Unlock iPhone 3.1.2

By , Oct 13, 2009

With every new firmware comes a new unlock. Once again, it only took the Dev Team a few days to release an update to their PwnageTool and UltraSn0w to bring a safe and reliable iPhone 3.1.2 unlock.

This article is a summary of the different options you have to unlock your iPhone, iPhone 3G, or iPhone 3GS running 3.1.2.

How to unlock iPhone 2G 3.1.2:

How to unlock iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS 3.1.2:

The first step is to jailbreak your iPhone using PwnageTool. Once you have jailbroken your iPhone, you will have to install UltraSn0w from Cydia. To do so, follow these simple steps:

  • Launch Cydia.
  • Add the following source to Cydia repo666.ultrasn0w.com (note there is a “0″ in sn0w, not an “o”).
  • After installing this source in Cydia, search for “ultraSn0w”.
  • Install UltraSn0w and reboot your iPhone.

Or you can use BlackSn0w to unlock your iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS:

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  • OYA

    I also made the mistake of upgrading the OS of my new LOCKED iphone….

    I still have the option to restore my old configuration. Will it do any good?

    What about Jail breaking it? should I go for it or better wait for the complete solution for unlocking it?

  • paul

    do you think that it will be within a month that they figure it out? anyone?

  • From mongolia

    It is posibble to unlock 3.1.2 iphone 3g ?
    it’s firm model is 05.07.11.

  • RB

    Just in case anyone from Apple is reading this… I have always hated Microsoft because of their constant tendency for bad quality and unethical practices. I thought Apple was the good-guy. I was planning to buy all these Macbooks and Mac Mini’s, etc. But after owning an iPhone for a month and finding out how Apple is fighting so hard to keep us stuck with AT&T, I have no loyalty to Apple. Clearly, they are more than happy to hurt their own customers, just to put a few bucks in their pocket.

    There is no good-guy, and I should have known that. I feel stupid now.

    Apple is just as sleazy as Microsoft. Yes, they made a great product. I love my iPhone. And as soon as some other company makes a phone even close to rivaling the iPhone, I will jump on that, and Apple can kiss my ass!

  • justin

    hey… i have a iphone 3g on att with 3.1.2 software… not jailbroken yet… and the t-mobile rep in the mall got me to sign up saying i can switch it to tmobile carrier.. im not very familiar with unlocking and stuff and he said it can be easily done… anybody know how to switch iphone 3g (att) to make it iphone 3g for tmobile?

  • From mongolia

    It is posibble to unlock 3.1.2 iphone 3g ?
    it’s firm model is 05.07.11.

  • Jon T

    To mongolia, sorry there is no way possible at this time to unlock 5.07.11 sorry.

    To RB go suck an egg. Apple faithful don’t want people like you in the fan club anyway, go deal with your microsoft junk phone. Purchase a HTC phone and come back on this blog and tell me how many times that sucker crashes or breaks or doesn’t do anything. Be gone with your apple criticism and fade away.

  • angry as hell

    i was stupid enough to buy software to unlock my iphone from SWGEG for 25.00. They promised complete refund for any reason. They sent me pawnage tool which didnt even support my version of iphone and have refused to refund the money. I tried to involve Paypal
    thinking it protected me and was told they only garuantee that you will get the product, not that it works. I called them and they said they would not get involved. it told them SWREG was illegally selling the pwnage tool on the internet, WHICH VIOLATES THE LIC POLICY OF THE AUTHORS. they could care less. I asked for the name of the specific company and their address and they said i could supponea it! Any recourse? Anywhere to post this so others are not scammed.

  • nino

    notify me when there is a cure to unlock the 3.1.2

  • Alex

    I am in the same boat as many of you, but im still not totally clear. I updated to 3.1.2 through itunes and its correctly jailbroken, but my phone isnt working even with AT&T. I thought that unlocking was only for use with T-mobile etc? Should I have to unlock my phone to just use AT&T? Thanks for any help!

  • from somewhere in la

    When release iphone unlock 3.1.2 ?
    can geohot unlock iphone?

