'good' enough for people. what more do you want? if the only thing you got out of my post is the price part, i'd point the insults back in your direction. get a clue pal.
 
jg2000 said:
no i don't think it's about not being able to afford it, it's about something as revolutionary as the iPhone not being 'good' enough for people. what more do you want? if the only thing you got out of my post is the price part, i'd point the insults back in your direction. get a clue pal.
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People always want more. That's how technology advances. Without it, we would still be in caves.
 
nydoofus said:
People always want more. That's how technology advances. Without it, we would still be in caves.
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i agree with you, but give the thing a chance it's been out 4 days and no updates have been released, people need to chill.
 
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