Activate An iPhone Without AT&T

If you find yourself with a relentless desire to pick up an iPhone, but don’t have any intentions of actually using it as a phone, then you are crazy. But regardless, DVD Jon has created a workaround that allows you to activate a fresh iPhone without subscribing to a phone plan through AT&T. The downside is that while the iPhone will have complete feature functionality, it will lack phone capabilities. Time to go buy a BMW with iPhone support with no plans to drive it.

The point of Johansen’s coding exercise, as he explains it, is that there are many potential iPhone purchasers who do not want to enter into a 2-year contract with AT&T, but do want to use the device for WiFi, web, email, video, music, calendar, contact management, and other features — basically, treat it like a bomb-ass iPod, forget about the phone part.

Source: Boing Boing