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- Thread starter leons
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Jailbreak with pwnage tool (mac only) or with a custom 2.2.1 ipsw. Then you need to unlock the phone with yellowsn0w.
theres a sticky somewhere that has instructions on how to unlock the iphone with mac or windows you just have to keep scrolling...
This is the tutorial on how to unlock the 3G iPhone:
http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=2538
You will have to update the firmware as the first step.
http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=2538
You will have to update the firmware as the first step.
You need to upgrade to 2.2 in iTunes (not 2.2.1) then you need to download a custom ipsw of 2.2.1 from the internet (google) and then hold shift and click restore in iTunes and click that file. And then you can download yellowsn0w and your device will be unlocked.
You need to upgrade to 2.2 in iTunes (not 2.2.1) then you need to download a custom ipsw of 2.2.1 from the internet (google) and then hold shift and click restore in iTunes and click that file. And then you can download yellowsn0w and your device will be unlocked.
huh?
Why not just upgrade to 2.2 (needs to be downloaded) and then you hit either the Ctrl or Alt keys while clicking Restore (I don't have a PC but on a Mac it's the Command key) to restore the phone to 2.2 firmware which can be jailbroken by using WinPwn. Once jailbroken you can unlock with yellowsn0w.
I don't see any need for having 2.2.1 over 2.2 as it's only a minor change. I wouldn't download a "pre-packaged" custom ipsw from anyone as they could have put anything in there.
No.
Sorry, but Windows can create custom .ipsw up to 2.0.2. Anything else is un-supported.