Just a week after the release of iPhone OS 3.1.3, an Exploit has been found to unlock iPhone Baseband 05.12.01. The exploit is neither found by GeoHot nor the Dev-Team but sherif_hashim.
iPhone firmware 3.1.3 resulted in upgrading iPhone 3GS and 3G baseband to 05.12.01 which is not unlockable at the moment hence a lot of iPhone users loose their iPhone unlock by upgrading their firmware to OS 3.1.3.
Update: UltraSn0w 0.93 is Out Now! It can unlock all basebands for iPhone 3GS and 3G. (Check the Updates at the bottom)
Discovery of this new exploit to unlock iPhone Baseband 05.12.01 is, indeed, a good news for the iPhone unlockers. For those thinking of this exploit as a fake, the most respected Dev-Team member, MuscleNerd, has confirmed that it works. The exploit has not been revealed yet and sherif_hashim has tweeted that 5.12 unlock release is totally the dev team opinion.
The iPhone Dev Team will most likely wait for the release iPhone 4G, the next generation iPhone, before releasing iPhone Baseband 05.12.01 unlock because apple will surely patch it if the exploit is released earlier. All the iPhone jailbreakers and unlockers should be cautious of any firmware update from Apple until there are jailbreak and unlock tools available for the latest update.
Stay Tuned for more on this issue…
Update 1:
GeoHot has an Exploit to unlock iPhone Baseband 05.12.01
Update 2:
MuscleNerd confirms Baseband 05.12.01 unlock:
Unlock iPhone Baseband 05.12.01 [Coming Soon]
Update 3: Jailbreak iOS 4 with PwnageTool
Update 4: Jailbreak iPhone 3GS iOS 4 with PwnageTool
Update 5: Jailbreak iPhone 3G iOS 4 with PwnageTool
Update 6: UltraSn0w 0.93: Unlock iPhone 3GS, 3G (All Baseband)
Update 7: Unlock iPhone 3G iOS 4 with UltraSn0w 0.93
Update 8: Unlock iPhone Baseband 05.13.04 with UltraSn0w 0.93
Update 9: Unlock iPhone Baseband 05.12.01 with UltraSn0w
Update 10:
UltraSn0w 1.0-1 is OUT now.
How to: Unlock iPhone 4 iOs 4.0.1 with UltraSn0w 1.0-1 Baseband 01.59.00
Please release the unlock for base band 5.12.01, i am sure there are a lot of unfortunate guys like me who accidentally upgraded the base band and now have a black brick instead of a phone. Please please help…
Hello bro i’m in your same position with a black brick did you get any breakthrough? help me please
soo true! and they want to hold it ! wtf??
just release teh damn thing apple will patch exploids they always do and will!
I think hey r juz plying toys on us! Maybe they havent found any unlock yet! dats y they didnt release it yet… come on guys if u really have the unlock juz release it …. they are thousand of us waiting for the unlock….. Damn Stupid THUNDERSTORM… curse you!>>>>>> http://iphone-thunderst0rm.blogspot.com/ <<<<<<<
common mann…juss release that damm thing, thousand of us r juss waiting helpless…
for god sake plz release that exploit, u wll get millions n millions of blessing..
Dear all,
I accidentally updated my iPhone 3G Base band 04.26.08 to the latest software 3.1.3 and currently cannot be used.
Could anyone tell me how to jealbreak and unlock it?
Appreciated for your quick respond.
BR//Chamreun
Downgrade to OS 3.1.2
and jailbreak using RedSn0w.. unlocking baseband 05.12.01 isn’t possible ATM
Dear iPhoneHeat,
I’ve tried to downgrade to OS 3.1.2, but I got an error that “The iPhone could not restored. An unknown error occured(1604)”.
Please kindly advice how to fix it.
BR//Chamreun
use iReb to get rid of this error.. google for it
Hi iPhoneHeat,
Thank alot for your kind support. Now I can jailbreak my iphone and I will try to downgrand Baseband 5.12.01 to 4.26.08 and unlock it.
BR//Chamreun
you cant unlock it just like the rest of us but i managed to jailbreak my iphone 3gs by using spirit took like 3 seconds before you run it you have to right click on the installer and go to properties and then go to compatibility i believe and change it to windows 97 or so and then run the program and like i said it took like 3 seconds IT JAILBREAKS THE IPHONE NOT UNLOCKS IT THO!!!
