iPhone 3G unlocker released - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 2nd Jan 2009, 13:04

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2009/01...ker-released/1

True to their word, the iPhone Dev Team have banded together to release the 'yellowsn0w' unlocker for the iPhone 3G, which allows third-party SIMs to be used.

Tomm · 2nd Jan 2009, 13:35

I have a question - I've got an iPhone on O2 UK. Do I need to unlock it to use it in another country on one of Apple's partner networks? I am going to Canada and I was thinking about getting a Rogers sim card while I'm out there - will that work or would I need to unlock the phone?

kempez · 2nd Jan 2009, 13:38

From what I've heard and seen the users who are unsuccessful with this outnumber the users who were successful 3:1, so may be worth a 'beware' warning.

wuyanxu · 2nd Jan 2009, 13:59

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Originally Posted by Tomm

I have a question - I've got an iPhone on O2 UK. Do I need to unlock it to use it in another country on one of Apple's partner networks? I am going to Canada and I was thinking about getting a Rogers sim card while I'm out there - will that work or would I need to unlock the phone?

i think iPhones are locked to worldwide, so UK O2 should be fine with ATnT USA.

but there's no reason to keep it locked. a jailbroken iPhone is so much more than an iPhone, my iPhone 2G have:
-application folders, so my 70+ games will not create cluster
-TuneWiki, one of Android's best music application, it's on jailbroken phone before Android, works with all my iPod music.
-SBsettings: love Android's pull-down status bar? use this on the iphone, have access to all your toggle settings AND a process terminator. also has a try to hold 24 icons, so less homepage shuffling.
-real flashlight, Appstores dim down due to dark ambient, this one goes full bright.
-Copy&paste between SMS and Mail!

and best of all: Cydia, much better than the Appstore, it even has a Theme app that changes the whole phone's theme within minutes.

besides, using the Dev-team's method to unlock is 100% safe. if you mess up, restore in iTunes to the latest official firmware and everything will be back to normal.

for the unsuccessful unlocks, a simple restore in iTune will get the phone back to normal.

fev · 2nd Jan 2009, 16:13

mine went smoothly, now abusing my orange unlimited dataplan with mobileme with 3g and everything!

Skiddywinks · 2nd Jan 2009, 17:18

Yet more proof that hackers are always a step ahead.

Skiddywinks · 2nd Jan 2009, 17:19

Or, at least no more than half a step back

Darkefire · 2nd Jan 2009, 19:22

I'm still waiting on the 2G iPod Touch jailbreak, which sadly does not seem to have anywhere near the following of the iPhone. I knew Apple was pretty adamant about being closed-source, but this is getting ridiculous. I have yet to come up with a viable reason why I can't even do so much as transfer a text file over USB to the thing; heaven forbid I transfer a file through something other than Wi-Fi and not have to pay extra for an application to do something so trivial.

quack · 2nd Jan 2009, 19:27

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Originally Posted by Tomm

I have a question - I've got an iPhone on O2 UK. Do I need to unlock it to use it in another country on one of Apple's partner networks? I am going to Canada and I was thinking about getting a Rogers sim card while I'm out there - will that work or would I need to unlock the phone?

Yes, you would need to unlock it to use a Rogers SIM card. Your iPhone is locked to O2.

I've been trying to get yellowsn0w working with my iPhone so I can use T-Mobile instead of O2, so far no luck.

fev · 2nd Jan 2009, 20:18

which bit you getting stuck with or is it just not playing ball?

quack · 3rd Jan 2009, 00:15

Getting Invalid SIM and SIM Failure messages, just 5 dots no network name.

I'll give it another try tomorrow.

fev · 3rd Jan 2009, 03:07

the way i got mine to co-operate, hard reset with the other network sim in. Worked fine.

My only bugbare is that if i turn my phone off i have to do a reset to get back onto the network

quack · 3rd Jan 2009, 19:51

Still not working... grr!

Phil Rhodes · 4th Jan 2009, 15:04

Rather a complicated process, isn't it? I'm happy to buy an iphone, but I'm stuffed if I'm going to pay forty quid a month for it on top of the apple tax at purchase, so this is interesting to me - but it isn't exactly userfriendly. "Use the latest firmware to pwn your phone"? Dowhat? How? Do I need to own a Mac to do this? "Then, add the repositories"? Oh christ, this is starting to sound like Linux, and we know that never bloody works.

Perhaps userfriendliness will come in time.

fev · 4th Jan 2009, 22:35

very simple process to do, updating firmware is all done by itunes.

Don't slate a system you've never attempted to use, that goes for iPhone unlocking/pwning as well as linux.

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and we know that never bloody works.

is almost guarenteed to get you shot around here

teamtd11 · 4th Jan 2009, 22:53

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Originally Posted by Phil Rhodes

Oh christ, this is starting to sound like Linux, and we know that never bloody works.

LOL... Well i can say that it always works

Phil Rhodes · 5th Jan 2009, 01:19

I have spent, in total, several years being forced to use linux all day, every day.

