My iPhone 3G story: jailbreaking and unlocking

I am now officially an Apple Fanboy !

I wanted an iPhone 3g even before it appeared. Lately I entered a no-spend thinking zone and I cut most of my spedings on "stuff" (gadgets, computers, notebooks, phones…).

But at Christmas I realized that my old phone was failing and because I couldn’t find a Nokia phone which I actually liked (design wise) I finally decided to get an iPhone 3G.

Because it was locked in Orange Romania, I had to jailbreak it. That unfortunately took me around 2 days in total.

The first day I struggled with the new Mac Leopard 10.5.6 limitations (Apple decided to pull the plug on jailbreaking the iPhone). I finally succeeded using Pwnage Tool, but then I found out that no crack existed yet for unlocking the baseband (allowing the iPhone 3G to use any carrier network). This was an iPhone 3G problem so I decided to wait until I got back in Bucharest and buy a TurboSIM or XSIM to trick the iPhone into thinking I had a valid SIM card.

However the iPhone Dev-Team realeased an unlock tool just in time (I was really lucky actually to have waited all this time to get an iPhone 3G). The tool is called "YellowSn0w" and it works in unlocking the iPhone for Vodafone Romania !

I very happy at the moment, because my iPhone 3G fully works and all I can tell you is that it’s great and I Highly Recommend It !

I will post two follow-up tutorials for the iPhone, one detailing the JailBreaking methods that exist (using PwnageTool or QuickPwn) and the other about using YellowSn0w to unlock your iPhone 3G for any carrier network.

UPDATE: I posted the iPhone 3G Jailbreak/Unlock tutorial here! Read about it and share your thoughts ! If you are having problems jailbreaking or unlocking your iPhone 3G, post them here and I will help you with as much as I can!

Until next time… Happy New Year to you all !!!