3G unlock - New years eve!

[Happy Noodle Boy]

ALrighty well thanks for clearin that up. I thought mabe i had booked myself a ticket on the failboat by buying 2gs lol. But yeah congrats euros. One more thing you bastards get... I hate you. Hah nah congrats.

The really weird part is that T-Mobile USA is the only 3G provider that uses whatever weird range they use, since T-Mobile Europe handles iPhones 3G officially.

[zani1972]

i love u guys i hated gevey sim i swear u guys gave my chrismas wish

[mastuul]

I have a friend who says he had his 3G iPhone running on T-Mobile using a turbosim and that he was able to use their 3G network by changing the proxy settings (similar to what we have to do in order to use SwirlyMMS). I never saw the phone, only talked to him about it. I told him it wasn't possible (based on everything that I've read here and elsewhere), but he swears up and down that he was doin it. Is this possible?

[WPeterson]

as most buddies here, i'm glad to know the news, but i have 2.28 baseband... i don't know how can i roll it back, or i may ask some iphone techie to help me unlock this stupid plan out...

[m1ngaa]

From: Dev-Team Blog

We have been working hard on a few other things. The main one being the 3G unlock codenamed “yellowsn0w”. This is now completed and is currently being packaged into a user-friendly application with the simplicity that you see in QuickPwn or BootNeuter.

* The target release date for the unlock is New Year’s Eve 2008.
* This unlock method is available to iPhone 3Gs that have 2.11.07 baseband or earlier, we did warn you.
* The unlock requires a jailbroken 3G iPhone

For those of you that have updated through iTunes to Firmware 2.2 and have the 2.28 baseband you will not be able to use this initial release to unlock your phone. There is no way to downgrade your baseband at this time.

Oh Man!!! This is a GREAT NEWS!!! How can I tell them I love them? I really don't know any of them, but I know what they do! And they're hella good on what they do!

[tigermad]

The differences between the 2G and 3G: GPS, louder speaker, flush headphone slot, and of course 3G speeds.

You can't use T-Mobile's 3G so if you want one make sure its for the other stuff since you'll be stuck in Edge.

Why cant you used Tmobiles 3G?

[iainmann]

Hallelujah!!!

[makkistyle]

I upgraded my iPhone via PwnageTool

and now i check the F
Modem Firmware it shows : 02.08.01

is that old baseband or new ?

[Poseidon79]

I upgraded my iPhone via PwnageTool

and now i check the F
Modem Firmware it shows : 02.08.01

is that old baseband or new ?

That's an old one.
Baseband 2.08 = firmware 2.0.2
Baseband 2.11 = firmware 2.1
Baseband 2.28 = firmware 2.2

[MetallicaFan1991]

Woohoo!! 3G unlock even though I got a 2G.
Good thing doing it through Cydia, stops companies like iphoneunlockuk.com selling iPhone Dev Teams software, I got scammed by them in January.

The iPhone Dev Team should put loads of copyrighted notices when they open the app in Cydia and saying its THEIR software and no one elses and they should claim a refund!

Will this be a updated bootneuter or a totally different app?

[Happy Noodle Boy]

Why cant you used Tmobiles 3G?

iPhone 3G has:
UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

T-Mobile USA has:
"The T-Mobile 3G network may look like those in use by other global carriers, but it’s not. T-Mobile uses a radio frequency band (1700 MHz) for 3G connections that is unique in the world. The carrier claims it allows faster data speeds but the reality is it means that only phones specifically designed for the T-Mobile network will work at full speed."

So basically, in an attempt to keep their 3G network for their phones only, they shut out the rest of the world and there's no amount of tinkering you can do to change this.

So again, if you're planning on getting a 3G for T-Mobile, be aware that you will never get 3G speeds so get it for GPS and the rest of stuff.

[makkistyle]

That's an old one.
Baseband 2.08 = firmware 2.0.2
Baseband 2.11 = firmware 2.1
Baseband 2.28 = firmware 2.2

cool thats mean i'm on safe side

cants wait for the unlock

[one1]

Just left the ATT store with a new white 16gb 3G with 2.1 and 2.11.07 baseband so you CAN buy 3G with the old FW RIGHT NOW.

[jmano0o]

This may be a stupid question to all of the tech pros on here.. but what does unlocking an iphone mean? does that mean that you can use the iphone on any carrier? or is theer more?

[Zehlek]

For those that did upgrade to 2.2 and have 2.28.00 baseband, do you think they do plan to work on that?

[DSMKilla]

I'm giving this a Bah Humbug LOL!
See I think alot of the improvements in 2.2 in terms of reception and battery life were a result of the new baseband.
While I have the utmost respect for the work of the Dev team, I am hopeful they will come out with a baseband neutral solution. Otherwise we will all be hostages to this older poorer baseband while it will likely continue to be updated and improved.

Improvements? Are you kidding me, 2.2 FW is NOT that big a deal, even the software side of it is nothing breathtaking and the baseband side of things is far from anything to get worked up over. Of course the devteam will eventually think of something for the new baseband, 2.2 FW just barely came out. WTF was the devteam gonna do sit around and wait for 2.2 to come out and then start working on a 3g Unlock At least a 3G unlock is coming out period, better than using a POS sim adapter!

For those that did upgrade to 2.2 and have 2.28.00 baseband, do you think they do plan to work on that?

I'm sure they will eventually, one project at a time though. It's been a big enough pain in the ***** trying to get the 3G unlocked period, but now that they have a grasp on things I'm sure there will be more and more to come.

Kinda like how it was a big deal that ZiPhone downgraded your baseband to 3.9 and people were freakin out talking about the long term consequences and how everyone was gonna be stuck on the 3.9BB etc. But now look there's a fix for that too so everything will come in time.

[SoleFiend24]

Good ishh Dev Team!
Cant wait to unlock minesss

[aziatiklover]

Good ishh Dev Team!
Cant wait to unlock minesss

well reading from you device and firmware i see that u quickwned your 3g which u have updated your baseband so my friend wont be able to unlock your phone unless u used pwned to deactivate the baseband update

[Zwayne]

Thanks Dev team!!

[aayushcool]

hey guyz have to ask onething
i live in india and here airtel and vodafone r providing iphone 3g
now airtel claims that even the deadliest hackers on net cant crack their iphone 3g
will this unlock work on their iphone 3g??????
i mean should i bu iphone 3g from airtel or should i buy it from grey market??

if u jailbreak it or infact unlock it your warranty is voided right????