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Iphone 3G UNLOCKED?

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Posted by: tang2007

Here is update c/p from Zibri blog:

Beta 7
System disk name: BigBear5A331.M68OS

System disk key: 3d9a9832a108fc5084fc9329d6e84e38edf06e380554c49376 b70e951f8a8d1ed943f819

Baseband version: 04.05.04_G
Baseband status: patched and unlocked

iPhone 3G baseband firmware prefix: ICE2 version 1.43

user root and user mobile still have “alpine” as password.

ALL CARRIERS SUPPORTED AS OF NOW:

Carrier Country
ATT US
Claro ar
One at
TMobile at
Optus au
Telstra au
Vodafone au
Mobistar be
Claro br
Fido ca
Rogers ca
Orange ch
Swisscom ch
Claro cl
Comcel co
TMobile cz
Telia dk
Claro do
Porta ec
EMT ee
Telefonica es
Sonera fi
Orange France
TMobile Germany
Vodafone gr
Claro gt
Hutchison hk
Claro hn
TMobile hr
TMobile hu
O2 ie
BhartiAirtel in
Vodafone it
TIM Italy
Softbank jp
KTF kr
Omnitel lt
LMT lv
TMobile me
TMobile mk
Telcel mx
Claro ni
TMobile nl
NetCom no
Vodafone nz
Claro pe
Globe ph
Orange pl
TMobile pl
Optimus pt
Vodafone pt
Claro py
Orange ro
Telia se
SingTel sg
Orange sk
TMobile sk
Claro sv
O2 UK
Claro uy

Posted by Zibri at 9:21 PM
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Waiting…
At the moment I’m waiting for 2.0 to be released and the 3G iPhone to be in my hands.
Stay tuned for further updates.

Things will probably change again but this shows that hackers are keeping up pretty well. The cat and mouse game continues!


Posted by: cingular#1

zibri is a code stealing thief who doesnt even write his software. Screw him ...all he can do is brick peoples iphones using unsafe methods.


Posted by: tang2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by cingular#1
zibri is a code stealing thief who doesnt even write his software. Screw him ...all he can do is brick peoples iphones using unsafe methods.

Never met the guy, used Ziphone over 10 times, no problems. I don't really care who will unlock's 3G 1st, as long as it's unlocked soon.


Posted by: wco81

Even if it's unlocked, you have to sign a contract in order to obtain the iPhone 3G, no?


Posted by: tang2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by wco81
Even if it's unlocked, you have to sign a contract in order to obtain the iPhone 3G, no?

Or you can try Ebay


Posted by: jsnead

Quote:
Originally Posted by wco81
Even if it's unlocked, you have to sign a contract in order to obtain the iPhone 3G, no?
Then you cancel it within the first month, pay the $175 early termination fee and have an iphone 2 for about the same price as an iphone 1.


Posted by: wco81

Quote:
Originally Posted by jsnead
Then you cancel it within the first month, pay the $175 early termination fee and have an iphone 2 for about the same price as an iphone 1.


Assuming that works, you'd be free from AT&T, which has the only 3G network in the US that the iPhone 3G can use.

And you can't even get data on the T-Mobile prepaid plan.

Also, you may be passing up some good applications in the App. store.

That said, I'm going to see if people can cancel and the 2.0 firmware is jailbroken.

I have a T-Mobile prepaid SIM and also an Italian prepaid SIM.


Posted by: i.Fido

lol unbelievable.


Posted by: jsnead

Quote:
Originally Posted by wco81
Also, you may be passing up some good applications in the App. store.
I have no idea if you'll be able to download apps from the app store on an unlocked phone using wifi. OTOH, I'm betting most of the good ones will be up there fairly soon after July 11, and so you can just get the ones you want before cancelling the contract.


Posted by: Haas_Dave

Quote:
Originally Posted by jsnead
Then you cancel it within the first month, pay the $175 early termination fee and have an iphone 2 for about the same price as an iphone 1.
That's assuming AT&T will let someone ETF out in the first month of the contract (it's not in the cancellation part of AT&T's T&Cs to do so, only after the 30-day window). Especially with this in mind, it's not certain. AT&T might force people to either return the device as per their cancelation policy, pay the real retail price of the phone (which could be more than the subsidized price+175 ETF), or refuse to do a cancellation until after 30 days.


Posted by: jslappa

I am with Haas on this one. You will not be able to cancel service and pay a measly $175 extra to keep your 3g iPhone. Do you people really think that Apple sold each iPhone to AT&T for $375? No way. I bet AT&T paid $500 for the 8Gb and $600 for the 16Gb. Try to cancel and I bet you get hit with $300 in charges just to keep your phone.

