G1 Unlocked: It Was Only a Matter of Time

[JMcEntegart]

One of the major problems people had with the iPhone was that it was going to be offered exclusively with AT&T. Once the phone was released, the race was on to see who would be the first to have the phone unlocked and working on a network of their choice.

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[resonance451]

I hate when they lock phones for networks. Luckily I have AT&T and wanted an iPhone, so it worked out. I shouldn't have to hack my phone so I can use it on the network I choose.

 

[eklipz330]

im sure some1 will get there hands on it and distribute it for free

 

[Slobogob]

Schtum?

 

[Hatchet]

I'm pretty sure T-mobile will actually give you the unlock code for free if you call and ask them for it. they gave me mine for the MDA.

 

[ossie]

right slobo.rrrrtwerterw

 

[ossie]

it'a actually stumm

 

[JonnyGB]

You really do need to unlock your phone if you need to travel overseas and want to use any of the well prices prepaid data cards. I would vote to make phone locking illegal. Imagine you bought a car and only were allowed to fill up at a certain gas chain?

Jonny jonny@cryptoheaven.com

 

[blackened144]

Im not sure about the G1 running Andriod, but I have had a few HTC phones running Windows mobile and they are extremely easy to hack and unlock. I just checked, and it looks like forum.xda-developers.com has everything you need to hack you HTC phone. The G1 codename is the Dream.

 

[hellwig]

I don't like the idea of locked phones either, but usually the network locking is done because of discounts on the phone. Plus in the case of the G1, it's a T-Mobile branded phone, that's like buying a Playstation and complaining Sony won't let you play XBox games.

That was the big problem with the iPhone though. Even though you were locked with AT&T, Apple was not giving AT&T a discount. Meaning original iPhone buyers paid the full price of the phone ($700), and were still locked into a deal with AT&T. I say, if you pay full price, you should get to use the network of your choice. If you receive a $300 discount on the price of the phone with a contract, then that's the tradeoff you have accepted for a locked phone.