Tutorial: iPhone Unlock in 7 Easy Steps

iphone unlock downloadThe wait is over. For me that wait was painfully long as I bought an iPhone on launch day only to have to wait until just a few minutes ago to make my first phone call. I passed the time by following the exploits of the guys in #iphone.unlock on undernet who were brave enough to open their iPhone and apply George Hotz’s now infamous hardware hack. But the real juice was in unlocking your iPhone from AT&T without the need to open it. None of that would have happened without the hard work of many different people and groups inlcuding the iPhone Dev Team, the dozens of testers and code wizards in IRC (Daeken, geohot, zappaz, gray, guest184 etc), and of course the guys at iphonesimfree for discovering the buffer exploit that unlocked the phones to begin with. *Editor: This post was modified heavily to include a much more detailed iPhone unlocking tutorial. Read on!

So what’s done is done, and the iPhone is now truly unlocked and usable on any carrier, without having to open it. iUnlock was officially released by the iPhone Dev Team but it should be mentioned again that it was the work of well over a dozen dedicated people. Keep in mind that if you expect their to be updates to this stuff, you should make a donation to at least one of the groups I mentioned above.

Unlock the iPhone in OS X – 7 Easy Steps

I have all the files you need and a quick guide for performing the unlock on OS X below. A huge thanks to my Russian friend (guest184) in #iphone.unlock on undernet for putting the guts of this together before going to sleep. I just tested it and it worked fine for me on my iPhone here in Asia on Thai GSM and TRUE. I unlocked several more phones with others to verify the steps. If you need help post in the channel and I will do my best to assist, but I am no expert!

Before you Begin: Restore your iPhone to Apple factory settings and install the 1.0.2 update. This can be done by putting the iPhone into recovery mode. This is done by holding both the select and sleep buttons for 25 seconds while your iPhone is docked. Do this until it reboots and returns with a yellow sign reading: Connect to iTunes. Fire up iTunes. Choose Restore. To confirm your version, go to Settings > General > About > Version on the iPhone.

Warning: These tools are not perfect and while it is quite rare, it is always possbile to brick your iPhone when messing with the firmware, and file structure. Also be sure to set your Settings > General > Auto-Lock to Never. You’ve been warned.

Step 1 – Jailbreaking with iNdependence
You need to jailbreak your iPhone in order to write files to it. There is a lot written about this and it is pretty simple to do (1 click) but it often causes problems. A good tool for doing this is either iNdependence, or iFuntastic. iNdependence works best for me so that is what I will show here. The latest version of iFuntastic (v3.x) installed a lot of uneccesary stuff on my iPhone so I avoided it.

Jailbreak your iPhone

This tripped me up! iNdependence performed consistant jailbreaks for me but it asks for the iPhone firmware files. This is a 92mb download you can grab here. Now you need to rename this file .zip and then unzip it somewhere so you can point to it when iNdependence asks for it. As it’s running you should see this:

success

Step 2 – Activation
You need to activate the iPhone now. Again this is a 1 click solution from within iNdependence, and it will again ask for the iPhone firmware files from the last step. After some rebooting you should be activated and can now check out the iPhone interface etc. Easy so far!

Step 3 – SSH and Installer
Now we need some tools, specifially SSH installed on the iPhone. In order to do this you need to install installer.app from NullRiver. Others had success installing SSH right from iNdependence but sadly it wouldn’t happen for me.

Install AppTapp

Installer is readyInstaller really kicks ass and will open up a whole new world of iPhone apps you never knew existed. You will really be surprised at what is already available for free. Be sure to set up your wi-fi settings because Installer is so smart it just downloads stuff straight from the internet to your iPhone. Right now we are interested in installing the following in this order:

  • BSD Subsystem (v1.5 currently – adds some FreeBSD tools)
  • Community Sources (v2.5 – adds tons of community maintained homebrew apps, yay!)
  • Installer (v2.63 – Installs stuff!)
  • OpenSSH (v4.6x – allows us to SSH to the iPhone)
  • Alright if those apps installed okay you should be able to SSH to your iphone (user: root / password: dottie):

    ssh root@your.iphone.ip

    Change your password!

    Be sure and change the root password at some point – now is a perfect time:

    passwd root

    Step 4 – Copy the Needed Files
    Okay you can remove the SIM from your phone, we won’t need it until the end of the procedure. Now we need to copy some files from the zip I provided onto the iPhone and get hacking. You can simply do this step with any SFTP client like Transmit, whcih is what I did. Put the files from the zip onto your iphone into these locations, you will not need to create any folders:

    /usr/libexec/lockdownd
    /etc/termcap
    /bin/ice.fls
    /bin/nor
    /bin/iunlock
    /bin/bbupdater

    SFTP to the iPhone

    Step 5 – Hack the iPhone
    Login to iPhone via SSH and execute the following, everything should be cool but be sure to watch for errors. The NOR dump/patch will take about 20 minutes so grab some Corn Pops:

    chmod +x /bin/iunlock
    chmod +x /bin/bbupdater
    mkdir /usr/local
    mkdir /usr/local/etc
    /bin/launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.CommCenter.plist
    iunlock ice.fls nor
    bbupdater -v

    NOR Dumping

    Step 6 – tweak the Modem Settings
    Now we need to tweak the modem a bit. Again in SSH run:

    minicom -s

    It will yammer about no config file found which is just fine. Select serial port setup, and change /dev/modem to /dev/tty.baseband, save setup as dfl, exit.

    config the modem

    You now should have intialized the modem and are dumped to a command line within minicom 2.2. You are so close now it’s not even funny. Type:

    AT+CLCK=”PN”,0,”00000000″

    and then

    AT+CLCK=”PN”,2

    Both command shoud result in an OK response from minicom.

    Step 7 – Dance Around the Room
    Reboot the iPhone and slap your SIM card in now. You should now be basking in the warm glow of having a fully unlocked iPhone. If not don’t despair. These tools are not perfect and not everyone pulls off the unlock on their first attempt (me included). If you have a problem, a restore and restarting the procedure over again can very likely yield different results.

    If you have difficulty you may also want to check out GeeZuZz’s excellent unlocking resource, the Hackint0sh forums, or jump in Undernet on IRC, #iphone.unlock for a live chat.

    Comments

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    6. kuldeep on September 12th, 2007 6:40 am

      dear, i get the error below and i am stuck at point no. 5 H4xor the phone as the moment i try to type anything beyond 2 letters the coneection shows closed. please help

      rgds

      kuldeep-balis-computer:~ kuldeepbali$ ssh root@192.168.1.36
      root@192.168.1.36‘s password:
      Last login: Wed Sep 12 16:06:54 2007 from 192.168.1.34
      -sh-3.2# chc
      Connection to 192.168.1.36 closed.
      kuldeep-balis-computer:~ kuldeepbali$ ssh root@192.168.1.36
      root@192.168.1.36‘s password:
      Last login: Wed Sep 12 16:08:28 2007 from 192.168.1.34
      -sh-3.2# chm
      Connection to 192.168.1.36 closed.
      kuldeep-balis-computer:~ kuldeepbali$ od

    7. Miles Evans on September 12th, 2007 6:57 am

      @kuldeep: I had this exact same problem, and I saw others experience it as well. My suggestion is to restore the phone in iTunes and start again, but this time do not use iNdependence to add SSH but use Installer by Null River. I wish I knew more as to why this happens but that is what worked for me.

