Hardware Hack Allows Unlock of iPhone 3G on OS 3.1.3 [Video]

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Posted March 23, 2010 at 5:20pm by iClarified

A shop in Istanbul, Turkey has posted a video demonstration of how they perform a 'hardware unlock' on the iPhone 3G with OS 3.1.3.

The video shows ElektroPower performing a hardware teardown to reflash the Baseband to 04.26.

Thanks to @pjer_pixie0809 and @MuscleNerd for the heads up.

Hardware Hack Allows Unlock of iPhone 3G on OS 3.1.3 [Video]

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Sam - April 30, 2010 at 3:26pm

However it is old way of act to mess with hardware and erase them manually .HOWEVER UPDATING THIS PHONE ON ITUNES WILL END IN ANOTHER DISSECTION HEHEHE

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Sam - April 30, 2010 at 3:23pm

Lol , I'm turk too but living in usa . I called them while I was watching the movie . The employee says that i have to send it to them ,with $100 ! However I think they might did it .I guess they r erasing the eproms and reload them which does nt make sence since the software is capable of this . It is so risky way but I guess such dissection might work ! Ne Mutlu Turkum Diyene ! :)

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DeCode - April 13, 2010 at 11:37am

Man, i feel upset to elektropower and to iclarified also, why? Don't you know guy's,this method is too old for us,we've been doing this since the 2.0 is out. You guys forgot that the world first baseband dump by TA_mobile? He's the man behind all these. don't you see the videos that the elektropowernstaff downgraded it only to 4.26bb? while us we can downgrade it even to 2.28bb. Let me know guy's if you want proof that we can do it. Guy's you didn't give even a small credit to TA_mobile. Why we don't post this solution before? the answer is simple,We are not show off guy's. We have some other method of unlocking check this out: http://idecode.blogspot.com

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a4_h23 - March 31, 2010 at 1:56pm

Apple won't be selling unlocked iPhones. They'll be selling iPhones without a contract, but not unlocked. At least in the US.

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Ryan - March 24, 2010 at 8:21pm

This is REAL, but this is OLD news...

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James - March 25, 2010 at 11:18am

This is real but useless because the only thing that they do is flash the chip to downgrade the baseband to 04.26.08 version and that's all !! ... after that they use Dev Team's Ultasn0w for unlocking, these scammers don't provide a real unlock.

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Chris - March 24, 2010 at 2:20pm

What I wouldn't give for that chip flasher!!! WTG!!! One step closer!!!

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DGKN - March 24, 2010 at 12:29pm

send your locked 3g and see is it fake or not

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Zeljko - March 24, 2010 at 1:13pm

Why are you actin like that Stew0, it can not be that every person is terorist....

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Chris - March 24, 2010 at 2:22pm

I am in the electronics repair industry. This is very very feasible. Especially with the equipment shown on hand. No reason this is fake at all.

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fenrry - March 24, 2010 at 11:21am

...is that WinXp?...

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Meti - March 24, 2010 at 6:34am

Pjer_pixie0809 is King of the Kings ;)

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Photoman - March 24, 2010 at 4:51am

Yesterday after the post I called the store.. and went there... It is a small gsm repair shop... He hacked my phone around 15 minutes for 40 USD... My phone works so I assume it is for real..

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DGKN - March 24, 2010 at 5:08am

Thanks for your support. Anyone who do not believe us they can call or come to us. Also you can visit our site and see our member who we hacked their iphones

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DGKN - March 24, 2010 at 4:35am

we do that if you want you can try..

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DGKN - March 24, 2010 at 4:14am

This video coming from www.appleturk.net. You can visit if you want another unlock systems. Please iClarified write our names to this news because our web site is doing this hack.

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DeCode - April 13, 2010 at 11:35am

Man, i feel upset to elektropower and to iclarified also, why? Don't you know guy's,this method is too old for us,we've been doing this since the 2.0 is out. You guys forgot that the world first baseband dump by TA_mobile? He's the man behind all these. don't you see the videos that the elektropowernstaff downgraded it only to 4.26bb? while us we can downgrade it even to 2.28bb. Let me know guy's if you want proof that we can do it. Guy's you didn't give even a small credit to TA_mobile. Why we don't post this solution before? the answer is simple,We are not show off guy's. I have some other method of unlocking check this out: http://idecode.blogspot.com

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K-man - March 23, 2010 at 11:03pm

Old news, its been on youtube a month already. Video does nothing to help anyone. Just a glorified advertising scheme. Hats off to them that they can do it though!!

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Jamie - March 23, 2010 at 10:26pm

This guy is a mad genious and must be respected right away. If you think about it looking at the time it took him less than 10 minutes to complete the whole thing. I got my iPhone from American Wireless but this could have saved me some cash to do it myself.

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kentwang - March 23, 2010 at 8:11pm

w0w

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Noman - March 23, 2010 at 7:04pm

My two favourite things about this are the music and the phone number at the top. Like someone's just gonna pick up the phone and be like 'oh, Hi there Mr. Electropower. Would you mind flashing my baseband for me? If your not too busy?'

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Pghilard - March 23, 2010 at 6:57pm

This looks so simple, I totally have tons of time and the motivation to do something like that... ha

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Kramer - March 23, 2010 at 6:15pm

This is a very stupid way to void iPhone's warranty, this has no sense because Apple has started to sell unlocked iPhones... Who will want to bumble their iPhone, by the way ... What's the country that they are doing this ?.. Afganistan ?? XD

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famleon - March 23, 2010 at 6:30pm

I totally agree, what is the deal of opening it, and all the process if in the 3g you can do it via sw...

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Fred - March 23, 2010 at 7:33pm

You're*

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spin - March 23, 2010 at 7:47pm

My opinion it is not necessary. little bit perilous. There are countries and there are diferent price for iPhone nearly X2 price in the some country. If you buy a lock iPhone X country and you use Y country you must unlock and iPhone is out of warranty in the Y country (Country rule) Kramer, Wher do you live ? i think MARS :) There is internet in the World. İstanbul is a city from Turkiye. First you must search.

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Duncan - March 24, 2010 at 6:57am

Yes, but an Unlocked iPhone is twice the price of a locked iPhone + 40USD for this unlock. Do the sums.

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pujolsk - March 24, 2010 at 8:45am

Apple has started selling contract free iphones still locket to AT&T, so we will need more unlock tools in the future...

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