T-Mobile to offer iPhone support

We already know that jailbreaking is legal and perfectly safe, as it was judged to be so by US court decision. And jailbreaking movement is spreading its wings worldwide. The trend is recognized, and followed even by some courageous companies. Now it seems that T-Mobile is exploring the ground in this particular direction too. This was demonstrated by a leaked internal document from T-Mobile which is disclosing the company plan for increased support offered to users with unlocked iOS devices.

iPhone 4S unlock close, do not update to 5.0.1 firmware!

Many rumors are claiming that it is necessary to update iOS version if you want to jailbreak as the jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 is close, according to reports from various jailbreak developers. Now a completely different claim is circulating in jailbreak world, claiming something different! If you want to unlock your iPhone 4s or iPad 2 you must stay away from the iOS 5.0.1 upgrade. It seems that users with earlier 5.0. firmware version, have much better chances for an unlock.

Utrasn0w 1.2.5 carrier unlock updated, minor bugs removed

Most of our readers do know that UltraSn0w is quite an important Cydia app, especially so for people desperately needing an iPhone carrier unlock. We are sure many readers of our blog will be happy to hear that iPhone Dev team has just released the latest upgrade to their famous unlocking tool UltraSn0w. This upgrade removes a bug for iPhone 3GS with old bootrom.

iPhone 4S unlock

iPhone unlocking is something you have to approach carefully and with due precautions. It can be done and it was done many times before, but every time you need to follow instructions properly or you can experience more or less difficult problems with your iPhone. Most iPhone users have used UltraSn0w unlock solution for unlocking their devices, but as Apple developed countermeasures it was becoming harder and harder to successfully unlock iOS devices. Another solution was the Gevey Sim card but it was not as good and reliable as Ultrasn0w was in its best days. Now it seems that there is a solution for unlocking iPhone 4S with a brand new method which implicates that Apples lats iPhone model, the superb iPhone 4S, can be unlocked basically without any need for hardware of software tweaking. Want to know how?
Here is the story.

Jailbreak guide: how to jailbreak iOS 4.3.4 with RedSn0w 0.9.8b3

Apple has recently rolled out the iOS 4.3.4 in order to patch the security holes used by Comex in his fabulous JailbreakMe 3.0 jailbreak hack. This was the only reason Apple updated the iOS, as more than a million users used JailbreakMe in just a couple of days. Also what was probably most bothering to Apple was that JailbreakMe was able to open the previously impossible to jailbreak iPad 2 tablet.

Gevey sim unlocks iPhone 4 upgraded to iOS 4.3.4

If you are an iPhone 4 owner and you desperately need to use your iPhone out of the country you will be happy to hear that Gevey Sim card supports iPhone 4 iOS 4.3.4 unlock. This was announced immediately after Apple has successfully blocked exploit used by Comex for his jailbreakme jailbreak solution which has jailbroken more than a million of iOS devices including a number of iPad 2 tablets running 4.3.3.

It seems that this time Apple’s engineers didn’t patch the vulnerabilities used by Gevey sim card probably due to relatively low number of iPhone 4 unlocked by this method. Curiously, they haven’t even upgraded the baseband version. This in itself has made this unlock possible.

Apple stores to unlock GSM iPhones?

According to news coming from sources inside Apple Store, Apple stores will soon start offering complete unlock for fully priced GSM iPhone 4 handsets. This unlock should be different than the one offered previously on June 13, according to this source. Here is the reason behind this: if some Apple retail store runs out of available unlocked iPhones, they can use any other locked iPhone and simply unlock it after buyer pays the full price of it at the checkout. The price for the unlocked device us $650 for iPhone 4 16GB and $749 for 32GB iPhone 4 model.

Apple closes the Gevey Sim hack

If you are an iPhone 4 user you are probably aware that most iPhone 4 devices with upgraded baseband version cant be unlocked with any software tool so far. The only solution for unlocking was the Gevey Sim card interposer. But not any more. As we wrote previously, Apple has just released the iOS 5 beta version 2 which according to iPhone Dev Team member MuscleNerd has patched the exploit used by Gevey. It isn’t Apple’s usual practice top patch such exploits while still in early beta phase of iOS release so it is quite possible that Apple was under strong pressure by official iPhone carriers.

Million unlocked iPhones on T-Mobile

Perhaps you are not sure is it a god idea to jailbreak and unlock your iPhone? You think there aren’t many people willing to risk unlocking their devices? Think again. According to a report by 9-5 Mac blog, T-Mobile spokesperson confirmed that T-Mobile alone serves almost 1 million iPhone users on their network in United States.

How to unlock your iPhone on iOS 4.3.2 via Ultrasn0w (Mac only)

We wrote recently about iPhone Dev Team releasing upgraded PwnageTool for jailbreaking the latest iOS 4.3.2. After this they have also upgraded UltraSn0w so it’s now compatible with this new version of iOS. The latest version of UltraSn0w is now version 1.2.2. If you have been waiting to unlock your iPhone now is the time to use this software unlock. For this unlock to work you need to have the baseband preserved, so be advised not to upgrade with the official firmware through iTunes if you care about the carrier unlock!

Here are simple instructions for unlocking your device with Ultrasn0w 1.2.2.