The iPhone’s is only available through AT&T network in the U.S ever since its launch last year and it’s international release is only tied to Apple-cosy networks. Despite that, the process of unlocking, or jail breaking the phone networks is widely documented throughout the internet. A simple Google search will suffice. With the release of the iPhone SDK and the App store recently, the radar has once again been brought on top of the issue of unlocked iPhones. Apple CEO, Steve Jobs when questioned if applications that allowed the unlocking of iPhone would be permitted on the App Store, answered with a blunt “No.”
The level of unlocked iPhones has permeated an unprecedented level among iPhone users and difficult for Apple to ignore. Estimates put the amount of iPhones in use in countries where Apple hasn’t launched the product at more than one million.
There is little doubt that the popularity of an unlocked iPhone has been rapidly growing, with Apple’s CFO saying that it is easier to name countries where the iPhone isn’t being unlocked, rather than those where it is.
The only option for people who do not want their iPhones tied to a particular telcom operator is to unlock their phone. It is done through a process using a 3rd party software called jail breaking. By bypassing certain checks in the iPhone codes, which results in a voided warranty and no support from Apple if any damage is done to your iPhone. But rest easy that this process is completely reversible, simply by doing an software restore using iTunes.
Until the Apple finds a foolproof way, the iPhone will continue to be hacked and unlocked.
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