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iPhone 3G Unlock Tool Released

xcool — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:20:38 +0000

Yes, you read that right! If you happen to be one of those lucky Lukes with the iPhone 3G (and if you just got yours from Christmas), then read on. The iPhone Dev team has released the unlocking tool (code name: yellowsn0w) that shall permit the iPhone 3G to work with any carrier.

If you have been following this development, note that contrary to what was posted earlier, the tool does indeed work with the latest firmware version, 2.2, which contains the latest radio baseband.

Things to note before attempting to modify your iPhone 3G:

the unlock tool only works with baseband 02.28.00, which is provided by the recently released firmware version 2.2
the unlock tool is designed as a daemon (background process), thus there’s no GUI
version 0.9.4 has been released which relieves the need for a one-minute delay upon resetting the iPhone
you’ll need to jailbreak your iPhone in order to run the unlock tool

Head over to both the iPhone Dev’s site for further reading, and yellowsn0w to download the tool.

If you like, check out this step-by-step instructions, as posted by the guys over at Crunch Gear.

Hack at your own risk!

P/S: No, this will not work on your iPod touch 2G

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Various iTerms

xcool — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:38:28 +0000

A lot of people seems to be confused with the terms used throughout the iPhone/iPod touch sphere. Terms like unlocked, unlocking, jailbreak can be harder to understand than history lessons.

Here’s a short summary of what each term means:

Unlocked unit means that your iPhone or iPhone 3G will work with any Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) from any service provider in the world. Your phone might either be factory unlocked, carrier unlocked or user unlocked.

Factory unlocked units work as soon as you pop in any SIM from any carrier. This is the best unit to get. Example of carriers/countries that provide factory unlocked iPhone 3Gs are SingTel (Singapore), 3 (Hong Kong), Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan) and Vodafone (New Zealand) to name a few.

Carried unlocked iPhones are units that have been unlocked by the carrier thru the process of entering a ‘unlock code’. Once this is done, the locked (originally) iPhones become unlocked and shall now work with any SIM from any carrier. Updating the firmware does not ‘relock’ the iPhone.

User unlocked iPhones are units that have been unlocked using software exploitation to allow operation with various service providers. Google for this term and you shall find more information which I would not cover here.

Last but not least is the term jailbreaking. Apple only allows signed code to run on the iPhone and iPod touch. There are many reasons behind this, such as ensuring that your iPhone only runs applications that are certified not to be harmful. However, there are various third-party software out there, which would not receive approval from Apple. Jailbreaking your iPhone/iPod touch would allow these apps to run as if there were signed code.

Check out this link if you’d like more explanation on other terms used.

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More Than Just a Jailbreak

xcool — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:38:15 +0000

chaofan (via iPod touch Fans) posted a very good take on the current iPod touch jailbreaking landscape: there’s no jailbreak for the iPod touch 2G devices, yet.

Instead, he suggests that everyone just go ahead and use the iPod touch, as it is. Play your music, watch your videos. Download a game of two and see what makes the latest iPod touch ‘the funnest iPod ever‘. An iTunes account opens up all the possibilities of the above, for free.

Heck, if you are a workout freak, get the Nike + iPod Sport Kit and check out your runs!

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iPhone 2.2 Jailbreak – Go Get Yours

xcool — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:18:38 +0000

Just within days after iPhone firmware 2.2 was released, the team at iPhone dev has done it again. They have just released both the PwnageTool and QuickPwn for iPhones and first generation iPod touch devices.

The team further detailed that the 2.2 update also upgraded the baseband. Thus, to achieve a jailbreak and also ensure that future soft-unlock options are available, users would need to use the PwnageTool to create a custom IPSW file that preserves the 2.1 baseband but also installs the software functionality of the 2.2 update.

The QuickPwn tool is targetted at users of first generation (1G) iPod touch, iPhone 2G, factory unlocked iPhone 3G and also users of iPhone 3G who does not want to soft-unlock their phones. Owners of the second generation (2G) iPod touch is quite unfortunate this time around as neither PwnageTool nor QuickPwn works for them. The dev team is currently forcused on 3G unlock and shall look into working on the new iPod touch soon.

Check out the dev team’s posting for complete instructions. Remember to be careful and make sure that you’re picking the right options.

Those who just want the Installer.app on the 2G or 3G iPhones, or doesn’t want to go through the jailbreak process may check out Pushers, from the RiP Dev team. It currently works with 2.2. Pusher is a safer jailbreak alternative, it doesn’t open the system partition when writing information.

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iPhone Tethering Coming “Quite” Soon

xcool — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:38:10 +0000

A post over at MobileCrunch reveals that AT&T Mobility’s CEO, Ralph De La Vega has confirmed that an official way to tether the iPhone will be offered very “soon”. No dates or pricing information were specified. In fact, knowing AT&T, it is assumed that tethering would not be part of the standard iPhone package and will be charged separately.

Tethering is the process of creating a connection from a non-mobile device (e.g. desktop or laptop computers) to another mobile device (e.g. your iPhone), for the purpose of accessing wireless internet by the non-mobile device.

I have done tethering using my previous devices like the Treo smartphones and I generally liked this idea. For mobile warriors, the ability to carry only one device (in this case, the iPhone) that also acts as a modem is a blessing to say the least.

There are quite a number of tethering solutions available for the iPhone. Amongst them, a third-party application called NetShare, which appeared briefly on the iTunes AppStore before it was removed by Apple. If you could recall, that incident generated quite a lot of news in the Apple circle. Other solutions like PdaNet which turns the iPhone into a “true Wi-Fi router”, targets the jailbreaking community. Instructions to use the software is outlined at PdaNet’s website.

I’d love to see a Wi-Fi adapter tethering option. We know that both the iPhone and iPod touch comes with Wi-Fi built-in. Now, wouldn’t it be great if I could switch from tethering using my iPhone’s 3G/EDGE connection to tethering using a Wi-Fi connection when one is available? It would be useful for those whose laptops are not Wi-Fi enabled.

Also, what about those unlocked iPhones? It is said that firmware 2.2 would bring tethering into reality. Does that mean that my unlocked iPhone shall finally be able to do the same too?

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