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A presentation and paper on Reverse engineering JTAG at the 26th Chaos Communication Congress is now available to download here:

http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/track/Hacking/3670.en.html

Other Hacking and reverse engineering papers and talks from the conference can be found here:

http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/index.en.html

The hacking track is here:

http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/track/Hacking/index.en.html

The tool is called SIMfill, and it’s a java application that populates Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) with reference data and can be used to assess the data recovery capabilities of forensic SIM tools. The package includes an initial set of reference data for use with SIMfill, the source and compiled code, a readme file, a user’s guide, and a video demonstration. It can be downloaded free from:
http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SNS/mobile_security/mobile_forensics_software.html

Having a rooted phone means you can do tricks like setting up a 3g/wifi bridge. The process starts by using a rooting app to revert the phone to the rc29 build. then using the “android stupidly executes everything you type” exploit to launch telnetd and upgrade the bootloader. After that, the upgrade process is fairly easy. Just flash a new baseband and build. once you’ve got your new custom firmware, you can do future updates using an app from the android market.

Read More here:

http://hackaday.com/2009/05/05/easy-g1-rooting/

The video talks about a couple of people who’s lives are ruled by harrasing calls and threats. They claim that their phones are tapped with special software.

Rick Mislan talks about the software and how easy it is to be placed on mobile phones.

Software such as:

• http://www.mobile-spy.com/
• http://www.world-tracker.com/
• http://www.flexispy.com/
• http://www.e-stealth.com/
• http://www.fonefunshop.co.uk/spyphone/
• http://www.thespyphone.com/allinone.html

Link to Video on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCyKcoDaofg

It looks and functions like a Blackberry 8830 but it sure is NOT a regular Blackberry. It is locked down by NSA. I am not really sure if it is a good idea at all. NSA is installing the SecurVoice software on it for both voice and messaging as one of the ways to secure the phone. I am sure that there is a whole infrastructure that is required to run his handset services. Even considering all that, I Still believe that a mobile-phone-carrying president opens so many doors for hackers.

Can NSA and Obama get away with using a (persumably) secure mobile phone service and handset? That is the question of the day!

Read more here:
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/04/obama-to-get-ba.html

It is persumed that the phones can be modified and used in receiving SMS verification codes sent from banks:

criminals have already collected thousands of login details for online bank accounts in countries such as Germany and Holland where banks send a transaction authentication number (TAN) code by SMS to a person’s mobile phone in order to complete transactions.

Read the original post byUltraScan here:
http://www.ultrascan.nl/html/press_room.html#25.000%20Euro%20for%20your%208%20years%20old%20Nokia%201100

Read more about it here:
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/553344-hackers-pay-top-dollar-for-old-nokia-1100-handsets

and here:
http://www.dialaphone.co.uk/blog/?p=2922

I don’t know if this is true or not yet but here it goes! There seems to be a vulnerability that affects Nokia Series 60 phones, including N95 and N73 handsets that blocks all SMS and MMS from reaching the phone, hense the name “Curse of Silence”. attacker in this case sends a specially designed SMS message to the target phone. What’s worrying is that the recipient will receive no indication that they got the message.

The only way to get the target phone to recieve messages again is to factory reset it. Even after the factory recet, the phone still remains vulnerable to future silent curses. The attack will only work on phones running version 2.6, 2.8, 3.0 or 3.1 of Symbian S60.

Source: http://www.dialaphone.co.uk/blog/?p=2505

An in-depth look at the new Palm Pre Mobile Phone:

@ Engadget.com

I love how fast it is and how they allow you to have “pages’ of applications running at once… Look at the videos to see what I mean. What I hate is the numbers on the keyboard are Orange just like punctuation marks on the T-Mobile G1… I can’t see them at all! But that’s just me…

Related:

Plam stocks are up.
Google Finance on Palm, Inc.

Official Website.

