I think this will be the last article on iPhone decoding because I say it will cover your questions completely. You already know that starting from 2 days ago any iPhone can be decoded on any network in this world for the amount of $170 or if you do it from Romania you will pay around 200. Now the question arises of the legality of the decoding and its longevity in the situation where the whole business was heavily publicized and Apple has not commented at all on the side of these decodings, but neither have the mobile phone operators. So far it has been confirmed that the decodings are real, they are done, even iH8sn0w got to it confirmed so from this point of view I don't think you have anything to worry about.
Now let's return to the main topic, the legality of the 2 unlock solutions. For yesterday I made an incomplete statement, I will clarify today. For Apple, this decoding, as well as the jailbreak for that matter, are illegal because officially they do not do such decoding. For the rest of the world, decoding is legal, as is jailbreaking, but here we are only talking about IMEI decoding. Apple could re-lock the phones if it wanted to, and if it did, nothing could be blamed on it because no one decoded their phone at the place where it was bought. Will Apple do something like this? It's hard to say... practically all of a sudden the gates of decoding opened and no one knows what is happening or what is the cause, but if Apple will be subjected to strong pressure from some operators then yes, maybe they could reblock some phones. The more decodings are done, the less the chances that Apple will re-lock the phones, because in the end they would have a very large number of users frustrated that they spent money on something that no longer exists, and Apple will be the main culprit, not those who I do the decoding.
Gevey/Rebel Sim decoding is illegal because it requires the use of the unique 112 emergency service to work. It is cheaper, of course, but the risks are high and, in addition, it is not a permanent decoding because Apple could block these cards in iOS 5 and from that moment you can put them in the drawer. When decoding by IMEI, the blocking is not done in the case of an update, but only if someone from Apple wakes up and wants to delete the terminals recently entered for decoding from the database. If you want to buy Gevey SIM from somewhere, then I recommend it easydeal.ro because with them you benefit from the possibility to return the product in 10 days if it does not work. When you order, ask about this aspect to be sure that you are covered and do not lose money. Do not forget to also read this article in which I explained how can you make a difference between a fake Gevey SIM card and a real one.
That's about it with the decoding solutions, the permanent one works, but it is not known how long Apple will leave the gate open. The cheapest place where you can do a permanent decoding is cutyoursim.com at the price of $170. This means around of €120, unlike in Romania where the minimum prices are somewhere around €150. And finally, for those who asked me yesterday, I think permanent decoding is worth the investment rather than a Gevey SIM card.
