Okay so if I went to the apple store today and paid either $500.00 for a new 3G or $700.00 for the 3GS at full retail price. My question is since I'm buying it at full retail price and it wont be activated through AT&T will I still be able to easily jailbreak either one i decide to buy? I already have the purplera1n program downloaded to my mac...
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JAIL BREAKING 3G and/or 3GS brand new
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Is it really that easy? So I unlock it, put a T-mobile sim card in and i am on my way!!!
Okay so $700.00 is alot of money to be dropping on a phone!! Is it worth it (3GS)? and thats not including tax....
Okay so $700.00 is alot of money to be dropping on a phone!! Is it worth it (3GS)? and thats not including tax....
Why would you need a guide to jailbreak a 3Gwith Purplera1n? All you do is plug your device into your computer and click make it rain.
yeah it's quite ridiculous how easy it's gotten
Just to be 110% certain... this process - Redsn0w then ultrasn0w - will work with the 3GS? I too find al this talk of basebands etc a tad confusing The reason I ask is that the text Mac tutorial for Ultrasn0w doesn't mention the 3GS
I'm looking at buying a pre-pay iPhone from O2 (UK carrier) and using with an Orange SIM - anyone got any experience of doing this with a 3GS?
Also assuming that there are advantages of doing this before 3.1 comes out to the public..?
Thanks
The reason I ask is that the text Mac tutorial for Ultrasn0w doesn't mention the 3GSI'm looking at buying a pre-pay iPhone from O2 (UK carrier) and using with an Orange SIM - anyone got any experience of doing this with a 3GS?
Also assuming that there are advantages of doing this before 3.1 comes out to the public..?
Thanks
Just to be 110% certain... this process - Redsn0w then ultrasn0w - will work with the 3GS? I too find al this talk of basebands etc a tad confusing
I'm looking at buying a pre-pay iPhone from O2 (UK carrier) and using with an Orange SIM - anyone got any experience of doing this with a 3GS?
Also assuming that there are advantages of doing this before 3.1 comes out to the public..?
Thanks
yes just did mine thought it was going to be confusing just walk thru the iclarifed inst. before you start
I use a prepaid sidekick plan 30 bucks a month for unlimited text and web....Just to be 110% certain... this process - Redsn0w then ultrasn0w - will work with the 3GS? I too find al this talk of basebands etc a tad confusing
I'm looking at buying a pre-pay iPhone from O2 (UK carrier) and using with an Orange SIM - anyone got any experience of doing this with a 3GS?
Also assuming that there are advantages of doing this before 3.1 comes out to the public..?
Thanks
Definitely you need to do this on 3.0, as 3.1 will break it, at least temporarily.
When you get the phone, jailbreak with RedSn0w: http://www.iclarified.com/entries/index.php?caid=2&scid=11&seid=2 (choose either Windows or Mac tutorial here)
Then unlock with UltraSn0w: http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=4253
You'll need to put in the Orange settings for Web and MMS in Settings, General, Network, Cellular Data
Also, check out this Dev Team blog entry: http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/133799347/your-3gs-temporary-solution
Is there any way of knowing what version would ship if you bought an O2 pay and go??
I'm in the US next week where no doubt a pre-pay iPhone is cheaper.
I've looked on the Apple site and the AT&T site but can't find any mention of a pre-pay 3GS phone.
Are they available in the US, and if so I'm assuming that other than the power supply they are the same as models sold in the UK and are jailbroken/unlocked the same way and will work with any UK carrier?
Thanks
I've looked on the Apple site and the AT&T site but can't find any mention of a pre-pay 3GS phone.
Are they available in the US, and if so I'm assuming that other than the power supply they are the same as models sold in the UK and are jailbroken/unlocked the same way and will work with any UK carrier?
Thanks
Oh no...
I've gone to downloaded the Firmware that the step 1 says to download and place in the Pwnage fodler.
The link provides a .zip file. When I extract the .zip I get a 'normal' folder. I don't get the 'package' with the same icon as described in iClarified, and I can't navigate to it during the Restore process.
I'm doing this on a Mac
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks
I've gone to downloaded the Firmware that the step 1 says to download and place in the Pwnage fodler.
The link provides a .zip file. When I extract the .zip I get a 'normal' folder. I don't get the 'package' with the same icon as described in iClarified, and I can't navigate to it during the Restore process.
I'm doing this on a Mac
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks
just done that the downloaded file ended .ipsw.zip
I deleted .zip and got the right lookingicon and was able to select it when attempting the restore.
But when I selected it I got a an error message saying ""the iphone xxx couldn not be restored because the firmware file is not compatible"
Thinking this might be because my iPhoneis fresh out of the box, with 3.0 and not been jailbroken before (iClarify say in this case I may not need to restore anyway) I went to redsn0w, selected the ipsw file but then get an error message in redsno0w saying"Unable to recognise specified ipsw"
Should I perhaps try it on my PC instead?
I deleted .zip and got the right lookingicon and was able to select it when attempting the restore.
But when I selected it I got a an error message saying ""the iphone xxx couldn not be restored because the firmware file is not compatible"
Thinking this might be because my iPhoneis fresh out of the box, with 3.0 and not been jailbroken before (iClarify say in this case I may not need to restore anyway) I went to redsn0w, selected the ipsw file but then get an error message in redsno0w saying"Unable to recognise specified ipsw"
Should I perhaps try it on my PC instead?