Even the first iPhone meant $399 plus 2 years worth of revenue sharing for Apple. That's over $600 for the 8Gb and $700 for the 16Gb 1st Gen iPhone.


Posted by: jsnead

Quote:
Originally Posted by jslappa
I am with Haas on this one. You will not be able to cancel service and pay a measly $175 extra to keep your 3g iPhone. Do you people really think that Apple sold each iPhone to AT&T for $375? No way. I bet AT&T paid $500 for the 8Gb and $600 for the 16Gb. Try to cancel and I bet you get hit with $300 in charges just to keep your phone.

Even the first iPhone meant $399 plus 2 years worth of revenue sharing for Apple. That's over $600 for the 8Gb and $700 for the 16Gb 1st Gen iPhone.
Even if you can only cancel after 31 days, the absolute maximum you pay is $70 (first month's service, + $175 EFT, + $36 activation fee + $299 (for 16 GB) = $580. So at worst, its a 16 GB iphone + GPS, at only $80 more than a 16GB iphone. That sounds good to me, and if we're luckly you can cancel in the first 3 days, pay the EFT, and pay only $299 + $175 + (likely) $36 (which the leaked AT&T memo on Engadget suggested would be possible). Either way, I'm not particularly worried. In any case, we'll all know in a few weeks.


Posted by: tang2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by jsnead
Even if you can only cancel after 31 days, the absolute maximum you pay is $70 (first month's service, + $175 EFT, + $36 activation fee + $299 (for 16 GB) = $580. So at worst, its a 16 GB iphone + GPS, at only $80 more than a 16GB iphone. That sounds good to me, and if we're luckly you can cancel in the first 3 days, pay the EFT, and pay only $299 + $175 + (likely) $36 (which the leaked AT&T memo on Engadget suggested would be possible). Either way, I'm not particularly worried. In any case, we'll all know in a few weeks.

This is too much work, if you willing to spent $600, Ebay is probably a better way and no hassels.


Posted by: chak_dey

it sucks for resellers, i wonder how its going to work in the apple stores. They will sign you up with ATT in the apple store or what?


Posted by: Red Setter

Quote:
Originally Posted by chak_dey
it sucks for resellers, i wonder how its going to work in the apple stores. They will sign you up with ATT in the apple store or what?
Yup. That's how it sounds. No one will be allowed out of the store without signing a contract. I'll wager it will be like buying a Verizon phone in Radio Shack or Best Buy: The stores will have a link to the AT&T site.

If it works the way most other phones do you'll be required to return the handset if you terminate early, or pay full retail (non contract price) to keep the phone, plus the ETF.

Don't expect to see a lot of bargains on eBay for the 2.0's right off the bat. Or a lot of NIB 3Gs for that matter.


Posted by: MarcoC

Quote:
Originally Posted by tang2007
This is too much work, if you willing to spent $600, Ebay is probably a better way and no hassels.
How will the iPhones end up on eBay then?


Posted by: tang2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by MarcoC
How will the iPhones end up on eBay then?

They are allready on Ebay, pre sale.


Posted by: chak_dey

so what if you cancel the service within like 2 days, and tell them you lost the iphone, or your refuse to return it. How much will charge? They can charge the activation fee, plus the ETF. If you do decide to cancel your service within the 3 days, they can't charge you for full month of service. Right?


Posted by: superlatives

Quote:
Originally Posted by chak_dey
so what if you cancel the service within like 2 days, and tell them you lost the iphone, or your refuse to return it. How much will charge? They can charge the activation fee, plus the ETF. If you do decide to cancel your service within the 3 days, they can't charge you for full month of service. Right?

Correct.

But they can charge you for what they "say" is the FULL retail price of the iPhone. Because $199/$299 is the subsidized price.


Posted by: CocheseUGA

There are quite a few people saying no cancellations within 30 days, much less 3.


Posted by: chinese_fury

I would imagine that AT&T learned a hard lesson from the 1st gen iphone that they will not allow to happen again his time around on the 2nd gen model concerning loop holes and people finding ways to get around the sop from AT&T.

This just makes the 1st gen iphone all the more valuable to those who are not interested in being contracted to a carrier.


Posted by: jslappa

Quote:
Originally Posted by CocheseUGA
There are quite a few people saying no cancellations within 30 days, much less 3.


the AT&T memo said you can absolutely cancel before 30 days, just like any other phone and plan you would get. However, just like those other phones, you MUST return the device, or they will not cancel you service until you give up your iPhone.

After 30 days, they will let you keep the phone, but you must pay additional costs.




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