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! Maybe my EDGE will start working again, finally!

 

[benflick]

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

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

 

[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.

 

[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.

I believe you need a new job

 

[Lord Sandwich]

I believe you need a new job

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.

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.

 

[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 .

 

[The Californian]

Yay! That means I can sell it for more money and buy a 3G .

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]

Question

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.