MuscleNerd of the iPhone Dev team has tweeted that Apple has started fixing their activation servers, which means that it may not be possible to unlock your iPhone using the SAM trick.
Has AT&T Unlocked Your Off-Contract iPhone Yet? [Updated]
It’s April 8th, and according to AT&T’s statement issued a couple of days back, the carrier plans to unlock users with off-contract AT&T iPhones starting today.
Apple’s iPhone Was Unveiled Five Years Ago, Today
“This is a day, I’ve been looking forward to for two and a half years. Every once in a while a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything.”
An Animated History Of The iPhone
CNET UK has created a superb animated history of the iPhone, which they’ve dedicated to Steve Jobs, who sadly passed away two weeks back.
The iPhone might be at the cutting edge of technology but it took a long time and many innovations to get there, take a trip through history and explore the people and technology that contributed to the iPhone becoming what it is today.
Apple’s iPhone 4 Will Soon Become the Most Popular Camera on Flickr
Apple’s iPhone 4 will soon become the most popular camera on Flickr and currently the only cameraphone in the Top 5.
According to the graphs on Flickr’s Camera Finder, iPhone 4 which is currently #2 is nudging closer to Nikon’s D90 to become the most popular camera on the popular image sharing site.
How To Jailbreak Your iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G Using PwnageTool (iOS 4.2.1)
iPhone Dev Team had released PwnageTool 4.2 few weeks back, which allows users who want tojailbreak and also unlock their iPhone to update their iPhone with a pre-jailbroken iOS 4.2.1 while preserving the baseband from getting upgraded so that it can be unlocked using Ultrasn0w.
This guide will provide iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G users with step-by-step instructions to update and jailbreak their iPhone with iOS 4.2.1.
iOS 4.3: Update On Unlocking iPhone
MuscleNerd, member of the iPhone Dev Team has revealed that baseband – 04.10.01 that comes bundled with iOS 4.3 for iPhone 4 is vulnerable, which indicates that it can be unlocked if Apple does not update it in the final version.
MuscleNerd revealed this news via the following tweet:
Current i4 unlock goal includes til 04.10.01 (4.3b3). Very weird situation…vuln cmds are there, trying to invoke them!
Android 2.3 Gingerbread Ported To iPhone 3G
Developer and hacker, Nick Pack has revealed that he has managed to successfully port Android 2.3 Gingerbread, the latest version of Android OS to a jailbroken iPhone 3G.
Hackers have previously ported Android OS 2.2 (Froyo) to iPhone 3G.
iPhone Dev Team Working On A Solution To Downgrade Baseband 06.15.00 To 05.15.05 For iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G
Some users have reported significant loss of GPS signal after upgrading to baseband 06.15.00 using Redsn0w or PwnageTool to unlock their iPhone.
MuscleNerd of the iPhone Dev Team has just confirmed that they are working on a solution that will allow users to downgrade their iPhone’s baseband back to 05.15.04.
Radio Shack Offering iPhone 4 For $25 With iPhone 3GS Trade-in
If you thought you missed out on all the discounts post the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, well, you’re in for some luck. Folks over at Radio Shack has announced a week long sale that started on Saturday and will last till December 11.
The highlight of the sale are the prices at which they are offering the iPhone. Apart from offering a discount of $50 off all iPhones, they are also offering iPhone 4 for $25 with iPhone 3GS trade-in.