Sir, Even with spirit i was unable to jailbreak because i am stuck in the plug to i tunes screen
Hi friends,
Please release the unlock solution for bb 05.12.01 as soon as possible… Thanks a lot for the people those who are working on it…
okay i have got a weird problem i dunno wt did i do wid ma iphone but my version is 3.1.2 but baseband is 5.12.01 ! n i can not downgrade or unlock it which sucks! i upgraded it to 3.1.3 first den realised ders no unlock available so i downgraded but my baseband didnt get downgraded! plz help me out ! thanks !
sorry dude.. u can’t downgrade baseband
not even with fuzzyband?
Please don’t release 05.12.01 until Apple shows us their next move.
pls release the unlock coz i know there are lots of people like me are upset and depress because we cant use our iphone on txtng and calling i cnt use my sim
Hi expert,
Please kindly release the unlock for Baseband 5.12.01 asap. I feel I’am holding a stone in my hand ATM…… Not like iPhone 🙁
dev.team plz release the unlock bb 5.12.01… I hv been waiting for months since feb and now it’s already near May….. so plzzzz 🙁
The Great geniuses in the world dev team Where in the world are you please release the unlock for 3gs 3.1.3 bb 05.12.01
All your fans are waiting for you to release the jailbreak help us mighty one!!!! Please!!!!!!!
Dear all,
Any possibility to downgrade Baseband 5.12.01 to 4.26.08 for iPhone bootloader version 06.02?
Please advice.
BR//Chamreun
Nope..
i accidently upgrade the latest version 3.1.3(7E18) with modem firmware 05.12.01 on my iphone 3gs from itunes. now my sim is not working, it says sim invalid…i cannot use anymore for calling and texting. how can i unlock my iphone ? is my iphone is useless or what? is there any solution for this? hope to get a positive response from your side. thanks.
Sorry.. there’s no unlock solution out yet for Baseband 05.12.01
” iPhoneHeat 14 February 2010 at 11:45 pm #
Sorry.. there’s no unlock solution out yet for Baseband 05.12.01″
Does this mean my 4 days old iphone ie., in same situation, is dead forever ? Shall I have a hope for a jailbreak and Unlock for 05.12.01 in coming time? if the solution comes up after 4g release, will these be helpful for my 3gs too? Please reply 🙁
We can’t say anything on this .. because it all depends on Dev-Team to come up with a solution..
it may be before 4G but most probably after 4G..
how long i have to wait for unlock my iphone. i found there were several websites (http://www.unlockcellphonecode.com/product_info.php/unlock-iphone-all-models) claiming to unlock iphone including baseband 05.12.01 for 3.1.3 version. are those websites are fake or what?
each web asking for money to unlock/jailbreak your iPhone is a FAKE…
Because all jailbreak and unlock tools are FREE..
and there’s NO 05.12.01 unlock
Hi IphoneHeat, first of all i wana thank you for all your support!
I have got an Iphone 3GS officially unlocked. Sadly I have upgraded to 3.1.3 and my baseband got updated.
Is it possible to downgrade to the previous baseband and jail break or is it possible to jailbreak straight up since my iphone is officially unlocked?
I am confused that’s all 🙂
Thanks.
Joseph – Kuwait
go to settings then general and about and have a look at your current baseband.
or doownload fuzzyband via cydia and that will tell you if you have a baseband that can be downgraded
Bell,
Why are you telling me to check my baseband 😡 I know what’s my base band its the one thats written in this subject! 5.12.01
my comment was clear to understand that my Iphone is’nt jailbroken, so once again, why are u asking me to run cydia ? lol
Thanks for the reply though, appreciate your help 🙂
Iphoneheat where are you! ;p
you can use spirit to jail break then phone and then run fuzzy band but dont waste your time with fuzzy band cuz it didnt work for me and i have the same baseband so you in the same boat as the rest of us.
Sorry there’s no way to downgrade 3GS baseband..
Why would you downgrade when your iPhone is officially unlocked??
@ jailbreak.. you can try Sn0wBreeze. Guide can be found under jailbreak iPhone category
So you are telling me I can still Jailbreak my phone using snow breeze, even if my baseband is 5.12.01 ?? that’s why I said I am confused D:
iPhone 3GS new (bootrom) and iPod Touch 3G +2G (MC model) can’t be jailbroken ATM rest of the devices are eligible using Sn0wbreeze/RedSn0w/PwnageTool
just to be clear IphoneHeat, by new bootroom ya mean baseband 05-12-01 ? correct ? see that’s why i was asking if its possible to downgrade in first place 🙂
Thanks.
BootRom is NOT the baseband.. do some research first
I have mentioned I was confused IphonHeat 😮
How can I check if my BootRom is new or not ? and if it wasn’t new and I have got 5.12.01 baseband could I jailbreak it ??