Is it going to be the iPhone killer? or will it suck like the Google Android did before it? Give it six months and we’ll see

Attached with and armband, it is a portable and multi-purpose tool:

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/12/the_us_armys_secret_weapon_the_ipod_touch-2.html

Cellphone Gun:

Pen Gun:

Yes you can Watch this:

Get your gadgets coated with this micro polymer here:
http://www.golden-shellback.com/

for more information go here:
http://www.electronics-au.com.au/blog/computers/apple-iphone-underwater/

As predicted, it did take a long time to unlock the 3G version of the iPhone as compared to the 1st generation iPhone. It is never the less a great achievement for the Dev-Team. So, if you are still using a SIM proxy to unlock you iPhone 3G, then this unlock is for you. For all others, this makes no difference at all

For those who do require the SIM unlock I give you this warning: never upgrade you phone to 2.2 as it will unpgrade your modem software making it impossible to unlock with the SIM unlocking solution from the dev-team.
So: NEVER UPGRADE OR RESTORE YOUR IPHONE IN ITUNES

For more information, please visit the dev-team’s website at:
http://blog.iphone-dev.org/

For more information on the harmless totally-reversable hack, go to:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/video-android-rocking-on-the-htc-touch/

Get the hack and instructions directly from xda developers here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=382265

If you were waiting for the Arabic to be ready for the 2.2 version of the iPhone then your wait is over it is now ready from iPhone Islam

Just go here for the guide to upgrade from 2.1 to 2.2 and then read more information about the new upgrade here.

PLEASE NOTE: If you use a SIM card proxy (a small SIM-shaped electoronic circuit that goes behind your SIM card) then NEVER upgrade your phone to 2.2! You will not be able to use your phone if you upgrade.

You can customize the color of your T-Mobile G1, the Google Android based phone at Colorware Custom. This is the design I did with custom Metallic Paints for all colors except for the yellow which is a solid color called “Caution”:
http://www.colorwarepc.com/p-170-tmobile-g1.aspx?2081=candy_apple&2082=alpine&2083=caution&2084=midnight

BTW, the phones are unlocked which means that they can be used with any carrier and not only T-Mobile.

iPhone Linux Demonstration Video from planetbeing on Vimeo.

Instructions: Here.
Dowload: Here.

Want to learn how to upgrade your Android to RC30 and get root access on it? get a step-by-step guide here:
http://modmygphone.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Your iPhone can not delete or forward SMS Messages? Yes it can! Use MySMS to do that!

Your iPhone can not forward a contact number to another one? Now it can! Just use MySMS

You want more options such as:

- landscape typing
- punctuation keys at the right side of typing window
- sms forwarding (even conversations)
- single / individual sms or conversation deletion
- character counter (to know if your text will be sent as one or multiple SMS messages)
- send contacts through sms
- Use message templates
- set password on app loading/launch
- Easy contact list search!
- disable auto correction in SMS typing (very useful if you are typing in other languages)
- skins (downloaded from the dev’s repo: isoftru.ru/repo/)
- set mySMS as the default SMS app
- Option to Tap return key twice to send message

For more information go to:
MySMS
and to see more screen shots and instructions on how to downlad the application from Cydia, go to:
http://iphonehelp.in/2008/11/13/mysms-ultimate-sms-app-for-the-iphone-3g-2x-via-cydia/

A good start is Google’s own documentation page:
http://code.google.com/android/documentation.html

Books are another good source for step-by-step development. One Andoid book that I read is:

ANDROID A PROGRAMMERS GUIDE (Paperback)

It guides you through installing Eclipse, Android SDK and all the different steps that lead you into developing a “Friend Finder” application.

Other books of interest that i found on Amazon include:

The founders of google missing around with the Android and writing their own applications for it. This includes an application that uses the hardware sensors on the phone. This is an invite to all geeks to hack their Android phones. It’s not like you needed an invite or anything… but it is a good thing to have nevertheless.

Fun Fact: Notice that one of them calls “Android Market” the “App Store”…! I guess one of them was using the iPhone too much

The first ever Android was released in the USA in November but as in the previous post here on Mysecured.com, there were no people linening up outside of shops there!… The T-Mobile G1 was released in the UK yesterday (October 30th), with about the same results as the US launch… No one seems to be interested in it so far.

The week the same still holds even after reports show that the phone has been unlocked as shown in the video below:

Is this about to change here in Australia? Well, I’ve asked around and it seems like people were holding back on buying the US version of the G1 because they though it was using different 3G bands than the ones Australian telecoms use. But they thought that UK version will use the same frequencies as the Ausie carriers but so far there are no UK version T-Mobile G1s on sale on eBay UK.

