iPhone 3G finally unlocked by the Dev-Team!
Well this has been a long time coming. It seems that the iPhone Dev-Team has finally done the impossible -- they've gone and unlocked the iPhone 3G. The hack isn't out yet (the team says they're shooting for a December 31st release), and it requires that you've got a baseband of 2.11.07 or earlier, but when it drops, the crew seems fairly confident it will result in freedom from carrier oppression. The team is packaging the app -- formerly codenamed "yellowsn0w" -- into a user-friendly app a la PwnageTool and QuickPwn. Of course, you know how this cat and mouse game goes by now, so don't be surprised when Jobs and company come calling with an update that adds toast making to the official menu, but breaks your breaks all over again.[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
L3 @ Dec 16th 2008 10:46AM
It just seems like I would be turning my Clean, Pristine, Machine into a WHORE.
matt @ Dec 16th 2008 11:51AM
sweet! now for only $475 You can have a 16GB Iphone 3g, only without 3g (if you bring it over to T-mobile, which is of course the whole point right? ) , that you can't run software updates on (at least not right away)...
I'd much rather the Nokia E63, or a new Blackberry Curve (Javelin), but whatever floats your boat...
I really wish that Apple had not done the carrier deal with AT&T. The Iphone would be so much more appealing if it had HSDPA/UPA, EVDO GSM + CDMA bands, + WIFI, and was sold unlocked at the apple store... so it goes...
NakedOldGuy @ Dec 22nd 2008 8:40PM
Then don't buy it?
There are plenty of people out there who don't mind the 2 year contract to ATT as long as they can run the phone on whatever network is necessary when they travel.
joe @ Dec 16th 2008 12:03PM
awsome... way to go dev team
Claudio @ Dec 16th 2008 12:34PM
The problems is that for those (like me) who have updated their iPhones to 2.2 through iTunes there is no way to unlock the darn thing due to the unbreakeable baseband created by Apple on that 2.2 update... should I wait for the Dev Team to break that baseband? is there any other method out there to unlock an updated 2.2 3G iPhone?
stanGoodspeed @ Dec 16th 2008 6:13PM
you have been warned by the devs not to upgrade for possible unlock back then...
Abdabtele @ Dec 16th 2008 2:16PM
How do I know which baseband I have?
SpancH @ Dec 16th 2008 7:16PM
Thank !!!!!!!