iPad hacksugar: iPad 3G hacked to send native SMS

Here's a cool little find for a quiet Sunday. MuscleNerd of the iPhone dev team has managed to allow his jailbroken 3G iPad to send command-line SMS text messages. This hack only works with SIM cards that have already paid for an SMS plan, in this case a T-Mobile SIM that was downsized to microSIM dimensions. (More about using T-Mobile SIMs here.) The 3G iPad was jailbroken using Spirit.

The hack works by communicating directly with the iPad baseband, using standard AT commands. As of yet, Apple's MobileSMS application, the SMS application that normally appears on iPhone home screens, has not worked on the iPad.

Will standard phone call service be next? Using minutes from a downsized SIM? Wait and see.

[via RedmondPie] Thanks, Steven Kappler.

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Source: http://blog.iphone-dev.org/

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Here's a cool little find for a quiet Sunday. MuscleNerd of the iPhone dev team has managed to allow his jailbroken 3G iPad to send...

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Jrmy_macias

Hey everyone, the ipad jailbreak is now available. its called spirit. but as of right now you can only get installous to download iphone apps and not ipad apps but they are working on that right now. here is the link

http://hackulo.us/forums/

May 03 2010 at 12:19 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Roberto

The holy Grail is to use the ipad 3G sim in the iPhone, and make a voip call.

May 02 2010 at 11:41 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Farris

Fring.

May 03 2010 at 4:39 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Rod Simmons

I agree if you use an iPad SIM in an iPhone it is ideal for heavy data and sms users that do not care about voice.

May 03 2010 at 6:42 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Bully

I bet the natives are happy that they can send SMS on their new iPads.

May 02 2010 at 10:38 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

BIll

Google Voice sends SMS no problem from my 3g iPad. No root needed.

May 02 2010 at 9:42 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Hi Ravi

thats because google voice uses an internet connection to use your google voice number. This is actually using the ipad's number to send a text. It's as if the ipad is a phone.

May 02 2010 at 9:58 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply