****THIS TUTORIAL HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR THE NEW ULTRASN0W UNLOCK THAT WORKS ON THE 3.0 FIRMWARE. IF YOU ARE ON THE 2.2 FIRMWARE THIS TUTORIAL WILL STILL WORK; HOWEVER WE RECOMMEND YOU UPDATE TO 3.0 AND FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS****

These are instructions on how to software unlock the iPhone 3G for use with any GSM cellphone carrier.

Before you can follow these instructions about Unlock iPhone 3G you must have a jailbroken iPhone and you must be on the 02.28.00 baseband(modem firmware). This means that you must be running the 2.2 firmware or have used PwnageTool(NOT QUICKPWN) to install 2.2.1 without upgrading the baseband. Unlock iPhone 3G

To find your firmware and modem firmware(baseband) versions you can follow this tutorial in Unlock iPhone 3G. If you are not on baseband version 02.28.00 then you need to follow one of these tutorials before unlocking: Mac, Windows

Step One to Unlock iPhone 3G
Press to launch Cydia Installer from your SpringBoard.

Step Two to Unlock iPhone 3G
Press to select the Manage tab at the bottom of the screen.

Step Three to Unlock iPhone 3G
Press to select the large Sources button

Step Four to Unlock iPhone 3G
Press the Edit button at the top right of the screen.

Step Five to Unlock iPhone 3G
Press the Add button at the top left of the screen.

Step Six to Unlock iPhone 3G
Enter http://apt9.yellowsn0w.com/ as the source url and press the Add Source button.

Step Seven to Unlock iPhone 3G
Once the source has been added press the large Return to Cydia button.

Step Eight to Unlock iPhone 3G
Press the Done button at the top right of the screen.

Step Nine to Unlock iPhone 3G
Press to select apt9.yellowsn0w.com from the list of user entered sources.

Step Ten to Unlock iPhone 3G
Press to select yellowsn0w from the list of packages

Step Eleven to Unlock iPhone 3G
Press the Install button at the top right of the screen.

Step Twelve to Unlock iPhone 3G
Press the Confirm button at the top right of the screen.

Step Thirteen to Unlock iPhone 3G
After installation completes successfully press the large Return to Cydia button.

Step Fourteen to Unlock iPhone 3G
Now press the Home button then power off and power on the iPhone. You do this by holding down the power button for 3 seconds then moving the power slider that appears to the right. Press the power button again to turn on the phone.

Some Tips to unlock iPhone 3G if the above procedure does not work:

If the above guide did not unlock your iPhone 3G, then try some of the workarounds mentioned below as it has helped some readers to successfully unlock their iPhone 3G.

Method 1 (via Hackint0sh) to Unlock iPhone 3G :

1. Airplane mode on.
2. Airplane mode off,  you should see “searching” and should pick up the carrier’s signal.

Method 2 (via Hackint0sh) to Unlock iPhone 3G :

1. Launch Moble terminal app (you can install it via Cydia).
2. Type yellowsn0w -r wait for a moment 10 sec
3. Type yellowsn0w -c wait for a moment 10 sec if you get NO SERVICE wait until u get 5 dot and run it again if you don’t encounter NO SERVICE just run next command
4. Type yellowsn0w -r
5. Type yellowsn0w -a if you get busy message in under 15 sec and don’t see NO SERVICE it’s unsucesfull and you have to do -r and -a again until it loads to NO SERVICE and wait untill it changes to 5 dots and wait for 10sec
6. Airplane mode on (keep it in that mode for more than 10 seconds)
7. Airplane mode off, you should see “searching” and should pick up the carrier’s signal.

If that didn’t help:

1. Type yellowsn0w -r once and after 5 sec wait 1 min.
2. Airplane mode on (keep it in that mode for more than 10 seconds).
3. Airplane mode off, you should see “searching” and should pick up the carrier’s signal.

Note: Ignore the Unknown message (0xe3ff8000), the command still works even if you get it.

Method 3 to Unlock iPhone 3G:

This was suggested by Anton, one of our readers (Thanks Anton!)

