The cat and mouse game between jailbreakers and Apple continues and is likely to continue even after the release of iPhone OS 3.0.
Dev team the (un) official supplier of unlock and jailbreak tool of the iPhone has announced that their unlock and jailbreak tools for the iPhone OS 3.0 would be available as soon as Apple releases the software tomorrow.
The team has notified that live demo of yellowSn0w, the iPhone unlock tool would be given before Apple actually releases the software update.
The demo is specifically for people who are using unlocked iPhones and who wishes to upgrade to the new Read More...
iPhone firmware 2.2.1 brings more work for the iPhone Dev team. The unannounced software update kills Yellowsn0w, the software that successfully unlocked the iPhone 3G. iPhone Dev team has notified unlocked iPhone and jailbroken iPhone users not to upgrade their devices to 2.2.1. Apart from the minor updates the latest software includes baseband update for the 3G iPhone that breaks the unlock method of Yellowsn0w.
The update, however does not touch the baseband of the iPhone 2G. So for those 2G iPhone owners who just want unlock option, upgrading to 2.2.1 is said to be fine. But iPhone 3G users who Read More...
The negotiation between Apple and China Mobile is likely to go on for a long time, China Mobile wants the iPhone 3G to be shipped Wi-Fi and 3G disabled. This way users will use the home grown TD-SCDMA and the carrier will be assured that users do not unlock their devices and jump to other rival networks. Apple is not so happy about the demands. Now, Apple has found a new way to deal with this unusual demand of China Mobile.
For the first time, Apple has started selling unlocked iPhone 3G in Hong Kong, a kind of back door Read More...
Your search for an unlocked iPhone 3G ends here. Just a click away actually, but mind you it is going to cost you a small fortune for getting it (ready) jailbroken in the first place. Wireless Imports, the (Un) Official distributors of hacked iPhones is offering unlocked iPhone 3G for a cool $1,646.
Choose between the MacBook Air and this jailbroken iPhone 3G, for the price is almost the same. As an explanatory note for the whooping price they have provided a very convincing answer here:
This iPhone comes from a country that states it is illegal for anyone to sell a Read More...
Here is a surprise for those people who thought that unlocking the 3G iPhone will take a long time or thought that such thing will never happen. The phone has been unlocked exactly four days from the date of its launch.
We are not talking about software to unlock the phone. Some guys in Brazil have found out a way to fool the phone to accept a simulated International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) as the SIM card of the original service provider. The technique works as you can see from this demo.
You may be able to hold an unlocked 3G iPhone Read More...
