iPhone 4 to be Permanently Unlocked by Next weekend?

Well! This is a quick heads up for all those who are anxiously waiting for unlocking their iPhone 4 on baseband 02.10.04, 03.10.01 and 04.10.01. The most vocal member of iPhone Dev Team Musclenerd is confirming that they should be able to bruteforce crack the unique 40-bit NCK key on the device by next weekend, which can then be used to unlock iPhone 4 permanently.

What is this NCK-key cracking? How does it work?

The NCK-key is generated by Apple if you’d like to unlock you iPhone officially. This “NCK-unlock” method was initially developed by Geohot while working on iPhone 2G unlock that could “crack” these 15 digits long unique key easily. Geohot’s NCKBF program could do around 100,000 keys/second.

Now, with this exploit in hand, iOS hackers can’t unlock your baseband, but they can capture more information from the baseband to speed up this cracking process. Since the NORID and CHIPID (unique for every device) are known, you’d apparently only have to check 40 more bits (5 digits). A 40 bits key is theoretically crackable on “home hardware” within a week (24/7). The downside of this approach is that you’ll have to keep your computer turned on, and your iPhone has to be connected. And that is the reason why they never tried it before.

Here, “by Next weekend” does not necessarily mean that you will get iPhone 4 unlock by next weekend. It would just be a confirmation, whether the exploit, they are working on, can be used to unlock iPhone 4 permanently or not. If they are able to crack this 40-bit unique NCK key of the device, there are high chances that your iPhone 4 would be unlocked permanently.

This new exploit comes as a savior for iPhone Dev Team, after failing to deliver promised unlock for iPhone4. As always, we will update you about every bit of information coming-in. Just follow us on Twitter or become a Facebook fan.

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Vini

I would like to add to the above post, i hope people have brains here and they can understand what is going on.

The scenario : Dev team tell no unlock, we get disappointed, start abusing them, start putting on blogs and forum what we feel and many of us who can’t wait anymore start thinking to sell our unlocked iphones on ebay or craiglist.

Result of this : ebay and craiglist is full of these ads of the iphone 4 on sale etc etc. Naturally the price of iphone 4 on ebay and craiglist will be much much cheaper than what people can get out from the iphone stores and AT&T outlets (in USA). The sales of brand new iphone 4 drops drastically and apple is hit. (yippeeeeee, i am loving it)

Step taken by Apple and AT&T : Instruct the so called “GREAT” Dev team (according to all those big time a**holes), “that guys this is not helping us, we have not payed YOU (dev team) for this.
Give some false hope to the people (waiting for the unlock) that they are working very hard for the unlock (bull shit) and will come out within 2 weeks time.” So that all those people stop selling their iphones in the market and the sales of Apple improves.

Guys common grow up use your brains (understand the economics of this big game going on) and don’t wait for these buggers to help you. Just sell off your bloody paperweight or use it as an ipod (if you are willing to) because these people are not going to release any unlock for sure (because they use this word “sure” to make a fool out of all of us.

Thanks
- Rocky
  
  Yep.
  
  First lots of hope and in the end of article comes the well known:
  
  “Here, “by Next weekend” does not necessarily mean that you will get iPhone 4 unlock by next weekend. It would just be a confirmation, whether the exploit, they are working on, can be used to unlock iPhone 4 permanently or not”.
Novel

agree to the decision 24 / 7!! The main way to do it, but there are people prepare :-)
Alex

I’ve waited 6 months for an unlock and their fake promises.

I’ve moved on.
Samo1

I’ve checked in TWEETER, there isn’t any post like this….
- Challita E
  
  There is i saw it today way before gdna post it
Gere

well no hope left…false promises all the time.
Fantasys_boy

Hope so…..