I came in yesterday and am finally setup. I barely have any free time; there is always something or other scheduled. I will be doing consulting work for Certicell and Puremobile in the little bit of free time I have. My project for now is a GPS for the iPhone that uses triangluation from the cell phone towers. I believe the towers are public record and you can use an AT command to get signal strengh.
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«Oldest ‹Older 1 – 200 of 245 Newer› Newest»Great work man. Don't forget to enjoy college. There are lots of hot chicks with iPhones there :-) . You never know what you might get for an unlocked iPhone.
Wow, i know you are going to do just fine, you are a very smart person, and there is too much ahead for you and people like you, i know it is very hard to get all you time and mind into a simgle objective, but you did it all the way, congratulations, and greetings from Mexico, by the way, i am a computer engineer, and i will try to find a software solution for the iphone (i hope) by fist i need to get one, jeje.
Isn't cell phone triangulation what Mologogo uses?
Welcome to RIT... I am an alumni RIT student. I bet you will meet a lot of deaf students.
Good luck with RIT... I expect you're already quite popular here :-).
Congratulations. I hope 1 day I can be like you.
Hi, George. I'm a writer in Minnesota (www.rakemag.com) doing a story on kids, imagination, and technology. I would love to get a comment from you, considering your recent accomplishment and all the buzz about it. The fact is, TV and screen time dampens most kids' imaginative capacities and their tolerance for frustration, etc. But you must have ample amounts of both. I'm sure 500 hours to hack the iphone involved some frustration. Anyway, I would really appreciate a few words with you, by phone or email.
Thanks!
Jeannine Ouellette
In Certicell website mention the consulting deal but you forgot to mention the training to unlock the iphone. From Certicell website:Certicell has entered into a consulting agreement with Mr. Hotz in order to train its staff on the unlocking process and provide technical support to solve other handset software issues.
Why will someone in the cell business want his staff train in the unlocking process??
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
So no matter what George say somehow and someone it will be making tons of money out of this. Even that Certicell claims that he don't have plans to market the unlocking, so why to train his staff. Everybody have its prize, yours was a car when you could get 1000's of cars. Sorry kid you sold yourself very cheap.
nice job way to make jobbs sit up in the middle of the night going "Hacked by a 17 year old" Doh!
You are a genius. However one never knows that the information you got from people you who helped you to unclok the phone might be indirectly connected to Apple?
They needed a unlocked phone as the sales were dipping, and hey what has apple have to lose.
You're going to scheduled events? That doesn't sound like you....
Brazil´s Thanks a lot ! keep walking !
Hey, welcome to Rochester! I found out about you by visiting my grandma's this weekend. She lives in a very small town out in the middle of nowhere (near Syracuse, kinda), and even their small publication had your success on the front page. Have fun at RIT :)
Nice Setup man, can't wait to see what you do next!
great work dude. congratulation!
art attack
greece
Hey u r famous in Brazil!!!
On one of the mains Tv News (Jornal da Globo)...well done i like people who does this kind of thing, that is not ilegal, and are ingenious!!!
Michele - South of Brazil
Your a good man with a good soul, I can see that you did this to help the community and not to try and drain it for money.
Best of luck in College, Currently I'm a first year Med student and hope your transition into college life goes well
NIGHT AT VEGAS SAID IT PERFECT! U SOLD UR SELF VERY CHEAP, LIKE A CRACK WHORE LOOKING TO SCORE SOME ROCKS. THAT IS WHY UR GOING TO RIT AND NOT MIT....GO GET LAID!!!!
Dear George,
It's an interesting coincidence that your name (Hotz) in Romanian means burglar...
some more iphone hacks:
http://iphoneuk.blogspot.com
HI George. Maybe is not de moment, but some of us are desesperated ;-)
After use ieaser and start to unlock ...
connecte to mac using usb, nothing..
charge with adapter, apple logo, 10s then turn off.
charge with adapter in dock, apple logo again. hold power and home for 25s, "connect to itunes" appears, when i tried to unplug cable and connect using usb. dark again.
Could you help us?......
http://hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?t=3544
Thanks!!!
Congratulations. Enjoy college, and thanks again for the hack. Thousands of people worldwide appreciates your work (I for one enjoys it from Norway) :)
Great job! Now all you have to do is get a life...
