Unlocking the iPhone 3GS for Dummies
If I figured out how to jailbreak & unlock my iPhone 3GS then anyone can. I’d been doing research and it seemed a few others had been able to do it so I decided to open up my 3GS and give it a go! [[the following directions jailbreak the phone using purplera1n]] 1. Get on a Windows PC (XP seems to have fewer issues than Vista) 2. Make sure iTunes is updated. Tun off auto updates. 3. Go to www.purplera1n.com 4. Download and run purplera1n (should say “waiting for phone”) 5. Connect iPhone 3GS to computer. 6. Be patient – puplera1n takes a couple of minutes (should say “entering recovery” then “done, wait for reboot”) 7. Phone reboots – you see image of purplera1n 8. Make sure your wi-fi is connected 9. Run Freeze application to install Cydia 10. Download Cydia 11. Reboot [[the following directions unlock the phone using ultrasn0w]] 12. Disable 3G network in (Settings, General, Network) so T-Mobile can run smoothly 13. Go to Cydia: Manage, Sources, Edit and type in repo666.ultrasn0w.com (the o is a zero in sn0w) 14. Go to Cydia: Changes, and install ultrasn0w 15. Reboot 16. Use paperclip to remove sim card, replace with your own 17. Voila! You are now on the network of your choice! 
Many thanks to www.purplera1n.com and to www.crunchgear.com and to blog.iphone-dev.org I would never have figured it out without the tutorials that came before me… my hope with this one is that it’ll help those who have never done it before. Please don’t ask me any questions, I have no idea …
On August 20, 2010 relaxnow wrote:
You paid too much. I have a 3 week old iphone 3gs i’ll selll ya thru pay pal for 1/2 that/
On August 20, 2010 sniffdaknots wrote:
does this jailbreak n unlock only work for tmobile or any gsm service?
On August 20, 2010 msm676msm wrote:
IT’s Working – and we did a dance also. IT’s Works IT’s Works IT’s Works IT’s Works IT’s Works IT’s Works
On August 20, 2010 andrewjh487 wrote:
After many attempts I found unlockiphonenow org and I unlocked iphone in minutes
now my iphone is fully unlocked and i can use any networt
On August 20, 2010 Weird2Strange wrote:
is it possible to use the same method for a different data plan? I have cingular already, but its an unlimited data plan, not the iphone data plan. I just swapped sim cards..
Please let me know.
Thanks
On August 20, 2010 air6199 wrote:
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On August 20, 2010 rosebntz wrote:
Hey i just have 1 question abut this, now using t-mobile with the iphone, are you able to send pictures recive, and use the internet???? please let me know has soon has possible thank you
On August 20, 2010 ClonedTyranny wrote:
Can you pick up the internet via wi-fi on the iphone with a prepaid sim card?
On August 20, 2010 MrOkiangga wrote:
this didn’t work, I used unlockyourappleiphone. com
its vey quick and easy!
only took 5 minutes!
good for IPhone user !!!
On August 20, 2010 pamelarise69 wrote:
I unlocked my iphone using unlockiphonenow org
Unlocking iphone never been so easy
It worked, I recommend it
On August 21, 2010 davidsteve28 wrote:
I unlocked my 3g iphone last version using:
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Worked greate and i truly recommend them
On August 21, 2010 7210083 wrote:
tmooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooble.lol
On August 21, 2010 seekokhean wrote:
Or just slide to unlock =)
jkjk use the ultrasn0w (updated)
On August 21, 2010 PAMELA931000 wrote:
thanks
On August 21, 2010 maryjanine53 wrote:
I unlocked my iphone using unlockiphonenow org
Unlocking iphone never been so easy
It worked, I recommend it
On August 21, 2010 philiprun wrote:
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On August 21, 2010 MrAppleGuy24 wrote:
hey, try using simpleiphoneunlock. net
works great.. took about 5mins
definitely recommended!
On August 21, 2010 cOuNtDoWnOuTlAwZ1 wrote:
she is hella fine i would of jailbroken ur phone for tmobile free of charge
On August 21, 2010 IsThisTheLongestNick wrote:
I came for you. ;3
On August 21, 2010 rothika1981 wrote:
I wrote too fast I made some spelling mistakes!!!
On August 21, 2010 rothika1981 wrote:
Thanks now my phone is unlock but idid not follow all of your steps first I went to jailbreak me .com and follow the 3easy steps then u get cydia right there I got stuck because I had no service that’s when u came in with the 666ultrasnow part then follow ur steps now my toil iPhone is working thanks girl!!!!!!
On August 21, 2010 Wilsonboy0528 wrote:
And sorry for the spelling mistakes I’m on my iPod touch (Which is jailbroken) and everything I spell right auto-fill screws it up.
Spell checker yeah right
On August 21, 2010 Wilsonboy0528 wrote:
Wow haha both those jailbreaks and unlocks ate patched on the iPhone. Blackra1n and the newest ultra snow is what you need to do. Just look them up.
Blackra1n is only for 3.1.2 to 3.1.3
Limera1n (should come out in the next month) is for 4.0 – 4.1
Spirit is what I would chose from to both ra1n programs. Right now it only supports 3.1.2 and 3.1.3. 4.0 will come out after apple releases 4.1
On August 21, 2010 jeffreyvanesch wrote:
it doen’t work for me