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How to Unlock your iPhone 3G
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Download Quickpwn. This is the application you'll use to jailbreak your phone prior to unlocking.
Connect your iPhone to your PC all USB-style and fire up Quickpwn. The program is as self-explanatory as a jailbreaking application could be. Select your phone. Select your phone's firmware (which should appear naturally, as you did the update through iTunes. If not, download it here). Install Cydia or Installer (we prefer the former). Follow the directions. Enjoy a hot cup of tea while you wait.
If you opted to install Cydia, fire up the application on your newly jailbroken iPhone and add the following application repository: http:/
If you went for Installer, add this repository: http:/
If you have no idea how to add a repository, fiddle around in each application's settings and options menus. It'll be there, trust us.
Use either Cydia or Installer to install yellowsn0w. Once the server finally lets you do so (it's getting hammered right now), run the application. Then turn off your iPhone. Grab a paper-clip and follow these instructions to pop out your SIM card. Slap in the SIM card from the new carrier you want to use. Turn on your iPhone. If the carrier doesn't pop up after a bit of a wait, repeat the process to remove the SIM and try doing it again.
Switching to T-Mobile? Turn off 3G on your iPhone settings (under Networking) before switching SIM cards.
Turn off any PINs on your SIM card before making the switch.
Make sure you're using the latest version of yellowsn0w. It should update in the Cydia/Installer menus automatically, but you can always make sure that the available version matches the newly released version by hitting up the official Dev Team blog.
We'll be monitoring the 3G unlock all day, and we'll let you know if we come across anything else! And you can always leave comments about the success/destruction of your iPhone 3G below.
