The iPhone Dev Team have been working tirelessly since the iPhone has been launched to bring us the latest iPhone hacking tools. They have been successful in jailbreaking and unlocking the 1st generation iPhone and jailbreaking iPhone 3G as well.
However, they still have couple of challenges, the first one is the much awaited software method to unlock iPhone 3G and the more recent one is to jailbreak the 2nd generation iPod Touch.
They have recently published a post on their blog to update us on their progress in unlocking iPhone 3G.
In their blog post, the iPhone Dev Team have also made some observations about iPhone firmware 2.2 which was recently seeded to developers of the iPhone Developer Program by Apple. As
They have revealed the following:
- Apple is continuing with their ski-resort theme; iPhone Firmware 2.2 is nicknamed Timberline.
- Apple has gone back to using expiry dates. The first beta version of iPhone Firmware 2.2 is due to expire on November 30, 2008. They had apparently stopped using expiry dates with iPhone firmware 2.1, but for some reason they’ve started using them again.
- The iPhone Dev Team have confirmed that iPhone firmware 2.2 is still vulnerable to Pwnage and Quickpwn on everything but iPod Touch 2G.
They have also published an image below to demonstrate that they have been able to jailbreak iPhone firmware 2.2. The screen shot below shows one of the unofficial native iPhone apps Terminal.app running on firmware 2.2 which is being used to display the kernel build information.
As for the update on the much awaited software method to unlock iPhone 3G, they write:
"The 3G iPhone soft unlock and iPod Touch 2G jailbreak are still relatively new challenges (compare them with the timeframe of the iPhone challenges last year). We’re making slow advances on both fronts, but it’s not the sort of thing that can be easily described in a blog like this.
But, to maybe show how interlinked these challenges are, this weekend we’ll be trying some hardware based ideas on the iPod Touch 2G jailbreak :)"
As you might know, we have already seen the hardware method to unlock iPhone 3G but the iPhone Dev Team have advised users not to use the method. They had raised the following concern about the hardware method in one of their blog posts:
"While a hack could in theory work under this scheme, the errors are recorded by telecom companies, and may be considered tampering in a company's network. In countries like Germany, as a result, a person could allegedly face up to three years in prison, and in the US, it may fall under legislation designed to combat terrorism."
The iPhone Dev Team have been able to successfully unlock the 1st generation iPhone even with iPhone firmware updates due to an exploit which can only be prevented by a hardware fix. Apple has fixed the exploit in iPhone 3G which has made it difficult to unlock iPhone 3G.
Based on their track record the iPhone Dev Team should be able to unlock iPhone 3G, the question really remains is when?
Let us know your views.
[via iPhone Dev Team blog]
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why is there alot of websites charging, claiming that they have a porgram to unlock 3g by software already?
Hey kucoloco,
They are fake/frauds.
We are not aware of any software method to unlock iPhone 3G as of now.
We have people selling unlocking solutions even for the 1st generation iPhone when the iPhone Dev team's tools are available free.
So be careful, please do not get lured by such false claims.
cheers!
I found this place…is this a fraud?
http://www.appleunlockiphone.com/
Of course its fraud, it is so obvious, if you need to unlock your iphone 3g, just buy turbo sim from ebay, i bought mine about 2 months ago and it works perfect, no worry about next update locking your device again, and it detects everything, im using tmobile on my 8gb iphone 3g and it works PERFECT, it only costs like 20 bucks with shipping
Of course its fraud, it is so obvious, if you need to unlock your iphone 3g, just buy turbo sim from ebay, i bought mine about 2 months ago and it works perfect, no worry about next update locking your device again, and it detects everything, im using tmobile on my 8gb iphone 3g and it works PERFECT, it only costs like 20 bucks with shipping
i am frm india i tried to unlock iphone when my iphone 3g was in 2.0 i just restore it and put huthch sim iTunes unlock it automaticaly,,,,and then i restore bak and inserted to airtel sim it again unlock to airel net wrk,,,but it was only fr the one netwrk that to in just a secnd,,,,when i upgrade it to 2.0.1 its nt unlocking at all i tried it a lot iget error like 6,,,1013,,,and many more and i stuck in restore mode and nt able to boot also fr all this my internet was all ways in on,,,,,i have comment fr my iphone dev team,,,,,i have come accros one think that 1st and 2nd gen,,iphone were lanched only fr testing tat how we can unlock it,,,,now i want to ask is how can i asses system files of iphone 3g coz frm the day i have upgarded it iam nt able sleep becoz i am nt able to use my iphone were i pad 36000 rs fr my iphone 3g,,,,,plz give me a sugestion fr browsing system files so tht i to can help u guys,,,,,,,
need your help ppl.. i was updating my unlocked iphone from 2.0.2 to 2.1 but it gave me error message that it cant update it and now i have Steve Jobs picture on my screen and when i try to restart it it doesnt do anything
how can i fix this problem??
thanks
to solve ur problem boot ur iphone into dfu mode and then upgrade it will upgrade then also if u r facing problem boot into restore mode and the winpwn ur iphone to iphone 2.1 frim ware and uplode to 2.1 or downlod quick pwn and make sure ur iphone is connected and then jailbrek the iphone using 2.1 frimware tht all
Hello Experts & Dave Team,
First of all thank you a lot for the great information.
I was wondering if I could ask you,
Do we have a Movie Showing up Step By Step Process of How To Unlock your iPhone/iPhone 3G.
What is the Link?
Thank you very much!
hey guys, what turbo sim card from ebay or what seller do you guys recomend?
thanks alot
if there is free site fr free unlock then why u want to pay? just follow the steps and unlock? less if u have more money to donate fr making iPhonedevteam as thy are trying so much to unlock it…
Hello all
Thanks to iphone dev team for their hard works and i wish their success. i bought a 3g iphone from ebay. now i need a turbo sim that will not only unlock the phone but also will support most features. any suggestion form you guys who are using it?
i get this error 1013 when i am downgrade what i need to do ?!?!?
pliz !!!
I have a sim unlock for my iphone 3g… but im having problems with the network… friends cannot call me all day.. as though the phone is off?
Msgs work.. but sometimes delay by days!!
Problem is its losing network all the time…. is there anything i can do?
Thanks
to solve ur problem boot ur iphone into dfu mode and then upgrade it will upgrade then also if u r facing problem boot into restore mode and the winpwn ur iphone to iphone 2.1 frim ware and uplode to 2.1 or downlod quick pwn and make sure ur iphone is connected and then jailbrek the iphone using 2.1 frimware tht all
Thanks for all the help guys,
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Very useful blog, well done and KUTGW!
Does anyone know how to unlock the iPhone 3.0?
Iphone 3G and 2G Unlocker for Mac and Windows
Free !!
http://k00l.info/?p=498