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Olethros · #2 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Jugurtha

I have a 3GS with 3.0.1 on AT&T network. I would like to use the latest firmware and I need to unlock for foreign travel. Here are my questions:

1. Should I use Pwnage Tool or Blacksn0w?

2. Do I still need to do anything with my iBEC and iBSS? (I haven't done anything with them yet.)

3. Can I do the tethering hack or will I be charged by AT&T?

4. If I unlock with either of these tools, is it reversible and undetectable if I need to bring it in for service?

I would recommend you try pwnagetool/ultrasn0w first. That way you have blackra1n/blacksn0w to fall back if you have problems. If you go blacksn0w first and you have problems, there is no way to downgrade baseband use ultrasn0w instead. Ultrasn0w has been out for months and is confirmed to work with many netorks worldwide. Do you have a mac?
There are no tools that can use iBEC and iBSS to downgrade yet. What was discovered later was that you need another 18 signatures to do a simple downgrade. This is implemented in Cydia as make my life easier and in the standalone tool Firmware Umbrella. Both save your ECID SHSH for a specific iPhone OS. As long as you have this ECID SHSH you can downgrade your iPhone back to that OS version again.
Yes you can hack tethering on. No crackdowns by AT&T yet but they will likely try once they offer it officially.
Jailbreak and unlock are reversible. Upgrading to 3.1.x and the new baseband is not reversible.