DVD Jon Bypasses iPhone Activation

Famous for breaking the CSS protection on DVDs, Jon Lech Johansen is at it again this time by figuring out how to bypass the iPhone’s activation process. He says that there are people who want to use the iPhone as an 8 gig iPod with WiFi capabilities without having to pay for a 2 year contract with AT&T.

Jon used Phone Activation Server v1.0 to bypass the registration process. Jon states:

Note that this application will not do anything unless you understand the magic numbers as well as add the hosts entry.

This means that all the iPhone’s functions will work, without phone capabilities. So what have you got? A $600 iPod .

High five to Charlie Sorrel.

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8 Responses to “DVD Jon Bypasses iPhone Activation”

1
Gabriel
July 5th, 2007 03:54

Now this is an amazing development. Just yesterday, I read that the underground community has been busy unlocking the iPhone.

Note that this application will not do anything unless you understand the magic numbers as well as add the hosts entry.

I wonder if alpine and dottie have something to do with this. Otherwise, they’ll remain useless.
2
Brown Baron
July 5th, 2007 10:41

They were pretty fast on this one. They’re probably looking into unlocking it next.
3
Grace
July 5th, 2007 12:19

What would you like to do with an overpriced iPod, sir?
4
Brown Baron
July 5th, 2007 12:29

@Grace:
Exactly!
5
Bush Mackel
July 5th, 2007 12:38

@Grace - Get a bunch of fingerprints on it. (#):D
6
Brown Baron
July 5th, 2007 13:30

LOL
7
You Can't Coach That
July 5th, 2007 13:46

Hacking the iPhone and Other Nonsense…

I read over at Brown Thoughts about DVD Jon (the same guy who cracked CSS protection on DVDs) bypassing the registration/activation process of Apple's iPhone. Personally I am getting sick of reading about the iPhone, so what is the logical thing t…
8
Nirmal
July 6th, 2007 02:01

A 600$ ipod? That was funny.

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