iPhone 3G Questions - restoring & unlocking

**AUZambo** · 11-24-2012, 08:41 AM

My dad gave me his old iPhone 3G (he just bought an iPhone 5) and told me I could sell it and keep the money. It's currently running 4.0.2 and I believe the highest supported iOS is 4.2.1. Its baseband is currently 05.13.04, which can be unlocked with ultrasn0w.

I want to restore the phone to completely wipe it clean, which will also upgrade it to the highest supported iOS. If I do this will the baseband also be updated to something not supported by ultrasn0w? I tried using google to find my answer, but I'm having a hard time. Hopefully someone here will help me out!

I know I can call AT&T and unlock it through them, but I'd much rather jailbreak it and unlock it myself.

**iYeow** · 11-24-2012, 03:10 PM

What you want is to restore to a custom firmware to preserve this baseband. You can use Snowbreeze : here

**RochOAR** · 11-25-2012, 01:01 PM

Call AT&T. If they unlock it, the unlock will stay for the life of the phone. Jail break unlocks are far inferior to a factory unlock thru Att.

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My dad gave me his old iPhone 3G (he just bought an iPhone 5) and told me I could sell it and keep the money. It's currently running 4.0.2 and