Apple Blocks iPhone 4 Unlock Via Gevey SIM

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Posted June 25, 2011 at 1:57am by Shalom Levytam

Apple has blocked the ability to unlock the iPhone 4 using the Gevey SIM in iOS 5.0b2, according to MuscleNerd.

it's surprising Apple closed Gevey interposer hole in b2 rather than waiting until final (maybe they were under pressure)

Gevey's SIM Interposer was able to unlock the iPhone 4 by force activating the baseband using the emergency dialer. MuscleNerd notes that its unlikely Gevey will try to battle Apple while iOS 5 is in the beta period.

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Jay - July 20, 2011 at 5:48pm

all these unlockings and blocking unlocks reminds of spy versus spy. are we still talking about a phone here?

Wise`1 - June 26, 2011 at 5:10am

The Battle between Apple & Unlockers will always go on, however what Apple fails to sells more unlocked phone now, compared to iPhones with contract which they are enslaved to ATT or Verizon. So power to Gevey & many like them!!!

mateen - June 25, 2011 at 7:25pm

tragic

Enrico - June 25, 2011 at 7:47am

And that, folks, is why we don't release an unlock/jailbreak right before a major iOS update...

anon - June 25, 2011 at 11:24am

gevey sim's have been out for months....

Braunmann - June 25, 2011 at 6:13am

No kidding! I met w/customer 2days ago to unlock 2 iphone4's. Gevey worked in one phone, but not the other(serial#: 801023LUA4S). My thought was maybe somehow Apple fixed the hole in latest model.

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