I spent the first month in a paroxysm of horror at the amount of time everything took, until someone took me aside and said - and I quote directly - "don't worry about it, Phil, this is normal linux ****." This from a decades-experienced software engineer.

Linux is slow and unreliable and horrible and I run screaming from any hint of its presence.

Gareth Halfacree · 5th Jan 2009, 08:21

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Originally Posted by Phil Rhodes

someone took me aside and said - and I quote directly - "don't worry about it, Phil, this is normal linux ****." This from a decades-experienced software engineer.

I'm guessing you're missing the word "Windows" from that sentence. As in: "a decades-experienced Windows software engineer."

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Originally Posted by Phil Rhodes

Linux is slow and unreliable and horrible and I run screaming from any hint of its presence.

Strange - almost the exact opposite of my experience. My day job is with a company that develops server appliances running Linux, and it's the only choice for what we do - Windows just isn't an option. Couple that with the fact that I've been running it on the desktop for a good while now and I can honestly say that it's streets ahead of where Windows is right now - Windows 7 included.

AlexB · 5th Jan 2009, 11:05

Did mine when I first saw it on iClarified - and it's brill. I did need to 'reset network settings' but after that it has been flawless. Up till now I had been using a Rebelsim - which is also great for anyone not on O2.

Phil Rhodes · 5th Jan 2009, 16:08

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company that develops server appliances running Linux

Yeah, fine, for servers. Try doing absolutely anything else with it.

Or rather don't. Don't, and retain your sanity.

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fev Corporate Whore Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Tesco - On Beanbag, Games Playing Office Posts: 2,880	mine went smoothly, now abusing my orange unlimited dataplan with mobileme with 3g and everything! __________________ I know what I'm doing... do you? Follow me on Twitter..go on

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fev Corporate Whore Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Tesco - On Beanbag, Games Playing Office Posts: 2,880	which bit you getting stuck with or is it just not playing ball? __________________ I know what I'm doing... do you? Follow me on Twitter..go on

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Skiddywinks Supermodder Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Caerwys, North Wales Posts: 398	Yet more proof that hackers are always a step ahead.

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Skiddywinks Supermodder Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Caerwys, North Wales Posts: 398	Or, at least no more than half a step back

2nd Jan 2009, 19:22	#8
Darkefire Minimodder Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 45	I'm still waiting on the 2G iPod Touch jailbreak, which sadly does not seem to have anywhere near the following of the iPhone. I knew Apple was pretty adamant about being closed-source, but this is getting ridiculous. I have yet to come up with a viable reason why I can't even do so much as transfer a text file over USB to the thing; heaven forbid I transfer a file through something other than Wi-Fi and not have to pay extra for an application to do something so trivial.

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quack \o/ Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: England Posts: 5,220	Getting Invalid SIM and SIM Failure messages, just 5 dots no network name. I'll give it another try tomorrow. __________________ Denying Rights to Music lovers. Denying Rights to Movie lovers.

3rd Jan 2009, 03:07	#12
fev Corporate Whore Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Tesco - On Beanbag, Games Playing Office Posts: 2,880	the way i got mine to co-operate, hard reset with the other network sim in. Worked fine. My only bugbare is that if i turn my phone off i have to do a reset to get back onto the network __________________ I know what I'm doing... do you? Follow me on Twitter..go on

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quack \o/ Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: England Posts: 5,220	Still not working... grr! __________________ Denying Rights to Music lovers. Denying Rights to Movie lovers.

4th Jan 2009, 15:04	#14
Phil Rhodes Supermodder Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 574	Rather a complicated process, isn't it? I'm happy to buy an iphone, but I'm stuffed if I'm going to pay forty quid a month for it on top of the apple tax at purchase, so this is interesting to me - but it isn't exactly userfriendly. "Use the latest firmware to pwn your phone"? Dowhat? How? Do I need to own a Mac to do this? "Then, add the repositories"? Oh christ, this is starting to sound like Linux, and we know that never bloody works. Perhaps userfriendliness will come in time.

5th Jan 2009, 01:19	#17
Phil Rhodes Supermodder Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 574	I have spent, in total, several years being forced to use linux all day, every day. I spent the first month in a paroxysm of horror at the amount of time everything took, until someone took me aside and said - and I quote directly - "don't worry about it, Phil, this is normal linux ****." This from a decades-experienced software engineer. Linux is slow and unreliable and horrible and I run screaming from any hint of its presence.

5th Jan 2009, 11:05	#19
AlexB Web Nerd and WC Addict Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hants, UK Posts: 1,305	Did mine when I first saw it on iClarified - and it's brill. I did need to 'reset network settings' but after that it has been flawless. Up till now I had been using a Rebelsim - which is also great for anyone not on O2. __________________ Whenever I smell asphalt, I think of Maureen. That's the last sensation I had before I blacked out; that thick smell of asphalt. She said she'd fix my bike. Free. No strings attached. I shoulda've known then that things were never that simple. Yeah, when I think of Maureen, I think of two things: Asphalt, and trouble.