Engadget has unravelled this mystery. A very interesting insight on how a group of Brazilians have unlocked iPhone 3G with an innovating SIM clone. Let me not talk more about this, and let the experts do the talking. Over to engadget:
Like the Turbo SIM unlock for the original iPhone, this system uses a wafer-thin card that piggybacks on your SIM while in the phone. Of course, Turbo SIM needed some tools installed on the iPhone — so Jailbreak was key — this solution does not, just DesbloqueioBr’s chip and your SIM. Paulo and Breno of DesbloqueioBr explained that the magic lies in the programming of the SIM adapter itself, by tricking the iPhone into believing a test SIM has been inserted, the iPhone allows service and then functionality is handed back to your SIM.
You can now 100%-unlock the iPhone 3G using a Turbo SIM card. This news comes from Gizmodo and these guys have got the news from some forum. They are yet to test it themselves though. But believe with the help of Turbo SIM card, it will be possible to fully unlock iPhone 3G without downgrading to a lower firmware. Here is the brief:
Testers say it will give you full calling, SMS and GPRS data capabilities with any network. You won’t need extra hardware, since it only requires you to modify the $80 blank SIM using your own iPhone. The hackers are claiming that this method doesn’t use card readers and it doesn’t depend on your previous card version either, so it doesn’t matter if it is a V1, V2 or V3. All of them will work fine.
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iPhone 3G hasn’t been unlocked yet. iPhone Dev Team, the only team working on iPhone 3G unlocking methods, haven’t yet unlocked iPhone 3G. If you are on iPhone 1st Gen, Pwnage and ZiPhone will unlock and Jailbreak it. iPhone 3G isn’t still unlockable. Keep checking this page for the latest on unlocking/jailbreaking news from Pwnage. ————————-
Status on unlocking and jailbreaking iPhone 3G and 2.0.2 firmware
iPhone 3G and the 2.0, 2.0.1,2.0.2 and 2.1 firmwares are now released. The iPhone Dev Team have released the newest version of Pwnage tool, making it possible to activate and jailbreak the newest firmware. Owners of the old iPhone will also be able to unlock their phone. The new iPhone 3G is not possible to unlock at the moment.
Jailbreak/Quickpwn new iPhone 2G and iPhone 3G firmwares
Winpwn 2.5 beta is released. It supports jailbreaking (using quickpwn method) of all new firmwares: 2.0, 2.0.1 and 2.0.2. For the old iPhone unlock is also supported. Unlocking of iPhone 3G is not possible, but it does jailbreak iPhone 3G firmwares so that you can use Installer and Cydia. I will update the webpage as soon as it’s possible to unlock iPhone 3G. [via - iphone.unlock.no]
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Download these unlocking/JB softwares
Window QuickPwn 2.1
Supports 2.1 firmware with the unlocking and jailbreaking of iPhone 1st generation (2G) device. Your device will need to be upgraded to 2.1 (using iTunes before running this application.
Download QuickPwn 2.1 -Torrent here
PwnageTool 2.1
Unlock iPhone 1st Gen and Jailbreak firmware version upto 2.1 [for Mac OS X]
Download via Bittorent - download here
WinPwn 2.5-Beta
Jailbreaks upto 2.1 firmware and unlocks iPhone 1st Gen. Click here to see a screen shot.
It seems that some people have been having problems with our initial release, so we have PwnageTool 2.0.1 for you. It addresses the following issues:
It auto-finds the bl39 and bl46 files better, if they’re on your computer
It creates the ~/Library/iTunes/Device Support/ folder if not present, which should help with some 1600 errors people have been having.
Many people have reported the PwnageTool not starting up at all (the icon never stops bouncing). This issue should be resolved now.
The Sparkle AppCast URL is fixed in this version, so automatic updates should work for future releases.
Because of the AppCast URL fix, we recommend that everyone who downloaded PwnageTool 2.0 get this version, if they want to stay up to date automatically.
N.B: if PwnageTool 2.0 pwned your phone correctly the first time, you do not need to pwn again with 2.0.4.
iPhone 3G has been unlocked by Pwnage - Download PwnageTool-2.0 now (MAC):
Yes, this was just the news I was waiting for. Pwnage (iPhoneDevTeam) has released their first software that can easily unlock 2.0 firmware and iPhone 3G. This is just awesome. Here is how to do unlock your iPhone 3G (users who have upgraded their 1st Gen iPhones to 2.0 firmware can unlock it as well)
Please download the software from Here. Unzip it, Install and follow the instructions and you are good to go
iPhoneDevTeam - Update 1: Just to clear up some confusion over what this actually does: yes, it jailbreaks and unlocks older iPhones, and jailbreaks iPhone 3Gs and iPod Touches. We only support the 2.0 firmwares.
