Geohot, the world famous iPhone unlocking genius just did it again, the 05.11.07 baseband has been cracked and the exploit will be available to the public in only 5 days under the name “Blacksn0w”. So how did we get there ? Well, after releasing his new jailbreak method Blackra1n, Geohot announced that he will not be working on an unlock anytime soon. Fortunately Jody Sanders, a British “entrepreneur”, offered him $10′000 to do it.
Well, who is this guy ? We first heard of Jody Sanders after he became the target of an online manhunt a few month ago when the Dev-Team found out that he had a little business going on where he was selling Dev Team’s software.
This time Geohot found out that Sanders was also selling his jailbreaking solution and threatened him with a lawsuit. In response to that Sanders offered him 10k if he could unlock the latest baseband. Geohot accepted and said he’ll do it in 24 hours, it took a little longer in the end but he still made it. This solution will allow you to unlock the latest versions of the iPhone 3G or 3Gs. Here is the video of the first unlocked 05.11.07 iPhone :
Congrats George Hotz!
[via @geohot]
Man, it’s about time. I thought they would never un-iPod Touch my friends iPhone lol.
I was thinking the other day what kind of commodity my iPhone would be because it can still be unlocked. I’m still on 3.0.1 because it’s so stable and my battery life is great with constant use.
But great for others out there like my friend who can’t use their iPhone as a phone. Next time she’ll be more careful bout upgrading in iTunes.
What the F, Jody sanders an entrepreneur are you joking, that idiot is a dam criminal, steal free software and sell it. Anyone that associates with him in anyway is a, well a #%{{#%^**<€€.
What the F, Jody sanders an entrepreneur, are you having a laugh. That idiot is a dam criminal, steal free software and sell it, he’s no busy man he is a €#} >~€^}}{^**, well I can’t say what I really have on my mind here
10k is chump change compared to what transshippers and black marketers will make from this latest unlock. if I was controlling the death star I would have paid the G 10x that (yes 100k) to not unlock it. They will probably loose 20x that (yes 2M) in iPhones in the next 2 months!!
But will this unlock the new bootrom, iBoot-359.3.2?
All the iPhone 3GS models you find in-store nowadays are running this, blocking the exploit.
i got to say he is a hero of the iphone jailbreakin/unlocking world