iPhone Dev Team unlocks iPhone 3G on 3.0

[benflick]

Many of you have been waiting, and now here it is!
http://blog.iphone-dev.org/
There will be a live Yellowsn0w demonstration feed Tuesday evening! The updated QuickPWN and PwnageTool will be released soon after the final 3.0 release on Wednesday.

[imfrog2002]

*does the happy dance* Finally, I can get rid of this piece of crap turbosim! :D Maybe my EDGE will start working again, finally! :D

[benflick]

*does the happy dance* Finally, I can get rid of this piece of crap turbosim! :D Maybe my EDGE will start working again, finally! :D

MuscleNerd said just minutes ago that the EDGE works for T-Mobile.:D

[Lord Sandwich]

Oh thank goodness, I was worried people at work would point and laugh at me this week for not having 3.0 on my unlocked iPhone. :D

[Switz213]

Oh thank goodness, I was worried people at work would point and laugh at me this week for not having 3.0 on my unlocked iPhone. :D

I believe you need a new job :P

[Lord Sandwich]

I believe you need a new job :P

Hah, don't get me started. My cubicle for some reason is a 4x6-foot dead zone.

[Lara F]

With any luck, next time I go back home to Montreal I can get a PAYG Rogers sim card. :D

Not being jailbroken then I didn't care and upgraded to 2.2.1 - this time my phone's staying unlocked!

[CrzyCanuck72]

looking forward to a quick and painless 3.0 jailbreak

[Roessnakhan]

Very good news for my roommate on T-Mobile who is buying my iPhone 3G. :D

[iMrNiceGuy0023]

I hope the 3GS is quick too

[legaleye3000]

^^^ Not happening...

[jmann]

Everyone knew it would come quickly. I can't wait for a version of Yellowsn0w that is out of beta. :)

[Applejuiced]

The iPhone Dev Team is great.
Big thanks to them.

[xuchenxixu]

if i try this and works. im donating them $30 :)

[jmann]

if i try this and works. im donating them $30 :)

They don't accept donations. :)

[SFStateStudent]

These guys are the bomb; job well done: http://blog.iphone-dev.org/

[Xanny]

^^^ Not happening...

why not?

[Bye Bye Baby]

Finally! At Last!

Good news. My contract will be up soon and I want to pass on my iPHone to a friend and I will need to unlock. Long live the dev team!

[cubbie5150]

why not?

It's possible the 3G S hardware prevents jailbreaking/unlocking... Won't know for sure until release, of course, but I THINK jailbreaking/unlocking may be blocked (at least for quite some time) on the 3G S. Still, lots of smart people out there, so who knows

[Ntombi]

Yay! That means I can sell it for more money and buy a 3G [s]. :D

[The Californian]

Yay! That means I can sell it for more money and buy a 3G [s]. :D


Exactly what I was thinking.

[Tex-Twil]

It's possible the 3G S hardware prevents jailbreaking/unlocking...
I think that Apple would lose customers if JB wasn't possible so they will never make it impossible.

[Lord Sandwich]

Hmm, ominous news from the Dev Team's Twitter:
If you plan on ever buying an iPhone 3G (the one that's been out a year) and use a non-official carrier, best to do it very soon.
Looks like Apple did more than just pop out 8GB of flash memory from existing 3G's and rebox them...

[Neverbepeace]

I just bought an iphone 3g for tmobile. However, i discovered that I have 2.2.1 with a baseband of 2.30.03 with 5H11. I cannot unlock because the bootloader is 5.9 or greater. Will this 3.0 unlock give me a chance to use this phone and features on Tmobile? The phone as been sitting in a box for a week.

[benflick]

Hmm, ominous news from the Dev Team's Twitter:

Looks like Apple did more than just pop out 8GB of flash memory from existing 3G's and rebox them...
I think he just means the new iPhones will have 3.0.1 or something of the like, which will lock the phone again if you update or buy one with that firmware on it.

I just bought an iphone 3g for tmobile. However, i discovered that I have 2.2.1 with a baseband of 2.30.03 with 5H11. I cannot unlock because the bootloader is 5.9 or greater. Will this 3.0 unlock give me a chance to use this phone and features on Tmobile? The phone as been sitting in a box for a week.
Yes, you're in luck. No matter what firmware version you have right now, your 3G is unlockable. Just update to 3.0, jailbreak and unlock. :D

[WilliamG]

I think he just means the new iPhones will have 3.0.1 or something of the like, which will lock the phone again if you update or buy one with that firmware on it.


Yes, you're in luck. No matter what firmware version you have right now, your 3G is unlockable. Just update to 3.0, jailbreak and unlock. :D

Who said that? If your bootloader is from September 2008 (or later), you can't unlock your iPhone 3G as of yet. Bootloader = not the same as baseband.

[Neverbepeace]

This isn't good.......I think my serial number is xx835xxxxxx.....basically im in September. Does anybody have any insight to this situation?:(

[benflick]

Who said that? If your bootloader is from September 2008 (or later), you can't unlock your iPhone 3G as of yet. Bootloader = not the same as baseband.