Buyers here in Australia might be more interested in buying the UK version of the G1 but for now they have no choice but to wait for some of them to be either available on eBay. There is another choice however which is to buy an proprietary Android phone from an Australian technology company Kogan Technologies which will start selling their in house Chinese manufactured Android based phones that will go on sale on December 15 for $199 AUD.

For more details on that story go to:
The Age.

In other reports, people just don’t see that the G1 is either open source nor ground breaking. Wired Magazine notes that the phone has restricted use of VOIP technology as in this article:
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/09/g1-android-phon.html

As you might know, the iPhone 3G comes either on a contract which means that it is locked to the provider or Unlocked via iTunes on pre-paid plans or through a special arrangement with the service provider for a small fee. Locked phones however can be unlocked via hardware SIM attacments such as TurboSIM (discussed in detail in my paper) or other cheaper alternatives such as Universial SIM. What you might not know is that some sellers sell iPhones as if they are officially or leagally unlocked but in actuallity they are unlocked with alternative SIM attachments as shown in the pictures below:

SIM insertion slot showing extension wires

The actual Universal SIM attachment

To find out if the iPhone you are buying is unlockable by its carrier or not, ask the seller for the phone’s serial number and then visit:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1937

Buying a fake-unlocked iPhone could mean that your phone might be illegal to use in some countries because it violates usage laws. Also, it means a degration and sometimes the denial of service when it comes to data services and the quality of phone calls.

Pictures and Story from the Arabic source iPhone Islam. The only source for Arabisation of iPhone.

The LayerOne 2008 talk by David Hulton titled: Intercepting Mobile Phone/GSM

Visit the GSM Hakcing WIKI at:
http://wiki.thc.org/gsm
The USRP is available at: http://www.ettus.com
Learn more about the GNU RADIO project at: http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuradio

David is the Chairman of Toorcon

MyPhone2008.com

According to the article below, iPhone 2.2 beta which was provided to developers contained an Android-like Street View capability within the Google Maps App.

I Don’t know about you, but to me, it seemed like the street view feature was one of the most attractive features that Google used in selling the Android platform to consumers. I personally see a great potential in Android for app development but I still think that the iPhone will keep on keeping on especially after the dropped the NDA requirement for app developers

http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007891.html

PwnageTool 2.0 MACOSX version is released.
For more details, please visit:

rlslog.net
also see:

dev team blog

UPDATE: Don’t have a Mac? You can do it in Windows as well. For instractions, go here:

Step-by-Step Guide to Pwn first generation iPhone running firmware 2.0 using Windows

UPDATED LIST IS FOUND HERE: http://www.mysecured.com/?p=221

Sources for downloading iPhone third party apps. Here is a list:
Community Sources:
BigBoss: thebigboss.org/repo.xml
Conceited Software: http://www.macminicolo.net/conceited/iphone/cache.plist
ModMyiFone.com: modmyifone.com/installer.xml
Ste Packaging:http://repo.smxy.org/iphone-apps/ (make sure you include the last /)
iPod Touch Fans: www.touchrepo.com/repo.xml