    8. kuldeep on September 12th, 2007 7:03 am

      u mean i will repeat the full process?/

    9. kuldeep on September 12th, 2007 7:06 am

      u mean i will repeat the full process? sorry i mean actually does installer automatically installs ssh?

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    11. Miles Evans on September 12th, 2007 7:14 am

      @kuldeep: Yes repeat the process. It took me about 3 tries. You can install SSH right on the iPhone from within Installer. See step 3.

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    13. kuldeep on September 12th, 2007 7:39 am

      hi miles now the problem is restore, the moment i go for restore in itunes it starts to download the software and in the end gives error as unknown error -48 unable to restore, after download completes, any help

      it is happening again and again

    14. gregor on September 12th, 2007 7:56 am

      hello,

      ich have problems with your step 5!
      wat is: /bin/launchctl unload
      i wrote /bin/launchctl and enter, result:

      # /bin/launchctl
      launchd% /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.CommCenter.plist
      launchctl: unknown subcommand “/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.CommCenter.plist”
      launchd% iunlock ice.fls nor
      launchctl: unknown subcommand “iunlock”
      launchd% bbupdater -v
      launchctl: unknown subcommand “bbupdater”
      launchd%

      please help my

      thanks

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    16. Miles Evans on September 12th, 2007 8:35 am

      @kuldeep: Hrrmm…unknown error. Possibly the files were corrupted but that doesn’t seem likely as I am sure they are checked. Anyways, try moving the Restore and Update firmware files out of ~User/Library/iTunes/iPhone Software Updates/ to somewhere else temporarily and then re-attempting the restore. Just a guess.

      @gregor: the full command to unload the CommCenter is:

      /bin/launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.CommCenter.plist

      Is that what you tried there? Also you have all the files in place in the exact positions right?

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    19. adrian on September 12th, 2007 9:55 am

      Hi, maybe the question is stupid but I am absolutely no expert with this. I already have activated my iphone (‘dvd jon method’) so I may skip steps 1 and 2 and may start with step 3/ installer.app? Thanks, adrian

    20. Miles Evans on September 12th, 2007 10:03 am

      @adrian: Nope. Backup your iPhone’s contacts in iTunes, and all of your photos in iPhoto. Then restore it to factory default like I describe. You *could* try for a jailbreak without restoring but I wouldn’t recommend it.

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      I thought i saw apple website release new firmware 1.1.1. Anybody have the details steps to upgrade the software to 1.02 in case anything mess up? Thanks

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    25. Sid on September 12th, 2007 6:06 pm

      I have trouble with this process:

      /bin/launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.CommCenter.plist

      When i hit enter after entering the above line, I get “No Such Process”

      Then when I tried to run this process:
      iunlock ice.fls nor

      The iunlock launched in terminal and then says “ice.fls: no such file or directory”

      Please help!

    26. Francisco on September 12th, 2007 6:50 pm

      I’m also having troubles with the line:

      /bin/launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.CommCenter.plist

      I get a “no such process”

      Any advice?

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    31. Terry on September 12th, 2007 11:00 pm

      I’m having the System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.CommCenter.plist ‘unknown process’ problem. Can anyone of the developers explain where these files should be. When I FUGU the plist is where is shoulc be. Perhaps these files were added in someother non-documented step or the launchctl command is not correct.

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      Thanks for your any developer assistance.

    32. kuldeep on September 13th, 2007 12:49 am

      thank u miles restore done successfully ur genius
      will update soon reg unlock also
      rgds

    33. Terry on September 13th, 2007 1:14 am

      Hello All:
      I solved my /System/Library/Launch etc. problems by using Erica’s unlock application. Got it off the modmyiphone site, loaded it as an app in the iPhone, taped it and voila, 20 minutes later my Rogers Canada phone sim is now phoning home. Yes, all you Canadian iPhone users, you can stick it to the man (Ted Rogers that is). I guess Rogers waited too long to cash in. Too bad!!!!

    34. kk22682 on September 13th, 2007 1:34 am

      Hi,
      I know this question will sound stupid. But i wont mind being stupid at the cost of getting my iPhone unlocked.
      I have a brand new iPhone. I need to how this procedure works for a new iPhone. How do you check the firmware version without activating your phone? Any pointers will be greatly appericiated.

    35. kuldeep on September 13th, 2007 6:39 am

      HI ANYBODY HELP PLEASE

      GETTING ERROR IN THE END

      AT+CLCK=”PN”,0,”00000000″
      ERROR
      WHAT MAY BE WRONG??????

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    37. Paradox on September 13th, 2007 7:48 am

      AT+CLCK=PN,0,00000000³
      error

      I am getting the same response

      Any Ideas?

    38. Miles Evans on September 13th, 2007 8:14 am

      As one of the posters above mentioned the iPhone Dev group has released a GUI style app that will perform these steps for you. They mention it here: http://iphone.fiveforty.net/wiki/index.php/Software_Unlock

      I believe they will have a final release for this very soon.

      From the people having errors, I have seen most of these.

      If the iPhone comes back saying the CommCenter is not loaded, try proceeding to the next step. Also be certain you’re using the proper case. I copied and pasted from this guide right to my terminal on another iPhone today and it worked fine.

      The modem errors seem to be happening with quite a few people, but unfortunately I can’t be of much help. My suggestions is to check out Erica’s GUI based unlocker or wait for the Dev team to release a final app. Check out the Hackint0sh forums for info on that.

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    41. Francisco on September 13th, 2007 9:27 am

      I was able to overide the “System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.CommCenter.plist Ëœunknown process” problem

      Apareantly had skiped one of the early steps

      I did a clean restore in iTunes and started from the begining

      Now I have a Tmobile iPhone

    42. Sanjeev Soni on September 13th, 2007 9:57 am

      I am installing the BSD subsustems file but keep getting error message “Error during install script execution” Please help

    43. Benedict on September 13th, 2007 11:08 am

      You guys are tripping. You can’t get service on your i-phone from any other carrier in US.
      T-Mob, Verizon, Sprint, Alltell and others can only activate phones they sell or have sold to you before. The SIMs are different, and the phones are prgrmed based on providers’ specs, and they would be exposing themselves in case at&t were to sue them. By the way, at&t data plans seem attractive at a fair price.(http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/iphone-faqs.jsp)

    44. Darcy on September 13th, 2007 11:37 am

      Thanks. This worked for me. I was a bit confused about where to find the IP address of the device but once I figured out that all i needed to do was go to Settings > WIFI > and then click on the “>” next to the network I was connected to, then the last pieces fell into place. Thanks for this, it made my day. My cancellation check to AT&T is in the mail.

    45. Darcy on September 13th, 2007 11:46 am

      BTW, @benedict, you aren’t quite right.

      SIMS are interchangeable once you unlock the phone. You can pull out your SIM from any device and, provide the device you put it into is unlocked, you SIM will work for telephone and SMSs.

      Verizon and SPRINT are not GSM operators, they are CDMA and don’t have SIMs. If you are on a GSM network, it’s likely your SIM will work. I have Vodaphone, Sonera (Finland) and TMO (USA) and they are all working after I did this mod. I don’t have Edge service, so the mobile data isn’t working, but the telephony, voicemail button, and SMS are working perfectly.

    46. Miles Evans on September 13th, 2007 1:23 pm

      Congrats to those of you succesfully unlocking and free’ing your iPhone. If you have trouble I really suggest you start over again from a restored phone, or wait for an official 1-click GUI based unlock from the Dev team or elsewhere.

