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| by mhess5 | 4th Jun 2010 |
Hey people, i might be getting a locked iphone from my friend soon, and i was wondering what the current status of the unlock is. Some websites i read that there are programs and other methods that are already out that will unlock the iphone. Other places, i hear that there is no current method of unlocking the iphone 3g. Can you please clarify this for me(directed more towards the people who have an iphone)
Thanks!
You CAN unlock the iPhone 3G in many ways. The easiest is using a Jailbroken application called yellowsn0w. But if you have upgraded your iPhone to 2.2.1 software, it permanently locks the baseband of the phone, leaving it impossible to unlock for the time being.
the easiest way to unlock it is by jailbreaking it and then using a sim card attachment. http://www.gsmunlocklabs.com/unlock-iphone-card-shipping-p-247.html
You can only software unlock an iPhone with yellowsn0w which is on firmware 2.2 or lower. If you want to upgrade to 2.2.1 you can upgrade using a custom firmware. If you have an iPhone on 2.2.1 already you cannot unlock it currently as the 2.2.1 update altered the baseband which currently cannot be exploited.
blog.iphone-dev.org will give you more details.
Visit http://www.phonedevil.com to purchase a legally unlocked version (i.e. a version that has NEVER been locked).
My brother purchased my Xmas gift from them, check out this link for their customer reviews:
http://www.phonedevil.com/shop/testimonials
This link is also very useful for explaining the difference between a software unlocked iPhone 3G and a factory (legally) unlocked iPhone 3G:
http://www.phonedevil.com/support/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=6&nav=0