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The first-gen iPhone was unlocked for the first time by Turbo SIM. It’s not a software jailbreak but it’s a simple method for those users willing to shell out $80 for a blank SIM. It took the unlockers four days after the iPhone was released, doing exactly what was done on the original iPhone, using a SIM adapter to fool the new iPhone. I wonder why this wasn’t done any sooner, because with over a million iPhone 3Gs in users hands now, the majority of whom may not think getting tied to one network, esepecially when traveling and having to pay roaming fees, is not such a good idea.

Our procedure consist in using one SIM adapter to simulate a fake IMSI test card. Instead of the AT&T IMSI like in the universals.

The unlock method is not posted online yet, and honestly we are not sure it will become available for free.

[via gizmodo]