stevie_350z Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/29 ... one_trade/ A New Jersey teenager has cut a deal to trade a hacked iPhone for a new set of wheels and three further iPhones, Yahoo! reports. Seventeen-year-old George Hotz, of Glen Rock, made the announcement on his blog, having successfully unlocked the Jesus phone. Duly released from the shackles of AT&T, the device was then swiftly offered for sale. Hotz said: "Terry Daidone, the founder of Certicell contacted me this morning, and offered to make a trade for the iPhone. I traded it for a sweet Nissan 350Z and 3 8GB iPhones." He described the trade as "a great end to a great summer", and he can only hope AT&T's attack lawyers don't provoke a sudden autumn chill. Daidone, who's the co-founder of Louisville, Kentucky-based CertiCell, has apparently also offered the young man a paid consulting job, but stresses the company doesn't have "any plans on the table right now to commercialize Mr. Hotz' discovery". ® Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedrush Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 people are mad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sl114 Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 but the iphone is easy to "hack" its just a symbian OS!!!!! Idiots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedrush Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 but the iphone is easy to "hack" its just a symbian OS!!!!! Idiots oh of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 but the iphone is easy to "hack" its just a symbian OS!!!!! Idiots I doubt the the telco provider lock is in Symbian, it will be embedded deeper than even the firmware itself on a chip that is unwriteable. Only way usually to get around it is to work out the unlock code. My w850i has been reflashed and that is still locked to Voda, its a much deeper "hack" than the OS. I think I did see something on The Reg that reported there is a hardware hack of cutting 2 traces and placing a switch on it, but its a pretty hardcore measure! Infact it is the exact same kid that did it (http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/2007/08/full-hardware-unlock-of-iphone-done.html) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedrush Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 but the iphone is easy to "hack" its just a symbian OS!!!!! Idiots I doubt the the telco provider lock is in Symbian, it will be embedded deeper than even the firmware itself on a chip that is unwriteable. Only way usually to get around it is to work out the unlock code. My w850i has been reflashed and that is still locked to Voda, its a much deeper "hack" than the OS. I think I did see something on The Reg that reported there is a hardware hack of cutting 2 traces and placing a switch on it, but its a pretty hardcore measure! Infact it is the exact same kid that did it (http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/2007/08/full-hardware-unlock-of-iphone-done.html) They thought the I phone was vertually impossible to unlock they even had some hackers try, so for this kid to do it pretty impressive, but the guy is an idiot who gave him the 350z and a further 3 phones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesterfield Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 Maybe not an Idiot.. If it is the only one in existence, how valuable is it to Apple in order for them to analyse how this was done and update their locking techniques? Apple may be willing to pay a lot more than the cost of a 350 in the US for this phone.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 Maybe not an Idiot.. If it is the only one in existence, how valuable is it to Apple in order for them to analyse how this was done and update their locking techniques? Apple may be willing to pay a lot more than the cost of a 350 in the US for this phone.. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedrush Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 but surely if apple created it they would know how someone bypassed it, perhaps someone on the inside leaked the codes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Quads Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 They thought the I phone was vertually impossible to unlock they even had some hackers try, so for this kid to do it pretty impressive, but the guy is an idiot who gave him the 350z and a further 3 phones Give it a year or so of being out and there will be hacks out there. Anything that has a big profile i.e. DVDs, HD-DVDs, iPhones etc will always be cracked due to the respect you get for cracking it i.e. DVD-Jon etc. Lesser things like the codec Sky+ Boxes could be cracked but there is not a bit enough market for enough people to be trying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H5 Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 but surely if apple created it they would know how someone bypassed it, perhaps someone on the inside leaked the codes You'd like to think they wouldn't put something out there they know can be hacked easily. They were probably pretty sure it'd either be impossible or at least take someone a few months or years. It seems pretty quick though. Imagine what sort of secure protection that kid could write! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedrush Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Thats a point, always seems that the best hackers are always employed by he state anyway, and given loads of money by the state pleading with them not to hack the State in return. Like the british guy who hacked into Pentagon, he just wanted to proved how easy it was then was jailed. I wonder if this kid broke any laws doing this to apple, could he have a warrent for his arrest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GC350z Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Getting into a secure network takes talent. Getting out (ie not getting caught) takes real genious. Not many people can do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_350z Posted September 4, 2007 Author Share Posted September 4, 2007 The guy broke a contract - his EULA. As part of the terms and condition of sale vendors always put verbiage in to prevent "reverse engineering" and stuff like that... so he's broken the terms and is liable to legal fun and games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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