      @Benedict: Pretty much everything you said is incorrect. Also if ATT had fair prices it still wouldn’t matter. This isn’t about fair prices. If you were travelling to Europe and roaming using ATT I bet you would see how using another carrier would be hella convenient. Not too mention the fact that until these hacks for the iPhone came out nobody outside of ATT customers in the US even had the priviledge to use the iPhone.

    47. Darcy on September 13th, 2007 3:38 pm

      @ Miles, got the EDGE working on my Finnish SIM by updating my EDGE settings using this site http://home2.btconnect.com/Taniwha/gprs.html. Verified that Sonera Edge settings work, even while on roaming in the US

    48. Miles Evans on September 13th, 2007 4:36 pm

      To the posters above having issues with the modem commands in minicomm (from the dev wiki):

      If you get ERROR after the first command : AT+CLCK=”PN”,0,”00000000″ ERROR AT+CLCK=”PN”,2 +CLCK: 1

      OK

      A. Exit minicom by pressing CTRL-a followed by q and select “Yes”, then run bbupdater -v again, then start minicom and try again.

      More troubleshooting and other info here: http://iphone.fiveforty.net/wiki/index.php/Software_Unlock

    49. Josh on September 14th, 2007 2:56 am

      Hi, guys, I’m getting the same problem in installing BSD subsystem, it always shows “error during install script execution”. What should I do? Anyone genius help me, please.

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    51. adrian on September 14th, 2007 7:51 am

      hi again, maybe i am too stupid, but where do i find the erica’s GUI, couldn’t get it on modmyiphone? thanx, adrian

    52. BamaBoy1914 on September 14th, 2007 4:03 pm

      I had the same problems that a ton of your responders had re: If you get ERROR after the first command : AT+CLCK=PN,0,00000000³ ERROR AT+CLCK=PN,2 +CLCK: 1

      OK

      A. Exit minicom by pressing CTRL-a followed by q and select “Yes, then run bbupdater -v again, then start minicom and try again.

      -I’ve done this about 30X’s now, I need help!!! I keep getting the error message, have you heard any of the latest news on this?!

    53. cl on September 14th, 2007 11:53 pm

      If you get ERROR after the AT+CLCK=PN,0,00000000³

      -ignore it; just go ahead and do the next line [AT+CLCK=PN,2 ]; should get the response:
      +CLCK: 0
      OK

      -then continue (basically done!)

      -something I read implies that this error happens because a counter has been exceeded (i.e. if you have attempted this many times) but it has no effect

    54. lmc on September 15th, 2007 2:29 pm

      Correct me if I’m wrong, so basically I can ask a friend to send me an new unactivated iPhone over from the states, and by following the 7 steps with a bits of luck, I can have my phone up and running with my choice of carrier. Thanks.

    55. ncezar on September 16th, 2007 11:43 am

      Hi guys! Is it possible to unlock my Iphone using a PC (Windows XP)? Is required on OS X ???

      Best Regards!

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    57. kk22682 on September 17th, 2007 3:59 pm

      Hi all,
      I am following a tutorial developed by Dev team. I am trying to unlock my iPhone using PC. When i upload lockdownd and restart my iPhone, iBrickr or itunes don’t recognize it. I am stuck and do not have any clues to resolve this issue. Please help me if someone has a resolution for this issue.

    58. kuldeep on September 18th, 2007 12:33 am

      hi miles, one problem a quite strange one, i successfully activate the iphone and it shows airtel (india) and even supports all sim cards, but after about 2 hours the signal goes off and shows no service, then again i had to repeat the process again same thing it lasts for 2 hours and then gives off. please suggest what may be wrong.

      rgds

    59. Guillermo vargas on September 18th, 2007 11:22 am

      Hello there, I am having trouble with the minicom command, at the end after I change the setting of the modem to baseband and then save it as a dfl I try to enter the command AT+CLCK=”PN”,0,”00000000″ I always get an error anyone that can help me, please!

    60. bob on September 19th, 2007 3:02 am
    61. ratik on September 20th, 2007 7:14 pm

      hi. i have successfully unlocked my iphone but am having problems running the edge on airtel network in india. i think i need the apn, username and password. p.s. edge is activated on my number in the sense the blackberry services are activated.
      any and all help will be highly appreciated. thank u
      ratik.aurora@gmail.com

    62. PPP on September 25th, 2007 6:44 am

      Darcy, How did you do this? Possible on Windows? I see the settings but how uploaded to Iphone?

      @ Miles, got the EDGE working on my Finnish SIM by updating my EDGE settings using this site http://home2.btconnect.com/Taniwha/gprs.html. Verified that Sonera Edge settings work, even while on roaming in the US

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      Hi,

      since the release of the 1.1.1 firmware from apple, how do I get a brand new iPhone and update it to the 1.02 firmware?

      Thanks

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    67. Kasimodo on October 4th, 2007 7:39 pm

      Hi I just received my iPhone and tried your tutorial.

      The AppTapp installer didn’t work as expected for me. I did force quit it after 15 mintues of activity (should have finished after 2-3)

      Unfortunately my iPhone is now extremely slow: it freezes about 1 minute after each click! :-(

      Worst of all, it is not recognized anymore by my computer when connected through USB (tried with iTunes & independance)

      I can only access it through ssh…

      Please Help :-(

    68. Radz on October 4th, 2007 11:29 pm

      hey i am now in Egypt and i have a friend coming from the US next week and i am not a computer geniuse and i want the iphone realy hard and can’t wait for it until it enter the Egyptian markets. Can anyone tell me if i should get it or no, and will this unlock process is easy and will make the iphone work normaly.

      also about the updates this will be a problem for us because apple updates are very useful, they renew old s/w and give us new options……

    69. Españolhablante on October 7th, 2007 6:47 pm

      Alguno de su equipo habla español? si es así, sabrá la importancia de contar con el acento y la letra ñ en el iPhone, podrían ayudarme?

      gracias

    70. Darcy on October 9th, 2007 7:04 pm

      @ PPP

      I just did another one (number 15). I used the Mac. I’m able to activate because I have an AT&T account I signed up for with my first Iphone purchase. I had to delete my current version of Itunes (7.4.x) and replace it with 7.3.x. I used ifuntastic to unlock the phone. This was an old phone, and had the 1.0 firmware on it. I had to redownload the 1.0.2 firmware, as iTunes kept trying to push 1.1 on me. On the whole, the process itself is a pain in the ass, and this was the last phone I do for my friends. I’m going to cancel the AT&T account, and my company’s going to cover the cost of the $175 fee, as the first 3 I unlocked were for them.

      I’ve never tried via Windows, so I don’t know if it’s possible. I’d strongly advise waiting until someone figures out how to crack the 1.1 release. Or buying a legal version in your country. I’ve unlocked 15 phones now but don’t actually use one myself anymore — I need to be able to use something other than crappy AT&T abroad where I spend two weeks of every month, so I’ve gone back to the slightly-more-outdated-but-more-robust-and-flexible cache of Nokia devices that I have. The Apple’s have a lot of “wow” especially in places like Russia and Singapore and South Africa but they haven’t proven to be useful to me, especially as I like to keep the software on my mac mostly up-to-date and I found Apple’s endless nagging (there’s new software which invalidates all your legitate rights. Would you like Apple to take away your options from your $500 phone?”) to be not worth it to be able to show of my shiny-party-trick of a mobile device.