1. Install BossPrefs via Cydia.
2. Disable all Functions with BossPrefs (don’t worry if you can’t disable EDGE)
3. Reboot your Phone with BossPrefs (not in the normally way – important!)
4. Wait 1.30 min when you see the Lockscreen.
5. Take out your Sim and re-insert it.
6. Wait a moment (30 seconds).
7. Go on Settings and Turn on the Airplane mode (keep it in that mode for more than 10 seconds).
8. Turn off Airplane Mode.
9. Your iPhone 3G should pick up the carrier’s signal.

Method 4 (via YouTube, user reda92) to Unlock iPhone 3G:

1. Reset Network Settings. 99% of your success rate will depend on this. (You can find this in settings – general and to the bottom you’ll see a “reset” menu in which you can find this)
2. Reboot your iPhone
3. Wait a little over a min.
4. Remove your SIM card and re-insert it back in
5. Wait 30 sec.
6. Turn on Airplane mode and wait 10 sec. (This is important as well)
7. Turn of Airplane mode, you should see “searching” and should pick up the carrier’s signal.

If these workarounds did not help unlock your iPhone 3G, then report the problem to the Dev team using

Update (Jan 7th, 2009) to Unlock iPhone 3G:

Dev Team have updated their yellowsn0w app to unlock iPhone 3G. It fixes even more problems.

Please don’t forget to drop us a line to tell us if you were able to successfully unlock your iPhone 3G using this guide or the workarounds. If you have any tips for fellow readers don’t forget to mention them in the comments as well.

The iPhone Dev Team released updated version of PwnageTool for Mac users and Redsn0w for both Mac and Windows users to Jailbreak Iphone 3g running iPhone OS 3.0.

Here is our step-by-step guide to jailbreak iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.0 using Redsn0w for Windows users. We will publish one for Mac users shortly.

An important preparatory step before jailbreaking your iPhone 3G is to take a backup of your iPhone. Please refer to this post for more details.

As with any hack, please proceed with caution as jailbreaking your iPhone could void it’s warranty.

iPhone OS 3.0 software update is officially released and you can upgrade your iPhone to firmware 3.0. iPod Touch users can use this guide to update to OS 3.0 for free. Here is iPhone OS 3.0 features list and it’s worth to upgrading to OS 3.0.

iPhone Dev team has is almost ready with QuickPWN & Pwnagetool for jailbreaking iPhone 3G OS 3.0 as well as ultrasn0w tool to soft unlock iPhone 3G 3.0 is getting ready. Soon QuickPWN for iPhone OS 3.0 will release and you can jailbreak your iPhone 3G firmware 3.0.

We have prepared this guide based on our iPhone OS 2.2.1 Jailbreak Guide, please keep in mind that QuickPWN is not yet released and we will update this post with download link once it’s available for download.

Use PwnageTool 3.0 to Jailbreak iPhone 3G OS 3.0 if you want to preserve your Baseband

Note:

1. For easier understanding we are assuming “QuickPWN 3.0″ is the tool for jailbreaking iPhone 3G/2G OS 3.0.

2. We assume you have installed iTunes 8.2 if not then you must install iTunes 8.2

How to Jailbreak iPhone 3G 3.0 with QuickPWN 3.0 on Windows & Mac

1. Download iPhone 3G 3.0 software update and save it on your computer (Preferably create a folder QuickPWN 3.0 and save in that folder (This is just for simplicity)

2. Download QuickPWN 3.0 latest iPhone firmware 3.0 jailbreak tool.

3. Unzip QuickPWN 3.0 in a folder created on 1st step.

4. Connect your iPhone to your commuter.

5. iTunes should detect your iPhone

6. Now you can either update iPhone 3G to 3.0 or Restore Firmware 3.0 ipsw. Its better to restore to have fresh & clean firmware installation. (backup your iPhone before proceeding for restore)

7. Once you have finished with Restoring/Updating iPhone to OS 3.0 software update launch QuickPWN 3.0 downloaded in step 2.

