Unlocked iPhone

We believe that Apple will be releasing the iPhone 3.1 update at or following tomorrow’s “It’s only rock and roll, but we like it” special music event, the members of the Dev-Team has posted a reminder for Jailbroken & unlocked iPhones:

If you update to Apple’s new software using the normal iTunes process, you will lose your ultrasn0w unlock. In fact you may lose it permanently, because for most people the baseband firmware cannot be reverted to a previous version (unlike the main application CPU firmware).

A custom IPSW is needed to update to this firmware so that the baseband won’t be upgraded allowing users to continue using their unlocked iPhones without issue.

So, jailbreakers and unlockers, DO NOT UPDATE USING iTunes! You’ve been warned.

iTunes 8.2.1 Now Available

Well, iTune 8.2.1 is out and available for download. For all you people out there with jailbroken iPhones running on the 3.0 firmware, I would advise that you not upgrade to this version until the dev teams see what the differences are in this new version. It has been verified that the new iTunes will not sync with the Palm Pre, which was one of the features that was possible with the iTunes 8.2 version that was released on June 1st. That was inevitable in my opinion. Apple doesn’t want anyone but Apple using their features.

Apple claims that there are some minor bug fixes, but I’m quite sure there is alot more than that going on. They are on the losing end of the cat and mouse game being played with the iPhone hacking community, even though software has been created that is totally independent of  iTunes’ use to jailbreak iPhone 2G, 3G, and 3G S. It has been rumoured that the new software being released will send information about the iPhone to Apple. I’m quite sure that the information will tell Apple if your iPhone is unlocked or jailbroken. That feature could be present in the iTunes update as well as the 3.1 firmware which will be released soon. I advise that you steer clear of both until we can found out what Apple has up their sleeve.