And Jon Lech Johansen did it again. He created a work-around to active your iPhone for iPod, PDA and WiFi use. This came just a few days after the launch of the iPhone as an Independence Day celebration.
As Jon claims in his blog, the unlocked iPhone will not be able to make and receive call at the moment.
The instructions are currently available on this website

iPhone Independence Day
July 3rd, 2007
I’ve found a way to activate a brand new unactivated iPhone without giving any of your money or personal information to AT&T NSA. The iPhone does not have phone capability, but the iPod and WiFi work. Stay tuned!

Update:

Magic iTunes numbers:

Offset 2048912: 33C0C3

Offset 257074: 28

Offset 257013: 33C9B1

Add “127.0.0.1 albert.apple.com” to c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Download Phone Activation Server v1.0 to activate your iPhone for iPod+WiFi use. Note that this application will not do anything unless you understand the magic numbers as well as add the hosts entry. Phone Activation Server (PAS) requires that you have the MS .NET Framework 2.0 installed.

Download PAS v1.0 Source Code.

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