Getting to the Core of an Apple: ; Teen Guts Iphone, Untethers It From at&T's Exclusive Network

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NEW YORK - Armed with a soldering iron and a large supply of energy drinks, a slight, curly- haired teenager has developed a way to make the iPhone, arguably the gadget of the year, available to a much wider audience.

George Hotz of Glen Rock, N.J., spent his last summer before college figuring out how to "unlock" the iPhone, freeing it from being restricted to a single carrier, AT&T Inc.

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Getting to the Core of an Apple: ; Teen Guts Iphone, Untethers It From at&T's Exclusive Network

The procedure, which the 17-year-old laid out on his blog Thursday, raises the possibility of a cottage industry springing up to buy iPhones, unlocking them and then selling them to ...

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