Terence, Thanks for the heads up and info. If what...

2008-08-15T14:10:00.000+01:00

Terence, Thanks for the heads up and info. If what you say is true and knowing you personally, I suspect it might be the case. I think it's the iPhone Dev team being cautious and seeing this as a competitor to what they do (unlock the iPhone's software lock) and it's just a way to keep would be SIMable customers to themselves.

It's nothing to do with sending fake signals to th...

2008-08-15T14:03:00.000+01:00

It's nothing to do with sending fake signals to the network.

The phone queries the SIM. If the SIM returns the correct code for the lock the phone will work. If not, it will display an error message.

All the SIMable does, as far as I can tell, is returns a "Yes, yes I am a valid SIM for your lock" code - even when it isn't. The phone accepts this "unlock" and connects to the network.

The phone belongs to you. The SIM is probably the property of your network provider. You have a contract with your network provider. There are very few networks which won't let you roam any device on to them. Why should they care which phone you've got or to which network it's "locked".

I fail to see anything even remotely dodgy about this. Phones are locked generally because they're subsidised. As long as, in the case of O2 and iPhone, you continue to pay your monthly fee - what's the problem.

If you've got a bunch of locked handsets - and it'll cost you ~£20 to unlock each of them - the SIMable is probably fairly cost effective.

As an aside, Vodafone - my corporate lords and masters - don't lock their contract handsets any more. If you've got an older handset, you can ring up for a free unlock code.

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Terence, Thanks for the heads up and info. If what...

It's nothing to do with sending fake signals to th...