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Apple Blocks iPhone 4 Unlock Via Gevey SIM

Apple Blocks iPhone 4 Unlock Via Gevey SIM

Posted June 25, 2011 at 1:57am by iClarified
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
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?
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Wise`1
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!!!
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mateen
mateen - June 25, 2011 at 7:25pm
tragic
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Enrico
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...
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anon
anon - June 25, 2011 at 11:24am
gevey sim's have been out for months....
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Braunmann
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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