Other Sources:
aka.Repository: akamatsu.org/repo.xml
AlliPodHax Source: ihacks.us/index.xml or allipodhax.3host.biz/index.xml
AlohaSoft 1.0.2 - homepage.mac.com/reinholdpenner/102.xml
AlohaSoft 1.1.1: homepage.mac.com/reinholdpenner/111.xml
AlohaSoft 1.1.2: homepage.mac.com/reinholdpenner/112.xml
Apple (not really Apple): applerepo.com
AppTapp Official: repository.apptapp.com
Apogee LTD: apogeeltd.com
Blaze Official: blazecompany.googlepages.com/
BigBoss Beta: sleepers.net/iphonerepobeta
BlackWolf: m8an.de/ownrisk.xml (Extended Preferences)
Byooi Digicide: byooi.com/iphone/digicide.plist (Jiggy Apps)
CedSoft (iSnake/Bounce): prog.cedsoft.free.fr
Chris Miles Repository (iSolitare): iphone.rustyredwagon.com/repo
Conceited Software Beta: http://conceitedsoftware.com/iphone/beta/
CopyCoders: homepage.mac.com/hartsteins/copycoders/copycoders.xml (Network Apps)
dajavax: dajavax.googlepages.com/repo.xml
databinge: repo.databinge.com
Death to Design: iphone.deathtodesign.com
Digital Agua: repo.digitalagua.com
Dlubbat’s Apps: www.dlubbat.com/iphone.xml
Fight Club: dezign999.com/repo
FreeMyiPhone: pxl.freemyiphone.com/
Gogosoft Source: www.blackblack.org/gogobeta.plist
GravyTrain ’s Vault: iiispace.com/installer2.xml (Includes user submitted themes)
hitoriblog Experimental Pack: hpcgi3.nifty.com/moyashi/ipodtouch/repository.cgi
HighTymes: hightymes.org/iphone/plist/index.xml
iApp-a-Day: iappaday.com/install
Imagine09: home.twcny.rr.com/imagine09/Imagine09.xml
iBlackjack: iphonefanclub.com/native
iClarified: installer.iclarified.com
iPhone Cake: iphonecake.com/src/all
iPhoneDevDocs: idevdocs.com/install
iPhone For Taiwan (SummberBoard Themes): iphone4.tw/showme
i.Marine Software (Caissa): caissa.us
imimux Repository (Real Artist): imimux.com
iPhoneIslam: apps.iphoneislam.com
iPod Touched: ipodtouched.net/repo.xml
iPod-Touch-Themes.de: www.ipod-touch-themes.de/installer/repo.xml
iSpazio: http://repo.ispazio.net
iSwitcher (old): web.mac.com/iswitcher2/list.xml
iSwitcher (new) = MeachWare: meachware.com/list.xml
Jeremie Engel: rep.visuaweb.com
Jiggy Main Repository (Jiggy): jiggyapp.com/i
lazyasada: lazyasada.xeterdesign.com/repo.xml
Limited Edition iPhone: limitededitioniphone.com/lei.xml
Loring Studios: loringstudios.com/iPhone-schnapps/index.xml
MarcoGiorgini.com: marcogiorgini.com/iPhone/plist.xml
Makayama Software (CameraPro): tinyurl.com/2t8cax
MaomaLand: maomaland.com/iphone/repo.xml
Mateo (BeatPhone): bblk.net/iphone
McCarron’s Repo: patrickmccarron.com/irepo
MeachWare (new iSwitcher): www.meachware.com/list.xml
Mobile Stacks: mobilestack.googlecode.com/svn/repository/internal.plist
ModMyApple.it (iBirthday): www.serverasp.net/chiafa/MMA/repo.xml
Moyashi: hpcgi3.nifty.com/moyashi/ipodtouch/repository.cgi
MTL Repository: home.mike.tl/iphone
MyApple.pl: i.myapple.pl
newATTiPhone.com: newattiphone.com/repo.xml
NPike.net: http://apps.npike.net/repo.xml
Nuclear Design: nucleardesign.net/repository
Polar Bear Farm: www.polarbearfarm.com/repo/
Polleo Limited: source.polleo.no
Private Indistury: brandonsgames.com/chriss/index.xml
Pyrofer’s Projects: pyrofersprojects.com/repos/repos.xml
R4m0n (iPhysics): iphone.r4m0n.net/repos
RiP Dev (Caterpillar): http://repository.ripdev.com/
Robota Softwarehouse: iphone.robota.nl
Sanoodi Repository: sanoodi.com/iphone
Saurik’s Coding Toolbox (Cydia): apptapp.saurik.com
ScoresPro: www.scorespro.com/iphone/repo.xml
scummVM: urbanfanatics.com/scummvm.xml
sendowski.de (MobileChat)sendowski.de/iphone
Shai’s Apps: ride4.org/shai.xml
Simek’s Graphic: simek.ddl2.pl
Skrew: i.danstaface.net
Slezak’s Stuff: www.spencerslezak.com
Soneso Repository: soneso.com/iphone
SOS iPhone (ContactFlow): rep.sosiphone.com
Spiffyware: spiffyware.net/iphone
Studded: studded.net/installer/index.xml
Surge: iphonesurge.com/iphonesurge.xml
Swell: lyndellwiggins.com/installer/Swell
Swirlyspace: swirlyspace.com/SwirlySpace.xml
Touchmod Team: touchmods.net/rep.xml
Trejan: trejan.com/irepo
Trivialware: mazinger.cs.yale.edu/iphone-apps/index.xml
Unlock.no: i.unlock.no
weiPhone (weTools/weDict): app.weiphone.com/installer
Wizdom on Wheels (Common Website Links): iphoneapps.wizdomonwheels.com
ZodTTD.com Releases: zodttd.com/repo