      Good luck to you to find an old firmware device. Frankly I hope Apple get’s a black eye in the class action legal cases against them. This device is a shitty way to treat customers who love their products.

    71. kurt on October 20th, 2007 7:07 am

      any 1 interested to swap a sony vaio laptop really looked after,6 months old cost £850, for a apple iphone 8gb untouched and boxed email me if so at screen 18@hotmail.co.uk ps i live in england so only reply if you live there as well , thanx

    72. kurt on October 20th, 2007 7:09 am
    73. phiruz on October 25th, 2007 2:40 pm

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      ice.fls: No such file or directory

    74. Darcy on October 25th, 2007 3:26 pm

      @ phiruz

      You are in the wrong directory. CD to etc and re-execute the command. Then go make a sandwich, as it takes about 20 minutes to work its magic.

    75. romex on October 26th, 2007 9:55 am
    76. Natassia on November 4th, 2007 11:51 am

      I have no idea of how to do any of these things, my first question is do i have to download iNdependence on an iphone, windows computer, or mac computer?

      thanks

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    78. Hernan on December 4th, 2007 2:19 am

      Hi, guys. I have a problem with my iPhone. When I ran the anySIM (1.1) by mistake I live a AT&T SIM (because I can’t access to the emergency pad at this moment). It ran ok, I connected whit the iTunes successfully. But when I want to use my SIM (from other provider) the iTunes(any version) say that the phone is NOT ACTIVATED!! but I can make a calls and recive.
      Somebady can help me to activate the iphone!!??
      ASAP, plese…
      Thanks

    79. Ryan Egnatuk on December 8th, 2007 3:19 pm

      Hey, This may sound like a dumb ? but once i have unlocked the phone then what do i do. lol. I have the motorola Q right now with verizons service and was wondering how i get the verizon service off my Q and put onto the iphone i just unlocked? I was wondering if ill be able to keep my phone number? please help me man!! thanks for your time and by the way this was a very helpful website!!

    80. Darcy on December 8th, 2007 4:47 pm

      @ ryan. Because Verizon is CDMA, and the iPhone is GSM, you can’t move it over. The easiest thing to do would be to simply open a new account with AT&T and move your Verizon number over. If you still have a contract with Verizon, it’s likely there would be a penalty to close your account.

    81. Sanjeev on December 9th, 2007 1:08 am

      Hi Guys

      Could you share with me the unlock experience on the new (latest) iPhones With the latest update of firmware? Is it still possible to unlock? I have the older version phone and that is OK but would like to get another one for a friend, so this question

    82. Ryan Egnatuk on December 9th, 2007 3:51 pm

      so there is no way to make an iphone work with verizon?

    83. Darcy on December 9th, 2007 6:22 pm

      @ Ryan: No, Verizon is a CDMA network and the iPhone is designed to run on GSM networks. If Apple releases an iPhone in the future using CDMA technology it may be possible but that’s not realistic. Apple is focused on GSM because it gives the company much of the world, while CDMA is used in far fewer places (mostly USA, Canada, S. Korea, and some parts of China). GSM is pretty much everywhere except S. Korea.
      If you want to stay on Verizon, then you need something else than an iPhone.

    84. Santa on December 26th, 2007 1:37 am

      is it possible to unlock a native version 1.1.2 iPhone yet?

    85. mannyp on January 2nd, 2008 1:56 pm

      I have an unlocked 1.1.1 iPhone and I’m trying to download music and videos but my phone won’t even get recognized by my computer when I hook it up with the USB. I can’t even download anything on my safari it always says safari can’t download this file! What should I do to fix this?

    86. silvana on January 5th, 2008 10:37 pm

      HEY I JUST BOUGHT A IPHONE AND I NEED TO UNLOCK IT!I HAVE A T-MMOBILE SIM ND I WOULD APREAT IT IF U SHOWED ME STEP BY STEP ON HOW TO UNLCOK IT
      THANK YOU

    87. koolio on January 20th, 2008 1:03 am

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    89. Mike on February 4th, 2008 5:39 pm

      Does ne1 know how to get the iphone unlocked to use without a SIM card (with Verizon, or other CDMA services)??

    90. Mike on February 4th, 2008 5:46 pm

      I have seen someone on Youtube with an Iphone that has the Verizon logo at the top left (Youtube.com search: Verizon Wireless iphone unlocked), how is this done? It’s killing me, i need to know!!!

    91. Darcy on February 4th, 2008 7:37 pm

      @ Mike: Not technically possible as the guts of the iPhone are completely, 100% incompatible with any CDMA network. Move your telephone number to AT&T (by law you can do this and Verizon cannot stop you) and then sign for two years to buy the over-priced, nicely designed phone.

    92. danielgeek on February 6th, 2008 9:04 am

      Anybody purchased from this site before: http://www.sourcingman.com for their X-Sim? I am quite tempted to try

    93. Ken on February 9th, 2008 2:35 pm

      Hey guys! i don’t understand the following :

      AT+CLCK=PN,0,00000000³

      and then

      AT+CLCK=PN,2 .

      How do you do it?

    94. diane on February 12th, 2008 1:54 am

      hi! will this work on a 16 gig iphone? i have one from my uncle arriving this week. can anybody help me how i can unlock it?

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    97. James on February 24th, 2008 4:00 pm

      This site has a pretty good guide to soem of the best hack and download software apps for your iPhone. They also have a good discount link for unlimited iPhone downloads:
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    98. Marie on February 25th, 2008 12:23 am

      Hello i actually found an iphone and it requires a code to unlock it i guess to whoever the phone belong to had a passcode just wondering is there any way i could bypass this passcode and i would like to send it to a family member in dominican republic would it work over there??? Please i need help what should i do and how can i unlock this phone.. thank you…

    99. dekecui on March 3rd, 2008 3:07 am

      Marie,i don’t know more about the passcode,but i know maybe it makes sense here:
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      also,i recommend this link to you,get it unlocked with the sim card
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    100. Rola Salloum on March 3rd, 2008 5:05 am

      Dear Mr./Mrs.
      I had the installer on my iPhone but I want to remove it and install once again, so how can I uninstall it cause I can’t open it anymore. A problem happened with it and I can’t open the installer. Is there a way to uninstall it and install it again?
      Thank you so much

    101. SMJH UP78 on March 16th, 2008 7:31 pm

      I bought unlocked version iphone and by mistake one of my friend uptaded the software. I dont know exactly how to reunlock th iphone.
      Can anyone help me to restore my old data? Please let me know?
      Rgrds
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    102. lobo on March 16th, 2008 8:07 pm

      I found an iphone but is lock. it say something about a passcode.what do I do?

    103. Omar on March 17th, 2008 7:08 am

      hello,

      i’ve unlocked my phone but i can”t call with it!! please help me!!

    104. Modo on March 24th, 2008 3:55 pm

      You’ll find the latest dev and other iphone unlock releases for free on http://www.freeunlock.com

    105. Chad on April 2nd, 2008 8:32 am

      im in south africa getting a 16 gig iphone.. Hw do I nlock and jail break it on windows?

    106. Asdrubal on April 4th, 2008 5:52 am

      The best way to unlock iphone & ipod touch is with BritoBreak Unlock 1.1.1/1.1.4/ eventually 2.0
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    107. sohail on April 6th, 2008 1:25 pm

      Dear Frinds.