Update 2: It looks like there aren’t enough TCP ports on that server, so _BigBoss_ has generously offered to mirror it.
Update 3: If you get Error 1600 from iTunes (or if you see in your log a failure to prepare x12220000_4_Recovery.ipsw), try: mkdir “~/Library/iTunes/Device Support” ; if that directory already exists, remove any files in it. Then re-run PwnageTool.
In summary Pwnage software supports:
iPhone (1st Gen) with 2.0 - Activated, Unlocked & Jailbroken, (with support for third party applications).
iPod Touch with 2.0 - Activated & Jailbroken, (with support for third party applications).
iPhone (3G) with 2.0 - Activated, Jailbroken (with support for third party applications).
Few of the initial feedback from users who used this software (from iPhoneDevTeam’s blog)
Thank you. I downloaded it and used it and it worked flawlessly. I couldn’t be happier. Also, thank you for managing to surprise just about everyone in the world with this one - from embarassed
it’s working i upgraded my 1.1.4 to 2.0, but Wi-Fi has some problems ny application unable to connect to internet, can any one help in this - from kanna
Make sure you get the correct version, not the early released one that came back before Apple officially released it. Then you have to remember to remove the .zip at the end and keep it as a .ipsw - The icon will change to a little package box. - from Lionman
If you are not able to download the zip file from the above links, please click here, or here.
There have been instances where users have upgraded to 1.1.4 using ZiPhone and are finding few strange issues cropping up. I would suggest to check these 3 posts of mine and try it out. I guess most of the issues which are cropping up are due to some files which are left in iPhone before upgrading to 1.1.4 and clashing with the new files which get installed. These usually happen when users install new apps through installer.app. Try either of these to article:
There are 2 ways to unlock/update iPhones. One way is to update the existing firmware(1.0.2, 1.1.1, 1.1.2 or 1.1.3) to the latest firmware that keeps getting released by Apple. Another one is to unlock iPhones that are bought by users all around the world. These iPhones come with latest firmware and are very difficult to unlock. I would recommend buying iPhones once the firmware that those iPhones are using have been jailbroken. You got to wait for 10 to 15 days after a new firmware has been released. This is a good time for people to find a way to jailbreak and unlock that very firmware. If you have any specific questions, do contact me any time.
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1. If you have a Locked iPhone or Pre-activated AT&T iPhone which you have just bought, go for the steps below:
1.1.4 is released! Supported in newest version of ZiPhone!
I’ve teamed up with Zibri and i’m proud to present my latest Windows user interface for ZiPhone! This application will jailbreak, unlock and activate any version of iPhone extremely fast and easy!
To download, click the image below and then click “Download ZiPhone” (Mac version also available)
iJailBreak 0.6 Released: Supports 1.1.4 on all iPhones and iPod Touches
We’ve just released iJailBreak 0.6 (referenced to before as 0.5.5). This version provides 1.1.4 support for all iPhones and iPod Touches, and, as before, allows you to freely enable the $20 iPhone apps. It also adds com.apple.afc2 support, allowing for easy manipulation of the filesystem.
As always, iJailBreak is released under the GNU General Public License version 2, and can be downloaded by choosing Check For Updates in the iJailBreak Menu Bar, or at our Google Code (see below)
Enjoy!
UPDATE: We are currently having trouble with Google Code, so please download iJailBreak from here.
UPDATE 2: If you are having “Spamming AT” errors on your iPod touch, download the NVRAM Fixer from here.
UPDATE 3: We’re not sure quite how it happened, but the iJailBreak download on our server has been corrupted for some time. This has been fixed, so please try the download again (May 11, 2008).
Hi, I have been using this awesome invention called the Apple iPhone from November 2007 and have gone nutzzz over it. Nuts to an extent that I started this blog which talks just about iPhone and nothing else.
This blog of mine has been getting tremendous response and is being followed by all kinds of mobile phone users from all over the globe. Most of the traffic comes from the US and Europe. Thank you all for making this blog a success :)
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