  • ree

    Jon T your comments are great very helpful….I upgraded to 3.1.2 (biggest mistake of my life) on 3GS and didnt look into it first, just spent a lot of money on my phone and im moving abroad and need it unlocked im getting soo upset because I am going to move in 2 weeks and will need another carrier how long do you or anyone else here think it will take to be abe to unlock it??? Do you think it will be possible by christmas???

  • cubanito

    There is currently no way to unlock 3.1 or 3.1.2 updated from iTunes, because the modem firmware and bootloader were updated, making all unlock solutions useless. There are a few out-of-the-box 3.1 phones and even 3.1.2 phones which still have the old modem firmware version which can be unlocked, but these are the exceptions. However the unlock for these new versions is on the way. iPhoneUnlockZone.com will be one of the first to offer the solution…coming soon!

  • ree

    Yay good news one of the comanies in the UK have put up a bounty to unlock the new 3.1.2 sofware and it should be avaliable sometime this weekend! they have made it clear that they will be the only ones selling this (basically they will have exclusivity to it) I know that Gohot the person who created one of the jailbreaks for this new software

  • paul

    is it possible to downgrade software then re jailbreak and then unlock or is it a waste of time to try?

  • Dennis

    Im at the same boat plesssssssss let me know when this dream comes out!!!

  • Brandon

    Hi all,
    I am also a victim to the basband 5.07.11, i tried all sort of method to downgrade, restore from previous firmware. They all not going to work. It seems like when u upgraded to 3.1.2 updated from iTunes, there is no turning back. So, I am going to try those shops which claim to be able to unlock iphone to see if they really able to do it. Otherwise, I am just praying everyday… that someone can save the world of iphone fans.
    If anyone know a way out, please share with us.

  • RobbDizzle

    Lots of good info here guys. Jon T, your posts were extremely helpful.

    My situation (which appears to be the most common): iPhone upgraded to 3.1.2, with 5.11.07. I had a friend try and unlock it but of course it didn’t work; it is jailbroken though so I can use the non-wireless functions. It seems my only recourse is to wait for DevTeam to come through and bust this thing! I hope that this will be soon; I’ve checked their blog and it says that they have a tool that is 3.1.2 compatible. Does anyone know if this is compatible with my situation? I myself don’t know how to unlock but I’m hoping to direct my friend to a means to unlock this!

  • Eli

    I’m in the same situation as most of you. I bought my used 3G yesterday from someone who upgraded to a 3GS. When I picked it up he told me how he upgraded it to the latest firmware for me. At the time that sounded like a good thing. I probably would have passed on the deal had I known how bad of a situation he created by upgrading FW. I guess I’ll attempt to jailbreak it and use it as an itouch until a solution is found.

  • james

    Is it possible to downgrade the firmware using fuzzyband and then unlock the 3g? I was reading up on this but i dont have a mac computer to jailbreak the phone so that i can try it. Has anyone else tried this?

  • blythey14

    yes you can downgrade and unlock your phone even if you are on the later bootloader it does downgrade your baseband but not the bootloader ive done this on 3 iphones with official itunes update 3.1.2 downgraded to 3.0.1 then downgraded to 3.0.
    now this worked on 2 out of te 3 phones i did it with so wont work on all iphones but it is not easy if your intrested ill tell you how i did it :)

  • Ree

    Blythey this is because they have already just released the new unlock for this firmware follow @geohot on Twitter for more info on download yes people the creator of blackra1n has done it again

  • Dennis

    for blythey14 can u show me how to donwgraded my iphone i want to try it

  • daniel

    i finally found a way to get ur iphone back to normal even after u hav updated it to the official 3.1.2 from itunes and updated the baseband, mine is a 2g phone, what u hav to do is get the custom software 3.1.2 then run blackra1n only till u get the screen where the usb connect screen s seen, not the connect screen with the slide to unlock, so as soon as u get jst the usb connect screen without the slide to unlock u remove the usb cable 4rm d phone ,the iphone screen stays stuck there,now open itunes and do a normal shift+restore with the custom software this time.

