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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-15-08 04:45 PM
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A Brazilian iphones? Say it ain't so!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080715/tc_afp/lifestyleittelecomcompanyapplebrazil

Brazilians first to unlock new iPhone: reports Tue Jul 15, 1:57 PM ET

SAO PAULO (AFP) - A Brazilian company is claiming to be the first to have found a way to unlock Apple's new iPhone 3G, getting around restrictions that require users to sign up for calling plans with exclusive carriers, reports said Tuesday.

The website of Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo and various online sites including Digg.com and Gizmodo.com said the firm, DesbloqueioBr, hacked the phone by altering its firmware and by adding a special card add-on to the SIM chip.
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Kutjara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-15-08 04:49 PM
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1. Nice one!
Edited on Tue Jul-15-08 04:49 PM by Kutjara
Brazil has become a hothouse of software talent in the past decade. Some of the best open source coders and Linux devs on the planet live in Brazil. There are even a couple of Brazilian Linux distros, and they're extremely good. It's definitely the country to watch for innovation during the next few years.

I'm betting they'll soon cook up a solution that doesn't require the add-on card.
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