G-
Good work. I have been hacking usb hid stuff to make them work the way I like them, moving buttons around and so forth. same with gps and marine tronics, as well as redoing my EFI on truck to get better mileage.
You would be doing yourself a favor to go to sparkfun and check out their goods.
once again nice hack for both the soft and hard ware. study hard.
all the techies at VT and WPI I know are proud of you. once again study and party hard.
Spaceman Splif
oops forgot.
there are a lot of people
telling you to profit from this.
that's up to you.
along those lines ...
i would focus on school and do ...
tee shirts do make a lot of money.
and would be huge at colleges.
hey there George, I live in Rochester, NY and will probably be going to RIT next year when you are a sophomore, email me at nonamebowler@gmail.com, id love to talk to you
I am a RIT alumnus as well. It is a great school ... what program are you in?
Good for you dude!
I grew up in Midland Park, almost neighbors...
Enjoy college and ignore the haters...They should give you some iphone beater scholarship :)
Enjoy some Country Sweet Chicken and Wings! maybe a midnight trip to Nick Tahoes also... Rock On!
George, I have MS and I am very excited that you will be studying nueroscience, and "hacking the brain." Remember when you are exhausted from studying, that there are people waiting for the great work you will do in the future. Rock on!
What are the chances you could get working on a Verizon crack..? It's a long cold winter up there in Rochester.
Dude, you are going to be rolling in it. WTG. When you need some popcorn at school, let us know!
Tom Bastek
Hilton Head Popcorn Co.
http://www.hiltonheadpopcorn.com
Hey dude, nice job, but wasn't it illegal? anyway congratulations...
From Turkey
Alp
Hey dude,
Congratulations nice work,
but wasn't it illegal? Or any action from apple against to you, cause of that hacking.?
From turkey
Alp
hey man congratulations for your job!!
i alredy soldered the wires in the phone, but i can't find the softwers that i need to finish it. please post or link all the softwers that i need. thank you.
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You may or may not know who I am, but good job. This is the way I started. I was at my prime in Legions Of the Underground at 17. You've got a lot of great things ahead. Stay focused!
optiklenz - (Legions Of the Underground)
btw: if you need to contact me sat2pc@gmail.com
It'd be funny if Apple didn't try to hire you at some point. Just curious - have they contacted you?
Good luck at college man, you re obviously an extremely intelligent person. Get as far as you can in life, and don't ever let anyone hold you back.
Great.....
BTW great Hack!
"their" is spelt "there" when speaking the way in which you have.
Whitney
Congratulations George Hotz! Have an awesome time in college, at RIT. I have a technology show: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/showdown and when time allots I may email you about having a scheduled appearance on the show. Its not quite CNBC or CNN, lol, but it would be awesome to have you on the show at some point.
-Kwass
Sadly to say, cellular towers are not public access in the USA. Public cellular towers would lead to people just banding a random cellular phone to their network without paying. It does not work as a wireless access point. This is why there are network-specific cellular towers. Good luck on "hacking" into one of those!
P.S. 'Neuroscience' is not offered at RIT as a course. We at RIT do not offer a medical field whatsoever.
It's nice to know that, as smart as you are, you still don't know the difference in spelling "their," as opposed to "there." Ahhh... I feel better about myself now :)
LOL.. Just teasin ya. Great job, kid!
P.S. to anyone who wants the iPhone for the Verizon network, you are S.O.L. It cannot be used on Verizon's CDMA network. Currently the iPhone is GSM which is entirely incompatible with CDMA. The iPhone was never intended to be used on a CDMA network since most CDMA phones have restricted and/or missing software on the phones in order to make the subscribers pay more to access them. Example(VCast, mobile web 1.0, 2.0, ringtones).
George - I have a friend that owns a GPS solutions company. He should be able to assist in the triangulation quest.
major gunz at gee male dot comm
Congratulations on cracking the phone. I hope your future is bright. Maybe you should know what it REALLY COSTS. My wife works for AT@T supporting these phones. Now it looks like she may be facing layoffs because of your hack. With me off the job from injury, it looks like my family's future is uncertain, but hey, thousands of people can have a cracked phone and save big money for themselves. Good for you. Im certain your future is set. I just thought you'd like to know what your hack really cost.
hai ,congratulation's on your discovery.
see i am interested in hacking , but i find that there are no sources for me to learn it .can u help me ?
contact me at villainarun@gmail.com
Congrats! Check out Computer Science House while you're there, we've done some pretty cool hacks too.
