iPhone Free Software Unlock Confirmed (Death Star Explodes)

Click to viewThe free software iPhone unlock—the only one that counts— has been finally achieved by the iPhone Dev Team and it has been independently tested. Everyone can now unlock their iPhones for free. The unlock was not achieved by GeoHot, who was credited with the first hardware unlocks. [UPDATE 11:01 PM EDT: The iPhone Dev Team has given Giz permission to host a mirror of the original file

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The free unlock appears to have been achieved by the usual suspects according to their conversations on IRC. Apparently multiple hackers are exploiting the same buffer bug that the iPhone Sim Free people used to achieve their unlocks, but it is their own independent free unlock.