The iPhone Dev Team has pushed out a great update for their IPhone 3G and 3GS unlocking tool, ultrasn0w. This update fixes a bunch of little bugs here and there.

Features:

• Works on both 3G and 3GS
• Works on hacktivated devices
• Works regardless of how you jailbroke your device
• Doesn’t patch any mach-o binary whatsoever. (Doesn’t require a separate patch as each new firmware comes out).
• Doesn’t install any additional daemon
• Has no race conditions, no popups about “Missing SIM”, no network issues
• Is almost 7000 times smaller than its nearest competition :)
• Is available now via Cydia. Source repo is http://repo666.ultrasn0w.com (that’s ultrasn0w with a zero!)

If you haven’t yet updated to ultrasn0w 0.9 then we highly suggest you do! So fire up cydia and update that puppy!

- source: blog,iphone-dev.org

Yay! iPhone Dev Team have released the long awaited iPhone 3G Unlock, ultrasn0w! Just like yellowsn0w, ultrasn0w unlocks your iPhone 3G.

How to install:

1. Ensure you have upgraded to iPhone OS 3.0
2. Jailbreak your iPhone 3G using redsn0w or PwnageTool (this will also install Cydia/Icy)
3. Run Cydia or Icy
4. Please add the repo repo666.ultrasn0w.com to Cydia or icy
5. Search for ‘ultrasn0w’ in cydia or icy and install ultrasn0w
6. Reboot your iPhone 3G
7. T-Mobile USA users should disable 3G before using ultrasn0w
8. Enjoy

Simple enough, ey? Well, go on! Unlock your iPhone 3G!

Note: This will NOT unlock nor work with the iPhone 3G S

- source: blog.iphone-dev.org

Update #2: Looks like the yellowsn0w application will be in Cydia and it will only work for the 2.28.00 baseband – We were semi-correct about ignoring the post where they told us not to update the iPhone 3G to 2.2

Yellowsn0w will be available once the Dev Team member in charge of their Cydia repo wakes up and fixes the permissions.

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If you decode the binary message, you get vtaber 61060174 if you decode that ROT13 message, you get IGNORE 61060174 — Now, what does IGNORE 61060174 mean? We believe it means to ignore their blog post #61060174 – This blog post – Yeah, remember that blog post from the iPhone Dev Team stating NOT to update your 3G to 2.2, because doing so will update your baseband and you’ll loose possibility of a 3G Unlock. Maybe they are secretly telling us that yellowsn0w will in fact work on all iPhone 3G basebands. Only time will tell.

Try it for yourself!
ROT13 Decoder used: rot13-encoder-decoder.waraxe.us Thanks Ecko!
Binary Decoder used: roubaixinteractive.com

- source: blog.iphone-dev.org

These are step by step instructions on how to use QuickPwn 2.1 for Microsoft Windows to unlock & jailbreak your first generation iPhone 2.1 2G/EDGE.

REQUIRED:

• iTunes 8 installed (make sure to reboot). – Download iTunes

Note: If you have already upgraded your iPhone to firmware 2.1 skip step 2.

Step One
Create a folder on your desktop called Pwnage.

Download the following files and place them in this Pwnage folder you just created on your desktop:

• QuickPwn 2.1
• iPhone 2.1 ipsw Download
• bl39.bin 3.9 BootLoader Download
• bl46.bin 4.6 BootLoader Download

Unzip the QuickPwn21-1.zip file inside the Pwnage folder.

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WinPwn have updated the newly released WinPwn 2.5 Beta with some bug fixes in Beta 2.

Bug Fixes:

• Crash when building ipsw
• Quickpwn crash bug fix

If you already have WinPwn 2.5 installed on your PC you can upgrade using the new ‘Check for updates’ feature.

We have updated it here in our iPhone Downloads section under ‘iPhone Utilities’ :: ‘Windows’ or just follow this direct link Download WinPwn 2.5

Mac users don’t feel left out by the release of WinPwn 2.5 Beta. The iPhone Dev Team has released the brand new QuickPwn 1.0 for Mac OSX. Unlock and Jailbreak 1rst generation iPhone 2G/EDGE 2.0.2 & Jailbreak iPhone 3G 2.0.2 in Apple Mac OS X. Unlike it’s cousin QuickPwn RC3 for Windows, this Mac version of QuickPwn only works with iPhone 2.0.2

QuickPwn is not a replacement for PwnageTool, they are different tools and provide different features, QuickPwn is for quickly pwning a device, whereas PwnageTool is designed to custom build and tailor the ipsw production process, both tools will be actively developed in the future.

To use QuickPwn 1.0 Mac OS X your device should be running 2.0.2, if it isn’t then you can upgrade it to 2.0.2 using iTunes and then use the QuickPwn tool, we repeat, it’ll only work on version 2.0.2 of the iPhone or iPod touch firmware.

If you don’t want specific things to happen such as baseband updates then PwnageTool should be used to create a custom .ipsw with your specifics.

Grab it here from our iPhone Downloads section under ‘iPhone Utilities’ :: ‘Mac’ or just follow this direct link QuickPwn 1.0 Mac Download

–source blog.iphone-dev.org

It’s been released! Our friends at WinPwn.com have released the beta version of WinPwn 2.5 for use with iPhone and iPod Touch 2.0.2. Unlock and Jailbreak 1rst generation iPhone 2G/EDGE 2.0.2 & Jailbreak iPhone 3G 2.0.2 in Microsoft Windows XP/Vista.

Features:

• QuickPwn Support for 2.0/2.0.1/2.0.2
• Root partition resize support
• Installer support
• Basic / Expert modes
• Wizard style interface
• Automatic updater
• Support for WinXP and Vista 32/64bit.

Notes:

• Why is it beta? Well it’s my way of saying.. Use at your own risk
• You MUST do a full uninstall of winpwn 1/2 before installing the new version
• Make sure you have the latest version of iTunes (Currently 7.7)

Grab it here from our iPhone Downloads section under ‘iPhone Utilities’ :: ‘Windows’ or just follow this direct link WinPwn 2.5 Download

Digg It!

Reports have been coming in that users who paid to have their iPhone unlocked by their carrier Vodafone are now experiencing this insightful error message when they try to make a call “0xE8000001″. If you are a Vodafone user and paid to have your phone unlocked legitimately it is recommended you wait to upgrade to 2.0.1 while this issue is being sorted out. Vodafone serves the following countries:

• Australia
• The Czech Republic
• Egypt
• Greece
• Italy
• India
• Portugal
• New Zealand
• South Africa
• Turkey

If you upgraded your unlocked iPhone you should be able to restore it back to v2.0 which you can find here: iPhone Firmware Downloads

The guys over at iUnlocked.org have put together this step-by-step guide on how to upgrade a 1.1.4 or previous 1st generation EDGE iPhone NOT 3G to the iPhone 2.0 firmware on Windows using WinPwn. I’ve updated the links in this guide from the original so no torrent searching will be necessary to acquire everything you need.

Step 1: Use WinPWN 1.0 To PWN Your 1.1.4 iPhone. If you need WinPWN Get it here: WinPwn v1.0.0.3 RC1 Download

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This guide is for how to upgrade a 1.1.4 or previous 1st generation EDGE iPhone NOT 3G to the iPhone 2.0 firmware using PwnageTool 2.0.1 by the iPhone Dev Team.

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