      I live in france and i bought my new iphone just 2 days back. as soon as i bought my iphone i connect to my laptop to upload some songs but unfortunately i dint not see they instructions before connecting to my laptop and i upload iTunes . Now my iphone is hang and i could not able to use any futures, when ever i connect to iTunes its show that sim card is not supporting to iTunes. i really dont no is my iphone is lock or any other technical problem. if anyone know about this plz plz plz plz plz help me to solve my problem.

      Thanks and Regards

      Sohail

    108. JAHANGEER on April 7th, 2008 2:29 pm

      My name is Syed Mohammad Jahangeer an Indian livin n workin Saudi Arabia (Dammam city), I have purchased unlock version of iphone but by mistake i have upgraded software firmware and after that it was lock then I tried itunesmobiledevice software and now I can lock/ulock any iphone anytime, better u try this, i am sure this will help all iphone user.
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    109. Peter on April 16th, 2008 8:17 am

      Hey Guys I have just bought a 16 gig Iphone from the states.

      I want to unlock and set it up for at least two types of sim cards, Ideally the SFR in France and Rogers in Canada, and maybe T mobile in the USA

      What shall safley I do, so it works for a few years?

    110. onlyiphones on April 18th, 2008 2:46 pm

      its easy enough to buy one online at ebay orsomething if you dont know how to do this. also I want to know if it voids the warranty?

    111. Shan Lay on April 29th, 2008 7:28 am

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      i am Shan Lay, Mandalay, Myanmar. i want to know how to unlock iphone. my iphone is now locked. i can’t use the touch screen. so i can’t press “slide to unlock ” button. so now my phone is can’t use.

      help me.

      thank you very much

      Shan Lay

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    113. ewancheeka on June 4th, 2008 5:18 am

      have a huge problem and no one seems to know the answer…

      I updated my firmware using iTunes from 1.1.2 to 1.1.4 in order to jailbroke and unlock it with ziphone. When I finished updating, iTunes stopped recognizing phone, so I couldn’t even use ziphone app. So, there I was with locked device!

      Then, I used ijailbreak, and jailbroke&unlocked it quite easy. So the phone is working like a charm, but still, both the iTunes and the Cyberduck are not recognizing it – in windows and in mac os x, all the same. When I plug phone, iTunes starts, so does the charging, but there is no device recognition. Plus, the old music data base is occupying phone memory (as I can see from Settings), but it is otherwise invisible inside of the iPod.

      I tried reseting all settings+hard reset+reinstalling iTunes but nothing helped.

      Is there any suggestion how can I solve this problem? I don’t have any important data on device, so every (format/reset/upgrade/downgrade) solution would be good.

      Thank you so much in advance!

    114. doutlaw on June 11th, 2008 11:17 am

      Will it work on Verizon system after unlocked?

    115. Maria on June 11th, 2008 11:58 am

      Hello I have a question.
      Will the iphone work if I want to unlock it and use it with Nextel/Sprint?
      Thank you.

    116. Darcy on June 11th, 2008 2:44 pm

      As noted previously in this tread (RTFC, folks), neither the old iPhone, nor the recently announced 3g Iphone will EVER work on ANY CDMA network including both Verizon and Sprint in the US, and Bell Mobility in Canada. The radio technology in those networks, called CDMA, is completely and totally incompatible with the radio technology in the iPhone, which is called GSM.

    117. ryo on July 5th, 2008 11:29 am

      if i used ziphone for unlock and my iphone got error now. how can i restone

    118. milan on July 14th, 2008 3:53 pm

      hey i used ziphone software and upgraded the version and it gives me error saying please restore to factory default or something, what should i do? please help soon.

    119. milan p on July 14th, 2008 3:54 pm

      hey i used ziphone software and upgraded the version and it gives me error saying please restore to factory default or something, what should i do? please help soon as possible.

    120. ziphone on July 15th, 2008 8:43 am

      there is one other way to unlock iphone in 5 minutes with Ziphone:
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    121. Tom Chen on July 25th, 2008 2:24 pm

      Hi guys,
      I have a problem go into the emails.
      It had worked nicely for months until yesterday the problem came from no where. When I press the MAIL button, the mail page either not shown or just flashs for 1/2 second then immediately goes back to the home manual page again.
      Anyone has any idea how to fix it?
      Thanks.
      I have OS 1.1.4(4A102), modem Firmware 04.04.05_G, unlocked.
      Tom

    122. Fiona on July 29th, 2008 1:49 pm

      is this system work for the new 3gb iphone also??/

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    124. mike445 on August 10th, 2008 4:08 pm

      Awesome! Do I need to upgrade my firmware so I can use the iPhone download service I found here http://www.alliphonewallpapers.com/iphone_downloads/ ?

      Thanks in advance.

      Mike

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    129. karolyn on September 6th, 2008 8:27 pm

      i have a unlock iphone i use it everything is fine but when i try to surf or anything on the net it says that i am not an edge subscriber and then edge ask for user name and password what should i do????thank you !!1

    130. Abdiel on September 9th, 2008 7:31 pm

      hello I have the iphone first generation the 2.0.2version. Mmm I live in the US and I wonder if I could use my iPhone with the verizon network I would appreciated a lot if can please contact me at my email music_necessity@yahoo.com. Thanks any other ideas are very welcome : )

    131. Rip Tokes on September 13th, 2008 12:20 pm

      Hello,

      I was interested in getting an iPhone after reading about this hack. Are you able to receive calls or do you initially have to sign up for AT&T service? Are you still able to travel to Europe and buy a SIM there and use it after applying the hack or do you have to reload the original iPhone firmware??

      I am ignorant on all this works so I could use some help, Thanks! You have to start somewhere, right?

      Thanks,
      Ripley

    132. 3G iPhone on September 22nd, 2008 2:28 pm

      I finally managed to unlock my 3G iphone, after testing many things! I thought id share becourse the devteam does not have a 3G unlock available yet. Hopefully soon! This is what worked for me: http://www.iphone-sim-unlock.com/3G.html ( check the video)

    133. goldy on September 26th, 2008 2:39 pm

      i am from india and i have iphone 2.1 3g i what to use other sim on it it will wrok for me or not

    134. wasi on September 28th, 2008 10:28 pm

      I got my iphone unlocked in the UK.. however, I tried connecting it to my itunes but got the following message “the sim card that is used in this phone does not seem to be supported”

      How will i be able to install applications or better yet.. how will I update my iphone with my music!

    135. unlock3giphone on September 29th, 2008 10:59 pm

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    136. stefano on October 1st, 2008 2:56 pm

      Hello. I want to unlock my Iphone. I found this site, http://www.iphoneunlockfast.com, do you know? works?

    137. vivo on October 7th, 2008 11:05 am

      Hello. I unlocked my iphone 3G with this website, http://www.iphoneunlockfast.com . Now i want to update my iphone 2G to iphone 3G version…is this possible?? ps: sorry for my English

    138. wajih on October 12th, 2008 1:32 pm

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    142. Letter from Santa on November 13th, 2008 12:48 am

      Awesome…thanks for the tutorial. Worked perfectly

    143. quinton on November 15th, 2008 2:57 pm

      my iphone don not want 2 open becouse i do not have the sim wat i got wwith the phone wat can i do

    144. mimi on November 23rd, 2008 2:23 pm

      hi! I have a problem I have a first generation iphone which I had successfully unlocked and today I upgraded the itunes and automatically restores it’s originals setting. Now i’m having trouble unlocking it again since I don’t have the original sim card from at&t it can not even restore it properly all the way.
      Does anyone know a way to guide me through this?
      thanks!

