unlocking the 3G

[JD]

Going to the Apple store now, so hoping there can be some comments when I return.

Very simply, is this link OK to follow to unlock the 3G?

http://www.iphonehacks.com/2009/01/unlock-3g-guide.html

I will be J/b ing the phone, then following that guide (thanks Christopher!).

Cheers for all help!

Jamie

 

[Krispwee]

That guide is for the old version.

A new iphone will have v3.0.1 or v3.0.0 on it

http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=4301 - Follow that link for Windows to Jailbreak the phone

then to unlock

http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=4253 - Follow that link.

Its very easy to do and easily fixable if you c**k things up. Just read through the details of how to do it first and then again before your start

Also if your using it on T-Mobile don't worry about turning 3G off before starting as it says on the guide (T-Mob USA thing)

 

[Justin]

U getting the 3GS? or 3G?

I've just bought the 3GS today and currently trying unlock it.

 

[JD]

Hmmm, j/b easy, job done.

Tried the unlock and it is tell me that the sim is not recognised and only allows me to do emergency calls . . . Works with the O2 card though!

Any suggestions?

 

[Justin]

Take it you unlocked with Cydia?

 

[Racingblue182]

Clearly hasnt worked properly, restore and do the whole thing again I would say.

 

[JD]

Really? OK, just done the unlock thing again.

Justin, this is a 3G chap, no s unlocked using Cydia after using Gopher's jailbreaking guide.

Not wanting to speak too soon but this appears to have worked second time around . . .

 

[JD]

FFS, no it hasn't.

 

[Justin]

Almost 10k posts!

 

[Justin]

Has it jailbroken ok?

Did you put the source in right?

 

[JD]

Wohhoo, to the 10,000.

Jailbreaking was fine and easy, all done. Unlock just didn't work

Yeah put the link in OK, now taking forever to restore!

 

[Justin]

Not yet!

 

[JD]

Ha,

Small victories are the best. I have done it!!!

 

[matt|H]

Unlock was the easier part lol just add a resource to cydia and install it, restart job done.

 

[JD]

Weird that it didn't do it first time around. The only thing I changed was not opting to upgrade the updates on Cydia until after unlocking. That time around, it worked :S

Ah well, all is running well!

 

[john.med]

Thanks to krispwee for the links, worked for me and I'm a total newb

 

[JD]

Third time lucky and I'm running fine. Bizarre!

 

[Luke.]

does this change the serial number of the phone?

 

[matt|H]

does this change the serial number of the phone?

Nope.

 

[Luke.]

how is it possible??? a mate of mine has bought a phone someone found which has a network lock on it!!

 

[Revels]

Then it's fucked. Proper fucked.

I'll have it for a paper weight/

 

[Rob Clark]

i doubt it is as its very illegal and naughty

 

[Luke.]

is there no way of doing it?! ill let him know! ipod touch tbh!

 

[Rob Clark]

it may be possible but i doubt it is easy or in the public domain as the consequences of getting caught doing it are high for changing imei and usually prevented on as many levels possible in hardware by the mnufacturer

 

[Tom]

iBought a 3g on here that was the same, it is possible to do it.

But im not telling you how.

 

[Luke.]

thanks your about as helpful as a third eyebrow!!

 

[Tom]

No problem, id rather not go to prison.

 

[Rob Clark]

so youve either bought a nicked phone that u seem unwilling to take back / report or u nicked it yourself and now want to bypass the imei blacklisting to make it operate again..... I think i'll side with Tom on this, and monobrows are where its at !

 

[Luke.]

it was a mate of mine who got it! i was told it was possible by others and just wanted to check! either way he got a cheap itouch!