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Few facts about unlocking iphone 3g

UPDATE 2(23.06.2009): If your looking for unlock now you can do it, by reading this article http://hotfixes.edibra.com/?p=250 or by clicking here. You can unlock any iphone 3g as of this date, and it can be done very easily, no special IT skills are needed. Step-by-step guide is included.

Remember at this time you can only unlock iphone 3g with bootloader 5.8, manufactured before September 2008.

There is no software unlock for iphone 3g with higher versions of bootloader, you can only jailbrake it using quickpwn or other tools. You can not downgrade the bootloader, not even if you downgrade the firmware of your iphone.

There are some hardware unlock solution for iphone 3g, such as turbo sim or rebelsim, but they work temporarily or not at all, they will cause you headache so i don’t recommend you trying one of them because i do own a rebel sim card and currently it doesn’t work on my carries, and probably i will through away my iphone 3g.

Xiphone.org is definitely a scam, don’t try it because they wont refund you the spent amount. There are many screenshots of their software on the net, but they are fake, so dont try it because a friend of mine was fooled. Just check their FAQ and read their answers, they do not clarify which version they do support at all, not even bootloader or other info. They have written a funny code *3001#12345#* and that’s all.

UPDATE: I have tested iphone 3g unlocking with firmware 2.2.1 and bootloader 5.9 & modem firmware 2.30.3 on 16.06.2009, using chip unlocking. I bought a sim from universal-sim.com and as soon as i entered the sim it worked. For 5 days now I am using my iphone 3g continuously and i am very satisfied with it.

Now about the new iphone 3g s with OS firmware 3.0, accorting to DEV-TEAM, is being shipped with baseband 04.26.08. That is the baseband that ultrasn0w can be used on. Meaning, if the iPhone 3G S can be jailbroke, it can be unlocked using ultrasn0w. I am waiting for my new iphone and i will make a new post as soon as I get it.

UPDATE 2(23.06.2009): If your looking for unlock now you can do it, by reading this article http://hotfixes.edibra.com/?p=250 or by clicking here. You can unlock any iphone 3g as of this date, and it can be done very easily, no special IT skills are needed.