MuscleNerd said to buy an iPhone 3G ASAP if you are planning to get one. That is because in a few weeks or so there will be a new firmware version (Probably 3.0.1). New iPhones purchased after the new firmware version will have an updated baseband which means they won't be able to be unlocked. No where in my post did I mention baseband, not sure where you're getting that from.

Neverbepeace, you're fine. Bootloader doesn't matter anymore. No matter what your bootloader is, you can unlock with Yellowsn0w.

[sananda]

Who said that? If your bootloader is from September 2008 (or later), you can't unlock your iPhone 3G as of yet. Bootloader = not the same as baseband.

I got my iPhone in September 2008 and I unlocked it.

[Neverbepeace]

^thanks......only time will tell though....I sure hope i can unlock it :rolleyes:

[benflick]

I got my iPhone in September 2008 and I unlocked it.
WilliamG doesn't know what he's talking about. Bootloader doesn't matter when it comes to unlock, just baseband downgrade. For that it has to be 5.08.
^thanks......only time will tell though....I sure hope i can unlock it :rolleyes:

You can.

[1rottenapple]

I love the dev team! Sweat. But I am wanting the new 3gs since I skipped the 3g gen.

[mocque]

http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/124232620/big-week#idc-ctools

this looks really interesting...

they will demo it tonight at 7:15pm PDT

click here to stay tuned http://twitter.com/musclenerd

[benflick]

There is already a thread on this topic. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=721179

[duelingdragons]

So does this mean we will be able to unlock 3G's w/ 3.0 like... tonight?

[bndoarn]

So does this mean we will be able to unlock 3G's w/ 3.0 like... tonight?

i think they're waiting until 3.0 is officially released, so tomorrow.

[duelingdragons]

i think they're waiting until 3.0 is officially released, so tomorrow.

That's such good news.
I want to upgrade to 3.0 so bad, but I won't be able to get a 3GS for a few weeks probably.

Now I can update in the meantime anyways, without losing resale value on my 3G!
SWEEET!

[AHDuke99]

This just made the value of my 3G that much more when I put it up on eBay tomorrow.

[golden3159]

This just made the value of my 3G that much more when I put it up on eBay tomorrow.

Well, considering there's probably thousands of other people who will also have newly unlocked phones, the competition will bring the prices down.

[benflick]

The live demo of Yellowsn0w 3.0 will be starting in a few minutes!:D

[MacMane]

has the demo started yet? i just got off of work?? im on twitter, the quik page and dev team blog, whats the deal?

never mind its starting now :-D

[benflick]

Ultrasn0w!!:D

[Michael CM1]

So for someone with an 8GB iPhone (not 3G), does this mean I should (and can) unlock my iPhone on 3.0 before selling? I don't want to go through the iTunes downgrading if I don't have to, and I've got a few days before I have to unlock.

[MacMane]

friday boys...can't wait. all i even really care about is landscape texting. do you think t-mobile users can MMS?? i have it on my plan.

[benflick]

DAMN! I can't wait until friday! I thought they said it was going to be released wednesday!
Video here:
http://qik.com/video/1893853

[Westin]

I have the 3.0 software... will I be able to JAILBREAK my phone so I can unlock it?

[techage14]

I have the 3.0 software... will I be able to JAILBREAK my phone so I can unlock it?

Yes. Any iPhone 3G that has been purchased up until now, along with the 3.0 firmware, will be able to be unlocked. It doesn't matter with BB you have it on now, 3.0 will update it entirely and from there, you can jailbreak and unlock it once the dev team has put out it's newest version of pwnage tool or winpwn on friday.

friday boys...can't wait. all i even really care about is landscape texting. do you think t-mobile users can MMS?? i have it on my plan.

same here!
and even though Edge is crap slow, i still want to be able to tether it with my macbook pro. :D even if it is about 120 kb/s download ^_^ it's better than no internet at least haha
about the MMS on t-mo, i think it's gonna be how it currently stands, picture messages will be sent to your MobileLife albums online. Which is crap but, I sure hope not :/

[Eternal 28]

DAMN! I can't wait until friday! I thought they said it was going to be released wednesday!
Video here:
http://qik.com/video/1893853


All the other tools will be released shortly after the official release of iPhone os 3.0. Ultrasnow will be released on friday.

[transam7816]

here is the youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkaEGzVRk10

musclenerd has confirmed the jailbreak will come out on 6/17 and unlock will be released 6/19

[WilliamG]

WilliamG doesn't know what he's talking about. Bootloader doesn't matter when it comes to unlock, just baseband downgrade. For that it has to be 5.08.


You can.

Now this is true. The new 3.0 unlock will work on any baseband/bootloader, according to the new devteam video.

[atlantatan1]

Now this is true. The new 3.0 unlock will work on any baseband/bootloader, according to the new devteam video.

yes please read more !