Thanks for the support.
man, i don’t know how hard it can be to find or make the proper tools to unlock an iphone but it aint cool to tell people that you found the tools to do so, but dont know if you want to release soon or after 4.0, in my opinion thats not cool u shoulda announce that right before the release date not just say u have it but u dont know if u want to release it is like “WTF”, but yes i do appreciate that at least there are people like you out there that can create this unlocks for us “the iphone freaks” so we can unlock our phones without paying, if i had a credit card id donate money but i do not have one, but in the future when i get one i will donate even for the past unlocks and jailbreak u guys have created for us i hope u guys release that unlock soon, peace out…
I’m desperate… I bought my iphone 3gs 3 weeks ago and at the same day I jailbreak it and upgrade it.
I am not familiar with apple. I am a windows kind of person so I didn’t know better. It’s not fair, there was no way for me to know.
I was willing to give money to unlock but after some research I read that these are scam sites so I didn’t.
Unfortunately I didn’t do any research before updating, but at the time I had no reason to.
I never expected that something like this could happen because I was clueless 🙁
I managed to roll back to 3.1.2 but as you know the baseband is still on 05.12.01
Please unlock 🙁
Sorry no unlock for latest baseband ATM.. wait for a solution to come up..
Hey guy, im using iphone 3gs 3.1.3 with baseband 5.12.01..
I just give a try today to unlock and jailbreak it and surprisingly it work.. i know we could only jailbreak it but not unlock it due to the baseband.. but i was surprise it work..
all i do is downfrade my firmware to 3.1.2 and use blackrain to jailbreak it.. maybe silently, blackrain release it due to sympathy.. 🙂
Unlocked???
Unlocked????????
This guy is full of it. He is not right about what he is saying
I agree. I’ve done it in canada was on 3.1.3 fw downgrades to a custom firmware 3.1.2 then runned blacksnow nd it worked i’m with fido prepaid gsm service now!
Were you jailbroken before hand? Because if that is the fact then you may have, without knowing it, backed up your SHSH files on Cydia which would allow you to downgrade back to 3.1.2 and the old baseband. That is the only way I can imagine that you were able to unlock your 3GS. If you never backed your files on Cydia than you can’t downgrade back to 3.1.2 on matter what you do. All you can do is jailbreak with Spirit and wait with the rest of us for the release of the 5.12 unlock. I also don’t think the DEV team or Gehot are full of it on this one either. They are just playing this smart. If they release the unlock now then Apple will simply upgrade the firmware for OS 4.0 and the 4G and we will be back to square one. A new OS and iPhone model that can’t be unlocked or jailbroken and they will have to go back and start all over again. These are the guys that have been working on this since the new 3.1.3 firmware and 5.12 baseband were released and it’s their “intellectual” property to do with as they please. If you want it unlocked so bad why don’t you learn how to hack and do it yourself instead of whining on message boards all day?
your trully sniffin something i tried downgrading to 3.1.2 and itunes wont let me and ive used snowbreeze and i believe redsn0w and neither did it so what did you do differently that the downgrade worked for you????
so is there any way to unlock it with the 06.02 bootloader version?? with 05.12 baseband
fucking itunes!
not yet
Hey guys, was helping my uncle to update his iphone 3G but didn’t know it came out such a mess. Have downgraded the version to 3.1.2 but the basebend is still 05.12.01.
My uncle has been pushing me to fix this out as he needs the phone!!!!
Please release the unlock tool soooooooooooon.
God bless
hi iphoneheat,
i have accidentally upgraded my iphone 3g to 3.1.3 version with 5.12.01 baseband with the latest boothloader. Please help me unlock it…pls help and inform by when will we get the solution…is there any hope !!!
We will post the solution as soon as it’s out..
okay i have got very a weird problem i dunno wt did i do wid ma iphone but my version is 3.1.2 but baseband is 5.12.01 ! n i can not downgrade or unlock it which sucks! i upgraded it to 3.1.3 first den realised ders no unlock available so i downgraded but my baseband didnt get downgraded! plz help me out ! thanks a ton!
Accidently upgraded to 3.1.3 with 5.12.01. No Signal from provider. Can I downgrade? If so how?
