Software Unlock (Slow Progress)

iPhone Dev-Team One Step Closer to 3G Unlock

Persistent Nucleus Tasks from iphonedev on Vimeo.
In a post on their blog the iPhone Dev-Team has announced they are one step closer to a 3G unlock and now have a clear path to follow.
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This ability we now have to spawn background tasks means we are one step closer to the 3G soft unlock. We [...]

iPhone Dev-Team Warns Against Installing 2.2 Firmware

The iPhone Dev Team has posted an update on their blog about unlocking the iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 2G.
We’ve made some decent progress with the iPhone 3G, nothing worthy of a party as yet but we are moving along nicely, we’ll keep you updated on this.
Now for something a bit more serious, we’ve explained [...]

iPhone Dev Team Crack iPhone 3G’s Baseband; Closer to Unlocking iPhone 3G

3G Baseband Tool from iphonedev on Vimeo.
The iPhone Dev Team had told us last week that they had made significant progress in unlocking iPhone 3G.
They have just reported on their blog that they have managed to crack iPhone 3G’s baseband. You can checkout the significance of this breakthrough and what it means for unlocking iPhone [...]

iPhone Dev-Team Makes Progress on 3G Unlock

The iPhone Dev-Team has made some significant progress on a 3G unlock this week.
Here’s a screenshot of a 3G iPhone whose baseband has been modified. And even though it’s modified — and fails the integrity check — it’s still running.

“Running modified baseband code is a very useful ability, but it’s still not possible to accurately [...]

Dev Team Takes Two Steps toward iPhone 3G Unlock

I have been really busy recently with life, work and everything NOT iPhone. It seems to have pissed a few people off, others sent me SMS/emails messages saying that I had obviously given up on iPhones and unlocking my 3G and I had no time for the blog etc. Well to be honest, I kind [...]

Dev Team PWN iPhone 2.2 Beta - No 3G Unlock - No iPod Touch 2G Jailbreak

The Dev Team have posted on their blog that they have successfully PWNED iPhone firmware 2.2 Beta on first gen iPhone and iPod Touch devicees. Firmware 2.2 was only seeded to developers earlier this week. The Dev’s are still hard at work at trying to Jailbreak the new iPod Touch 2G and unlock the iPhone [...]

iPhone 3G Sold Unlocked from Apple Website Hong Kong - $692-$794 USD

Well, well, well - Without any warning or announcement, Apple is selling the iPhone fully unlocked from it’s website to customers in Hong Kong. According to the Apple HK website, an 8GB Unlocked iPhone will set you back $5,400 HK ($692), while a 16GB model costs $6,200 HK ($794).
According tot he Site:
“iPhone 3G purchased at [...]

Rumor - Apple to sell Unlocked iPhone 3G with Home Activation - False

Over the weekend the AppleInsider reported that Apple retail employees found a new option in their point of sale (EasyPay) system for the iPhone 3G called “Home”. Previously, the only options presented were:
1. Upgrade/Swap existing Phone2.  New to AT&T starting a single line3.  New to AT&T starting a family line4.  Add a line to [...]

iPhone/Touch QuickPWN for Windows now Available from the Dev Team

Window QuickPwn 2.1
Supports 2.1 firmware with the unlocking and jailbreaking of

iPhone 1st generation (2G) device

Supports the jailbreaking of

iPod touch 1st generation devices
iPhone 3G

Does not support the unlocking of iPhone 3G or jailbreaking of second generation (n72ap based) iPod Touch.

Windows QuickPwn 2.1 - Torrent here

If you don’t know how to use Bittorrent we suggest you wait for the [...]

GeoHot wants to know - What is it? - See Deeper than the Code

Can anyone amke sense of this ARM ASM Code (map) posted by GeoHot? It’s presumably from the iPhone 3G. Maybe a roadmap to the baseband unlock? Is this the sig check for the bootloader?