I do commend you on the work you did with the iphone. Personally I do not use one, as its overly hyped. I like it though when corporate america thinks they know all and someone comes along to show them they dont. Truth be told though you are probably helping out apple more than anything as they entered the agreement with at&t for monetary reasons, there are a lot of people though who do not use at&t.
So for those people they dont want an iphone especially if they are happy with their carrier, but if they had the chance to have an iphone on their carrier they would. So they are gaining quite a few sales they would of been in the first place.
I have made some things and figured some things out myself only to be called a hacker and looked upon as malicious. Its funny because if corporate america decided they wanted unlocking of cells to be illegal that you too would of been persecuted in this manner. Normally being innovative is frowned upon for some reason.
Also correct me if Im wrong but isnt triangulation using cell towers less accurate to gps. Also you cant call something that triangulates a position in regards to a group of cell towers gps as gps refers to global positioning satellites. Once again good work and its nice to see some people commending hackers once again as it used to be.
ei this is gerard from the Philippines, is the unlocked iphone can also be used outside US particularly here in the Philippines? u can email me at demonryder@yahoo.com
Bro! Congrats! you should post pics of your new Car! jejeje!
How can I get a hold of you, to interview you for our Radio Morning Show in Los Angeles!
you can contact me at diablito@superestrella.com
Once again! congrtas!
diablito
wow, that is awesome. i love it when kids use their brains. good on ya! keep it up!
Hi, George:
My name is Bambi Francisco and I'm from vator.tv. I'd love to get you a video to share with our community on Vator.tv. Please contact me at bambi@vator.tv if interested.
best
bambi
Hey buddy!
You are brilliant and naive money-wise speaking, which is good for your age! Great for you.
Just a brief comment about your triangulation project: Motorola had a system (not longer in use) that worked with the messaging between BTSs (Base Stations) and the terminal (cell phone) based in CDMA networks. If interested, let me know.
g u s t y k at gee male doott ccoomm
dude....you are stupid.....you could've gotten more than 20 million dollars for your work....you really traded it for a flashy car and some free phones?.....it's amazing how cheap corporations can buy out intelligence these days....in 3 years you'll have nothing to show for your accomplishment and the other cell comanies will continiue to rake in the cash via adverts and commercials on the phones....you have to be able to see better into the future.....these phones enable users to download music and video and stream it.....that means...all of the networks sponsers now can advertise and expand their consumer base.....you just gave them billions...and in return you got a car and a free phone...
WAY TO GO
ATCH
I HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION TO ASK YOU WOULD YOU PLEASE E-MAIL ME AT panamericanqueens03@yahoo.com thank you for your time DEBRA
nice work and good for you, GOD bless :)
My friend already crack that phone 3 weeks ago.. in mid july.. after destroying 3 iphone.. we now can use it on T-Mobile.. we located in Oakland..
You wasn't lying when talking about loosing sleep and weight on those endless night trying to crack it...
TL
What are you doing with your 3000GT? I am working on a design for an electric car, with the goal of making a design that can be a useful commuter, while at the same time having some style and being feasible for large numbers of people. Paying 98k for a Tesla is not a widespread option. Instead, creating the design, identifying the sources and then posting all on the web would be much higher impact. If you are willing to unload the car without the engine in place, it would be a perfect donor. Email me if you have time to speak further. Thanks and congratulations.
All hail the Guru! We hail you from Nigeria. Hope our youth here can divert their attention to something productive that "SCAMS" (thank God its reducing). I hope to buy an iPhone and bring it down here.
Stay cool, sky is ur starting-point.!
Welcome to RIT... I am an former RIT student. Good job hacking the phone.. Many students at RIT use Tmobile, don't be surprized if they all running up to u.. haha.. Good luck with RIT, and ur major. beware of Gracies ;-( definally check out the ritz awesome hang out.. and enjoy the campus.. :)
All hail the Guru! We hail you from Nigeria. Hope our youth here can divert their attention to something productive other than "SCAMS" (thank God its reducing). I hope to buy an iPhone and bring it down here.
Stay cool, sky is ur starting-point.!
