iPhone 3G finally unlocked by the Dev-Team!
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted December 16th 2008 8:43AM
posted December 16th 2008 8:43AM
Well this has been a long time coming. It seems that the iPhone Dev-Team has finally done the impossible -- they've gone and unlocked the iPhone 3G. The hack isn't out yet (the team says they're shooting for a December 31st release), and it requires that you've got a baseband of 2.11.07 or earlier, but when it drops, the crew seems fairly confident it will result in freedom from carrier oppression. The team is packaging the app -- formerly codenamed "yellowsn0w" -- into a user-friendly app a la PwnageTool and QuickPwn. Of course, you know how this cat and mouse game goes by now, so don't be surprised when Jobs and company come calling with an update that adds toast making to the official menu, but breaks your breaks all over again.[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
now that was stupid in mor than just one way.
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epic pwnage.
It took me just 45 minutes to unlock mine.
@Flashpoint
my record 1 hour with 2.28
Crap Team dissapoint again and with 2.11 only it won't last long. As evil company will add new features to baseband soon, their crap "unlock" is pretty much obsolete already
the dev team is seriously amazing.
Thanks for removing the link engadget.
Now if you can edit comments, why the hell cant we?!!
I know, engadget, why can't we edit, its embarrassing to double post!
Great! Been waiting for this.
Tipping my hat to the Dev-Team.
A job well done =D
Exactly, me too! Only problem is, I've also been waiting to buy... and now, how can I be sure that the one I buy has that baseband?! Any tips, anyone? Is that a common baseband or only in earlier batches?
Give me jailbroken iPod Touch 2G please.
Ok so y u been waiting,.what u gonna do with ur new iPhone $600,use it on tmobile USA ? You'll be at crawling edge speeds on tmobilusa, with a 3g phone.
@Tonicboy I bought a 3g today. It had the right baseband. So go out and spend some money.
finally...
Watch them release a new iPhone next month.
Ha! iRaped again...
+1. for the pic, at least.
iLick?
iWant!
iMotorboat....vrrrrmmmmmmmmmmm
Is CNN going to cover this?
I think the pleasure of watching footwear thrown at the Bushman has worn off.
Too bad the prez did not catch the second shoe and then toss it back at Random Task... that would have been truly inspiring and awesome ...
Obama ftw but Bush gets +1 Ninja Points for evading that shoe.
Next up, hopefully they'll start work on the iPod Touch v2!
We are going to have to wait as they already stated its not in their agenda. Anyone looking to trade a iPod Touch 2g for the 1st. LOL I bit the bullet
In all seriousness: This is good because then you can switch carriers? Isn't the 3G part a bit of an issue with other technologies?
Or is there more things that can be done with the OS/SW when it's unlocked than can be done today?
TIA
It's probably more useful to people in Europe and Asia, where all of the carriers have standardized on a set of frequencies.
For example, an unlocked iPhone 3G in the UK would work perfectly on 3-4 other networks.
In the US, it still won't work on Verizon or Sprint. It would work on T-Mobile USA but probably only in 2G mode.
If think this makes a point : Europe >> USA
@rock99rock: thanks, that made me smile on a dreary tuesday morning!
@ aaron
yeah except the iPhone comes unlocked in Asia, you can just get it off the Apple store
and UK's consumer telecom service is so archaic I never understood it even after living a year in London
Amen!
Been waiting for this for months, and months. Now (or in the the damn near future) I can use Tmobile with out any sketchy sim adapters, or paying exorbitant costs for a factory unlocked 3G from overseas.
Best news of the month, period.
"Best news of the month, period."
That's what *she* said.
HAHAHAHAHA
But you'll still be stuck with EDGE, as the iPhone doesn't support the AWS frequencies.
Hello Apple, meet free world, liberty and justice for all.
remember... commie's like Job's don't believe in a free market... they'd rather control it.
makes the1984 Mac commercial all the more fitting...
In Soviet Russia, iPhone unlock you! Wait no... that didn't come out right :/
I'm suprised they got it out so fast, for awhile it looked bleak.
can u give all the benefits?????will this save us money?more apps?more 3g?gps?
Yeah free world ,iPhone just went from 199$ to $738 ,dumb ass ,.not to mention all those features that won't work on non orange france carriers,no apps, no visual vmail,no mobilme,no gps, etc etc freedom yes ,cheap woodenteeth euros, get with the times .
When someone is voted down they really should leave the voting buttons and the rating visible rather than 'dimming' them as well...
Sadly for you, I can still see them.
Down you go!
Right around the holidays. This will bump the sales for iPhone. DevTeam has nothing to do with Apple! ...my ass. Anyway my respects for DevTeam and Apple for the evolution generated by the so called "war".
It was quite about time, wasn't it?
Yeah it's Christmas?
Nothing shows the lack of perspective (no pun intended) of you message board 'tards like the phrase "freedom from carrier oppression." Please.
when the lowest ranked comment hits rock bottom it should be removed, and the "contributor" should be signed up for 500 spam mails a day
If only it were true......if only.
Having something called "yellow snow" touch a mobile device just sounds... icky. I wish they had another name.
i think that was the point
Even while you low rank my above post (it's harder to read the blemish on my record! ha!) I do have to say that this is quite a feat by the dev team. Even if the name is weird, they deserve congratulations on a job well done. I should have stated that above.