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How To: Jailbreak Your iPhone 3G 3GS (3.0.1 Firmware)
So as new iPhones and firmware come out, so does a new jailbreak and unlock. Here’s how to do the lastest Jailbreak and Unlock on your iPhone 3g or iPhone 3GS with 3.0 firmware on it.
UPDATE July 31st 2009: THE NEW 3.0.1 FIRMWARE IS OUT, IF YOU HAVE THIS FIRMWARE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO JAILBREAK YET (UNTIL WE CAN JAILBREAK 3.0.1). WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE WILL POST AN UPDATE IN THIS POST.
1. Download the appropriate iPhone Firmware File:
or
2. Then download the jailbreaking program:
3. Download iTunes
4. Once you have downloaded and installed iTunes, then open it.
5. Take your iPhone 3g/3GS and plug it in to the computer via the USB cable provided with the phone wait for the iPhone screen to pop up in iTunes (do not click anything in the screen though, just wait for it).
6. After iTunes reconizes the iPhone, turn off the iPhone.
7. Put the iPhone into DFU mode by:
I. Holding down the power button for 3 seconds till you see the Apple logo.
II. Once you see the Apple logo, and without letting go of the Power button, begin to hold the Home button as well (both buttons will be held at the same time) for 10 seconds and the screen has gone black.
III. Once the screen goes black, release the Power button but continue to hold the Home button for 20 more seconds or until iTunes pops up saying it has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. Once that happens let go of everything and set the phone down. (The phone screen will appear as if it is off).
8. Now in iTunes, HOLD SHIFT (Mac Users HOLD OPTION) and click on the Restore button. This will bring up a dialog box for you to select a file.
9. Find the appropriate Firmware file that you downloaded in step 1 and click OK. iTunes should begin restoring the phone with the file selected. When this completes, we will have a fresh 3.0 Firmware iPhone
10. Close iTunes but leave the phone plugged in through the USB cable.
11. Turn off the phone.
12. Open the Jailbreaking program you downloaded in step 2. Click Browse and look for the appropriate firmware file you downloaded in step 1 and click ok.
13. The program will ask you what you want to install, check off both Cydia and Icy and click continue.
14. It will ask you to make sure the phone is off before you begin. Click ok and get ready to hold buttons down (like we did before in step 7).
15. Follow it’s instructions for holding buttons down and when you are done the program will finish it’s process and the phone will reboot. Your phone is now Jailbroken!
Optional: If you want to unlock the phone click on our How To: Unlock the iPhone 3G/3GS video next.
Reported Issues
None reported…
How To: Unlock Your iPhone 3G/iPhone 3GS (3.0.1 Firmware)
So like the iPhone but not so keen on AT&T? Or maybe you want to travel over the pond to Europe and would rather not get hit with the ridiculous international roaming charges?
No problem, here is how to unlock your iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS on firmware 3.0.
UPDATE July 31st 2009: THE NEW 3.0.1 FIRMWARE IS OUT, IF YOU HAVE THIS FIRMWARE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO JAILBREAK YET (UNTIL WE CAN JAILBREAK 3.0.1). WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE WILL POST AN UPDATE IN THIS POST.
1. Follow the procedure for the How To: Jailbreak Your iPhone and then come back to this procedure.
2. After you have jailbroken your iPhone, goto Settings > General > Network and then turn OFF 3G and turn ON Data Roaming.
3. Goto to Settings > WiFi and then turn ON Wifi and connect to a Wifi Network that you have access to.
4. Now, Â open Cydia on the second page of the home screen.
5. If this is the first time opening Cydia, it will “reorganize” itself and automatically close. Open it back up after it is done.
6. Select Upgrade Essential when it asks about the upgrades it found and then click Install.
7. Once that is installed and Cydia closes, open it back up and click on Manage, then Sources.
8. Then click on Edit at the top right and then click Add at the top left.
9. In the URL input field that pops up, we are going to type (make sure that the 0 in “ultrasn0w” is the number zero not the letter o):
repo666.ultrasn0w.com
then click Add Source.
10. After it refreshes the Sources, click Done at the top right.
11. Then click on the UltraSn0w source at the top of the list and it will slide to the left to reveal the UltraSnow application.
12. Click on the UltraSn0w application and click Install then Confirm.
13. It will install and ask you to click Return to Cydia. Do so then click the Home button and turn off the phone.
14. Turn the phone back on, and put in any SIM card you like to test that you have an unlocked iPhone!
Optional: To get internet access for T-Mobile here in the US:
I. Goto Settings > General > Network and make sure 3G is OFF and Data Roaming is ON.
II. Goto Settings > General > Network > Cellular Data Network and in the field marked APN type one of the following (some work better for others):
wap.voicestream.com
internet.voicestream.com
internet2.voicestream.com
internet3.voicestream.com
III. Leave the Username and Password fields blank and then click the Home button. Open Safari browser and test it out.
Reported Issues
None reported…