Desi hackers trying to unlock iPhone SIM

Hackers across the country are working overtime to find ways to unlock the SIM cards that will come with Apple's iPhone once it is launched at the stroke of midnight on August 22.

Since the SIM-locked iPhone will be sold by Airtel and Vodafone Essar, non-Airtel /Vodafone GSM subscribers won’t be able to use it unless codes are available to break the SIM lock.

However, a brand new way to unlock the phone is now available, in case the hacking software doesn’t work. A mobile phone expert, speaking on condition of anonymity, told ET: “If your iPhone is loaded with 04.02.13_G, the 1.1.2 firmware (read: the latest version), it cannot be unlocked with any software.

A Turbo SIM card, available for upwards of Rs 1,500, does what hacking software cannot do even for the latest version of iPhone. The manufacturers are claiming it will not get locked again--an issue that plagued earlier hacking methods.”