Significant iPhone 3G unlock progress, no unlock yet

Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Sunday, 19 October 2008 11:29

IT Industry - Market

The same goes for iPod Touch 2G users wanting to jailbreak their models. Forum reader “navdav” says: “Awesome! I hate to be annoying but is there any way you can tell us how the 2nd ten iPod touch jailbreak is going? Any progress?

“Even if there's no progress at all a reply would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much for all the hard work you guys are doing for us.”

Dev Team member MuscleNerd responds: “iPod Touch 2G is right now taking backseat to iPhone 3G on the dev-team priority list. Mostly because more of us have 3G iPhones than iPod Touch 2Gs.”

So, the waiting game for consumers and the game of cat and mouse Apple plays with hackers continues.

The only surefire way to get an unlocked iPhone 3G is to buy an officially unlocked model or paying the telco’s unlock fee, or figuring out a legal way not to pay an unlock fee but get your telco to officially unlock it anyway.

While the question remains “for how much longer”, at least an officially unlocked model can immediately be upgraded to new firmware, awaiting only jailbreaking for unauthorised third-party app support.

For those already in possession of locked 3G iPhones, whether on a contract or not, all they can do is wait or pay for an official unlock if available, but for anyone yet to buy and iPhone 3G wanting the freedom to use it on virtually any GSM/3G carrier, getting an officially unlocked one (or getting it officially unlocked) is at least an option from some iPhone 3G carriers (not yet AT&T) and the only way to go for a guaranteed and permanently hassle free unlock.