8. QuickPWN 3.0 will automatically detect your iPhone, now browser and locate iPhone OS 3.0 software update downloaded in step 1.

9. QuickPWN 3.0 will display a green checkmark if the firmware is correct.

10. Using QuickPWN 3.0 install Cydia Installer on your iPhone3G. Select at least Cydia from menu, then click the blue arrow to continue.

11. QuickPWN 3.0 will prompt “please make sure your device is connected via USB before continuing” click the blue arrow to continue.

12. QuickPwn 3.0 will now automatically put your iPhone into recovery mode. Once it is in recovery mode you will be asked to press following key sequence.

- Hold the Home button for 5 seconds,

- Hold the Home and Power buttons for 10 seconds,

- Then release the Power button while continuing holding the Home button until your iPhone is in DFU mode

13. If you have followed above steps correctly, QuickPWN 3.0 will detect your iPhone in recovery mode and will ask you to “wait while your iPhone is prepared for jailbreaking”.

14 Now wait for QuickPWN 3.0 Message “The pwnage process appears to have completed successfully. Please wait for your device to reboot in its newly modified state”.

15. That’s it you have Successfully Jailbreaked your iPhone 3G 3.0 Firmware

In order to Unlock iPhone 3G 3.0 you must jailbreak your iPhone 3G 3.0 first using above guide.

Please Note :- We will not be responsible for any damaged which may occur to your iPhone, Do it at your own risk

Well don’t worry for Windows users we have got Custom Iphone 3g 2.0 ipsw download which you can restore on iPhone 3G, 2G & iPod touch first Gen to Jailbreak and Unlock without going through long steps of jailbreaking.

Those users who want to manually jailbreak and unlock iPhone 2G 3.0 , Iphone 3g 2.0 ipsw download may follow this guide and Quickpwn guide to jailbreak iPhone 3G OS 3.0.

Below are the links for Custom Iphone 3g 2.0 ipsw download, read FAQ at end of this post to know more about custom ipsw firmware files.

Iphone 3g 2.0 ipsw download

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BT9WRLFI

Iphone 3g 2.0 ipsw download

Part 1: How to make iPhone Ringtone with Aiseesoft iPhone Ringtone Maker(for Windows)
Make preparation: Download Aiseesoft iPhone Ringtone Maker, install and run it.

Step 1: Click “Browse…” button on the right side of “Input File” to import the file(audio or video file) that you want to make ringtone from it.
Step 2: Click “Play” button to listen the music to find the segment that you want to use it as ringtone.
Then drag and click the start & end slider to set your wanted segment, or type the start & end time in the corresponding text box directly to get the exact segment. Click “Preplay” to pre-listen the converted audio before generate.
Step 3: Click “Browse…” button on the right side of “Local Output Folder” to choose the output destination.
Step 4: Check “Export to iPhone” option, the converted ringtone will be load to your iPhone directly.
Click “Manage Ringtone” to edit the added iPhone ringtone by removing it or renaming it directly.
Step 5: After all the settings are finished, click “Generate” button to begin making your own iPhone ringtone.

Part 2: How to make iPhone Ringtone with Tipard iPhone Ringtone Creator for Mac(for Mac)
Make preparation: Download Tipard iPhone Ringtone Creator for Mac

Step 1: Click “Browse…” button on the right side of “Input File” to import the file(audio or video file) that you want to make ringtone from it.
Step 2: Click “Play” button to listen the music to find the segment that you want to use it as ringtone.
Then drag and click the start & end slider to set your wanted segment, or type the start & end time in the corresponding text box directly to get the exact segment. Click “Preplay” to pre-listen the converted audio before generate.
Step 3: Click “Browse…” button on the right side of “Local Output Folder” to choose the output destination.
Step 4: Check “Export to iPhone” option, the converted ringtone will be load to your iPhone directly.
Click “Edit Ringtone” to edit the added iPhone ringtone by removing it or renaming it directly.
Step 5: After all the settings are finished, click “Generate” button to begin making your own iPhone ringtone.

So look, make your own iPhone Ringtone is so easy and fast, have a try now!