do you have to jailbreak to unlock 3g using ultrasnow

[rakester]

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[dhlizard]

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

Possible with ultrasnow?

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

 

[rakester]

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[dhlizard]

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

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.

 

[jeromekenb]

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]

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.

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.