How to Unlock iPhone 3G
iPhone 3G is Apple’s second generation Smartphone that has been in the market for a few years. The iPhone 3G carry a 2 megapixel camera and has support for 3G networks; it can run on fast 3G networks which provide better internet speeds. Unlocking the iPhone 3G has been tried by many developers and jailbreakers, and here we would like to describe jailbreaking the phone with the help of redsnow software.
This iPhone 3G jailbreaking involves the iOS 4.0.1. This is the latest software that has many other features that previous versions were lacking.
So, we start off with the jailbreaking and we need to download the following jailbreaking tools first.
Some of the software also depends upon the operating system a computer has.
- RedSn0w 0.9.5 beta5-5 for Windows:
- RedSn0w 0.9.5 beta5-5 for Mac:
- iOS 4.0.1
- iOS 4.0
- iTunes 9.2
After we have downloaded the programs, we can start off with the unlocking procedures.
In the first stage, you can download the required software and get hold of both the iOS 4.0 and 4.0.1; these new versions of the software are very important for the jailbreak. In the next step, you need to restore the software of your phone to iOS 4.0.1 and this would be easy to perform with the help of iTunes and you would need to download the latest version of the software.
In the final stages, the software basically takes care of the whole jailbreaking process. First and foremost, you need to run the downloaded redsn0w 0.9.5 beta. After which you need to locate the iOS 4.0 IPSW file, which will take you to the jailbreaking options that you are willing to open. Desiring on the options, you can check cydia and multitasking and other options such as wallpaper etc. Finally, your iPhone will go into the DFU mode in order to implement the jailbreak.
After a few minutes, the iPhone 3G would restart. You would notice the additional updates on your iPhone and multitasking support enabled.
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