iPhone 3g NOT possible to unlock for use on another carrier {Yet}

[Bad Ash]

It may be a long while before anyone is able to unlock (not to be confused with jailbreaking) a iPhone 3g. Even if you were able to not sure how you would get one or even use with T-mobile here in the US. But never the less it's not possible anyways.

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[Bad Ash]

There really is not point to all of this canceling a contract with At&t... you can't unlock the phone to use with any other carrier yet. Who knows how long it will take.

http://forum.theiphoneblog.com/jailb...le-unlock.html

[athreya]

Originally Posted by Bad Ash

There really is not point to all of this canceling a contract with At&t... you can't unlock the phone to use with any other carrier yet. Who knows how long it will take.

http://forum.theiphoneblog.com/jailb...le-unlock.html

its been unlocked already India.

Also gizmodo and others have shown unlocked iphones online.

[Bad Ash]

Originally Posted by athreya

its been unlocked already India.

Also gizmodo and others have shown unlocked iphones online.

No, you are thinking of unlocked 2.0 firmware. Big difference.

*Unless this person lives in a country where they legally had to sell unlocked iPhones*

[athreya]

Originally Posted by Bad Ash

No, you are thinking of unlocked 2.0 firmware. Big difference.

i mean the phone. yesterday i saw the ceo of one of the large mobile companies (equivalent of att here) carrying the new iphone. he showed it to me.


I dont know the difference ..can u pls explain?

[Bad Ash]

Originally Posted by athreya

i mean the phone. yesterday i saw the ceo of one of the large mobile companies (equivalent of att here) carrying the new iphone. he showed it to me.


I dont know the difference ..can u pls explain?

2.0 firmware can be unlocked with a tool that has not been released yet by the dev team. So if you have a first gen iPhone with the 2.0 firmware on it you can unlock it to use on another carrier. When it will released I do not know. You can not do this with a iPhone 3g. (yet) Please read the link I provided above for more information.

*Here is the link:http://forum.theiphoneblog.com/jailb...le-unlock.html

[athreya]

Originally Posted by Bad Ash

2.0 firmware can be unlocked with a tool that has not been released yet by the idev team. So if you have a first gen iPhone with the 2.0 firmware on it you can unlock it to use on another carrier. When it will released I do not know. You can not do this with a iPhone 3g. (yet) Please read the link I provided above for more information.

*Here is the link:http://forum.theiphoneblog.com/jailb...le-unlock.html

thanks. but the gentleman im referring to was using the 3g iphone on his own network here...presume its unlocked right?

[Bad Ash]

Originally Posted by athreya

thanks. but the gentleman im referring to was using the 3g iphone on his own network here...presume its unlocked right?

I don't know where you are located but I'm sure they were using it on a carrier that has the iPhone 3g in its line up.

[athreya]

i read the link u mentioned..what is the difference between 2.0 firmware unlock and the iphone 3g device unlock?

can one work without the other?

thanks

[Bad Ash]

Originally Posted by athreya

i read the link u mentioned..what is the difference between 2.0 firmware unlock and the iphone 3g device unlock?

can one work without the other?

thanks

The 2.0 firmware is what comes on the iPhone 3g when you purchase it. The first iPhone had 1.4 firmware that you can not upgrade to 2.0 firmware. You will be able to unlock 2.0 firmware 1st generation iPhones soon. The iPhone 3g you can NOT. The hardware is completely different and hackers have not yet found a way to unlock the 3g to be used on other carriers. Hope this helps - only way I know how to explain it.