PwnageTools 2.2available

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[jmann]

too bad there is no unlock included... :( I wait patiently for the time to come

[LastZion]

this work with unibody macs?

[SnowLeopard2008]

^ not so sure since they mention the DFU thing.

[TGFits]

too bad there is no unlock included... :( I wait patiently for the time to come

I hear this a lot and can't say I dis-agree, but can someone explain to me the benefit of a 3G unlock when you can't buy an iPhone 3G without a 2 year contract. Are people willing to buy a 3G with a two year contract, and then sign another contract with say T-Mobile just to put their T-Mobile SIM card in it? I'm missing some here. I understand with the 2G you could walk out of the store with bunches of them without any strings attached, but you can't with the 3G. Two years from now when contracts are up, OK you could sell your 3G on ebay and someone could us it unlocked. I get that, but I don't get the benefit of an unlock today.

[jonny]

I hear this a lot and can't say I dis-agree, but can someone explain to me the benefit of a 3G unlock when you can't buy an iPhone 3G without a 2 year contract. Are people willing to buy a 3G with a two year contract, and then sign another contract with say T-Mobile just to put their T-Mobile SIM card in it? I'm missing some here. I understand with the 2G you could walk out of the store with bunches of them without any strings attached, but you can't with the 3G. Two years from now when contracts are up, OK you could sell your 3G on ebay and someone could us it unlocked. I get that, but I don't get the benefit of an unlock today.

Traveling and ridiculous international roaming rates.

[jmann]

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too bad there is no unlock included... :( I wait patiently for the time to come

I hear this a lot and can't say I dis-agree, but can someone explain to me the benefit of a 3G unlock when you can't buy an iPhone 3G without a 2 year contract. Are people willing to buy a 3G with a two year contract, and then sign another contract with say T-Mobile just to put their T-Mobile SIM card in it? I'm missing some here. I understand with the 2G you could walk out of the store with bunches of them without any strings attached, but you can't with the 3G. Two years from now when contracts are up, OK you could sell your 3G on ebay and someone could us it unlocked. I get that, but I don't get the benefit of an unlock today.

It would benefit the people who have come across an off contract iPhone. I got mine from craigslist and am awaiting the day I don't have to use those crude 3rd party sims.

[jdylan]

...can someone explain to me the benefit of a 3G unlock when you can't buy an iPhone 3G without a 2 year contract.

Hello, MacNewbie. Some of us live outside your world, and are able to buy iPhones without contracts. I bought mine in Bangkok, via Hong Kong. I live in the Middle East, and all I have to do is insert a SIM card and all is cool in the world. You can buy an iPhone in many countries without a contract, Australia included. I think Germany, France?

But the most obvious answer would be, unlocking one's iPhone doesn't mean he is breaking the contract, it means he is just modifying it.

[tonyl]

This release is fast.

[azajohns]

too bad there is no unlock included... :( I wait patiently for the time to come

I'm sure its probably been written about to death somewhere, but why hasn't some bright spark managed to do this yet? Is it a technical barrier, or is there just no incentive for those-in-the-know?

[jmann]

I'm sure its probably been written about to death somewhere, but why hasn't some bright spark managed to do this yet? Is it a technical barrier, or is there just no incentive for those-in-the-know?

go to the dev team blog (blog.iphone-dev.org) and they have finished the technical stuff with the unlock they are just "implementing it"

[Elia]

I hear this a lot and can't say I dis-agree, but can someone explain to me the benefit of a 3G unlock when you can't buy an iPhone 3G without a 2 year contract. Are people willing to buy a 3G with a two year contract, and then sign another contract with say T-Mobile just to put their T-Mobile SIM card in it? I'm missing some here. I understand with the 2G you could walk out of the store with bunches of them without any strings attached, but you can't with the 3G. Two years from now when contracts are up, OK you could sell your 3G on ebay and someone could us it unlocked. I get that, but I don't get the benefit of an unlock today.

I need to go to Europe for a week and i have local sim card (pay as you go) but i can't use it on my Rogers Iphone unless i unlock it.... got it?