yellowsn0w 0.9.6 Released: It Works This Time!

By Gary Ng on January 7th, 2009 66

Here’s an update on the iPhone 3G software unlock front: yellowsn0w 0.9.6 has been released in Cydia and…it works! After testing out the initial release on how to unlock your iPhone 3G and the subsequent updates, this latest release has been much improved.

Here are the steps I followed in order to get outgoing calls with my Rogers SIM and get foreign SIM cards to read in my iPhone 3G:

1. Installed yellowsn0w via Cydia (with my Rogers SIM inside).
2. Rebooted my iPhone. Tested outgoing calls–success finally!
3. Popped out Rogers SIM and inserted a du SIM and Fido SIM. Did not reboot as both SIM cards were able to register signals with Rogers.

Every situation maybe be unique and different when it comes to yellowsn0w, so that is why the Dev Team is asking everyone to submit their feedback so they can improve yellowsn0w. They updated their blog and provided a following glimpse of what changed with this release:

Although ultimately the payload is the same as in the very first beta, we’ve changed the way that it’s injected into the baseband.

What about the future of yellowsn0w (aside from working with all SIM cards)?


The “permanent” unlock is still the ultimate goal for some of us. We’d like to break the chain of trust a bit earlier in the boot process (if only for the fun in trying).

Once again, kudos to the Dev Team for their incredible work with this software unlock. I still can’t believe how easy it has become to unlock an iPhone 3G compared to old days of hacking with a first gen. Say good bye to those nerve-wracking nights!

[Dev Team]

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  • generalinq

    anyone notice ‘Searching’ when you first turn your phone on? Don’t remember seeing that before the unlock but perhaps I never noticed it before. I always remember seeing the ‘ROGERS’ name right away.

  • generalinq

    anyone notice ‘Searching’ when you first turn your phone on? Don’t remember seeing that before the unlock but perhaps I never noticed it before. I always remember seeing the ‘ROGERS’ name right away.

  • generalinq

    anyone notice ‘Searching’ when you first turn your phone on? Don’t remember seeing that before the unlock but perhaps I never noticed it before. I always remember seeing the ‘ROGERS’ name right away.

  • thisisgreat

    are there any downsides to unlocking the iPhone? for example, can we still get iPhone updates from apple and do our downloaded apps still work? sorry for the silly question, but it sounds to good to be true!!

    also, assuming that one doesn’t take the unlocked phone in for service, is there anyway fido/rogers will know the phone is unlocked?

    thanks in advance for your time!

  • thisisgreat

    are there any downsides to unlocking the iPhone? for example, can we still get iPhone updates from apple and do our downloaded apps still work? sorry for the silly question, but it sounds to good to be true!!

    also, assuming that one doesn’t take the unlocked phone in for service, is there anyway fido/rogers will know the phone is unlocked?

    thanks in advance for your time!

  • hk

    I am using Fido, unlock successful, by using yellowsnow 0.9.6 through Cydia, but signal bar just keep missing 1 or 2 bar. Anyone has this issue?

  • hk

    I am using Fido, unlock successful, by using yellowsnow 0.9.6 through Cydia, but signal bar just keep missing 1 or 2 bar. Anyone has this issue?

  • MJSTAR

    WORKS LIKE MAGIC!!! EASY, PAINLESS AND DAMN FAST TO DO!! WICKED STUFF DEV TEAM!!!

  • MJSTAR

    WORKS LIKE MAGIC!!! EASY, PAINLESS AND DAMN FAST TO DO!! WICKED STUFF DEV TEAM!!!

  • MJSTAR

    WORKS LIKE MAGIC!!! EASY, PAINLESS AND DAMN FAST TO DO!! WICKED STUFF DEV TEAM!!!

  • daniel Connolly

    these guys are chargin 30$$ a pop to jailbreak the iphone
    brutal!
    http://www.autoiphoneunlocker.com/index.php?affid=1

  • daniel Connolly

    these guys are chargin 30$$ a pop to jailbreak the iphone
    brutal!
    http://www.autoiphoneunlocker.com/index.php?affid=1

  • daniel Connolly

    these guys are chargin 30$$ a pop to jailbreak the iphone
    brutal!
    http://www.autoiphoneunlocker.com/index.php?affid=1

  • Errol

    I was stuck with baseband 02.30.03 for 5 months now because I did upgrade using itunes. But as of today (23rd May 2009) all that has change and I am now recieving service. what I did was I downloaded Fuzzyband downgrader 1.0 via cydia and installed it. Then I downloaded yellown0w 0.9.8 via cydia and installed then reboot my ipone and that’s all. Is working very well, I am amase. much thanks to the Dev team once again.

  • Errol

    I was stuck with baseband 02.30.03 for 5 months now because I did upgrade using itunes. But as of today (23rd May 2009) all that has change and I am now recieving service. what I did was I downloaded Fuzzyband downgrader 1.0 via cydia and installed it. Then I downloaded yellown0w 0.9.8 via cydia and installed then reboot my ipone and that’s all. Is working very well, I am amase. much thanks to the Dev team once again.

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