We’re not quite there yet, but a significant milestone has been passed along the road towards a fully unlocked iPhone. The phone has been hacked by the good people over at iPhone Dev Wiki to allow the use of any AT&T SIM card, including Go Phone accounts. This partial unlocking process involves a Mac, a lot of patience, and a newly written program called iASign. This is a positive step for a number of reasons. Users are now free to drop their existing sim cards into the new phone, potentially avoiding the up-until-now mandatory 2 year contract re-up. It also allows for use on a Go Phone account without actually failing a credit check. Keep in mind that if you actually go ahead and add an iPhone data plan to your account, you might end up with that pesky 2 year extension, but we’re not sure if this is the case. Could we see an unlocked iPhone in the near future? We sure hope so…the streets are waiting!
The halfway home iPhone hack
Updated Dec 19th, 2018 5:51PM EST
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Josh Karp followed his love of technology since a kid through to the present day. As a Special Correspondent at BGR, and part of the first editorial team, Josh covers press conferences, trade shows and other events around the world. An expert in all things mobile, Josh has more than eighteen years of experience covering the wireless industry.
