Apple released an update to the iPhone OS today. The 3.1 iPhone update brings lots of little improvements. Don’t let iTunes tempt you with them if you have an unlocked iPhone. The new firmware will upgrade your baseband firmware, relocking your iPhone and, potentially, making it impossible to unlock again.
The good news is that your iPhone can still have that 3.1 iPhonee goodness and your unlocked iPhone. You just need to trust in the iPhone Dev team, because their tools provide a way to install the update without updating the baseband and breaking the unlock.
If you update to Apple’s new software using the normal iTunes process, you will lose your ultrasn0w unlock. In fact you may lose it permanently, because for most people the baseband firmware cannot be reverted to a previous version (unlike the main application CPU firmware).
But don’t worry…our PwnageTool program lets you update your main firmware without touching your baseband firmware, so you can still have the best of both worlds. But you must be diligent about saying “no” to your iTunes request this week to update your firmware.
As always, eliminate the middle-men and get the PwnageTool and all your iPhone accessories direct from the source.
Published on
July 13, 2009 in
apple, iphone, jailbreak and unlock.
Tags: 3.0, 3GS, apple, iphone, iphone 3GS, redsn0w, redsnow, UltraSn0w, UltraSnow.
Yes, the iPhone Dev Team is just that awesome. They’ve released updates to RedSnow, their easy jailbreaking tool, and UltraSn0w, their iPhone 3G and now 3GS unlocking tool.
With this combo, you can jailbreak your iPhone to run unofficial 3rd party applications with RedSn0w (thats RedSn0w, with a zero). Then you can use one of those unofficial 3rd party applications called UltraSn0w (again, with a zero) to unlock your phone so you can use it with a 3rd party GSM carrier.
Note: Don’t go rushing to install the 3.1 firmware that is in beta now. Baseband upgrades can break your unlock and may make it impossible to ever unlock again.
If you have an unlocked iPhone 3G you can now take advantage of the new 3.0 firmware! First, use RedSn0w (that’s a zero in there, not an ‘o’, to jailbreak your phone, then use UltraSn0w to unlock it! For more info on UltraSn0w, go to the source. This apparently supersedes the original YellowSn0w unlock for the 3G.
Note, this doesn’t work with the 3.1 firmware betas that are being circulated, at least not yet.
Redsnow is a sort of a jailbreaking and unlocking swiss-army knife for older iPhones.
Redsn0w is an easy to use, multi-platform, multi-device jailbreaking and unlocking (iPhone 2G only) tool for theiPhone 2G (original iPhone), the iPhone 3G (but not the 3GS) and also the iPod touch (first and second generation). Currently it is available for Windows and Mac OS X
Please note this will not unlock the iPhone 3G or 3GS. If you have an unlocked iPhone 3G, don’t use this until you’ve obtained an updated version of the YellowSn0w unlock.
For more info, including download locations, check the original announcement.
Yesterday Apple released the the iPhone 3.0 firmware to the public, and tomorrow people will be getting their hands on the new iPhone 3GS, so of course, its time for a short update on where things are with Jailbreaks and unlocks.
First off, any jailbreak or unlock for the 3GS is probably some time off since the dev team hasn’t really gotten a crack at the new hardware, once they do, they plan on keeping things quiet so as not to tip off Apple.
As to those of you with an earlier iPhone, good new about what is coming. Â First off, they are in the process of testing an carrier unlock for the iPhone 3G with 3.0 firmware. Â I’m not sure what all it is going to take, so if you already have an unlocked phone and this is important to you, I’d hold off on the iPhone 3.0 upgrade until more details emerge about the unlock.
For the rest of us, jailbreaks are coming real soon now, maybe even by the time you read this!
For more info, as always, check the source, the Dev-Team’s Blog.
