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Jailbreaking an unlocked iPhone 3G
Posted on 01. Aug, 2008 by Wim Haanstra.
So, I just got back from my holiday camping out near the sea, when I needed a new challenge 
. I decided (after reading a lot of stories on the net) that it was time to jailbreak my new iPhone.
All the stories I read online, about people who jailbroke their phones, used sim-locked phones so I was quite scared that maybe jailbreaking my officially unlocked phone, would somehow fuxxor it up.
I downloaded WinPwn for my Windows machine and downloaded the latest 2.0 firmware for the 3G phone, from the Apple site. After that I made my own IPSW and iPwned my iTunes (I chose not to ‘Activate’ my iPhone while pwning it).
The first attempt, flashing the firmware ended up in a scary -1 error. My phone was hanging in the process of booting. I put my phone back in DFU mode (which actually is very easy to do) and tried restoring again with my custom firmware.
Voila… after a 10 minute wait, there it was! My unlocked iPhone 3G was jailbroken and Cydia was installed for me to supply me with some new toys to play with!
So, if you ever wonder: will jailbreaking my unlocked iPhone fuck my phone… no.
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