  • anGEL* =)

    Hey guys guess we are all in the same boat.
    Hey @Jon T i need ur help man; i tried a way to unlock and jail break my Iphone 3G by using ultra snow and an unofficial 3.1.2 firmware..
    the thing is in DFU mode my phone crashed, Now its not turning on, just tell me how i can turn it on again?
    also any idea how to downgrade the Firmware in a locked fone.
    I need a hero please :p =)

  • ree

    PEOPLE PEOPLE I don’t think anyone has read my post we all no longer have a problem the unlock is going to be released on 4th November it is called BLACKSNOW!!!!! So no need to downgrade as this will work on the new baseband and firmware!

  • Poor Paul

    Hi daniel,
    You are HERO!!!!

    Ya-Ya!!!
    I recovered mine too!!!

  • Jon T

    Angel* the only way that I know to get your iPhone out of freeze and DFU mode is to just continue holding the reboot and home button for like 30 seconds, the screen will stay black, however just plug it into your computer and boot up iTunes, it should recognize the iPhone in recovery, from there you are just instal one of your pwned versions of 3.1.2 or you can now wait till Nov 4th (thank you ree!!) to unlock the phone.

  • MsCovergirl

    I really hope I can unlock my phone on the 4th of Nov

  • ree

    Hello everyone good news the developer or balckra1n has done it again and the unlock is released ahead of schedule! It is today so today is officially snowday!!!! Blacksnow is avaliable as of today! As for daniels comments although they were very good can I just stress to everyone that unless you want to Jam your phone or cause it to have problems I wouldnt suggest doing that as it doesnt let it restore properly and can cause your iphone to have problems in the long run….that being said all make sure you follow @geohot on twitter who is the creater of the jailbreak and unlock for 3.1.2 on the higher baseband. Go to http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/2009/11/sn0wday.html which is geohot blog for more info you we officially have 5 hours till download avaliable YAY!!!

  • anGEL* =)

    Jon T u hav been my hero =) i realllly hope that works! LOADS OF HUGS AND KISSES! xoxoxo
    are u sure that it isnt bricked? i followed some stupid things to try unlockin it, here…
    http://www.iphonedownloadblog.com/2009/06/20/tutorial-iphone-30-jailbreak-redsn0w/#comment-24869
    i rweaalllly hope it gets unbricked….
    PLEASE COULD U put up a link for a pawned version of firmwware for 3.1.2 for iphone 3G (make it easy fr dum dums liek me=P) nd i dont have a torrent downloader so please make it direct download!
    I Would seriosuly love if anybody helps! =D

  • John

    MY PHONE IS UNLOCKED AND JAILBROKEN. and i have 3.1.2 i lived in san diego when i got it done. just look on craigslist and type in jailbreak and unlock iphones. and call and ask.

  • Eli

    Blacksnow worked great! I just wish there was a UMA option for the iphone.

  • Amnoid

    Phew- that was hard- the ONLY way I could get the unlock to work was to Un-install blacksn0w on my iphone (vis Cydia) and then install UltraSn0w. Once I did that and rebooted- I got the unlock and phone service back.

    Here is what I did:

    1. I did a JB using blackra1n (worked well)
    2. I installed blacksn0w via cydia (since it did not show up). –> Unluck was unsuccessful: always searching for network.. I did all the tips and tricks, but none worked.
    3. I Uninstalled blacksn0w
    4. I installed Unltrasn0w via cydia (http://www.redmondpie.com/unlock-iphone-3.1.2-firmware-with-ultrasn0w-pak569/ ) starting at step 3
    5. Reboot the phone
    6. All Well!

    BTW: I found that 3.1.2 hides the network APN setting to setup your data network- I found this online solution that helped me set it back to what I needed:
    http://www.iphonetechie.com/2009/10/could-not-activate-cellular-data-network-you-are-not-subscribed-to-a-cellular-data-service-solution/

    Hopes this helps

  • Molly

    Hey all,

    Very very helpful post, thanks so much. I did everything right (well…. I guess not….) but it still doesn’t work. Here’s a sum-up:

    1. Updated with iTunes.
    2. Dang.
    3. Jailbroke with PwnageTool (awesome!)
    4. Did something with blackra1n (?)
    5. At one point I hit a button that would make “it” ra1n.
    6. Also unlocked with ultrasn0w 9.2

    Now my phone is accessible by itunes, I just can’t send or receive calls or texts.

    All advice would be very much appreciated – I’m fairly new at this, please be gentle.

