14 DAY TRIAL // The famous iPhone hackers known as the iPhone Dev Team have updated their blog with a new message for iPhone owners. Apparently, updating to the latest OS version (iPhone OS 3.1) will destroy the redsn0w unlock, as it updates the baseband firmware. However, the team suggests, users should be able to create custom 3.1 IPSWs using PwnageTool some time soon.
“This week Apple will be all over the news with their announcements at Wednesday’s ‘Let’s Rock’ event,” reads the post on the Dev Team’s blog. “But with so many new owners of the iPhone 3GS, and with so many new owners of the iPhone 3G (perhaps sold to them by these new 3GS owners)…now is a good time to send out this general advisory,” says the team of hackers.
“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),” warns the iPhone Dev Team. “But don’t worry…our PwnageTool program lets you update your main firmware without touching your baseband firmware, so you can still have the best of both worlds,” the team adds. “But you must be diligent about saying ‘no’ to your iTunes request this week to update your firmware.”
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