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iPhone 3G unlocked by iPhone Dev-Team, codenamed "yellowsn0w"

After months of working on the iPhone 3G, hacker team iPhone Dev-Team has managed to unlock the device for use with other providers besides AT&T.

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Mobile | by C.K. Sample III | Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:20AM | 0 comments

 

The iPhone Dev-Team just announced that they have a working unlock for the iPhone 3G, which they have cutely codenamed "yellowsn0w" and are targeting for a New Year's 2009 release for everyone to use. This unlock will be packaged in a friendly application skin like the one pictured above and allow you to unlock your iPhone 3G so that it can be used with other SIM cards from other cellular networks besides AT&T. Their post also notes that the recent OS X 10.5.6 update has caused some people to be unable to put their iPhones into DFU mode, which is necessary both for jailbreaking and unlocking the phone, so if you have already updated to OS X 10.5.6 it may cause some problems for your unlocking plans. The Dev-Team also offer several possible workarounds for the problem, which they think is a kernel bug introduced by Apple rather than a conscious move to try to prevent jailbreaking and unlocking, but they caution in bold to try these fixes at your own risk.

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external link iPhone 3G finally unlocked [Register Hardware - News]
external link iPhone 3G finally unlocked, to debut at New… [Infinite Loop]
external link iPhone 3G Finally Unlocked? [Digital Trends]
external link iPhone 3G now unlocked, dev team speaks about… [The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)]
external link iPhone 3G soft unlock accomplished, to be… [Unwired View]
external link IPhone 3G successfully unlocked by hackers [InfoWorld RSS Feed]
external link iPhone 3G Unlocked, Free Unlock Software By… [Lifehacker]
external link iPhone 3G Unlocked. Hurrah! [TheNextWeb.com]
external link Ring in the New Year with an unlocked iPhone… [Boy Genius Report]
external link The iPhone 3G unlocking software arrives… [TG Daily]
external link Dev-Team Blog - 'Tis the Season to be Jolly!… [blog.iphone-dev.org]
external link iPhone 3G finally unlocked by the Dev-Team! [Engadget]
external link iPhone 3G Unlocked, Free Software Coming On… [Gizmodo]

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3G, Firmware, SIM card, Jailbreak, Unlocked cell phone
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