  • Joel

    I have found a way to jailbreak&unlock the i phone 3G 3.1.2 5.11.7 for T-mobile a long procces but it worked ask me about it

  • eRIC

    How to do it Joel??

  • amby

    Joel – Could you please let us know? I also have 3.1.2 , 5.11.7 and i have been waiting to jailbreak and unlock my 16GB iphone 3GS? will sincerely appreciate your reply…….

  • ree

    Hi everyone, there are still people asking how to unlcock the 3.2.1 firmwire with 5.11.7 baseband….I recently told you all that it is now avaliable for jailbreak and unlock to do this you just need to go to http://www.blackra1n.com and install black rain (which is free) to do this you just plug your iphone into the computer and then LET IT RAIN (you will see what this is about when you do it) after the Blackra1n application has been installed on your iphone you have now jailbroken it after that you can go to the blackra1n application and there will be an option (which is the last one) called SNOW or blacksnow, install this and your phone will be unlocked, it takes only a couple of minutes and is the ONLY AVALIABLE UNLOCK AT THIS TIME, it is best to use this one although others can unlock as previous people have said…this is the only safe way to do it and it doesnt make your phone come into any problems. ULTRASNOW on cydia is only avaliable to unlock on the old baseband but not the new 5.11.7 baseband.

  • Matt

    Hey everyone! I’m having some issues with my iPhone 2g MMS. I was able to do it with no problems what-so-ever up until about 2 1/2 weeks ago. I tried reinstalling an mms repo on my phone to allow it but now it wont allow me to set the correct apn of WAP.VOICESTREAM.COM. every time i put it in it, It just doesnt stick. Can anyone help me get this working again?

  • Jade

    Hi everyone, Ree is right. My iPhone 3.2.1 also was locked with the SIM is not accepted and I jailbreak it using blackra1n and the using the application to unlock it and now it is working as normal. Thanks for the tip Ree.

  • neverflow

    Only baseband 02-11-07

  • Justin

    Matt if your comming to an iPhone from a BB you need to switch your data plan with tMobile. They are actually very helpful and helped me get the internet crap working on my phone. Anyway the APN isn’t wap.voicestream.com, but epc.tmobile.com or internet2.voicestream.com and you will also need enable roaming. Once i had entered this and reset the network settings I was good to go.

  • http://httpgogo Binu

    Hey guys very wrong information posted here unltrasnow is only uptil 3.0 Os NOT for 3.2.1. Only geohots blacksnow is the availabe unlock for the latest version. the procedure mentioned above is for 3g and 3gs NOT for 2g phones

  • azwan

    ive tried using blackrain but still there is no geohot image..it kept showing d usb logo.n i tune kept on asking restore.when i restore it with d 3.1.2 firmware it still doesnt work..i tried step by step frm d you tube channel, many time i try but still it doesnt work. plz help.. p. i bought d 3gs with the original setting 3.1.2 firmware baseband 5.11.7

  • dirar

    hi, i hv 3Gs 32, i followed the steps and updated to 3.1.2 but i hv a problem, the blackra1n can’t find the internet connection even though i’m connected and i can brows with safari

    anyone??

  • Iliyas

    Hi…my Q: I have got iPhone 3Gs…and it’s updated(3.1.2)…if I update next time, will it stay unlocked as it was? could u plz answer, and write to me… i.e_vip@yahoo.com

  • RobertDiver

    Hi There
    Can you help??? After JB and unlock using blacksn0w after reboot my Iphone is in emergency mode only and needs restore orginal settings.
    Thanks for any help
    ROB

  • shahab

    I have an unlock factory iphone, do I need to jail break it to install applications?
    My phone works with my carrier without any problem right now, is this possible that after jailbreaking I encounter problems?

  • Matt

    Can someone PLEASE help me!! I was trying to back up the contacts on my iphone because i wanted to transfer them to my new phone and i lost ALL OF THEM!! I followed the instructions on the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVzjoD6f4bA video that this guy posted and i tried to transfer my contacts to windows contacts, instead i transferred the contacts i had in Windows Contacts to the original iphone which was NOTHING and DELETED EVERY CONTACT I HAD!!! There HAS to be a way to get them back!!! Please someone help, i’m freaking out!!!!

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