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.
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.
This is old news at this point, but for anyone with an iPod Touch who missed it, there is now a jailbreak for it called “redsn0w.”
This is definitely a work in progress. “Caleb Mingle” has done the hard work of compiling a redsn0w FAQ. It looks like it’s a bit out of date in spots, but it covers a lot of important ground.