Congrats, man!
Good luck with school, you and your team are truly gifted. Don't waste those talents!
Kudos to you...Its inspiring for guys like me
i don't have an iphone, but i read about your story on yahoo and i just wanted to tell you good job! that's crazy that you were able to do that! good luck with everything!
Don't tell them everything!!
Keep some secrets to yourself.
hey man good job unlocking the iphone i was wondering if there was a way to unlock the iphone to use verizon since they dont use sim cards?
From an old RIT grad, congrats on your success, and thanks for picking RIT. It's a great school, and you will bring some much-needed media focus to them. Perhaps Mr. Golisano will name a lab in his building after you!
collin306
it only work on a gsm network.
George,
You are the greatest! I love the work you do and all that brain power. Go get them!!!!!! Victoria
Oh my GOD... If one more person posts asking about a "Verizon Hack"...
Verizon works on an entirely different communications technology and protocol than AT&T or T-Mobile!!! GSM phones will never be compatible with a CDMA network!!! It would require a whole different hardware version of the iPhone. Stop asking!
Congratulations, man!!! I'm speaking from Brazil and I really happy to know that you iniciated a new page of history for the iPhone world wide!!!
Enjoy college!!!
Hey Bud, EXCELLENT WORK on the iphone hack. I'm an RIT senior if you ever want the hook up for parties or nightlife, or anything at RIT. Im a car guy too and know a couple tuning shops in rochester to hook up your new 350z!
email me: airpower09 at gmail dot com.
or find me on facebook.
-colby gregory
Great work!
Congratulations, could you send one? :-)
you GO dude! i love it when y'all young folk sock it to the MAN. LOL seriously tho, you rock George. i hope baby bliss finds a guy as enterprising as you to marry some day. '-)
George post a picture of the car man!!
Oi!
Sou brasileiro e me orgulhei com o seu feito.
Ter a capacidade e atitude de desbloquear um aparelho tão moderno, com tão pouca idade.
Seu talento é algo maravilhoso!
Parabéns e muito sucesso!
Great work, you better watch yourself, AT&T or Apple might come after you and set an example, because what you did is illegal(not unlocking the phone for personal use, but unlocking the phone and selling it). I wish you the best of luck.
SO.... Where are the pics of the ride?
Good work, man! Congrats!
Check out Renegade's BS
Dude. Good job. But T-Mobile on the RIT Campus can be alittle sketchy. I know first hand.
Marry me!!!!
Congratulations on your achievement. I am a high school teacher and give a weekly news quiz. Your achievement was inspiring to my seniors this week as a bit of proof that with perserverence, collaboration and intelligence, you can achieve great things. Good luck in college and the next leg of your journey in life.
George:
At the age of 17 you have learned the secret of success in college, in med school and in life; its perseverance and tenacity. With 32 doctoral candidates only two of us made it; #1 an IBM scientist and me about 3rd from the bottom. But like you I learned the secret. Good luck in your endeavors.
Dr Steve Peters
George:
At the age of 17 you have learned the secret of success in college, in med school and in life; its perseverance and tenacity. With 32 doctoral candidates only two of us made it; #1 an IBM scientist and me about 3rd from the bottom. But like you I learned the secret. Good luck in your endeavors.
Dr Steve Peters
Help us hack blackberry 8830's GPS for verizon.
You da man!!! It's great that you got something besides self gratification, which every teenager can provide for himself. Don't forget the taxes that you will owe on the car which will probably be close to $10,000. Ouch!!! Good luck at RIT, I expect we'll be hearing more about you in the coming years.
George, congratulations.
O IPhone é do mundo! Não de Jobs.
The IPhone is of the world! Not of Jobs.
Saúde e paz!
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Just a comment on the GPS project. Using cell towers will function much the same way as the WAAS system - using trilateration not triangulation. It will use the distance between each tower to provide the location not an angle.
I see you got a Nissan 350Z for your phone. Feel free to join other 350Z enthusiasts at www.350zfrenzy.com I go by Dr Bonz there. Look me up!
With your GPS you would need navigation like Google Earth on Mobile. We got it at 3DVU running on MS Mobile at www.navi2go.net/route (from your mobile). It is the way of the future. On PC you can log on to navi2gi.com. You may contact me at isaacl@3dvu.com to cooperate. Isaac
Please send us your contact information.