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    146. krissy on December 5th, 2008 3:11 am

      i jus got an iphon froma friend i need it 2 b unlocked. but its not comming up with a yellow thing saying connect to itunes and i dont kno wat to do. plzzzzzzzz help me!!!

    147. Sal on December 12th, 2008 9:00 pm

      come someone answer for me 1.. is this legal. and 2.. is it going to work the same way as it would if you got it for at&t ? will you be able to get all the apps nd stuff ?

    148. Solu on December 13th, 2008 3:39 am

      Hi,

      It’s me Solu. I’m in problem with my iphone.
      Problem is-
      After installing locks unauthorized country software my phone is locked and shut down but now I could not open my iphone (my current location is Bangladesh). After pressing power button it shows only apple logo and after connecting with PC iTunes could not find any phone is connected.

      Please help me to solve the problem

    149. Chad Beuoy on December 15th, 2008 2:53 am

      Will this enable the phone to run on Verizon?

    150. Mucow on January 3rd, 2009 1:18 pm

      Hi!

      Im planning to buy a new phone but little confused to buy a iPhone or a Windows based phone. I have heard many things about iPhone even I'm interested to buy iPhone but due to some features not available I'm bit confused.

      Please suggested if these features are available in iPhone 3G.

      1). SMS received can be forwarded to others.
      2). Bluetooth can be dedected with other handsets, laptops etc.
      3). Video recording.
      4). Any software can be loaded which can record all incoming and out coming calls without informing the other person on phone line.

      Will highly appreciate if someone can brief me about the above queries¦

      Thanks & regards,

      Mucow
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    151. Max on January 3rd, 2009 2:45 pm

      hey when i open independence it says “status: Disconected: waiting for iphone” but my iphone is plugged into my computer and it does register on itunes what do i do?

    152. Carlos Hernandez on January 13th, 2009 7:08 pm

      I have a 2G iPhone unlocked with version 2.1 on it. I tried to add the facebook app and it says This app is not compatible with this iPhone. Help!!

    153. lee on January 15th, 2009 10:17 pm

      i have an old 4gb iphone with no sim card and i am currently a verizon wireless customer…. what would be the steps that i would need to take to activate this iphone with verizon… i hope one of you guys are bad ass enough to help me out…. from what i see already in this forum there is a couple of you out there….. thanx for all the help..Peace!

    154. lee osborne on January 15th, 2009 10:24 pm

      i have verizon….. will it work for an iphone with no sim card… can someone help me out?

    155. hrag on January 21st, 2009 2:54 pm

      the program iNdependence_v1.4 doest read my iphone

    156. james on January 28th, 2009 6:18 am

      umm… why do we need to unlock an iphone??

    157. angel on January 29th, 2009 1:12 pm

      it is alright

    158. Nicks on February 2nd, 2009 12:12 am

      I checked in settings on my iphone, went to about and saw that in version it says 2.2.1. Does this mean I can’t go through with this procedure on my iphone? or I simply don’t have do the 1.0.2 update? I’m really worried that I could completely mess up my iphone if I do this wrong, can I really mess it up? Also does it matter much what country I’m in, just incase the phone company I bought it through could some how complicate this?

    159. FILIPE ANTONIO on February 9th, 2009 2:53 pm

      hI guys I need your help please. I bought an Iphone in NY to use it in Mozambique and they gave me a chip to unlock the sim card.
      I’ve been using the phone for months but it doesn’t sync with itunes and I already downloaded ituners8 but I still have the same problem.

    160. godson on February 19th, 2009 10:31 pm

      cant i get the software on windows vista

    161. Sylvester on February 26th, 2009 9:35 am

      Can some one help me the steps I take to unlock my iPhone to use?

    162. johnny on March 2nd, 2009 11:21 pm

      i wanna to learn unlock my iphone

    163. stephanie on March 10th, 2009 2:07 pm

      my the screen of my iphone broke, so i stopped using it for a while.i picked it up to start usin again but its not spoilt cos i can still charge it and make calls with it. however it only shows emergency calls only and thus i cannot access the menu, my contacts and anyother thin u can think of in the iphone.
      is this an unlockin problem or jus a normal thing?
      someone pls help me!

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    165. Deepak Tailor on March 20th, 2009 9:09 pm

      This doesn’t work from me. It just crashed my phone.

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    166. peter price on March 21st, 2009 1:42 am

      can someone tell me if I upgrade my unlocked, year old Iphone to version 2.0
      wil everything on it still be ok?
      Please email me if you can help.

      Peter

    167. name on March 26th, 2009 7:55 pm

      if i unlock and jailbreak my phone can i restore it back to normal?

    168. peter price on March 26th, 2009 8:34 pm

      I have an unlocked (by ziphone method) 16 Gb Iphone

      I can’t seem to get it to upgrade to OS 2.0 with Itunes. It fails to backup and then asks me to continue.
      Of course there is to much to lose to continue , so any Ideas?
      Is there a way around this?
      I would appreciate an email if anyone has any ideas.

      Thanks
      Peter

    169. Mark on March 27th, 2009 11:51 am

      This didnt work for me, I have tried all manner of ways to unlock my iPhone. I eventually unlocked it by visiting http://www.unlockiphone4free.blogspot.com/
      Witihn 10 minutes I had my iPHone unlocked!!! Easy

    170. filz on March 28th, 2009 7:45 am

      hey mark. i seems to not understand what the blogspot has to say about unlocking iPhone for free. what was it saying?

    171. mona on March 28th, 2009 1:39 pm

      plz help how to unlock sim in iphone

    172. william on April 1st, 2009 6:43 pm

      i used http://unlockcodes4free.blogspot.com this worked for me, got the right code and i now have an unlocked iPhone

    173. Douglas on April 5th, 2009 6:53 am

      None of these methods online worked for me. i unlocked my iPhone quickly and easily by going to http://www.unlockiphone4free.blogspot.com/
      After days of searching the net and trying to unlock my iPhone i was able to do it here myself. Thanks guys

    174. santiago on April 9th, 2009 3:11 pm

      I got a problem with my Iphone.. It was unlock but I put the updates an now my phone is locked, the only option the I got is, and emergency call!.. so im serching on enternet but is a lot of pleases to look and I don’t know wich one.. I don’t want to loose more money..

    175. jay cades on June 6th, 2009 4:01 pm

      i have an unlocked iphone, i just only want to know if its ok to download some applications like games, wallpapers, and etc.. if i will download it, do u think my iphone will not be blocked? please help me..im bored with other applications.thanks

    176. dnasmith on June 8th, 2009 12:22 pm

      hey em i may seem a bit simple here but i keep getting this message as soon as i open independence

      “warning

      the mobile device framework private functions are not initialized. you will not be able to jailbreak or sim unlock your phone reinstalling itunes will likely fix this problem.”

      now ive reinstalled itunes several times an still same thing . any ideas?

      it really sucks that my phone was unlocked and all but i restored the factory settings and now its re-locked and i have no idea how to do it!!!!!!!!

    177. virgil robinson on June 17th, 2009 12:26 am

      please help me fix my iphone-8GB

    178. darren on June 19th, 2009 2:17 pm

      PLEASE HELP

    179. Rob on June 24th, 2009 9:41 pm

      I have a blackberry storm w/ a sim card. Does that mean i can unlock the i phone to work on the verizon network??