Can I downgrade firmware?
guys it’s really not cool to let people wait for ur mercy to release the unlock, i know ur choice is right to wait untill apple releases the new iphone 4G, but i also know that it’s not hard 4 u to release the unlock for the current OS and unlock the upcoming OS for the iphon 4G. I apreciat ur efforts and i know that u really work hard to help us so please help us to unlock our dead iphones, and as i said it won’t be hard for u guys to unlock the upcoming iphone 🙂
I will have to agree with amr gamal…
In my eyes you are like geniuses. In my experience with windows (I am a windows person, have no clue with apple/mac staff – but still!!!) I don’t believe that there is a software that cannot be cracked. Especially for you guy’s.
Even if you wait for iphone 4G… apple probably will create a new firmware anyway… There is no logic for delaying the unlock. (Maybe iphone 4G will come with a totally different OS anyway – from pictures that I saw) (or maybe is the same as comparing 3G with 3GS which some unlocks I understand, they don’t work for both.(I might be wrong about this)
But I have not choice to wait like everyone else… Right now I’m so desperate that I only wish that there will be an unlock because I HATE MY I-POD…. I WISH IT TO TRANSFORM AGAIN BACK TO AN I-PHONE since what I have now is like having just an iPod 🙁
………….. or maybe iphone 4G is allready CREATED and they are just waiting 2-3 months for the retailers to clear their shelf’s 😛
… ok this was stupid but possible 🙂 …I just need to share my thoughts 😛 That is how desperate I am… 😛
P.S.: clear their shelf’s I mean clear them from iPhone 3G and 3G(S)
I have a question. A serious and logical question this time. I saw a program in cydia that when you install it on your iphone with FW 3.1.2, it is able to fool your iPhone and make it think that you are on FW 3.1.3 and further more your itunes thinks also that you have FW 3.1.3 and tells you that your iPhone is updated to the lates FW……… Even if it’s really not.
Isn’t there a way to develop a program to make our iPhone 3GS think that it’s a 3G temporary with a similar program??? Because then we would be able to unlock… please answer…
3G or 3GS is not just a text key… but hardware is the issue..
so….when when we get the unlock?
hey guys, i heard we can pass a magnet over the iphone, it will whipe the harddisk… so we will be able to install 3.1.2 than unlock it,
any ideas about it????
thank u
is they have the exploit for the 5.12, why they don’t release it??? what is the deal, a lot of people will be benefit with this… I think that is selfish and not mature, help the people who need it release and unlock the world…
So you want them to release it right now for a bunch of careless users and Apple patches the exploit in its major firmware update?
Dev team isn’t gonna release anything unless Apple pushes a major firmware update so that everyone can enjoy latest firmware with an unlocked iPhone 🙂
at the end… they do not have nothing… this is a fake news… he already clarified it… there is nothing, so…no one is developing it…
well what ever the result i hope that the we are able to get the crack for 5.1.2 baseband….. locked my wife’s iphone .. so one can imagine my daily headache … hahahah
GEOHOT will do it again while the posers of devteam are doing nothing sitting on their butts, geohot, will JB it and UNLOCK!!! he is the one that need to be posting info, not those posers, beside if you post something that is not hat they want in their blog, they treat people rude and without education, the others and the “administrators” DEV TEAM= Fake so after GeoHot does it…they will do it, probably they copied what he does…
please release the software..or should i buy it from u..thanks
“Rumors are surfacing that the release of the new iPhone 4G could be delayed, and is being blamed by the onslaught of Androids and low expectations.”
Might as well release the unlock now since there is no point to waiting… otherwise we could be waiting a long ass time until were able to use our phones again =X
I am waiting for the 5.12.01 unlock, I can’t use my iPhone now because I upgraded the firmware 🙁
Badly needed the unlocking tool. yoroshiku onegaishimasu..
hey guys..will turbo sim work on iphone 3.1.3?
shiii…. iv been waiting for a crack to come out for a good month now… and with a useless iphone in my hand, the days feel like years…
Hi iphoneheat,
pls help us and get the solution released at the earliest. what do u mean by jailbreak ?? Can i jailbreak my iphone 3 G, basesband 05.12.01 , i dont know about the bootrom…pls help,,,,
yes you can jailbreak iPhone 3G 3.1.3 using RdSn0w.. checkout the iPhone jailbreak category
are they coming out with an unlcok for bb 05.12.01 firmwire 3.1.3 anytime soon?
not until the iPhone OS 4.0 is out (IMO)
hi bought a iphone 4 weeks a go 3gs 3.1.3 bb 05.12.01.
i got emergency call.i’m from surinam can’t use at&T here so i’m stuck with my death iphone.can annyone tell me if i can atleast see my desktop on my iphone and how to do it.email me ad [email protected].
many thxxx
ps sorry for my bad english.
