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If you are wondering if an Apple iPhone can be unlocked and made to run as an open line phone that can run any SIM card, like TMobile or Verizon or many even SIM cards in other countries like Smart, Globe, Sun, Orange. An earlier announcement iPhoneSIMfree.com made on Engadget that they can unlock the Apple iPhone from AT&T within 48 hours. And true enough they were able to prove it to them sending back Engadget’s iPhone that was unlocked and Engadget tested on running a T-Mobile SIM.

Watch video demo of Engadget using their unlocked AT&T iPhone below:

As mentioned on Engadget on the install

• The unlock process took only a couple of minutes. From our end it was totally painless.
• Once you put your new, non AT&T SIM in the device, you have to go through the usual activation process. This can, of course, be done by anyone anywhere with the right tools (like iASign or iActivator)
• We tested with an active T-Mobile SIM — after the hack was finished and we reactivated we immediately got full bars and the T-Mobile carrier info popped up in the top bar.
• Everything is otherwise the same, except the menu system now has a couple more options. The root menu has Carrier settings where you can select your preferred network if you don’t want to roam.
• The General -> Network menu now has an EDGE network settings area where you can input your carrier’s APN and username / password. We put in our T-Mobile info, and were immediately online. (Apparently these hidden menus were added in the 1.0.1 update, they tell us. How convenient!)
• Visual voicemail isn’t in the cards — sorry. That was, of course, to be expected because it’s a special AT&T network-specific feature right now. When you hit the voicemail button you are taken immediately to your carrier’s default voicemail line though, and that works just like it would on any other phone.
• Everything is confirmed as working on a non-AT&T network: SMS send / receive, internet (including Safari, Mail, Google maps, etc.). YouTube doesn’t work out of the box, but that’s to be expected. If you’re not on AT&T you have to manually activate YouTube — here’s the guide on how to do that. (YouTube is the only app you have to activate like this.)
• We know, it’s kind of crazy, but this isn’t a hoax.
• No, sorry, you can’t have our unlocked iPhone.

Now the title of my blog post is: “How to unlock an Apple iPhone on AT&T and run any carrier SIM card.” Ok so how to do it? I will give two steps.

1. Go to iPhoneSIMFree.com
2. Make them an offer.