Unlock iOS 5.0 on iPhone 3GS/iPhone 4 Using Ultrasn0w 1.2.4

There is a good news for the iPhone users who rely on carrier unlock. Ultrasn0w, which is used to unlock iPhone to run unofficial Sim card, is updated to version 1.2.4 which supports iOS 5 final version. This great news came from the official twitter account of @ultrasn0w:

“ultrasn0w 1.2.4 released for iOS5 compatibility (no new baseband support). Please read http://is.gd/NX6KhZ carefully!”

Please note that Ultrasn0w 1.2.4 does not support newer basebands. The supported basebands are 01.59.00 for iPhone 4 and 04.26.08, 05.11.07,  05.12.01, 05.13.04, 06.15.00 for iPhone 3GS. So if you are on iPhone 4 or 3GS with these supported basebands, you can jailbreak iOS 5 and then unlock it using the current version of ultrasn0w. To check your device’ baseband, navigate to Settings >> General >> About >> Modem Firmware.

Ofcourse you will need to have jailbroken iPhone 4/3GS to do the unlock. If you are not jailbroken yet, follow the guide posted here.

Once you have jailbroken iOS 5 on iPhone 4 or iPhone 3GS, run Cydia. Now Tap on the Manage tab then tap on Sources then tap on Edit and add repo http://repo666.ultrasn0w.com/ as shown below:

Now search Cydia for ultrasn0w. Once you find it, tap on it and then tap install.

Wait for ultrasn0w to do its task, once it does, you will have unlocked iPhone 4, 3GS on iOS 5.0

Important: Read the official words from iPhone Dev-team about Ultrasn0w 1.2.4 below:

We’ve updated ultrasn0w to be compatible with iOS5, which came out a few days ago. While ultrasn0w 1.2.4 (available now in Cydia) doesn’t add support for any new basebands, the update is required for any ultrasn0w unlockers trying out iOS5 (it remains backwards compatible though, so you should be able to use it no matter what firmware you have).

The supported basebands for the iPhone 3G and 3GS are 04.26.08, 05.11.07, 05.12.01, 05.13.04, and 06.15.00. The baseband supported for the iPhone4 is 01.59.00.
Remember, the only way to get to iOS5 while preserving your ultrasn0w-compatible baseband is by using a custom IPSW. redsn0w now has the ability to create such a custom IPSW for you (at least on Macs…the same capability for Windows will be coming soon). 

The majority of people who use ultrasn0w at iOS5 right now will probably be those with old-bootrom iPhone3GS devices, since they already have an untethered jailbreak via redsn0w. For everyone else, the iOS5 jailbreak is currently tethered and you need to “Just boot” tethered with redsn0w every time your phone reboots. That’s not always easy to do if your phone reboots while away from home! 

Note: there’s a special “trick” that iPhone3GS owners with baseband 06.15 need for iOS5. During the new setup screens you see when you start iOS5 for the first time, you’ll be asked about Location Services. Be sure to select “Disable Location Services” when asked! Later on in the setup, you’ll have the chance to turn on Location Services again when asked if you want to use “Find my iPhone”. It’s fine to turn it back on at that point, if that’s your desire (or you can always go in and enable it in Settings.app). 

Also, some iPhone3GS users with the 06.15 baseband may have tried to install iOS5 using a stock IPSW (even though you should never ever try to use a stock IPSW if you’re an ultrasn0w unlocker). If you did try this, your baseband is probably in an inconsistent state, and you’ll need to reflash the 06.15 baseband again (using redsn0w). Be very careful if you use redsn0w to reflash the iPad baseband — don’t interrupt the process! And please avoid using stock IPSWs in the future 🙂 Unlockers should never go near stock IPSWs. 

If you need to use redsn0w for any of the above tasks, please make sure it’s version 0.9.9b4 or higher, which is available here.
Enjoy!

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