i’m living in a dutch country.
wait for a jailbreak and unlock tool to come out for these updated specs 🙂
thxx for you’re comment.but i can’t wait hahahahah i’m eager to use my iphone 3gs.sad they wont release it very sad.
hello
cool down,u will hear good news soon inshallah…..
if they are going to release it when the new iphone4g comes out….then I might as well sell my 3g to somebody who is willing to wait that long as I’ll just move over to the 4g iphone…..I thank the people who came up with the jailbreaks/unlocks for sometime now….but by the time this baseband gets released ….they will have newer software and might even have the “NEW” iphone out by then. so 4g here I come quickly and my 3g jailbroken will just go on ebay
Keep ur eye on this blog this mite be only peopl moving quick on the problem suck geohot and dev team ain’t I doing much I trust them more but do it wit any team that work http://iphone-thunderst0rm.blogspot.com/ here u go
I m Also waiting for it,why there r not releasing it yet,
how long is it gonna take? its been more than 2 months 🙁 i miss my iphone *sniff sniff*
Hey guys its a fucking rumor that these guys found the exploit.itz a total fucking rumor they couldn’t make any exploit.if u realy want to unlock ur baseband 5.12.01 then contact with any mobile unlock expert n unlock ur iphone as i unlocked ma iphone.i am from bangladesh n therez a shop n they can unlock 5.12.01.yagagaga….
btw…..guys theres another shop in UK who can unlock bb 5.12.01.u also can contact wid them.
hav fun
I think Iphone 4g us releasing on 19th june,
we have to wait till iphone 4g released,
Just now found on google… another fraud???
Unlock your iPhone3.1.3
Unlock your iPhoneAll Versions
(baseband 05.12.01) for only €12.99
http://www.serviceok.net/english/
FRAUD!!!
we’re in the middle of may here iphone heat any new updates on when they will release the unlock solution?? i would be more than happy to donate toward the release i trully appreciate the smart minds of the iphone crackers that have managed to play this game with apple to try to stay one step ahead and finding backdoors for users to still jailbreak their iphones and touchs’…i wish i had those kind of computer smarts.
Everyone is waiting for the next iPhone to hit shelves
Hi, ive got a big problem ,i was traing to unlock my iphone 3gs 3.1. bb 5.12.01 witha a toll from this website http://www.serviceok.net/english/ and my iphone stuck on connect to ituns to activet the phone and its saying to tipe pin number for simcard or to put a simcard witwahout pin… before it was working with O2 and now a can do nothing with my phone… PLEASE HELP ME….
sylvia
u are the man musclenerd
u are the man musclenerd man congratsz
Hi,,,,has the unlock been released ???? pls let me know…if not by when ???
Hey Guys i have iphone 3g 3.1.2 bashband 05-12-01 and bootloader 05.09.
i successfully jailbreak it but i have no carrier or service from my sim(cannot make calls) but my wifi works perfectly fine.
is there any solution.
there will be in a few days
Plz do let me know, i mean post the solution.
Thanks
I still cannot see any solution for the iphone 3gs old bootroom, and baseband 5.12.01.
Is there any easier way to jailbreak the iphone 3gs than spirit?
And, if I use the Spirit to jailbreak my iphone, would I possible to unlock my iphone 3gs? And how?
Or I need to restore my iphone 3gs; then, put some different methods to jailbreak my iphone other than Spirit?
Your can jailbreak with spirit and then unlock with UltraSn0w.
Note: in order to jailbreak with Spirit you must have home screen access on your 3GS
So… can anyone help.. I’m stuck at ‘Connect to iTunes’ screen 3.1.3 05.12.01 baseband. Spirit jailbreak requires phone to be activated. Will RedSn0w 0.9.5 b5-3 jailbreak & hacktivate this version? Or should I upgrade to iOS 4.0 and try it then? Very afraid to update my baseband further in case nothing works again!!! Anyone know?
Omg don’t update to 4.0 I unlocked and jail broke my iphone no problem and works like a charm please contact me and I will walk you through it my email is [email protected]
pls notify me wen d unlock for iphone 3g 3.1.3 baseband 05.12.01 bootloader 6.08 is out….at [email protected]
bootloader 6.08 ??? there is such a bootloader?
i have 6.04 and I thought that was the highest… and I’m on 3Gs not on 3G like you.
http://www.iphoneheat.com/2010/08/how-to-unlock-iphone-4-with-ultrasn0w-baseband-01-59-00/
This is solution that gonna solve you guy problem.
Unlock iphone any baseband!