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Dude, you are so freaking cool. You hacked into the freaking iphone. I thought that only happened in movies like "Swordfish," and "Live Free or Die Hard."
I am 23 years old, but I'm not nearly as cool as you.
How can I be like you? How can I be a freaking super genius?
Congratulations! You make Jersey look good :) Keep up the good work.
way to go man, hope all the best for you.
I hope you make a "how to, step by step" for the unlock one day so we can all try it, us that are not very good like you.
thanks again
Hey, wait, is that a PC on your desk?? Running VISTA?? Bah!
Good work though, and enjoy the new chica-magnet.
As a 28 year old with graduate degrees in electrical engineering and computer science, a small tear came to my eye when I saw this story. Perhaps it was the pureness and innocence of George Hotz's effort and intentions. Or a better reason why this story has many engineers waxing nostalgic is this: George is an extraordinary reminder that in this age of instant gratification and quick money, there are still people out there who realize that achieving great things requires patience and persistence. In every business, great achievements are often stifled by politics, law, and money. The same is true for engineering businesses, where engineers are forced to split their time between true engineering tasks and administrative meetings. George should be proof to the Fortune 100 companies of the world that while you can throw hundreds of engineers at a problem, it only takes one person with the right solution to make all difference.
http://www.clusterflock.org/2007/08/president_bush_names_george_ho.html
??????
When I heard about this, I felt bad for AT&T. For about 2 seconds. Can you please do something about Microsoft? Like, fix it?
hey george,
this is yossra i'm from egypt, i'm not sure if you'll reply to this comment. but i just want to express my admiration with your work and i was wondering how can one become like you i'm 22 and was always fasinated by the work of computer geniuses like you. How did you become what you are?
http://www.dibellas.com/ Your not to far from a good subshop. And MacGregor's. Trust me it will keep you going during the winter. - RIT Alumni from Hawaii
Your awesome - I went through your blog, and although I could barely understand what you were saying (I don't know the computer language well enough to understand), I can tell how much how work this all took! Congrats, and enjoy college and all the benefits you'll receive from your accomplishment, you deserve it!
Congrats. You seem like a smart guy. Watch out for the world, don't let it take advantage of you or change you.
So, now you know how much fun is to be had once you peel off the sticker that says, "No user-serviceable parts inside." Welcome aboard. You will get much more advice than you want - try to remember that, whatever their motivation, most people are really trying to give you good advice. Mine is: "Nod, smile, and move on. And, whatever else you do, don't let them use you up."
Excellent Job!
Congratulations to you and your team for getting this done!
Good luck to you and hope that your future only gets brighter!
-John
Just thought I would comment on how amazing your hack is. The most my hubby and I have done is software unlocking from Cingular/AT&T to T-Mobile. There is NO WAY in a million years I would consider doing your hack, but it was interesting to read about. I learned some stuff in the process. And for all the ppl that try to throw some guilt at you for doing this, eh, they'll get over it.
In the meantime, enjoy your college years. As someone in their mid 30s can attest, they were the best years I ever had, and had lots of fun. Enjoy and Godspeed.
Congrats, you did well for yourself young man, keep it up and stay sharp!
Felicitaciones exelente trabajo para se r tan joven..saludes desde Cali Colombia.
Waaahhh unblock iphone in 500 hours!!! damm great job dude !!
whats ur msnnn??? heh xD
Don't forget to use that brain of yours to speak for things that matter. Concentrate on college and finding your place in this awesome world. You are one smart cookie.
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August 28, 2007 7:21 PM
Kudos George! You are living the dream!
Stay focused at RIT - the world will be at your finger tips with that kind of talent.
I would love you to register on my tech hobby site and comment on your success
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well you made the comcast from page. you have officially made it and your 17. take this and run with it bro! later www.myspace.com/delucho
Man, the entire Mexican's Hacker Comunnity says congratulations, well done!
That was something, I have read through your entire posting and am Impressed, Contact us on your holiday if you ever take a trip to Africa, I am sure Techies in this region would be honored.
Our website is http://www.ideasafrica.com
oh, if you need a clickable link here it is
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^^^^ Sorry 'bout that...
Hey George, man... Whats your eMail or MSN... I wanna talk to you about something.