Language Sources:
Arabic: apps.iphoneislam.com
Chinese: iphone.org.hk/repository.plist
Danish: iphone.vildmedmac.dk/install
French: rep.sosiphone.com
FrenchIphone: rep.frenchiphone.com
German: sendowski.de/iphone
German aXP: lostsoul.aeroxp.org/iphone/index.xml
Greek: www.greek-iphone.com/grloc
Hebrew ?????: ihebrew.net
Hungarian: ifhone.hu/install.xml
Norwegian - iFon: install.ifon.no
Polish - iPolish: krzak.net/iphone
Polish - iPolish(1.1.2): wakoman.ovh.org/iphone
Português-Brasil(1.1.2): iphonemod.com.br/forum/repo/installer.xml
Russian iPhone.RU: iphones.ru/r
Russian iPhone ??-??????: russianiphone.ru/beta
Russian Tools (in English): russianiphone.ru/beta/en
Spanish Phyros iPhone-ES: iphone.frickr.es/index.xml
Swedish iFun.se: ifun.se/swe
Taiwanese: iphone4.tw/unlock
Thai: pradt.net/iphone
Turkish: niffob.com/triphone.xml
Vietnamese: iphone.billydragon.net

More Sources here:
http://www.ipodtouchfans.com/wiki/index.php?title=IPod_touch_Installer_source_list

http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/sources/

http://www.installerapps.com/sources/

Instructions in Arabic can be found here:

http://www.iphoneislam.com/?p=62

Instructions and download in English can be found here:

http://iphone.unlock.no/

If you get error “The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000135)” you need to install .NET Framework 2.0. The executable unzips the GUI executable to “Program Files\ziphone”

Now you can unlock new iphones that are OTB 1.1.2 and 1.1.3 (bootloader version 4.6) with just software and no need for special microchips that go behind your SIM card. Here is a link to the guide:

http://iphone.unlock.no/OTB112unlock.htm

 To see it in action, check out this youtube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SXnAUa6f0s

Gear Live has a cool gallery of pictures of the new additions to the iPhone interface in its 1.1.3 release. The most impressive feature for me was the locate-me feature for the google maps application. Other features include dragging and dropping icons on the springboard and bookmarks icon on the springboard. Another much-needed feature is the multiple-people SMS capability.

To see some screen shots of the changes please follow the link below:

http://www.gearlive.com/gallery/category/C51/

An Arabic keyboard has been developed for the iPhone. Now you can write Arabic SMS messages on you iphone

For more information and to update you iphone to support arabic typing please visit:
http://www.iphoneislam.com/?p=20

Also, make sure to bookmark their site for the latest islamic and Arabic related links and stories about the iPhone:

http://www.iphoneislam.com/

All you have to do is place a font file in the direcotry:

system/library/fonts/cache

It can be downloaded from here:
http://rapidshare.com/files/70430782/arialuni.ttf.html

And your safari browser will be able to ready arabic in the correct direction this time! As shown below

Credit for this one goes to Mishary.

