Cingular cell phone service - Re: 200+ Kbps download for Cingular EGPRS(EDGE) (San Francisco Bay

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Re: 200+ Kbps download for Cingular EGPRS(EDGE) (San Francisco Bay

SMS

2007-04-03, 4:33 am

Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 02 Apr 2007 17:17:18 -0700 SMS wrote:
>
>
> True, and no one cared since they used a proprietary encrypted output.
> Once the "hack" to remove the encryption surfaced (long after the Shack
> stopped giving them away) they suddenly had "value" and surplus dealers
> started selling them.
>
> I still have my freebie I hacked long ago (IIRC, you just had to clip one
> diode or resistor leg- it's been awhile!) and use it very occasionally.

IIRC, the hack was available almost immediately. I remember opening mine
to hack it the day I got it. It was cutting one trace. I never remember
the USB ones being given away, just the serial ones.

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