World’s first software unlock of iPhone 3G caught on video

22 Dec, 2008
The hard working guys over at the iPhone Dev-Team have finally did it - the software unlock for the iPhone 3G is ready and will be made public on New Year's Eve. And best of all, it will be free as usual. To prove...

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  • jSp
  • 29 Jan 2012

when will the iphone 4 ios5 will be unlock.

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    • teknic88
    • 0Hb
    • 08 Jan 2009

    andy , 05 Jan 2009Guys it's all true, yellow sn0w is out!!! and it works, cur... moreAm I the only seeing nothing but a black screen and audio from that video?

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      • Anonymous
      • mxB
      • 06 Jan 2009

      I just wanted to say I tried using this software but I got no signal after doing it, so I re-did it a second time and still no signal. I restored my iPhone 3G to factory settings and then did yellowsn0w and it now works fine! Unlock iPhone

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        • Anonymous
        • vac
        • 06 Jan 2009

        After reading this I contacted my phone provider (Vodafone Australia), they sent me instructions which involved restoring in iTunes, now my iPhone is unlocked I can use any SIM I want.

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          • andy
          • Mk4
          • 05 Jan 2009

          Guys it's all true, yellow sn0w is out!!! and it works, currently using orange uk sim in my, iphone 3g 8gb version 2.2, this is only beta software so using it is at your own risk... but now i'm able to use the sim of my choice in my new iphone

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            • guess
            • StG
            • 04 Jan 2009

            it did not work...yellowsn0w....i tried atleast 10 times ..

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              • joe
              • 3HU
              • 04 Jan 2009

              u can unlock 2.2 firmware so everyone can unlock using this method but as u know it is still beta it's still have bug but this is very simple and need no technical knowledge at all i unlocked 11 iphone 3g already and do not buy software unlock from www.iphoneunlockuk.com cos they sell free software to people that do not know

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                • mozahid_muzaffarpur
                • uB$
                • 04 Jan 2009

                so very bad for Iphone.

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                  • bintang
                  • 4vF
                  • 04 Jan 2009

                  It works allright.
                  First you have to upgrade to 2.2
                  Instal Cydia & instaler from Quickpwn22
                  Go to Cydia-manage-Sources-Edit-add-(tipe:apt9.yellowsn0w.com)
                  and follow it.
                  When its done restart your phone and change any sim card that you have.
                  Good Luck.Mine perfectly fine,(Once i instal Cydia & instaler my phone getting bit slow respond,and some time it crash).But thats OK.

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                    • lasting99
                    • wce
                    • 04 Jan 2009

                    Magic Mobile, 04 Jan 2009The unlock works exclusively with baseband 02.28.00. This b... moreThanks for your post, very helpful. At the time of my reply your post was not up.
                    Thanks again.
                    cheers

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                      • Magic Mobile
                      • ibj
                      • 04 Jan 2009

                      The unlock works exclusively with baseband 02.28.00. This baseband is provided by the latest firmware update (2.2) from Apple. You’ll need to upgrade to this release using iTunes and then use QuickPwn to activate etc. There are plenty of tutorials about this on iclarified, bigboss, modmi and other established tutorial sites. Because it works on 02.28.00, it is available to everyone on the planet. This means we don’t need to unnecessarily expose holes in earlier basebands, which is an important concern.
                      The application is a small daemon that is launched on boot. It injects the payload at boot and also whenever there is a baseband reset. You won’t notice anything about it other than that your third-party sim now works. It’s a small program and unobtrusive. There is no GUI (this is by design).
                      You can add the application using the sources outlined below. There are Cydia and Installer sources available, so use whichever you are comfortable using.
                      yellowsn0w is completely removable through Cydia, the command line, and iTunes

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                        • Syntax
                        • PMT
                        • 04 Jan 2009

                        I hate to say this, but in agreeance with someone else, aren't we supposed to be commenting about the topic at hand?! I own a Nokia, always have, but I couldn't care less how many units they have sold, or if they have the biggest market share, they probably do excel in many areas over other brands but seriously, this is supposed to be Project yellowsn0w. It extremely exciting that a FREE software unlock is available to owners of the iPhone. I have my own veiws of the iPhone itself, but who really cares?! Back to yellowsn0w, I think it's a first step to bigger and better things for the Dev-Team, and mobile phones go. This might be the breakthrough needed in other software projects that are being worked on at the moment.

                        Just to finish, I don't care if your right, wrong, for, against, or indifferent in regards to any particular brand, they are all peices of technology designed to fulfill one basic purpose, to connect people worldwide via the wonder of cellular communitcation.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • P%n
                          • 04 Jan 2009

                          George, 02 Jan 2009it clearly shows in the video that the Iphone 3G he is unlo... moreAt the time the article was written they had not worked out issues with the 2.2 update at that time.

                          Obviously they sorted out those issues as time went on and updated their information.

                          Remember, this is a beta work in progress.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • mTe
                            • 03 Jan 2009

                            Anonymous, 02 Jan 2009the unlock works exclusivly with firmware version 2.2 (base... morecould you please guide me from where to download the software to unlock 3g i phone

                            cheers
                            Andy

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                              • Anonymous
                              • mTe
                              • 03 Jan 2009

                              please some one tell me from where to download this software........

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                                • Jake Ryan
                                • w4Y
                                • 03 Jan 2009

                                I dont know anything about it some explain to about it .......(Unlock and entire stuff)

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • n5j
                                  • 02 Jan 2009

                                  George, 02 Jan 2009it clearly shows in the video that the Iphone 3G he is unlo... morethe unlock works exclusivly with firmware version 2.2 (baseband 02.28.00). I have been successfull in unlocking my iPhone 3g but many have been unsuccessful due to a few teething issues.

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                                    • George
                                    • m5X
                                    • 02 Jan 2009

                                    it clearly shows in the video that the Iphone 3G he is unlocking is Ver 2.2!!!!
                                    Anyone care to coment?

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • n5j
                                      • 01 Jan 2009

                                      sorry, i actually meant yellowsn0w 0.9.1 not 1.0.1. lol.

                                      and to save people having to search for the release notes here is the main point... from the dev-team blog site...

                                      •The unlock works exclusively with baseband 02.28.00. This baseband is provided by the latest firmware update (2.2) from Apple. You’ll need to upgrade to this release using iTunes and then use QuickPwn to activate etc. There are plenty of tutorials about this on iclarified, bigboss, and other established tutorial sites. Because it works on 02.28.00, it is available to everyone on the planet. This means we don’t need to unnecessarily expose holes in earlier basebands, which is an important concern

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • n5j
                                        • 01 Jan 2009

                                        has anyone actually read the release notes for yellowsn0w 1.0.1?? it is iphone 3g's with baseband 2.28.0 that can be unlocked... and since this ths the baseband version included with the 2.2 update it means everyone can unlock their iphone 3g