do you have to jailbreak to unlock 3g using ultrasnow

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rakester

macrumors member

Original poster

• Jun 23, 2009

• #1

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Last edited: Dec 16, 2013

dhlizard

macrumors G4

• Jun 23, 2009

• #2

rakester said:

I'm not fussed about jailbreaking, rather just have a standard iphone with it unlocked.

Possible with ultrasnow?

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do you have to jailbreak to unlock 3g using ultrasnow
YES

 

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rakester

macrumors member

Original poster

• Jun 23, 2009

• #3

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Last edited: Dec 16, 2013

dhlizard

macrumors G4

• Jun 23, 2009

• #4

rakester said:

Thanks, I should have worded it better. I more meant can i unjailbreak it after unlocking so I just have the unlocking feature of ultra snow.

But i understand that is also a no go 🙁

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I am not a techie, but if you restore after JB and UL, the Apple software is likely gonna write over the unlock codes just as it does the JB codes.

I don't see what all the fuss is over "I want unlock but not jailbreak" (others have asked this also)

Since unlock requires a JB, just don't mod the phone. All you need for Ultrasn0w is Cydia, so just JB, then use Cydia to unlock.

A single Cydia icon can be put out of sight on your back page of apps.

 

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jeromekenb

macrumors newbie

• Jun 25, 2009

• #5

do you have to jailbreak to unlock 3g using ultrasnow

Yes you need to JB first before you can unlock your iPhone 3G.

I found one tutorial http://igreatminds.blogspot.com/ on how to jailbreak/unlock your iPhone 3G. and it works for me very useful.

 

benflick

macrumors 68020

• Jun 25, 2009

• #6

dhlizard said:

I am not a techie, but if you restore after JB and UL, the Apple software is likely gonna write over the unlock codes just as it does the JB codes.

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Although this works on the 2G, the 3G is different. Yellow/Ultrasn0w inject their code upon startup. The Dev Team makes it a startup command. Technically, when your phone is just turned off it's not unlocked, although this sounds weird.