Good old Garbushka is your best bet, last I heard you could only hard hack them which means you need a Turbo SIM (little thing that clips over your Russian SIM card and they both slot into the phone), the phone will still work in the UK well my friends UK 3G iPhone hacked in this way still worked in Mother London when we went back there.
Regarding legality/illegality question, it is highly questionable whether it is illegal to do this. In the UK it¹s not after all it is your phone, and you can do anything you want with it, you can go jump up and down on it, hack it, eat it, boil it do what ever you like with it, hitting someone with it might be considered an infringement of the law, but hacking it so you can use it in another market isn¹t, I would be very surprised if Russia is very different particularly considering the number of people in Garbushka openly offering the service, unless of course the phone is stolen or otherwise illegally obtained, then the phone is illegal not the hacking¹. There maybe soft hacks available now this website is a good starting point www.iphonehacks.com this is where I found the soft method to unlock my 2nd Generation iPhone, they also have an RSS feed so will update you when it comes available if it isn¹t already. To be honest it is only the network providers that have a contract with Apple to monopolise the market that get upset by people hacking¹ the phones, because then they can¹t charge a premium to have the phone that is actually being challenged globally as more illegal than hacking¹ them. To be honest I have a 3G iPhone that I bought here without hacking it, because I didn¹t want to sign into a contract to get one in the UK or steal one and there are better phones, Sony-Ericsson are actually doing a better job the music service is better than iTunes and cheaper (also legal for those concerned). Good luck with it, nice gadget but try sending text messages or e-mails with it with fingers any bigger than a 12 year old and welcome to whole new world of swearing and frustration. S On 18/02/2009 02:11, "Dima Martyanov" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Any hack is some sort of illegal. In our country, though, it is more than > natural. The real "deal" will show up when you try to cross the border with > the thing. The least sanction to be imposed may be seizure of your device by > the customs authorities. But it really matters only for the models that are > not for sale in Russia, for instance. Otherwise, you don't have to worry. > > Sincerely, > > DM > > 2009/2/16 Charles Borden <[email protected]> >> Misha: >> You are mistaken. It is not illegal to unlock the iPhone. >> CB >> >> >> On 2/14/09 11:07 PM, "Misha Birman" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi. >>> Its illegal to unlock the iphone by anyone but the carrier. >>> And for the expats that replied to his question: Why woould you suggest >>> something that is known to be illegal? >>> >>> >>> >>> Misha Birman >>> >>> web: http://www.mishabirman.com <http://www.mishabirman.com/> >>> >>> skype: misha_birman >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:28:14 +0000 >>> Subject: Expat List Can someone please unlock my friends beloved iPhone >>> 3G???? >>> >>> Good evening good people of Moscow! >>> I am writing his on behalf of my colleague who recently purchased a 3G >>> iPhone from the UK however is having a great deal of >>> trouble unlocking it so he can use it here in Mother Russia. Any help in >>> this matter would be appreciated. >>> >>> Ideally all correspondance should be returned through the mailing list >>> however please feel free to call me on 8925 8380572 >>> >>> Thanks in advance! >>> >>> >>> Windows Live Hotmail just got better. Find out more! >>> <http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/windowslive/products/hotmail.aspx> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Expat mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat >>> http://www.expat.ru/forum/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Expat mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat >> http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > >
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