Firmware 2.2 Jailbreak arrived and the story continues. A day after the release of the iPhone firmware 2.2. The iPhone Dev Team has updated their tools for jailbreak and unlock.

What can you do with the updated tools? In short:

  • iPhone 1st gen with firmware 2.2 you can jailbreak and unlock
  • iPhone 3G with firmware 2.2 you can jailbreak.

There are some special notes regarding to jailbreak of locked iPhones 3G which you must take under consideration:

Locked iPhone 3G – Preserve Baseband

"This applies if you have a locked iPhone 3G and you wish to update to 2.2 but preserve the iPhone’s current baseband software. Preserving the baseband will give you the maximum chance for any upcoming software unlock. To upgrade your phone to 2.2 and preserve the state of the baseband you need to create a custom .ipsw with PwnageTool. This custom .ipsw will not contain the baseband update but of course will still allow all the cool new stuff from 2.2.

There are plenty of tutorials about this process on the web, but PwnageTool contains intuitive graphics and easy to follow prompts that should have you up and running in no time at all."

Locked iPhone 3G

"If you are using your iPhone with one carrier and have no interest in the possibility of an iPhone 3G unlock in the near future then just restore or upgrade to 2.2 using iTunes and use QuickPwn to Jailbreak and add Cydia and Installer."

SIM Free/SP Unlocked/Factory Unlocked iPhone 3G [section added 23 nov 2008]

"This applies if you bought your iPhone 3G for $$$$$$$. This model of iPhone 3G doesn’t have an Service Provider lock (aka factory unlocked) and you are able to put any SIM card into the phone and get service. Your phone is already unlocked so you do not need to worry about baseband updates, simply upgrade to 2.2 using iTunes and then use QuickPwn to Pwn and Jailbreak. This will add Cydia and Installer too."

Please goto the iPhone Dev Team blog, read the instructions and select the right tool for you.[iphonedev]

Download the tools via these torrents:

You will need to know how to use bittorrent to download this file.

Disclaimer: This post is NOT intended to encourage you to unlock phones. All recommendations are carefully written. However, we do not feel responsible for any damage caused by these recommendations