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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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AppleInsider has reported on a rumour that the official British carrier of the iPhone O2, will be unlocking 3G iPhones for a nominal charge of £15 after 1 year of service.

For some customers, though, the most important news may come a year later. Separate O2 staff are suggesting that the wireless carrier’s usual policy of offering an unlock code for Pay As You Go phones after 12 months will remain true for iPhone 3G.

No statement from the company can be found on this issue so far and the sources are also unnamed. This little nugget of information will remain marked as just another rumour for now.