Dev-Team Issues Warning About iPhone 3.1 Firmware Update

Instead of waiting until after Apple releases the iPhone 3.1 update, the Dev-Team has decided to warn all of you unlockers about the problems associated with hitting that little update button within iTunes beforehand. According to the Dev-Team:

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). But don’t worry…our PwnageTool program let’s you update your main firmware without touching your baseband firmware, so you can still have the best of both worlds.  But you must be diligent about saying “no” to your iTunes request this week to update your firmware.

So, when iPhone OS 3.1 is finally released, which the Dev-Team assumes will be this week, and you intend to unlock your device, resist the temptation until you get the green light from them.  You have been warned.

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