T-Mobile has announced that users of unlocked iPhones on their network will no longer be allowed to use prepaid Sidekick data plans. Questions sent to the official T-Mobile Twitter account about the issue say “You will no longer be able to use an IPhone [sic] with the Sidekick data plan” and “The Sidekick Data plan is meant for a Sidekick device. You may want to look into changing your Read the full story

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The iPhone Dev Team has posted a warning on their blog not to download the iTunes 8.2 update released yesterday if they want to maintain the ability to jailbreak or unlock their iPhone. As iPhone Alley reader back2thebeatof84 pointed out yesterday, the new version of iTunes breaks YellowSn0w, QuickPwn and the Pwnage Tool. They list four reasons why not to update. Read the full story

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For those of you who are wishing you hadn’t upgraded to 2.2.1, iPhone hackers pH, BigBoss and EvilPenguin have creted a new tool for downgrading your baseband from 02.30.03 back to 02.28.00, restoring it’s ability to be unlocked using yellowsn0w. The hack will work on any devices manufactured prior to September 2008 with the 5.8 bootloader, though iPhones with the 5.9 bootloader cannot be downgraded.

In case you’re not sure when yours was made, you can find out by checking the serial number on the back of the device. The third, fourth and fifth digits of teh serial number show the date. If they are 8 followed by a 36 or lower (xx836xxxxxx), you should be fine. Users with the 5.9 bootloader shouldn’t have any adverse effects from running the downgrade; it should just not work for you.

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In a post on their blog earlier today, the Dev Team announced that after having their hands on iPhone OS 3.0 beta v1 for just a few days, they were able to determine that the 3.0 software can still be jailbroken. They explained that the current exploit they use to jailbreak the devices is at the hardware level, which cannot be updated through a software update.

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Following the initial ruling in December, a French appeals court has ruled to uphold the ban on Apple’s deal with Orange to be the sole carrier of the iPhone in the country, officially unlocking all iPhones sold in France for use on any compatible French network. Following the verdict, the iPhone 3G was spotted for sale on other websites bundled with contracts from other carriers.

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We all know about Yellowsn0w.com, the website set up by the Dev Team for their iPhone 3G unlock, but a new website has popped up that is causing some confusion. On the official iPhone_dev twitter, they tweeted a URL to a new website, Redsn0w.com, causing us to suspect that they have more on the way.

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