Got iPhone 4? Want to make FaceTime calls over 3G and not willing to wait for Steve Jobs and the networks to enable it? Jailbreak your iPhone 4 and there’s now an app for that. Read on to discover how to unlock iPhone 4 FaceTime 3G calling…

iPhone jailbreak fans have known about a clever little app called 3G Unrestrictor for yonks. Available from the App Store’s unruly unofficial cousin Cydia, it’s long been fooling iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS models into thinking they’re on Wi-Fi when they’re really burning through 3G. Now it’s been updated to add iOS 4 and iPad support.

That change is good news for iPhone 4 owners who want to try FaceTime over 3G. Though FaceTime calls are currently locked to Wi-Fi, if you jailbreak your iPhone 4 and grab 3G Unrestrictor, you’ll be able to hop onto 3G to make your video calls.

As well as fooling FaceTime, 3G Unrestrictor will also trick Skype into playing nice over 3G while thinking it’s still on Wi-Fi. iPhone Skype calls on 3G are free right now anyway but charges are set to arrive in 2011. 3G Unrestrictor alos works with a long list of other apps including YouTube, the iTunes Store and App Store to grab podcasts, apps and videos over 20MB.

Remember though, you jailbreak your iPhone 4 at your own risk and, as we revealed last week, FaceTime data usage is ginormous, so you could find yourself facing a hefty bill if you go mad with 3G FaceTime calling. 3G Unrestrictor will set you back $2.99 from Cydia.

Out now | $2.99 | 3G Unrestrictor (via iClarified)

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  • Patrick

    And how to jailbreak my iPhone 4? Im waiting for this since the Release of the iPhone 4.

  • The1

    LOL, only problem is you cant officialy jailbreak it yet!!

    • Stephen_scott_jr

      Spirit Jailbreak is now working

      • the1

        but its not released to public yet!

  • Thecooldoc

    iphone 3g and iphone 3gs running ios 4.0 is jailbreakable except for newer ones like the ones which started with 3.1.3 (3gs only) and iphone 4 is still not jailbreakable so facetime on 3g cannot be used as of the current date as reported so this article will only hold true when iphone 4 becomes jailbreakable

  • mic

    Hi all,

    Yep, you're right. It's iPhone 4 can be jailbroken but the Spirit Jailbreak won't be released until after Apple's next iOS 4 update. I got this a little confused but the good news is, when that happens FaceTime calls over 3G should be possible using the 3G Unrestrictor app. Apologies again for jumping the gun!

  • Moo

    Jeeze… that'll teach me to not read the comments. This sit is officially blocked from my router….

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