How is this possible ? Factory Unlocked 3G that looks bought from USA ?

**maxakal** · 09-14-2008 12:23 AM

i ve a 3G iPhone has the model number is MB046LL .
i ve checked out from this link http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1937
and it seems , it was bought from USA . but it is working with any sim card without any kind of turbosim . i was about to update to 2.0.2 but get confused now . How is this possible ? any idea ?

**mobman** · 09-14-2008 12:41 AM

Originally Posted by maxakal

i ve a 3G iPhone has the model number is MB046LL .
i ve checked out from this link http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1937
and it seems , it was bought from USA . but it is working with any sim card without any kind of turbosim . i was about to update to 2.0.2 but get confused now . How is this possible ? any idea ?

Better send that puppy to the dev team for a through inspection lol!

**maxakal** · 09-14-2008 12:51 AM

i am writing as a member of Dev-Team . even we got confused

**KmanOz** · 09-14-2008 02:47 AM

Originally Posted by maxakal

i ve a 3G iPhone has the model number is MB046LL .
i ve checked out from this link http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1937
and it seems , it was bought from USA . but it is working with any sim card without any kind of turbosim . i was about to update to 2.0.2 but get confused now . How is this possible ? any idea ?

Where did you buy the phone ?? Have they just hard wired the chip from a SIM inside the phone like they do in Hong Kong and sell it as UNLOCKED?? Seems like the only plausible answer !!

I know that I have gone from 2.0.1 to 2.0.2 to 2.1 and the Gevey SIM I have works OK.

Kman

**maxakal** · 09-14-2008 02:56 AM

Originally Posted by KmanOz

Where did you buy the phone ?? Have they just hard wired the chip from a SIM inside the phone like they do in Hong Kong and sell it as UNLOCKED?? Seems like the only plausible answer !!

I know that I have gone from 2.0.1 to 2.0.2 to 2.1 and the Gevey SIM I have works OK.

Kman

Incredible , completly the same thing as you describe . thanks !

**Passenger Bob** · 09-14-2008 07:32 PM

Steve ? Is this you ?

**otachi** · 09-15-2008 05:37 AM

According to that site the MB499LL phone is locked to ATT, i recieved it as a replacement unit and it is running on fido. so there is a way to change the lock on them.

**bin_asc** · 09-15-2008 01:17 PM

Replacement unlocked. It`s a dream come true, eh ?

**mank** · 09-24-2008 08:02 PM

See, I have been trying to tell the same thing to everyone!! In my recent trip to Dubai, I saw a shopkeeper selling unlocked iphones and he claimed they were from ATT USA. I checked the box, the serial number on sim card tray and the phone and I can guarantee you that they were all ATT phones. I can say so because I have a 3g 16GB Phone with ATT. After a lot of persistence he told me that the phones were hardware unlocked. So yes!! I saw at least a dozen ATT phones imported!! from USA and hardware unlocked. I have been saying this for the past 3 weeks even messaged a dev team member

**Passenger Bob** · 09-24-2008 08:16 PM

Originally Posted by mank

After a lot of persistence he told me that the phones were hardware unlocked. So yes!! I saw at least a dozen ATT phones imported!! from USA and hardware unlocked. I have been saying this for the past 3 weeks even messaged a dev team member

This is exactly what I said here:
http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?t=52638
Hardware locked can be only hardware unlocked but dev team does not believe.