The iPhone User Guide

Those looking to use an iPhone 3G with a PAYG plan from AT&T will be happy to hear this latest news, the iPhone 3G has been confirmed to work with a PAYG SIM card.

Of course this news comes with a little bit of good news and bad news. Its very nice to see that a “completely virgin iPhone 3G” will work as a PAYG phone, which means that all it will require is a simple switch of the SIM cards and that you will not have to jailbreak or modify the device in anyway. Now on the flip side, AT&T has not yet begun selling the iPhone 3G without a contract, which means that unless you hit the overpriced second hand market, the only way to get an iPhone 3G is by purchasing one which means you will be stuck with either a two-year agreement or have to pay that dreaded early termination fee.

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The iphone development team released the long awaited version of Quickpwn today for Mac OS X. This will allow you to quickly jailbreak firmware 2.0.2 without creating a custom .ipsw and restoring.

Note this will not jailbreak earlier firmware versions and will change the baseband apparently. It is currently available as a torrent and can be downloaded from here.

We’ve collated all the links so it’s easier for you to find and download the links directly from Apple.

Here is an uptodate list of iPhone Firmware releases 1.0.0 through to 2.0.1

1.0.0: iPhone1,1_1.0_1A543a_Restore.ipsw
1.0.1: iPhone1,1_1.0.1_1C25_Restore.ipsw
1.0.2: iPhone1,1_1.0.2_1C28_Restore.ipsw
1.1.1: iPhone1,1_1.1.1_3A109a_Restore.ipsw
1.1.2: iPhone1,1_1.1.2_3B48b_Restore.ipsw
1.1.3: iPhone1,1_1.1.3_4A93_Restore.ipsw
1.1.4: iPhone1,1_1.1.4_4A102_Restore.ipsw
2.0.0 (2G): iPhone1,1_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw
2.0.0 (3G): iPhone1,2_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw
2.0.1 (2G): iPhone1,1_2.0.1_5B108_Restore.ipsw
2.0.1 (3G): iPhone1,2_2.0.1_5B108_Restore.ipsw

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The boys at the iPhone Dev Team are working hard aren’t they! 2.0.2 Jailbreak software should be out today, so be sure to check their site. NOTE: This doesn’t UNLOCK the iPhone at all, only jailbreak.

From the iPhone Dev Team’s Blog:

PwnageTool 2.0.2 is undergoing final checks and will be packaged, signed and should be uploaded within the next few hours, so count on it being released sometime on Thursday. This will be available via the PwnageTool software updater that is built in and checked when you start PwnageTool, we’ll also publish a link here for direct downloads.

• As always PwnageTool 2.0.2 contains Cydia, in fact it contains a new version of Cydia with some bugfixes and other general goodness, thanks saurik!
• Installer 4 isn’t released by RiPDev as yet so PwnageTool 2.0.2 does not include installer.app - check out the RiPDev blog for the latest information.
• WinPwn uses compatible bundles (as provided by Planetbeing’s XPwn code), so we anticipate that WinPwn will be updated soon after our PwnageTool release, so Windows users shouldn’t have to wait too long! Please remember the DevTeam doesn’t provide end-user support for WinPwn!

Warning: If you care about the possibility of a GSM/3G unlock in the future (there is no unlock available as yet), do not update your 3G device with iTunes unless you do it via PwnageTool 2.0.2 (this means you’ll need to create a custom .ipsw with PwnageTool 2.0.2 and install it using iTunes) - If you have updated over the last few days with iTunes, you’ll still be able to Jailbreak using PwnageTool 2.0.2 but it may reduce the chance of you being able to unlock the Phone to be able to use a SIM card from all carriers in the future.

To clarify -  PwnageTool 2.0.2 will still provide the jailbreak for 3G users, even if you have updated. Meanwhile, we’re still actively pursuing the GSM/3G unlock - stay tuned.

A lot of 3 customers have asked us where are the APN settings to enable access to Planet 3 on the iPhone 3G.

Well, there is a lot of confusion over this matter, because different networks have ‘removed/hidden’ it on 2.0 software. Basically, on most networks, it’s not needed, due to the fact that the APN data is stored on the SIM itself, which allows for fast SIM swapping on unlocked iPhone 3G’s. However, 3 is a different story. The APN data enables personalised access to your account through Planet 3 directly from your handset.

From our research it would seem that some purchased iPhone 3G’s WILL enable you to edit your APN settings and others WONT. Vodafone AU and NZ appear to have locked that feature out, whereas Telstra allows you to edit your APN even when it’s not unlocked from the Telstra network.

So, for now, see if it’s possible to edit the APN settings on the iPhone 3G in the following way:

Settings -> General -> Network -> Cellular Data Network -> APN

If you can, then you will be able to edit the APN after you’ve unlocked your iPhone 3G. If you’ve already bought an iPhone 3G and can’t edit your APN settings, then you need to visit this website and unlock it manually.

Unlock / reveal the APN settings on your iPhone 3G

http://www.unlockit.co.nz/

Click here if you need your iPhone 3G APN settings

We have successfully unlocked our iPhone 3G from vodafone simply by paying them $75 and waiting a few days.

After recieving a confirmation text message we popped in a different sim and connected to iTunes. The update took 5 seconds and the phone worked immediately on optus.

This is my most preferable method as of doesn’t void the warrantee because it’s an apple unlock not a hack and it will work with future software updates too.