iPhone 3G Unlocked with SIM Card Adapter?

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Posted July 15, 2008 at 2:32pm by Shalom Levytam

Breno MacMasi and Paulo Stool from desbloqueiobr.com.br claim to be the first to unlock the iPhone 3G using a SIM Card Adapter similar to TurboSim.

They say, "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."

While these results are not confirmed they have posted a video showing their solution in action...

Take a look below...

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hak - July 15, 2008 at 10:52pm

Did anyone notice that he had visual voicemail active? showing messages? A non-authorized carrier would not have this ability!

86 - July 15, 2008 at 5:49pm

sorry for the last post, i was a little bit quick when i looked up the CE logo. its just a saftey and environment class logo.

86 - July 15, 2008 at 5:45pm

it may be so, but the phone is bought in europe according to the CE logo as mark said

N41 - July 15, 2008 at 5:43pm

Not quite. TIM Brasil is the carrier they are talking about. TIM is an italian company- yes. but they expanded to brazil, thus Tim Brasil. Someone in brasil has called them and they confirm it to be a Turbosim method. How it was achieved has not been released. N41

N41 - July 15, 2008 at 5:27pm

86 - July 15, 2008 at 4:35pm

in almost every country in europe (except from switzerland, italy and i think france or belgium) u have to sign up for a mobile plan. but, according to the name on the carrier in this movie its phones from italy, which are carrier free and unlocked from the begining. So, i guess its fake

mark151 - July 15, 2008 at 4:13pm

it's just a fake: on the back of the iPhone you can see the CE logo. That iPhone was brought in Europe where the 3G is carrier free (except Switzerland). So FAKE!

86 - July 15, 2008 at 2:42pm

What ive heard the italian iphones are unlocked from scrath. A friend of mine is there on vaccation and bought one whit out contract, put his sim (which isn't TIM niether vodafone) and started to call. Maybe its just the phones whitout contract tho

tart - July 15, 2008 at 2:39pm

On the video the Modem Firmware is 01.45.00 I maybe wrong but that is the same as the instore 3g iPhones in Apples Store in Central London. Is this correct for the new firmware?

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