Hardware unlock possible?

**mobman** · 06-12-2009 04:47 AM

I wonder where all those guys with the soldering irons are at?? There used to be a huge "trend" to open up the 2G iPhones in hopes to unlock it. Has anyone taken the 3G apart to see if there is anyway we could hack into it?? Restore the FW, erase and reinstall the BB or BL??

I dont mind getting a damaged iPhone 3g on ebay and experimenting with it, however I have no idea where on the iPhone all those software are installed. How can I "download" it, erease it and reflash the EPROM chip with new data?? Does anyone in here know how to??

**pascalletje** · 06-12-2009 07:24 AM

It's possible;

Unlocking iPhone 3Gs--the Vietnamese way | Crave - CNET

But it's the really hard way

**Confucious** · 06-13-2009 01:02 AM

There is also a man in Delhi that can do it.

**.::Rizwan::.** · 06-13-2009 03:03 PM

I am also doing it in Pakistan.
Yes it's a little bit hard,but if you have skills and brain then you can do it.

**duck9000** · 06-13-2009 06:04 PM

Thread moved to the Hardware Unlock section

**DarkEcho** · 07-01-2009 02:18 PM

Is this a BB Downgrade solution, or more like the OEM Unlocked phones? Is there more info on this solution?

**.::Rizwan::.** · 07-12-2009 06:10 PM

both BB downgrade and factory unlock solutions are available.

**imouse** · 10-13-2009 10:39 PM

Originally Posted by mobman

I wonder where all those guys with the soldering irons are at??

We rolled over and quit !!

The technologies and components used in the iphone 'are' available, a soldering iron can remove them easily enough....
But these days, it's all software based, the hardware is just a bunch of 'software paths' in a package, and my 'Old School' soldering iron has given way to the 'New School' programmers & coders

imouse :-)