[confucious]

BB 2.30 I am sure can be unlocked but if any unlock is realeased before FW 3.0 is officially released Apple will block the hole and ruin it for everyone. That is why the dev team will not release anything until the official FW3.0 release.

[brocktonma]

I glad that the Dev Team won't release because it will mess it up for everyone. I just trying to do it on my own and if it works great, if it doesn't I can wait.

[TreoTra93]

But how come you can change it on the iphone 2g?

[confucious]

Originally Posted by TreoTra93

But how come you can change it on the iphone 2g?

Because Apple can't change the Boot Loader the BB on the 2G can always be downgraded and always unlocked.
The BL on the 3G had a hole when it was released but Apple soon blocked it.

[TreoTra93]

Yeah that's true, hadn't really thought about it.

[shageexx]

Originally Posted by brocktonma

It can be done. No one has figured out how to do it yet, that's the problem. Trust me I am a computer programmer and I know it is possible somehow. I F**King HATE APPLE as of right now. I am in the process of doing this but I have failed for the past 9hrs of trying.

Good post mate!

I have a iphone that i got from ebay 3g 16gb,it was ok when i got it,when i stuck the rebel sim in it,any network sim would work in it.After a while i installed iphone os 3.0 beta 5,after this point,the rebel sim no longer works.shows as bootloader 5.9,now before i updated it was fine,so i guess it's not a hardware issue here but software?

correct me if i'm wrong

I also reverted back to 2.2.1,but the bootloader has messed thinks i guess,i'm not bothered coz i'm with 02 uk anyway,and i wanted to test the new 3.0 os

[confucious]

Originally Posted by shageexx

Good post mate!

correct me if i'm wrong

You are wrong.
But right in thinking it's a software issue.

[TreoTra93]

Well, the rebel sim is a sim card. I mean, do you know if the rebel sim works with any bootloader? When you downgraded it, you tried to unlock it with the sim, and it failed? because, if the bootloader was upgraded, you have to be able to downgrade it, but then again, nobody knows how yet, but there's hope x)

[confucious]

The bootloader is not an issue. The rebel SIM is NOT a SIM card, just a piggyback to fool the network. What's your point?

[inthiquab]

samson721 question was reasonable even though i was not practicle.
are all 2.2.1 firmwares the same? how about is we can restore the phone to a early 2.2.1 FW so it might have the 5.8 BL in it.

[TreoTra93]

Originally Posted by inthiquab

samson721 question was reasonable even though i was not practicle.
are all 2.2.1 firmwares the same? how about is we can restore the phone to a early 2.2.1 FW so it might have the 5.8 BL in it.

Yeah, if it's software based, maybe.
But then it should've worked with downgrading to 2.2 but might be worth a try. If someone is about to restore his or her iPod/iPhone.

[confucious]

The BL is not in the FW - it's in the hardware on a separate NOR chip. The only way to change it is to remove and reprogram the chip.

[TreoTra93]

But when you upgrade your phone, the BL also gets updated. So it has to have something to do with the Firmware

[confucious]

Please get your facts straight. The BL on your phone NEVER changes.

[TreoTra93]

Okay, it's the baseband, sorry.