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Hacked your iPhone did ya? Now, after the 1.1.1 update, you’re looking at a non-functioning paper weight? Well, we’ve got good news for you just as long as you’re willing to pay. Not only does the 1.1.1 iPhoneSimFree unlock released earlier unlock 1.1.1 iPhones, it will also unbricks any iPhone including those unlocked by the Dev Team’s anySim or iUnlock software. However, that requires registering your IMEI with IPSF resellers which requires cash in hand. About $100 beans but a lot cheaper than a new handset, eh?

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var digg_url = ‘iPhoneSimFree offers world’s first 1.1.1 iPhone unlocks’; So, what do you expect to happen now that a pair of jailbreak solutions are out? Why, a 1.1.1 unlock for baseband version 04.01.13_G of course. The “world’s first” 1.1.1 unlock comes courtesy of the for-profit iPhoneSimFree team after a tithe to the usual service providers. For their customers who by chance bricked their iPhones by updating to 1.1.1 in haste, IPSF is making their SimFree v1.6 wares freely available to unbrick your $599 coaster. Just hit the read link for all the details.

[Thanks, Dustin B.]

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If you haven’t already bitten the bullet and taken your unlocked iPhone down that scariest of paths, the 1.1.1 update, we’re here to sort out a bit of the hearsay from the actual and fairly inconvenient truth. Even if you have already updated, or never even unlocked or jailbroke your iPhone to begin with, there’s still a lot to learn, so let’s dive in, shall we?

Most people with a jailbroken iPhone will end up with a “factory-fresh” iPhone after the 1.1.1 firmware update. Your mileage may vary, and isolated incidents of bricking have occurred, but most people are just going to have a 3rd party-free, AT&T-only iPhone in their pocket when the day is through, and bricking seems to be just as common for a virgin iPhones as for jailbroken ones. As for when we’ll have full use of the iPhone again is unclear, but TUAW’s Erica Sadun says “don’t expect a jailbreak anytime soon,” which doesn’t seem promising. Apparently the security is going to be a whole lot harder to crack this time around.

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As we’ve sure a few readers have noticed, unlocked iPhones upgraded to 1.1.1 today aren’t exactly unlocked anymore. Unlocking aside, the jailbreaking procedure that was used to load pretty much every application onto firmwares of old isn’t working at the moment, so it seems the community’s got a little work ahead of it in the next few hours. In the meantime, though, iPhoneSimFree has updated its site with the results of preliminary testing on the latest revision. The good news for buyers is that they apparently aren’t getting the “Incorrect SIM” lockdown messages being observed by some anySIM users — the bad news, though, is that you’ve gotta reactivate the darned thing with your original AT&T SIM after the upgrade takes place, then you’re cool after that. Until the jailbreak is reestablished, activations won’t be possible with alternative SIMs. EDGE usage looking a little lighter at the moment, there, T-Mobile?

[Thanks, Wireless Imports]

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