[Doughbelly]

I've been holding off on getting a 3G until a software baseband unlock was available. I travel a lot and already deal with enough SIM cards as it is and its not like 3G or even EDGE is available in many of the places that I work...

I have 1st gen iPhone 8GB unlocked and jailbroken. (I love this thing and have used it on 6 continents, no problems. ) 2.2 firmware, blah blah blah, but that's not important. I don't actually use it to make a lot of phone calls and I'm not in the states long so I'm on the ATT prepaid plan. $20 for unlimited data, $40 for phone calls.

I understand that that the 3G unlock is coming soon so I want to know if the following is possible/feasible:

1. Buy a 3G, and do home activation.
2. Then I can bypass the activation process with pwnage tool.
3. Assuming that the iPhone I purchase from the store is is firmware 2.1 with baseband 2.0.11 (?) or prior, I can then wait until yell0wsnow is released, then apply the unlock/jailbreak.

Right? So hardware/software side, no problems, right?

On the service side, can I just swap in my current SIM card into the new iPhone with ATT none the wiser? Or are they going to notice that the phone is suddenly using the 3G network or do they even keep track of that type of thing when you're on an unlimited data plan?

Oh, another question, if anyone can answer it.

I've been reading about the 3G's GPS. Does anyone know if the locationing works outside of a GSM network? IE, will it give you your position and how accurate is it? Like, if I'm standing around in Niger, the Congo or Uzbekistan and nowhere close to a cell tower, will it still find my position for me? Obviously, no Google map with no connection but my lat/long would be good enough. Does anyone know how accurate it is?

[cpjr]

First off, you wont know what FW is on the phone until you get it home, so your gambling there.

And you have to sign a 2 year contract with ATT BEFORE you leave the store.....you just "activate" the phone at home. They DONT sell the phone without a signed contract.

So you'd have to pay an early cancellation fee to cancel service...which I believe is $175.

[w0by]

The answer to all of your questions is: yes. You'll be able to do everything just as you would a 2g phone. It's going to ROCK. You can always buy a 3G refurb from AT&T for $99 plus a months worth of service or something and a cxl fee....(only problem is you won't know if it's a 2.1 baseband phone which you HAVE to have as of right now).I'm not sure how all of that works out...or sometimes you can get a deal on a 3G iPhone on craigslist or something which is what I did. I got a brand new 3G 16gb with the 2.1 baseband for $450 which is a pretty decent price. I'm realllllly excited about the unlock coming, it's going to be sooooooooo great.