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iPhone 3G Unlocked, Free Software Coming On New Years Eve

By John Mahoney on December 16, 2008 at 11:52 PM

They did it again: iPhone Dev Team has unlocked the iPhone 3G. They are now packaging the user-friendly software for a December 31 release.


While it took a little longer than the free iPhone EDGE unlock, it does sound like this is the real deal. The team is claiming a successful unlock–now the next step is to package it up in a user-friendly GUI app like Pwnage Tool.

The only catch is that it will work only with iPhone 3Gs with baseband version 2.11.07 or earlier, and it must be jailbroken. To ensure you preserve an unlockable version of the baseband, the Dev Team has warned against the usage of the QuickPwn jailbreaking tool and against updating via official firmwares without first waiting for Pwnage Tool to work with it. More guidelines for that are here.

Phew, after all this l33t my head is starting to spin, but the good news remains–iPhone 3G unlock is on the way! [Dev Team]

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  • Sandu
    December 27, 2008 at 1:33 AM

    It is possible to downgrade base band 2.28.00 to 2.11.07 right now? I make a mistake using i Tunes and I upgraded the 2.2 version. It is possible to downgrade to an earlier base band because I read the unlocking software will be soon available.

    Thank you
    Sandu

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  • Dieter
    December 28, 2008 at 9:01 PM

    Bad luck Sandu. You are not able to downgrad your baseband 2.28.00 to 2.11.17 via firmware downgrade. You have to wait for the iphone dev team’s solution…

    I’m sorry. I have also the firmware 2.2 running :(

    best regards and happy new year
    Dieter

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