    180. jg on June 27th, 2009 12:09 am

      what does it mean when it keeps saying the .plist is the wrong firmware?

      iphone 8GB

    181. martin on July 12th, 2009 7:04 am

      try going to http://how-to-unlock-your-iphone.blogspot.com/
      for the latest unlocks including 3GS

    182. Emmanuel on August 20th, 2009 1:28 am

      i updated my iphone with itunes and now it is locked.wat do i do?

    183. Antar Randhawa on August 23rd, 2009 9:57 am
    184. ndrey on September 13th, 2009 12:17 pm

      I use http://iphone-unlocksoft.com for my iphone 3G OS 3.0 unlock. Works perfect

    185. Mariam on September 18th, 2009 5:13 pm

      I have an iphone 3gs and used http://www.iphoneunlockingprogram.com and all went well. However I had to downgrade my firmware to 3.0.1

    186. Bobby on October 1st, 2009 2:31 pm

      The easiest software to unlock your iPhone is http://softunlock.com

      It works and it is free.

      *thumbs up*

    187. ahmed on October 11th, 2009 8:43 pm

      i hope it is useful

    188. Vinku on October 18th, 2009 6:23 am

      i got a new iphone. when i insert the sim in it only an USB pin to connect to a itune appears. also the IMEI number last digit seems to be zero. what should i do..??

    189. carlhenry joedouard on October 19th, 2009 5:26 pm

      now please

    190. carlhenry joedouard on October 19th, 2009 5:26 pm

      now

    191. Mike on October 25th, 2009 6:27 pm

      Will this work to unlock it for the verizon network and if not is it possible to due so and what will I need.

    192. MMDogTraining101 on October 31st, 2009 9:20 am

      Wow this is nifty. Will it work in UK?

      Henry

    193. Ndrey on November 4th, 2009 6:22 am

      Visit http://iphone-unlocksoft.com for lattest iPhone OS 3.1.2 jailbraek and unlock , download Blackra1n and enjoy easy unlocking.
      Blacksn0w is the unlock for the latest 05.11.07 baseband, and will also enable official tethering. blackra1n, a jailbreak for 3.1.2, has been updated to RC3, with hacktivation support, 15 second speed improvement, Tiger+PPC support, and installation of the latest blackra1n.app.

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    195. Specs on November 9th, 2009 4:51 am

      Does this still work ?
      I want to unlock my iPhone …. hope I don’t turn it into a very expensive brick :( .
      Bookmarked … still googlein’ for answers .

    196. corey on November 24th, 2009 4:06 pm

      look up blackra1n and use this website to unlock ur phone. i unlocked my iphone and use it with tmobile. its much cheaper service.

    197. corey on November 24th, 2009 4:09 pm

      blackra1n.com…..please give donation!!!

    198. Tjene Online on November 25th, 2009 8:11 am

      Well. It didn’t work for me

    199. Bathroom Remodel on November 29th, 2009 4:45 am

      ^ Me neither

    200. Tjene Penger on December 1st, 2009 11:08 am

      what does it mean when it keeps saying the .plist is the wrong firmware?

      iphone 16GB

    201. Cena on December 6th, 2009 9:42 pm

      nah mate.. it does not work for me… I ‘v tried it two times but faild.. I have 32GB 3GS..

    202. ugendar reddy on December 7th, 2009 7:15 am

      how should i unlock my new 8GB iphone ?
      whether any problem occurs when i unlock my iphone with these 7 easy steps?

    203. ugendar reddy on December 7th, 2009 7:18 am

      whether its better to unlock my iphone with these 7 steps or go to an apple store for unlocking.pls help me

    204. david on December 12th, 2009 7:47 am

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    205. valdemar martinez on December 13th, 2009 10:17 pm

      quiero ese programa

    206. gavin on December 16th, 2009 1:38 am

      im stuck at the part were you have to zip and unzip the firmware. i unzipped it now were do i save it so the iNdependence program wont have an error message telling me that my framework functions are not initalized?

    207. Best Electronic Cigarette Reviews on December 28th, 2009 1:33 am

      I am not able to copy the files, I don’t know what am missing here.

    208. tomas on January 2nd, 2010 5:03 am

      i cant unblock my old i phone
      help me pls

    209. tomas on January 2nd, 2010 5:05 am

      i cant unblock my old iphone//s//
      help me pls

    210. jon on January 4th, 2010 12:00 am

      i have a verizon phone with no SIM card… will this process still work with no SIM card, or the factory-shipped one in there?
      thanks mate

    211. jesse on January 6th, 2010 5:12 pm

      hey im despread tell me were can i download ziphone or pwange for free or waterver dat unlocks my iphone

    212. Ndrey on January 7th, 2010 12:17 am

      Jesse try http://iphone-unlocksoft.com/downloads.html you should find there something you are looking for

    213. khadim on January 12th, 2010 7:37 am

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      Please don’t pay to easyiphoneunlocker.us, they telling in there website for life time support and money back guarantee but they are not even replying to my emails after i paid by PayPal, please don;t use their paid services.

      Regards
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    214. jody sanders on January 24th, 2010 10:04 am

      http://www.iphoneunlockusa.com has everything you need, including telephone support!

    215. iPhone Repairs - Jim on February 6th, 2010 6:11 am

      That’s the an nice step by step jail breaking guide, you dont need to pay any $$.

    216. Rajendra on February 26th, 2010 11:54 am

      Can anyone suggest me the solution. i was updating the software for iphone. now its showing imei and iccid number and i can do emg calls only. can somebody help me plz

    217. traffic ultimatum on March 3rd, 2010 6:51 pm

      Great tutortial, thank you, this is what I was looking for.

    218. Traffic Ultimatum Review on March 4th, 2010 6:36 pm

      This is a really useful tutorial, though I found my device become very unstable after it so I restored it.

    219. Peter on March 12th, 2010 6:51 am

      That’s a really great tutorial. Can’t wait to try it out.

    220. Tweetomatic Profiteer on March 12th, 2010 8:12 am

      Really easy 7 steps tutorial!
      Thanks!

    221. Rahuman on March 12th, 2010 11:25 am

      How can I unlock the BootLoader v.6.02 and above plz.?

    222. Hank @ Traffic Ultimatum Review on March 15th, 2010 12:24 am

      I consider myself the least technical person on the face of this planet. Imagine how astonished I was that someone would actually think of getting me an iPhone.

      I was shocked, baffled, amazed and terrified. How can someone like me do it? Well, a friend led me to this website and helped me follow each one of the 7 steps.

      And guess what! I did it.

      Thank you ever so much!

    223. Sarah on March 17th, 2010 9:51 pm

      Been looking for a way to do this for a long time. Thanks for the comprehensive guide. Will try this out, when I get home!

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    225. traffic ultimatum on March 24th, 2010 7:00 pm

      That's a really great tutorial. Easy 7 steps tutorial.
      Can't wait to try it out. Thanks.

    226. CB Predator on March 26th, 2010 2:35 pm

      It really works, thank you!

    227. Affiliate Gameplan Tony on April 3rd, 2010 3:34 pm

      Thanks, But now I have problem phone won’t let me send pictures? everything else seems to be ok.

