iPhone 3G running OS 3.0 unlocked, ultrasn0w release coming Friday
By Ross Miller 
posted June 16th 2009 11:22PM
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Cool? an Unlocked GSM phone Im shocked
It's also jailbroken. Which is pretty impressive in such a short timeframe...
It's sad that we're even commenting on this.
There is no excuse for locking the phone when THE CUSTOMER IS UNDER CONTRACT. We already have to pay the bill every month because of the contract, so we should have the right to take the phone to another carrier and pay them TOO if we want. Just like the airlines, the telcos get it both ways and we get reamed both ways.
But no; our representatives are bought.
@Information Central
I don't know how it is, state side, but here in Denmark there are some contracts that offer cheaper rates than those that come with the iPhone contract and now monthly subscription fees. Thats the Danish excuse. Naturally the phone companies want to lock the user to their rates and networks.
They should just make the damn thing awailable without contract :-\
Correction: In "contract and now monthly subscription fees", the word "now" should have been "no" ofcourse.
but will current jailbroken apps be compatible with 3.0?
I'm guessing wait until 3.0 is jailbroken, and those apps will be compatible.. No?
Not being sarcastic.. I'm holding off on 3.0 for this same reason. I don't want to break anything that's already (jail)broken.
Unofficial jailbreaks have allowed most developers to make their apps work on 3.0. Many work without modifications. Others will be fixed quickly.
As soon as QuickPwn is released tomorrow, upgrade! Don't hold off!
Yes
Man i cant believe the intelligence of these guys. They must start developing their own rival OS for better capable phones.
@gnugeek- i kind of thought (or hoped) the whole "custom firmware" with qwkpwn and the like was going to lead to that.
I unjailbroke (jailed?) my phone under 2.2.1 and was amazed at how much more quickly it ran. I may give it another shot under 3.0 but I'm quite enjoying the speed, even if I do miss SBSettings, PDANet and all the little tweaks that Jailbreak allows...
iPhone Hackers FTW
Wow, that was fast, lol
That's what you said.
No, that's what SHE said.
No, there is not a SHE in his life, therefore he is talking about himself.
Enjoy your hand.
wow if they are that quick their girlfriends must not be very satisfied :P
love those guys, love my iphone 3g
Agreed. iPhone Dev-Team, you are the best!
This just added $100 to the resale value of my iPhone 3G. Thank you iPhone Dev-Team.
You mean, subtracted $100, cause people are gonna want to buy the new 3GS with the jailbroken 3.0 firmware and not the older 3G with jailbroken 3.0 firmware.
Or people want a cheaper-than-3GS unlocked GSM iPhone 3G? Dumbass.
only difference i see is video and voice command... is it really worth the initial rush of $750 for an iphone 3gs unlocked? or $420 for an iphone 3g unlocked running 3.0?
my bet is the 3g......
Good. Time to get rid of that worthless default OS that is so 2005
Thought it was so 2007, hmmm... whatever.
Hello eBay. N97 will be here on Thursday. unlocked iPhone will probably pay for the N97.
i hope you love your threaded messages on your n97
And enjoy your small battery life!
Threaded messages?!?!?! WHOOOOOOAOAAAAAAAAA
@TimmyRaa
small battery life? i think not.. i have the N97 and get through the day without losing a battery bar.. thats texting and listening to music as well as browsing the web
Wow the devs are just amazing!
Will this work on the original iPhone running OS 3.0?
That one's already unlocked, always and forever.
Does this mean that for those of us with first gen iPhones, all we have to do is run a new version of quickpwn or pwnage tool?
And I assume like past versions the ispw files will be available on the dev teams site?
Does this mean that for those of us with first gen iPhones, all we have to do is run a new version of quickpwn or pwnage tool?
And I assume like past versions the ispw files will be available on the dev teams site?
Actually for us with the original iPhone, we can simply upgrade if we don't value the jailbreak (which will come later today most likely anyway), as the device will stay activated and unlocked.
wow already nice!!!!!
Contradicting yourself there. "any iphone" yet "no guarantee it'll work on the new device"? Eh?
They said any iPhone on the market. The 3G S hasn't been released yet.
SWEET!!!
Love u Dev Team!!!!!!!
Seriously, i don't get the reason why people would unlock the iPhone 3G and 3Gs. In the US, you can only use 3G with AT&T since T-Mobile uses AWS :\, and in Canada they only have ONE major 3Gsm network, which is Rogers...
And in Mexico and Latin America, the iPhone is available in multiple paying options and with multiple carriers (ex: in Mexico you can get it in prepaid and postpaid) while in El Salvador you can get the iPhone on prepaid and postpaid with 2 of the major GSM networks...
Asia is out considering the iPhone is not very popular over there to begin with and in Africa most countries only have one compatible GSM network
Am i missing something?
I use the iPhone 3G on T-Mobile USA because of the GPS, and because I like the 3G hardware much more than the original.
hmm well maybe people dont want to use the ridiculous iphone plan, so instead unlock the phone and use the sim with their current cheaper plan
but then you have to pay $700-$900 for an unlocked iPhone 3G so you can only have GPS and a cheaper plan...o_O
not hating on the iPhone, but then why not go with a G1 or Behold if you want 3G and GPS?
I didn't pay that much for the phone. I traded a laptop I repaired for a G1, and then traded the G1 for a scratched up 16GB iPhone. The touchscreen failed, and I took it to Apple and they swapped it for a refurb.
I use my 3g on t-mobile (granted it's with a horrible rebel-sim currently) and my edge data generally runs faster than most of the 3G AT&T iPhone's my friends have. Plus my plan is extremely cheaper than AT&T.
travel much? the best part of AT&T is that it is GSM-based, like most of the rest of the world. By unlocking my iPhone (which it is...) I can go to London to work for a month, and just pop in a prepaid o2 SIM card. By swapping SIMS in each country I work, I get a local phone with local rates. That's why you unlock phones. Not for T-Mobile in the US.
I have two sim cards, one american and one asian, I like being able to use it in both Asia and America without having to pay ridiculous roaming fees.
You forgetting a small continent called Europe ;)