Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Thursday, 01 January 2009 19:13
IT Industry -
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The iPhone Dev Team's blog posting is, at the time of publication, on the very verge of finally released its long-awaited iPhone 3G
unlock, distributed via the Cydia and Installer apps on jailbroken
iPhone 3Gs – and incredibly it works exclusively with baseband 02.28.00
from the latest 2.2 firmware update!
The legendary iPhone Dev Team is on the verge of releasing its iPhone 3G unlock tool, “yellowsn0w", and probably have by the time you're reading this.
They’ve also added a bonus surprise which lets ANY iPhone 3G user with the latest 2.2 firmware update do a full iPhone 3G unlock!
This means that those who have been holding onto earlier basebands now no longer need to worry about whether they can update to the latest 2.2 firmware via a “pwned” custom firmware tool or not – the iPhone Dev Team says “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.”
Questioned about all the warnings NOT to update to the latest baseband, the Dev Team's MuscleNerd explained that the Dev Team had found a way to unlock the latest 02.28.00 baseband a couple of days ago and decided it was better for all to upgrade to and unlock the latest baseband - instead of older ones that may or may not have security holes or other issues.
The Yellowsnow
announcement is listed at the Dev Team’s blog, where they say:
“Don't eat yellowsn0w!
“Hello all,
“We wish you a very happy, healthy, and hopeful 2009!
“We’re about to release the yellowsn0w 3G unlock application, and we have some information that you may find useful:
BASICS:
- The unlock about to be released 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.
- 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 (coming soon). There are Cydia and Installer sources available, so use whichever you are comfortable using.
DETAILS:
- There is a known issue with SIM cards that have STK (SIM Toolkit) application menus. These menus are usually items such as “top up” “get credit” etc. These menu items confuse the application sometimes. Removing and reinserting the SIM once after reboot (give it about 10 secs after you see the slide to unlock widget) fixes this issue. We’re working on a better fix.
- For those of you using SIM cards without STK menus, the application has some optional arguments that will make the unlock much faster for you. So either experiment on your own (use “yellowsn0w -h” for usage) or wait for a customization writeup."
For the rest of the Dev Team’s blog post,
please read on to page 2.
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