I'd rather talk on MSN... way faster!!
modelfreakca@yahoo.ca
Hey George, very impressed with your hack. I just wanted to ask you a simple question about the iphone. Wondering if I could contact you via E-Mail? Whenever you get chance please send me your contact info to gja75@tmo.blackberry.net
I know that you are a celeb now and everything but I just have a quick question Thanx.
Hope you like RIT! I graduated from there 2 years ago and loved it. It's a wonderful place, you just have to get over the cold. Go out to the Distillery for a great dinner and catch a great movie at The Little theater. Oh...and be nice to your RA's :)
If you haven't already spoken with an Intellectual Property Professional, I am a Registered Patent Agent and I wouldn't mind discussing your intellectual property needs. I deal with Patent Prosecution in all areas of technology.
Just a small note, I know you have taste, I see your monitors match mine (those samsungs were pretty good deal) ;-) ;-)
* i know i know off topic, but o well I have to give props to the man for having a good workstation ;-)
congrats! nice setup, hope you got the top bunk
lol
You rock, geohot!
I'm so lost...podunk bites me in the ass again. No TV for over a year + move to podunk = total ignorance regarding istuff. I bet if I knew what was going on your blog would be really cool.
i hope you get rm'd
brilliant! Stand a chance to get a free e-cigarette at http://www.ruyanxpress.com
The human race is blessed to have you as a brother.
I just read the entire blog. I wish I had all that experience, and blamed all the hours I spent not learning any bit of what you sad in here.
You're a genious, I hope I can talk to you and about those things.
After all that reading, I promised myself to be more curious and study a lot more.
I wish you the best, you deserve it. And thanks for the lesson. This was a GREAT life lesson!
Hey, my dad wrote the triangulation software for verizon. That's how they really tell the signal strength, not some guy going "Can you hear me now?"
You might wanna check out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great-circle_distance
Hi George,
I am a technology journalist from Bombay, India. Is it possible for you to spare some time for an interview with the publication I work for? I request you to kindly accept my request. I would appreciate if you could give me your email id. My email id is:
d_khadilkar@aol.in
Regards and all the best
Dhananjay
Great work man! You have fans around the world..!!!
just stay humble!!!
Good luck to RIT...
Great work man...
it's nice to see that even you have the power to sell it you choose to be it free....
Great work man! You have fans around the world..!!!
just stay humble!!!
Good luck to RIT...
You are brilliant! But fix that "their" to "there"
You should have gotten a lawyer before you did any dealing with Certicell. This guy is the one who is going to make a fortune off of your finding. You could have bought any kind of vehicle. You really sold yourself cheap. I'm sure you will do good in life anyway, but this was your meal ticket. Good Luck to you.
To all you people saying he sold himself cheap. From reading on this blog and certicell the deal of 3 iphones and a car was for the iphone it's self right?
Taken from certicell:
"Along with receiving the famous phone, Certicell has entered into a consulting agreement with Mr. Hotz in order to train its staff on the unlocking process and provide technical support to solve other handset software issues."
How do you guys know that with that agreemnt, he's not in for a share of 20% of the profits from future sales of unlocked iphones?
I know if i struck a deal like that, i'd not want it public knowledge either
You should work on a Automated Lightcraft Vehicle that is run through GPS.
Hey man! I'm from a foreign country (Portugal) and I wish you good luck to you and the ones you love most. You're a brave guy and you'll do good things in the world. don't ever change your ideals for material values! 5 stars!
What is everyone making such a fuss for? Anyone with an ounce of IT experience could have hacked iPhone. What makes me so mad is if Hotz was black he would be in jail right now. White people are always taking credit when the discovery is something they consider to be great. When in fact any two bit hacker could have hacked iPhone.
Congratulations from New Zealand. I can't wait to get my iPhone going on Vodafone. I hope you crack the triangulation prob as I could use that too. Good luck with your studies... btw, did I tell you... you're a legend bro. Hotz stuff!!!
The devotion that project took was awesome and the fact you gave those 3 iphones away demonstrates what a great person you are. Best of luck in future projects!
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Hey, I'm also fellow Jerzian could I link up with you to have my iphone unlock..I'm sick of at&t rates
Excellent work!!! As an RIT alumni, I'm excited to hear you'll keep the engineering spirit alive.
