Legal sales of Apple iPhone in Russia wil be started not earlier than in 2008. But hackers already adapted Apple’s gadget for job in networks of the Russian cellular carriers. It was possible to contact the person who has connected iPhone to “Beeline” cellular carrier. The hacker asserts, that the first unlocking process has occupied at least 6 hours. Second time business has gone faster - only two hours. He does not exclude, that Apple has left gaps in protection intentionally to warm up interest to Apple products.

- How can i call you?

- Dmitry, i am the person who is interested in gadgets. I brought all Apple gadgets into Russia and try to make them as popular as they really are.

- Your general impressions from Apple iPhone?

- Perfect. I have bought iPhone several weeks ago. It worked for me only as a player and photocamera. When it starts to work also as a phone, sensations were wonderful. Though, of course, there are some defects and bugs.

- You have been using experience of foreign hackers for unlocking?

- Yes. The device to me was brought by friends from America. Phones are on sale with AT&T SIM-card. It was inserted inside and demand activation when i have switched iPhone.

- It is difficult to connect iPhone to the Russian networks?

- A day before i was very close - I was mistaken with an equipment choice, and it has upset me, as I expected to be the first in Russia. Actually my friend became the first, we have made it in one day. By the way, there are rumors, that hacker from Croatia which has thought up this method, is from Russia, or he speaks russian. Anyway, instructions on unlocking iPhone which he has placed in the Web and is written in English, with mistakes, in a photo where we can see the program, which rewrites SIM-card, the way to a file begins with Е:-and further names of some files. I am 100% sure, he uses Russian as native language.

- What is technology of unlocking Apple iPhone?

- As it was found out, phone checks a code of the carrier of a SIM-card only once, by the second inquiry. Accordingly, when he for the first time specifies SIМ-card it should say, that it is switched to “Beeline” Russian carrier, when phone addresses in second time SIМ-card should say, that it is switched to the American carrier, and further all other times should say, that it is switched to “Beeline”. We do not break by no means job of a network “Beeline” or other networks, but thus this method demands downloading of the information from your own SIМ-card on special SIМ-card, which allows such programming.

- How much time is needed for reprogramming of SIМ-cards?

- For the first time i have done it in 6 hours.

- So you have cracked many devices?

- I have helped to my friend. In second time i was needed less than two hours.

- Whether there is a danger to hurt SIМ-card of the American carrier?

- Absolutely impossible, probabilities of damage are 0%. But thus SIМ-card is not meaningful without activation in USA. To activate it, it is necessary to be the American and, accordingly, to pay about 170 $. Naturally, we used this SIM-card only to scan all necessary data from it.

- Whether all functions of phone are accessible?

- Yes, all functions, except video viewing on YouTube work.

- Networks of the Russian operators are how much vulnerable?

- The network in general is impregnable. The matter is that the method which is used, does not break network job by no means. We did not crack a network. For the carrier it is the same SIМ-card which i have had. Nothing has been changed - I was the subscriber of “Beeline”, so it is remained. It is not required neither network carcks, nor any completions from a network, except for any expanded functions of iPhone which have appeared in USA already after its occurrence, for example visual vocal mail which allows to look through on the display who called you, who has left messages and to see or to hear every message.

- You have connected iPhone to “Beeline”. Is it possible to swich iPhone to other Russian carriers like “MTS” or “Megaphone”?

- Except “Megaphone“. The SIM-card at “Megaphone” is protected by newer algorithm, and it is impossible in house conditions simply crack it.

- Could you crack and unlock iPhone itself?

- As my friend speaks, all we need is a commercial component (money). As soon as the commercial component exceeds the money enclosed in protection, protection will be cracked. It is very difficult to disassemble iPhone , and to reassemble, probably, even more difficult. Apple, most likely, can protect iPhone from any obvious holes which can appear in due course, for example, by realeasing new security updates. Thus, users of iPhone which have already cracked it, cannot use it anymore. They should crack it otherwise further, or they remain without any new functions which have been thought recently up for iPhone or will appear in the future. So does, for example, Sony in PSP, it constantly has been cracked, but Sony adds new possibilities which demand new, more perfect unlocking process.

- Apple has tried to protect iPhone, and concerning protection of SIМ-card has admitted the miscalculation?

- This method with SIМ-card unlocking, is obviously temporary method. It is natural, very easy to add any quantity of checks on correctness of job of SIМ-card in phone operating time - nothing prevents Apple to have done it.

First, this is first omission, and secondly, for certain their partner AT&ampT sooner or later will press on Apple, so they will have to eliminate this problem. But I also suspect, that all is not so simple and, probably, Apple have made this hole intentionally. People will look, how iPhone works, look at its possibilities, functionality. This minority, which is very interested in iPhone, they will be those who will bring the message on convenience of iPhone, functions which nobody use before, they will create Huge information support.