      Did I miss something?

      thanks

    228. collins on April 6th, 2010 1:16 pm

      They are all brand new unlocked FROM UNITED KINGDOM with the complete accessories in original factory sealed box 100% original and comes with 12 months international warranty .

      APPLE IPHONES:

      Apple iphone 3gs 32gb…….400usd
      Apple iphone 3g{16gb}—$300USD
      Apple iphone 3g{8gb}—-$250USD
      Apple Iphone 4GB……….. $200USD.

    229. Debt Advice UK on April 12th, 2010 6:49 pm

      The first time it didn’t worked, but then it was fine and I am really thankful to you.

    230. Ireland Tourism on April 12th, 2010 6:54 pm

      Do you have also the same procedure working in Windows?

    231. Tool Parts on April 13th, 2010 9:59 am

      Yes I also would like the same for Windows XP.

    232. POP Displays on April 13th, 2010 10:06 am

      Hi, if you want the Windows procedure just google it. Or you can ask in a forum like http://www.security-exchange.net/forumdisplay.php?f=85

    233. Forex Black Panther on April 14th, 2010 4:12 pm

      It wasn’t working at first but I tried again and I have to say it is great!

    234. sarasota real estate on April 25th, 2010 7:21 pm

      It worked, wonderful… the same phone, but it looks like a new one :)

    235. Walking Holidays Spain on April 26th, 2010 11:07 am

      Hello, where did you find this theme? It’s the second time I see it on a BE blog.

    236. move to canada on April 26th, 2010 11:15 am

      I would like to learn more about iphone app dev… I would like to build my app soon

    237. Table Woodworking Plans on May 15th, 2010 10:54 am

      Thanks a lot for your great help. I was really looking to Unlock my iPhone.

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    238. Satellite Direct on May 18th, 2010 10:14 pm

      i hope it is useful

    239. Cabinet Woodworking Plans on May 28th, 2010 1:26 pm

      Let me see if this works or not. Thanks

    240. fb siphon on June 20th, 2010 2:30 pm

      Thanks a lot really. I again find a great post on your site. You have got a very useful stuff. Really helpful for me to unlock my iPhone.

    241. Auto Traffic Avalanche on June 26th, 2010 5:03 am

      wow thanks man it works for me really.

    242. tingtong on July 2nd, 2010 4:27 am

      from where can we get a iphone 4g unlocking software free to download could any one say a site from where i can download it

    243. pitbull training on July 3rd, 2010 6:16 pm

      I have an unlocked 1.1.1 iPhone and I'm trying to download some videos but my phone won't be recognized by my computer when I hook it up with the USB.

      What should I do to fix this?

    244. vermar on July 6th, 2010 1:11 am

      hi, where and what website we could unlock or jailbreak my iphone 3GS for free downloading software? hope you could help me.. i thankful in advance.

    245. Lala on July 8th, 2010 6:40 pm

      HELPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!
      I have the first gen. iPhone and it has been unlocked twice before .
      I accidentally updated it the first time, and i let somebody fix it for me.
      the second time i was downloading themes from Cydia and my phone froze rebooting.
      I have no idea what to do because iTunes doesnt even recognize it , the screen is just blank but the Pineapple Logo shows up and thats it.
      PLEASE HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

    246. RICHMOND on August 5th, 2010 6:17 am

      I TRIED TO CONNECT MY PHONE BACK BUT I CANT PLEASE HELP ME.
      MY PHONE IS IN DISABLE MODE PLEASE HELP ME ENABLE IT.
      HOW CAN I GET BACK TO MY IPHONE WITHOUT BUYING ANYSOFTWARE.PLEASE HELP

    247. Leo on August 8th, 2010 4:12 pm

      Here’s a great tutorial on unlocking your iPhone and switching to T-Mobile:

      http://www.zulius.com/how-to/change-iphone-carrier-to-t-mobile/

    248. Traffic Siphon Review on August 23rd, 2010 6:22 am

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    249. shadi on September 6th, 2010 12:32 pm

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    250. lisa55 on December 26th, 2010 1:02 pm

      Hi Guys, here are very fast easy iPhone unlock and jailbreak .

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    251. berndk. on December 27th, 2010 12:53 pm

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    252. 77 on December 28th, 2010 12:41 pm

      http://www.anysim.net/ does realy work for 3gs :)
      thanks lisa

    253. shellsbells on December 31st, 2010 8:01 am

      http://www.anysim.net/ thanks for the link lisa realy nice:)

    254. harry on January 1st, 2011 8:40 am

      why i can,t download application in my i,phone??? im using i.phone applle3g..always one error determind to tracks.. i can,t understand this error plz help me

    255. SQD on January 6th, 2011 8:43 am

      So, one day my boyfriend surprised me with an iphone 3g unlocked and jailbroken. Original carrier: FIDO
      Currently living in France with an SFR sim, everything was going great until…
      I plugged into itunes to download a few songs, clicked ‘yes’, et voila: SIM no longer recognized. It seems that I upgraded my firmware to 4.2.1 (*&^%!) and deleted Cydia (&^%$)
      Making it go from bad to worse:
      Thinking that a downgrade would be the wise thing to do in order to unlock and jailbreak this lovely gift (As I read that there was no jailbreak for 4.2.1), I think I downgraded, but now have on my hands an iphone 3G stuck in emergency call mode. :-(
      1-How I know if the firmware downgrade to 4.0 was successful.
      2-How do I jailbreak and unlock this phone without a FIDO (Canada) sim card to get it operating and out of emergency call only mode?
      3-I think there is a baseband ‘thing’of 5.14.4
      4-Is it Pwnage, Blackrain, RedSn0w???

      Help me please, someone, who knows something, who can tell me exactly what I need to download into itunes, to upload, and so on, so I can play Angry Birds, message friends back home, and google at my whim… (I can’t even access the wifi)
      Please note that I am a complete techno weenie (clearly)

      Why did I click YES, but whhhhhhyyyyyy????
      Forever grateful…for any help whatsover.
      SQD

      Many thanks for any help.
      SQD

    256. Jonathnan on January 29th, 2011 7:45 pm

      I just found a pretty nice site for unlock / jailbreak/ iphone apps – http://www.appleunlockforum.com

    257. shellsbells on February 4th, 2011 11:52 am

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      http://www.anysim.net/

      Thank u Anysim Team for fast Support. :)

      Did everybody now when the update ios 4.3 for iphone4 comes?

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    259. PJ on April 5th, 2011 4:23 pm

      i havnt been able to find a way to unlock my iphone, i did a factory reset, and am stuck on the emergency calls screen. i dont have access to itunes so i need a FREE way to unlock my phone with out itunes. it seems odd that i’m having this much trouble with the iphone, i think i might go back to androids, iphones are a hassel and not worth the time.

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      I live in Los Angeles and use tmobile. I need to connect through wifi at my house as tmobile’s signal isn’t strong enough. I want to get a unlocked iphone3gs. Can I buy the phone and unlock it using tmobile or do i need to first have a att contract for a moment? I will still need to use the wifi in my house but will i get 3g elsewhere or only edge?

      One last question. Is it just as easy to buy phone and unlock as to buy a more expensive unlocked phone?

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    271. Jawid on September 7th, 2011 12:07 am

      I bought one iphone 4g 32Gbs white after two hours of work i restarted and was asking for restor i tried so many times to restore but giving error 9 finaly it restored, but when it restarted it is showing no service with and without sim and emergency call, also unknown IMEI and unknown ICCID.

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