Have fun in the new car. There are some VERY fun back roads SW of campus.
Again, keep up the good work!!!
KGCOE - '02
Last i new there was a google earth file of the cell towers locations for US might be a start for you the system i had that on is a pile of parts right now or i'd post the tag links
Congrats on your accomplishment!!! As an RIT alum you may have been better off with a Jeep rather than the 350z. lol. Good luck!!!
I am currently a student at RIT. I know you'll love it here :P
I thought you were done with computers and engineering, and here we see you taking up another task haha
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Gotta get a software hack man.
: )
"What makes me so mad is if Hotz was black he would be in jail right now. White people are always taking credit when the discovery is something they consider to be great."
*blink* *blink* What kind of racist comment is that?
You rock, man. I see teenagers all the time in my line of work (on-site computer repair,) that think they know what they're doing with computers, but don't. It makes me very happy to see that at least one really does.
I don't doubt that you'll receive any number of EE-type job offers when you are ready to graduate. Congrats on the car and offers so far! Enjoy college while you can!
hey whats up man congrates on your success.
good luck in college and stay the way you are man cause there are lots of people that would of took a different approach to what you did, people like us go far
George Hotz is a new forge.
obviously your probably swamped with work being a freshman at college, moving into a new place, and just getting settled in. I'm probably one of many who would like you ask you a couple questions. I have a T-mobile account, and i hate my T-mobile phone, the T-mobile dash.. its slow, it freezes, and the programs are limited. The iphone has been what i've been looking to get, and finally i can since there is a way to unlock it. But do you think you can put out a video of exactly how to do it? The pictures are hard to depict, and the directions are quite confusing. Thanks -Rob
A new way to maybe make MONEY?
please help me if you can?
I have an Idea..on ebay the retro motorola brick phones are hot items...the analog ones..
so? Is there a way to apply the ESN into todays technology and see if they work. I know they say no?
but is it really true?
remember the E911 legislation because if you take any ..any phone no matter what age and dial 911 it still goes through the towers active age or not?
bricks are great and If you could develop a plan and make them work on the networks you would sell these guys for 1000 bucks a piece so people in bars could look cool again with brick phones.
anyway...
any ideas...
Dude, very impressive.
Hi George,
sorry for my english, my first language is french canadian. Congradulation for the hard work, it's the proof that we can achieve our goal when we really believe. You did a great job on tv too... you look good you have to be proud. I would like to propose you something and i would appreciate if you can provide me a email adress where i can forward you the info! Cheers bro...have a great night!
JF
oi. im interested in helping with your iphone gps. give me a shout on AIM at Magus367
hey, I'm reading from Santiago of Chile back in southamerica, great work about the iPhone stuff! A freind and I have a little radio show slash podcast (featuring) called "Perdidos en el Espacio" kind of "Los in Space", and we interested in making you an interview by skype, could it be done? will recorded first and then publish it in our blogs. Its a college radio show so we dont nothing to give in trade but increase your ego (hahaha), try to contact me at andresus@gmail.com . hope we can conclude that interview... congratulations again about the iphone hack.
best regards.
Andrew.
You might find my article interesting:
http://jgarland79.blogspot.com/2007/07/use-gps-with-your-iphone.html
See my blog post here about how to use a GPS with the iPhone:
Use a GPS with your iPhone
awesome, good luck in school man.
and have fun with the fairlady. i know i certainly would XD
Great Work! You a true winner!
U don't need the college ..mmm only for teach big things to the techerssss
You are my dream XD
greetings from MexicoD.F.
migaja gmail , com
Congratulations on everything: the world-class hacking job you did, getting a car out it and going to RIT. You have a great life ahead of you.
You are going to fix up the 3000GT someday right? A new Z is a very nice car but 3000GT a classic. Maybe save it somewhere for twenty years when you get a chance to work on it. =)
Again, congratulations.
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Requesting for a written interview from Hong Kong
Hello George, my name is Thomas Ting and I am a reporter from a Hong Kong newspaper. Unlocking iPhone, not only in the States, it is also a big news in Hong Kong, cos people likes hi-tech product and blogs etc. much here.
As our content focus on young and talented people, I would like to ask for you permission to grant me a short, written interview, I have send an email to you, please kindly take a look and reply me if possible.
