{"id":4717,"date":"2009-05-23T17:36:57","date_gmt":"2009-05-23T17:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/apple\/?p=155"},"modified":"2009-05-23T17:36:57","modified_gmt":"2009-05-23T17:36:57","slug":"unlock-iphone-3g-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/unlock-iphone-3g-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlock iPhone 3G 2.2.1 Without Upgrading your Baseband to 02.30.03."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you upgrade your iPhone 3G 2.2 to 2.2.1 it\u2019ll break your Yellosn0w  partially or completely as 2.2.1 update contains a baseband firmware update  02.30.03 YellowSn0w is compatible up to baseband 02.28.00 and also note that  baseband 02.30.03 is not downgradable if you have bootloader version 5.9 or  upper this means a permanent lock to your iPhone. Dev team founds a way to  preserve your baseband upgrading with custom firmware. But you can make custom  firmware with Pwnage tool and Pwnage tool is available for Mac OS X only. If you  don\u2019t have a Mac then we have a 2.2.1 custom firmware. You need to download a  custom firmware hotlinked below this custom firmware is created with Dev team  Pwnage Tool that strips out the baseband update from the upgrade. But this guide  is for already pwned phones only.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Download the iPhone 3G iPhone1,2_2.2.1_5H11_Custom_Restore.ipsw from Filesavr. This custom firmware is created with Dev team Pwnage Tool Mac  Version that strips out the baseband update from the upgrade. But this guide is  for already pwned phones only. Means upgrading your iPhone 3G from 2.2 to 2.2.1  will not upgrade your baseband from 02.28.00 to 02.30.03 so you can run  YellowSn0w later.<\/li>\n<li>Once the download completes put your iPhone in to DFU mode by following the  steps given below<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Attach the phone to the pc<\/li>\n<li>Turn the phone off<\/li>\n<li>Hold power and home together for *exactly* 10 seconds<\/li>\n<li>Release power but keep holding home until the pc beeps as a USB device is  recognized.<\/li>\n<li>At no point will the display come on. Now your restore should work.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Now Launch iTunes and shift-click on the Restore button (option click for  Mac users). Then browse to the custom restore 2.2.1 firmware you downloaded from  us and let iTunes take care of the rest. Once the upgrade is finished you  haven\u2019t need to jailbreak it again since it was already jailbroken.<\/li>\n<li>Not connect your iPhone 3G in to WiFi and once the connection established  fire the CYDIA from the springboard. Cydia app may requires restart first time.<\/li>\n<li>When Cydia starts click on the Manage tab on the bottom menu bar. In the  Manage tab, click on the Sources button in the middle. You will need to add the  source to the yellowsn0w repo to utilize the soft unlock.<\/li>\n<li>Now click on &#8220;Edit&#8221; on the top right, then &#8220;Add&#8221; on the top left. In the  URL, type: the following url without quotes \u201c http:\/\/apt9.yellowsn0w.com\/ \u201c.  When you are done click &#8220;Done&#8221; and then &#8220;Browser.&#8221;\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-156\" title=\"unlock-iphone-3g\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/unlock-iphone-3g.jpg?resize=264%2C155\" alt=\"unlock-iphone-3g\" width=\"264\" height=\"155\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Now click on the &#8220;Search&#8221; tab and type &#8220;yellowsn0w&#8221; and install the app  &#8220;yellowsn0w.&#8221; Once the Yellosn0w is installed restart your iPhone and Wait for  the slide to unlock screen and then wait 15 seconds more. If you don\u2019t see the  SIM card working, reinsert the SIM and wait another 10 seconds.If every thing  goes fine then enjoy the firmware 2.2.1 with baseband 02.28.00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 If you upgrade your iPhone 3G 2.2 to 2.2.1 it\u2019ll break your Yellosn0w partially or completely as 2.2.1 update contains a baseband firmware update 02.30.03 YellowSn0w is compatible up to baseband 02.28.00 and also note that baseband 02.30.03 is not downgradable if you have bootloader version 5.9 or upper this means a permanent lock [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[346],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-apple","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4735,"url":"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/guide-jailbreak-iphone-3g-quickpwn\/","url_meta":{"origin":4717,"position":0},"title":"Visual Guide to Jailbreak iPhone 3G using QuickPwn","author":"Tony Stark","date":"May 24, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"We already published what is jailbreaking and 5 reasons to jailbreak your iPhone.This is the third part of the series where we\u2019ll show you how to Jailbreak your iPhone safely with QuickPwn. 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