The Definitive iPhone Thread

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well my jiju who's in airtel told me tat iPhone has launched in indiabut is not available in market yet.......we can get iPhone frm airtel in a week or so......will update abt prices also......
 
amityrock said:
dude.. tats ta deal.. bros got ta 3g iphone.. so wat to do now?
pack it in its box an leave it for a bit? :bleh:
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You can activate/jailbreak it and use it as a iPod touch for the time being :)
 
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Get ready, because the iPhone 3G unlock is coming to an iPhone 3G near you. The iPhone Dev Team have been able to break in the baseband processor. As you may remember from the first-generation iPhone unlock, this is big news because it means they have access to the core of the system, which gives them the ability to fully manipulate the iPhone 3G hardware and, therefore, unlock it. They gave us all the technical details and posted a demo of it in action:
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IPhone 3G Unlock Coming: iPhone 3G Baseband Break-In, Unlock Closer
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^^Great news! Unfortunately thanks to Apple's outlandish carrier strategy, it still isn't feasible to pick up a 3G iPhone from the US and bring it down to India.

Do the math: 200$ for the 8-gigger, plus a 300$(??) penalty charge if you break the 2-year commitment. That makes the total price 500$ or 25,000 INR. So it makes a lot more sense to buy the Vodafone locked version for 30k over here itself. At least you can get it serviced if need be.
 
Woh I didn't know the new 2.1 firmware for 2g did not need unlock. Works by defaulkt with Airtel and Vodphone and since I have exclusively been using the AppStore I do not really care about Cydia or Installer, so have not use QuickPwn at all. :) Using the base firmware as is. :D I finally updated yesterday, after reinstalling Windows. :)
 
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I'm not able to forward any messages on my 2.1 2G and the only app i found for it was iRealSMS which is paid.
This is taking the sheen away from the iPhone, any apps for the same plz..... :(
 
ashu_dps said:
I'm not able to forward any messages on my 2.1 2G and the only app i found for it was iRealSMS which is paid.
This is taking the sheen away from the iPhone, any apps for the same plz..... :(
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biteSMS available on Cydia :)
 
VanishingNerd said:
Woh I didn't know the new 2.1 firmware for 2g did not need unlock. Works by defaulkt with Airtel and Vodphone and since I have exclusively been using the AppStore I do not really care about Cydia or Installer, so have not use QuickPwn at all. :) Using the base firmware as is. :D I finally updated yesterday, after reinstalling Windows. :)
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Wow nice info, I wasn't aware of this. Can't wait for my iPhone to return from the US! You'd still need to hacktivate though, correct?
 
Here's an update about the new firmware from the Dev Team

So, as anticipated our friends the misfits have recently released the long awaited 2.2 update. We can confirm that this update SHOULD NOT be applied using iTunes if you want the chance of a soft-unlock in the near future.

If you want to keep that option of a ‘soft-unlock in the near future’ available but you want the new features of 2.2, you will be able to update to 2.2 using a PwnageTool created custom ipsw file that disables the baseband update. You will be able to do this using an updated version of PwnageTool that will be released sometime soon.

Some facts -
The 2.2 firmware for 3G contains a baseband update for the 3G iPhone
The 2.2 firmware for 2G (1st gen iPhones) doesn’t contain a baseband update and the baseband is still at 04.05.04
We believe that our Pwnage technique (and therefore the Jailbreak) isn’t affected, but PwnageTool and QuickPwn do not support this release as yet, so DO NOT install 2.2 using iTunes as you will lose your jailbreak
If you apply this update and you previously relied on PwnageTool or QuickPwn to activate your phone, it may become temporarily deactivated and unusable (until we release the new version of PwnageTool or QuickPwn).
PwnageTool and QuickPwn updates will be released as soon as possible that will allow a safe update path to 2.2 the release of these updates is inevitable but not imminent, we are creating the modifications right now and we need to put the new software through the usual testing process.
If you apply this update and you have third-party (non AppStore) applications that you rely on they will stop working.
2G (1st gen) iPhone users who cannot wait for the new PwnageTool or QuickPwn can safely “Update” to 2.2 using iTunes, this will preserve the existing activation. However “restoring” to 2.2 using iTunes will return the iPhone to the unactivated state. If you are in any doubt just wait. NB: This works for 2G ONLY.
The use of SIM-Proxies (small circuit boards/chips that sit underneath the SIM card) to provide GSM/UMTS service on your locked iPhone 3G is a method that we have always advised against. Early reports suggest that the 2.2 update disables the functionality of these devices. The techniques used were always unreliable and we are surprised that they have lasted this long.
We are not working on the 2nd generation iPod touch at the moment, so we cannot comment on what the the 2.2 software update may do to this specific model
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From the looks of it, if iPhone Software v2.1 worked for Vodafone and Airtel without the need for an unlock, then this one should as well. Now which daring soul is willing to test it out? I would, but my phone's still stuck with my friend in the US :(
 
Its a 2g.

I am talking of this thing:
VanishingNerd said:
Woh I didn't know the new 2.1 firmware for 2g did not need unlock. Works by defaulkt with Airtel and Vodphone and since I have exclusively been using the AppStore I do not really care about Cydia or Installer, so have not use QuickPwn at all. :) Using the base firmware as is. :D I finally updated yesterday, after reinstalling Windows. :)
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