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.
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.