Thanks

Finally, someone did something for the iPhone and the iPod touch that enables users to get full disk level access with read/write prevliges on the iPhone’s disk via AFP.  The AppleTalk Filing Protocol makes the iPhone show up on the Mac desktop as a disk with full read/write access. For more from the “Core” click the link:

http://wickedpsyched.net/iphone/afp/

It is like a SecureID token but for your Mobile Phone. It is based on Java and provides 1024bit RSA encryption and GrIDsure’s ID technology. Want to learn more, then head to:

http://www.itsecurityportal.com/itsecurity_news.asp?articleid=260033

I have to admit, I thought this is like CommonWealth Bank’s NetCode SMS but it is clearly nothing like it. For more information on that go to:

http://demos.webcentral.com.au/netcode-sms.html

It is finally here Now you can safely update your 1.0.2 to the new 1.1.1 and have it work like a charm Make sure you know what you’re doing though

Here are the detailed instructions:

http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/29/instant-jailbreak-for-iphone-and-ipod-touch/

Remember, if you brick your iPhone, don’t blame us!

برنامج لقراءة الرسائل العربية على الـ آيفون

For more information please visit:
http://mem9.net/iphone/

Thanks also for the following people who contibuted to bringing us one step closer to an Arabic iPhone

Erica, Nawaf, Knox and Rayan.

Metasploit for hacking iPhones:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,137741-c,iphone/article.html

Apple releases an update to Patch 10 flaws with the iPhone: 

 http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9786507-7.html?tag=nefd.blgs

The patch also Bricks unlocked iPhones

Read about it at Engadget then follow the easy instructions here: http://iphone.unlock.no/

Easy!

http://www.iphonealley.com/news/anysim-released-free-gui-iphone-unlock

Ramadan Kareem and here is an Arabic scanned Koran for the iPhone:

MyQuran.us

Here are two guides to SIM unlock your iPhone for free:

http://www.freeiphoneunlock.com/guide/

http://iphone.unlock.no/

Here is a simple guide to install Arabic fonts on your iPhone. You still can not connect the Arabic letters but at least this one is right to left

nawafx.com

Thanks to Nawaf Alsabhan for the guide. Any help in this area is greatly appreciated. So, if you know anything about Arabic font support for OSX or iPhone please contribute

Also, look at:

http://iphone4arab.com/

For instructions in Arabic

This time it is by the iPhone Dev team iPhone is finally free from its AT&T ball and chain!

For more information and to download the needed files, head to Gizmodo. Instructions are not out yet. So, if you are one of those people that never RTFM, then download it and wing it!

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/exclusive/iphone-free-software-unlock-confirmed-death-star-explodes-298825.php 

Thanks again for EVERYONE on the Hackint0sh forums for all their efforts and all the good times we had with the iPhone

Otherwise, (if you’ve got money to burn) then go for the commercial unlock software found here:

http://www.iphonesimfree.com/cgi-bin/iphonesimfree/engine.pl?page=buy

Got questions? We got answers! Don’t be hatin’ start participatin’! Head to Hackint0sh.org!

Image above is from: http://blog.scifi.com/

There are so many iPhone clones that some online shops have a special category for them! Check out IPMart for example:
http://www.ipmart.com/main/browse.php?cat=1758&cat=2308

The De Say M888 shown below is the most impressive of them all but at USD 251.25 plus shipping fees won’t you rather buy an original 4GB iPhone at 299 USD including shipping?

After the Super SIM and Turbo SIM methods, we have a hardware unlock method. Follow the links below for more details:

• http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/24/iphone_unlocked/ Contains the video
• http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/ The instructions site
• http://www.tech.co.uk/gadgets/phones/mobile-phones/news/new-instructions-for-iphone-hardware-unlock?articleid=1348296214
• http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/005210.html

I would not try this at home… Super Sim simply works and it is CHEAP! Why bother with anything else, it is simply not worth the time or effort. Not to mention the risk of damaging the phone!

 Whould you attempt this on your phone?

It is STILL NOT a software hack! This one revolves around something called TurboSIM. It supports all kinds of SIMs not just V1 SIMs. For more information go to:

http://www.iphonestalk.com/iphone-unlocked-for-all-use-any-sim-card-in-your-iphone/

and here is how to do it:

http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2619

or

http://www.jasonmadigan.com/2007/08/13/turbo-sim-iphone-unlock-confirmed-working/

Enjoy and this time, no need for SIM card programmer devices or Silvercards!

