ultrasn0w

a couple more hours, apple will launch it's latest iPhone OS 3.0 to the public and then launch the iPhone 3GS on Friday. the dev-team guyz (who has been consistently releasing iPhone unlocks and also jailbreaks) will be releasing their version of the latest QuickPwn which supports apple itunes 8.2.

remember the software unlock i posted for iPhone 3g called yellowsn0w about 6mths ago? it has been limited to the use of iPhone OS 2.2.0 only, but now the dev team will release the latest version of yellowsn0w which they will call it ultrasn0w! this is a software unlock for iPhone 3G using the latest firmware iPhone OS 3.0. it's actually available for download after jailbreak but it's only usable Friday onwards. so no matter which modem firmware u use, which bootloader u use, it will still be unlocked ...

if u do not know what i'm talking about ... i'll explain it in table format

iPhone 2G
- all can be unlocked

iPhone 3G
- 2 versions (locked and unlocked)
- locked (US/UK/AUS or others)
- unlocked (HK/SG/AUS/JPN or others)

iPhone 3GS
- unknown

*locked means u can only use it with the carrier tat u buy from
*unlocked means u can use it with any other carriers around d world

turboSIM/hyperSIM
-a piece of hardware which piggybacks ur SIM card to unlock
-deemed not so stable (out of coverage from time to time)

yellowsn0w
-a software to unlock the phone
-only for iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 2.2.0

quickpwn
-a software to jailbreak the phone

jailbreak
-an iphone which is enabled to run 3rd party software not from appstore

ultrasn0w
-the latest version of yellowsn0w
-only for iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.0

mayb after this you might be able to understand more about locked and unlocked iPhones. do let me know if i hv any mistakes or if i'm wrong about it :)

until then, let's wait for the latest firmware and latest quickpwn so that we can hv fun upgrading, unlocking and jailbreaking!