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Ultrasn0w for 3G, OS 3.0 is out -- 3GS not yet
If you know what Ultrasn0w is, then you maybe just did a little happy dance. If you don't: it unlocks your iPhone to work on other carriers. If you don't care for AT&T, for example, you can use Ultrasn0w on T-Mobile. One tip: you'll have to disable 3G for T-Mobilers in the US of A. Lucky us, eh? Ultrasn0w doesn't magically add CDMA powers to your iPhone, so give up your dreams, Sprint, Verizon and just-about-everyone-else-customers.[via Engadget]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Victor Agreda Jr said 11:42AM on 6-23-2009
And yes, if you know what ultrasn0w is, you probably heard this news HOURS ago. There, I just flamed myself and saved 4 people the trouble.
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Lem said 11:49AM on 6-23-2009
ha so true!
Interstink said 11:55AM on 6-23-2009
Great news... now they can focus on the 3GS Jailbreak. Hope they can do it! DUH... Of-course they can!
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Roberto Felgueiras said 11:58AM on 6-23-2009
If only Canada had another GSM Network...
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IvanP91 said 11:27PM on 6-23-2009
Oh god so true!!
"We can unlock it, but where are we gonna go?!"
mp said 12:03PM on 6-23-2009
REALLY NEW TO THIS!!
so if i have iphone 3g 2.2.1 all i do is update to OS3.0 jailbreak with pwnage tool get ultrasn0w through cydia and it will unlock??
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logicbomb.de said 3:03PM on 6-23-2009
yes
Cronick said 3:47PM on 6-23-2009
Read this:
http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/126465561/trois-drei-h-rom
and this:
http://iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=4254
Cronick said 3:47PM on 6-23-2009
and this:
http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/128573459/ultras-now
and this:
http://iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=4253
IvanP91 said 12:05PM on 6-23-2009
I know u guys at tuaw don't look at the news tips fast enough so I figure I'd post this here
http://new.m.yahoo.com/w/ygo-frontpage/lp/story/http%3A%2F%2Fca.rd.yahoo.com%2Fdailynews%2Frss%2Fmobile_today%2F%2A%2Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fca.news.yahoo.com%2Frss%2Freuters%2F090623%2Ftecnology%2Fnet_us_apple/detail.bp%3B_ylt=A0SO8iaB_EBKe18Abwlu7Nw4?.tsrc=&.refer=&.intl=ca&.lang=en-ca
or go to yahoo, STEVE JOBS RETURNED TO WORK MONDAY!!
And on topic: now I gotta wait for 3g s. Unlock
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KarlW said 12:13PM on 6-23-2009
Actually, just about everyone else uses GSM.
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ShaneD said 1:20PM on 6-23-2009
This is useless in the US, in my opinion.
For all the reasons you mention... it can't run on Verizon or Sprint anyway, so unlocking only gives you access to Tmobile here in the US. But the iphone has no 1700 mhz radio, which is what Tmobile uses in the US for 3G. So it will max out at Edge speeds on Tmobile. Who wants that?
Unfortunately, we are stuck with AT&T for any 3G use in the US unless Apple comes out with a iphone that has a 1700 mhz radio or an LTE iphone that will run on Verizon's 4G network. But neither will happen until 2010 at the earliest.
So unlocking your iphone is really only useful if you travel to Europe or Asia and want to use a pre-paid SIM instead of pay AT&T's international roaming rates.
However, the jailbreaking part is still very useful. I love my Itelliscreen app!
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dtolver said 1:57PM on 6-23-2009
T-Mobile EDGE data is only $5 a month. And its actually pretty decent speeds for what it is.
jb510 said 2:06PM on 6-23-2009
First you say it's useless and then explain all its uses! Lol.
#1 lots of us in the US do travel out of the country and use local prepaid sims
#2 a few of us are fine using EDGE only in the us because we have wifi 90% of the time. What would be nice though is if tmo's data plan were chaper for edge only (it's $25 regardless)
Bill Reals said 2:36PM on 6-23-2009
What is also annoying is that I'm on a ATT plan at work for my Blackberry. This is an unlimited Blackberry plan and the only plan my company supports. So if I want to use my iphone (purchased off Craig's List) with my work plan, I have unlock it.
This is insane to me, I have a ATT SIM and a high-end data plan but because my account doesn't have a "Iphone plan", I have to resort to unlocking my phone to use it on the ATT network.
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AT&T said 2:47PM on 6-23-2009
Bill, AT&T is your friend. We love you.
Cronick said 3:00PM on 6-23-2009
>happy dance<
I'm going to Europe and now I don't have to take one up the poop chute from AT&T while I'm there!
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FoundInTheFlood said 3:14PM on 6-23-2009
Hm does this help 2g iphones with the bug that they didn't get push notifications? Is that solved already?
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mark said 6:59PM on 6-23-2009
My usual Mac tutorials are up for using ultrasn0w along with jailbreaking.
http://www.hackthatphone.com/3x/p_3_0_3g.html
http://www.hackthatphone.com/3x/r_3_0_3g.html
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Drifter71 said 8:12AM on 6-24-2009
As usual, iPod Touch 2nd Gen not supported again. Does really seem to be the bastard child.
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