If you dont mind, please drop me a line at tkc_ting@yahoo.com.hk , and feel free to ask me anything.
Thank you very much!!
Cheers,
Thomas
CONGRATS!!!! Try and engoy college, the time there goes by real fast.
George I've followed your work for the past couple of days since I heard about what you did and I just watched you on CNN. I'm certain your name will carry on for years to come and it will have nothin to do with the iPhone or what you've done over the past few months enjoy your new car (sweet!) and I hope that you can find a good use for that brain of yours. U R l33t.
DNA Hack Challenge.
Dear Mr. Hotz
I have read somewhere that you were interested in the study neuroscience. I'll get right to the point.
I currently am afflicted with a rare type of brain cancer; Anaplastic Astrocytoma located in the occipital lobe. The mass is approximately 7.5cm x 3.5cm, or the size of a pill bottle.
I believe that the only way to stop the growth of these cancerous cells is to "hack" the DNA which causes these cells to multiply. The DNA within the cells must be tricked or the "recipe" for reproducing, changed.
I do not have the time, the energy, or the knowledge to apply myself in order to find a solution. This is where you come in. Since you are driven to use unconventional methods for solving complex problems, could you apply yourself to hack "the first computer", our DNA.
Thank you and good luck
dude you did it !
good wishes from ravi,india
You did it . thats very nice and challenging thing you did. Congratulation dude
Ya know really, the china people sell unlocked phones, many clones. I am sure they cracked it first to sell the clones.
This is not a major hack. Thats why the low level companies got him a car swap.
Ok, another offer.... I have multiple ideas but no tech skills. Ycombinator (Ycombinator.com) has a wonderful mind set to help people of all ages. They look for bright people preferably with tech skills. I have one but not the other.
Should you decide schooling is not what stimulates you, this is an opportunity to show industry leaders your total package.
Thank you for reading this.
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Hello George!
We are a spanish company, need talk with you for a serial propose for sell liberated iphones.
Please contact me in sergio@sergioescote.com
Thanks.
Sorry for my English.
man, you are secure for LIFE...you prob. have job offers rolling in as I type. congrats on your knowledge... Use it wisely. Remember...when oportunity knocks, you still have to get up and answer the door! :D
Dear George,
My name is Andrew and I work for a radio show in central New York. The show is called: "The Keeler in the Morning Show." We would really like to interview you on our show. Our air times are from 6am-9am eastern-standard time, every weekday. We are located in Utica, NY and we are one of the #1 radio shows in our area. Please e-mail me at ADerminio@gmail.com. If you would like more information abour our show let me know. The interview will probably be about your cracking of the iPhone code. I look forward to hearing from you.
~Andrew
Of the sshed and jailbroken variety. Also, kill commcenter by moving the LaunchDaemon plist out of the directory.
what dies this mean?
bro
i just really want to congratulate you on unlocking the phone
its completely amazing how you did it and your hard work is definitely commendable
enjoy your car and the three iphones you got and good luck in college
The activities here are a pain, huh? They rarely give us free time. I'm a freshman at RIT too.
Good luck creating the GPS system for the iphone. Sounds like fun.
Jersus christ, haha damn I was surprised when I saw your report on the news, just so you know the news didn't just make it all over the US, I live in Mexico and we recieved the news I believe the same day or one day after. Great job my friend, truly a "piece of history".
Jersus christ, haha damn I was surprised when I saw your report on the news, just so you know the news didn't just make it all over the US, I live in Mexico and we recieved the news I believe the same day or one day after. Great job my friend, truly a "piece of history".
How was Bergen Academy, I was thinking of going there when i was a kid but moved to Florida before high school.
Nice work !!! Congratulations !!! If you want to see fast cars and motorcycles you can visit http://topspeedengines.blogspot.com/ Enjoy ......
GeoHot: you may find a faster way to get what you want...I encountered a company that wrote a GPS triangulation app for any GSM phone called 'T-zone', written sometime in 2001. No, not the T-mobile thingie, this was somewhere in Zurich, Switzerland. it was an opt-in thing and all you needed to do was send an SMS to one of your opt-in friends and it would 'triangulate' and tell you what street and cross-street they were on.
I checked the 'Wayback' machine...no go so far...
I know Swisscom offered it...but the company who wrote the T-zone app. went out of business... FYI. Paul G.
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