At least this is a SIM fabrication hack that works. For instructions, please follow one of the links below:

http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2215

or

http://www.myitablet.com/iphone-unlocked-for-european-use-061341.php

Enjoy your new unlocked iPhone Now, if only they can come up with the software hack before the 45 day deadline

Update: Rumor has it that the unlocked iPhones are already being sold in Hong Kong!

http://www.gearfuse.com/hong-kong-is-selling-fully-unlocked-iphones-now/

Take the poll on marwan.com:

http://www.marwan.com/2007/08/will-iphone-be-unlocked-within-45-days.php

I Predicted 45 days for the iPhone to work with other than AT&T! Have your say at marwan.com

Well, so far we have three choices. They are:

• M300 : Sold by IPMart

• M500 : Sold by SMS Technology Australia (to be released at the end of August)

• Cect Mobile Wrest watch: A Chinese prototype announce by CECT

Picture from mobilemag.com

I’ve been searching for iPhone unlocking sites and so far I found the sites below. I would like to emphasize that it is only a matter of time until a workaround can be found to use the iPhone with other providers other than AT&T. So, here are the two sites:

• The following blog post claims that it will send you an email with information about unlocking the iPhone once it is available for a small fee:
• http://unlockuriphone.blogspot.com/
• The following company mentioned in this “the register” article claims that it is close to unlocking the iPhone and that once it is able to do that, it will provide iPhone users with a $50 software that will unlock their phones for them:
• http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/06/iphone_unlocking/

It is also worth noting that unlocking phones was ruled to be legal by the US copyright office last year.

If you were wondering if there are any hacks for the iPhone, well here are two of them for you:

• The Activation Hack: http://nanocr.eu/2007/07/03/iphone-without-att/

This lets you access features of the iPhone without activiting it with your service provider.

• Shell Access: http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?p=7989#post7989

This provices shell access the the iPhone. Here is a command list:
http://iphone.fiveforty.net/geohot/cmdlist.txt

Enjoy! If you’ve got more hacks, please let us know by commenting on this post

“Hitchhiker helps you to connect your Pocket PC to the wireless Internet. Simply click “Connect” and it will try all nearby public access points. Hitchhiker will handle all settings for you and perform complicated tests to ensure you can connect to the Internet in no time.”

The software can be downloaded from here:
http://www.kasuei.com/hitchhiker/

The site also has other useful freeware, so check it out.

I have received many visits to this site searching for “Nokia Hidden Codes”. So, I decided to include some more Here is a list of codes and some links to get some more codes:

*#06# Gets you the Serial Number/IMEI.

*#0000# Gives you the software version (e.g. V 5.27.0 / 28-06-04 / NHL-10) The NHL-10 is important and makes your life easier when you try to use flashers!

*#2820# Gives you the Bluetooth device address
xx# - Quick contact access (xx = location number, e.g. : 17#)

*#62209526# Gives you the MAC address of the WLAN adapter, this information is only available on the new models (S60 3rd edition) which have wireless connectivity.

To get some more codes (some of which can do damage to your phone and/or data residing on it, approach the codes on these sites with caution:

• N-Gage codes: http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/ngage/code/915353.html
• In polish (Patryk, please translate!): http://www.eplay.yoyo.pl/viewpage.php?page_id=79
• From GSM-Hacks: http://www.gsmhacks.com/forums/mobile-technologies/1429-codes-s60.html

Again, please exercise caution.

RIM announced that it is going to release a “Virtual BlackBerry” for selected Windows Mobile 6 devices. Now you CAN have the best of both worlds after all
Read more at I4U.

Some of the topics discussed in the site might not be legal in some places! So, you’ve been warned. It has tips and tricks for mobile phones of all makes and models with a community supported hacks and forum discussions:

http://www.cellphonehacks.com/

Watch this:

• Youtube video

Common sense really!

I know many people will look at this and go “We’ve seen this before… Cellular phone spying is not new” but I have to say that the technology is now more readily available than before. To understand what I am talking about, please read the following from zone labs:

• http://blog.zonelabs.com/blog/2007/04/they_can_hear_y.html
• http://blog.zonelabs.com/blog/2007/03/warning_this_ce_1.html

Also, visit this site:

• http://www.global-security-solutions.com/CellularSpyPhone.htm

Beware of cellphones left in your office, on your table at a coffee shop and in meetings. The FBI has been doing cell phone spying apparently:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O61YfvPZGJs