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DVD Jon cracks iPhone activation
Author: Tim SmalleyPublished: 6th July 2007
DVD Jon claims to have managed to unlock some of the iPhone's functionality without activating the device with AT&T.
On his blog, Jon revealed "I've found a way to activate a brand new unactivated iPhone," after dubbing July 3rd "iPhone Independence Day."
He hasn't managed to unlock the iPhone's calling capabilities yet but he has been able to use the iPod and WiFi features with a set of commands and an activation server programme that he had created.
Jon pointed out that "[the application] will not do anything unless you understand the magic numbers as well as add the hosts entry."
Yahoo! News managed to speak to an AT&T spokesperson, who said "Any other use of the device is not authorized and we can't guarantee the device will perform as intended to. We'll monitor situations like this and if necessary we will take appropriate action. Our terms and conditions are very clear."
In slightly related news, I'm sure there are countless Europeans cursing Steve Jobs at the moment, because they cannot get hold of an iPhone for another few months.
The FT is reporting that because there is no dominant network operator in Europe, the iPhone will initially launch in the UK, France and Germany, and then the device will roll out to the rest of Europe next year. However the good news is that O2 is reportedly close to landing a deal with Apple for its new device.
It's still not confirmed whether the European iPhone will have 3G capabilities at the moment, as there are conflicting reports from mobile phone operators. Although, it's fair to say that it'd be strange if the device didn't come with 3G.
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I think it's fine to do cracking as a hobby, and say how in the case of DVDs,
but I don't think this can be of much value to anyone.
H.B.
Why buy it on eBay when you can get it cheaper in Apple/AT&T stores?
Money.
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Anyways, already bought mine. Activation was the most painful thing I've had to do yet (thanks, AT&T!), but it's done and shouldn't be something I have to worry about ever again. I'm waiting for third-party support, whether it's from hackers or Apple. And the rumors make it sound like it'll be from Apple eventually even if the hackers beat them to it in the short term; Apple just wanted to ensure the launch wasn't marred by homicidal apps. And I can't say I blame them, considering that they couldn't afford for the thing to flop.
That said, MobileSafari needs work - it's quite unstable, even if it crashes very gracefully. And it occasionally takes the iPod down with it, although that's quite a bit rarer. It's still miles ahead of any other mobile browser to date that I'm aware of, and the hardware and other software is absolutely fantastic. I expect Safari to get better with future updates (and I'm extremely confident that Flash support will come even if I don't care about it - iPhone users may have taken note of the "Plugins" toggle in Safari preferences of which we currently have none, among other reasons), which is part of the beauty of the touch-screen.
Does anyone know of a good dvd to iphone program? I found a number of reviews at http://videoconverterreviews.com/category/dvd-to-ipod/ but I don't know which one is really best.