1. NOW THAT (if its true and functional) is BIG news!

though i just dont hack my iphone cause im afraid of what apple will do to it (like turn it into a lazer or something!)

Posted at 11:38AM on Oct 11th 2007 by Josh

2. Does this unlock require you to downgrade to 1.0.2 first?
Also if the dev teams jailbreak wasn't ready for just anyone to use it, how will most of us with not much tech skills be able to do this without just "pushing a button" ?

Posted at 11:40AM on Oct 11th 2007 by Felicia

3. Seriously change the background back guys or at least have a poll so you can see that the majority of the readers actually prefer the old one.

I am hoping this is just a festive Halloween thing but could be wrong!

Posted at 12:06PM on Oct 11th 2007 by Daniel D

4. There is, as of this moment, no easy point and click way to jailbreak, activate, and unlock phones running 1.1.1. As far as I know, all methods require you to downgrade to 1.0.2 first, at which time you can run the iphonesimfree app and unlock your baseband. Be warned that, while running the iphonesimfree app is simple under 1.0.2, jailbreaking and activating aren't.

As someone who just successfully upgraded his, I would suggest waiting a day or two for a GUI. If I knew what was laying before me when I started, I would have waited as well.

Posted at 12:06PM on Oct 11th 2007 by Mars

5. old news kinda. Im waiting for a free unlocker tbh

The fact that this seems to be for OTB iphones with 1.1.1 too is awesome though

Posted at 12:06PM on Oct 11th 2007 by kerimeton

6. How is this old news? It's not.
Also, as far as I know, this new 1.1.1 unlock from iPSF doesn't require you to downgrade to 1.0.2 first, as it works on brand new 1.1.1 phones.

Posted at 12:10PM on Oct 11th 2007 by zeroMPHfallover

7. I'm 99% certain that this new iphonesimfree unlock does NOT allow you to use your phone with any carrier. It only makes it so your phone isn't bricked, and if you can trick it into activating THEN you can use it on another carrier. As of now there is no 1.1.1 activation trick like DVD jon's old one or w/e the latest one is. I could be wrong though.

Posted at 12:21PM on Oct 11th 2007 by Earle

8. I like the new background

Posted at 12:25PM on Oct 11th 2007 by John

9. Worked for me!I had a bricked 1.0.2, and I ran this then was able to successfully upgrade to 1.1.1. The best $60 I have spent in a while!!!

Posted at 12:28PM on Oct 11th 2007 by Matthew Fleigle

10. Groovy! Napster Bad! But I'll wait for the free version.

Posted at 12:36PM on Oct 11th 2007 by Shaah

11. Earle,

You are wrong. There are activation hacks for 1.1.1 (replacing lockdown temporarily with the 1.0.2 version to activate). This completes the solution, though I'm still waiting for a free alternative to unbrick my anySIM unlocked iPhone.

Posted at 12:37PM on Oct 11th 2007 by Jon

12. Earl/#7 :
Verbatim from the iPSF site:
"Further to this, we are very proud to announce, (after some very difficult and lengthy hardware hackery), we were able to retrieve the necessary info to create the world first 1.1.1 unlock solution."

So, yes, you would be wrong. Helps to read the provided link first.

Personally, based on recent history, I'm going to spend the $60 or whatever on iPSF's solution, since it has a higher likelyhood of not bricking my phone in the future as well - even if Dev team releases a new free unlock, I wouldn't trust these guys' solution one iota anymore (particularly considering how their promised brick/fix solution was abandoned - yet iPSF is fixing bricked phones).

Based on the alleged method used by iPSF (they supposedly reverse engineered Apple's official way of unlocking), it's also likely for this trend to continue.

Summary: nice!

Posted at 12:43PM on Oct 11th 2007 by ZinkDifferent

13. I second the ok for the new background.....

Posted at 12:48PM on Oct 11th 2007 by Vincent J. Livecchi

14. I used the unlock and it did unbrick my phone. I am now using it with my t mobile sim

Posted at 12:54PM on Oct 11th 2007 by Bazemore

15. I can see scary faces in the new background, please bring back the old one!

Posted at 12:55PM on Oct 11th 2007 by Martyn

16. I can confirm I'm running 1.1.1 using IPSF

it goes along the lines of this
0. Downgrading to 1.0.2 (if necessary)
**installer.app and IPSF installed and unlock here**
1. Preparing the iPhone for a jailbroken update
2. Performing a software update, leaving you with a jailbroken v1.1.1
3. Forcing v1.1.1 to mount read-write so you can access it
4. Installing SSH and BSD world
5. Activating with a Non-ATT SIM
6. Patching SpringBoard to allow third-party applications
7. Clean-up

done!! tmobile on my 1.1.1 iphone!

Posted at 12:56PM on Oct 11th 2007 by ronaldishak

17. if history repeats itself a free version will be out in a few days :)

Posted at 12:57PM on Oct 11th 2007 by Chad Zeluff

18. Can anybody confirm that IPSF SimFree works with OTB 1.1.1 iphones? or should you downgrade 1.1.1 to 1.0.2 to install SimFree?
Thanks

Posted at 1:10PM on Oct 11th 2007 by Aymeric

19. ronaldishak,
i am wondering how you installed SSH. i got to this step and had trouble with the iphoneinterface binary. perhaps it is intel Mac only? or did you use windows?

Posted at 1:16PM on Oct 11th 2007 by tickmo

20. Nothing to do with the post, but I like the new background, but wish it was a little more leapord like, a little more spacey and more clear on the sides.

yesterday i was just wondering if you guys, TUAW, would change the background. just so happened it got changed yesterday! lol

Posted at 1:27PM on Oct 11th 2007 by Jeff