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16GB 1.1.3 OOB Using O2 Non-iPhone Sim - Advice Needed!
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I think everyone would like to know whether it works. I know I have an o2 contract sim sat in my current phone waiting to be put in an iPhone... at some point...
benjones,cbw87: Good luck indeed, and post back all results! Theres no harm in trying! (I hope.)
benjones,cbw87: Good luck indeed, and post back all results! Theres no harm in trying! (I hope.)
Well, I've done everything I need to, I'm just waiting for my housemate to get up so I can borrow her o2 simplicity sim and find out whether it works. The moment of truth is nigh! I'll post here as soon as I find out.
It didn't spit out my Vodafone sim when I put it in, it just doesn't get any coverage. I wasn't expecting it to work since I know there's no unlock in those steps, but shouldn't it have told me that I've got a non-o2 sim in? Hmm.
Updated: on the second restart, it seemed basically to be in the state as it was when I got it from the box; connect to iTunes to activate. Trying everything again, sigh.
It didn't spit out my Vodafone sim when I put it in, it just doesn't get any coverage. I wasn't expecting it to work since I know there's no unlock in those steps, but shouldn't it have told me that I've got a non-o2 sim in? Hmm.
Updated: on the second restart, it seemed basically to be in the state as it was when I got it from the box; connect to iTunes to activate. Trying everything again, sigh.
Yep and yep. In the middle of the steps again though, hopefully will have something for you soon.
Argh. It's just done precisely the same thing again. At step 31:
"Restart your iPhone by holding down the top Sleep/Wake button and sliding the red slider. When the phone restarts, you should have a 1.1.3 iPhone that is jailbroken and with your cellular service working."
I follow this instruction and I do indeed have a 1.1.3 jailbroken phone when it restarts. However if I then turn off the phone again, it simply reverts to telling me to connect to iTunes to activate, with the emergency call bar on screen. I'm going to have a look through the definitive thread about this, I think it must be something I'm doing wrong as it wouldn't seem to be the sort of thing I'd expect to be different about a 1.1.3 OTB phone compared to others following this process.
Actually, perhaps it has something to do with the presence of my o2 non-activated sim in the phone? Hrmph.
Let me know how yours goes; I don't think you're going to break your phone through this method so it's worth a try.
Cheers,
Ben
Argh. It's just done precisely the same thing again. At step 31:
"Restart your iPhone by holding down the top Sleep/Wake button and sliding the red slider. When the phone restarts, you should have a 1.1.3 iPhone that is jailbroken and with your cellular service working."
I follow this instruction and I do indeed have a 1.1.3 jailbroken phone when it restarts. However if I then turn off the phone again, it simply reverts to telling me to connect to iTunes to activate, with the emergency call bar on screen. I'm going to have a look through the definitive thread about this, I think it must be something I'm doing wrong as it wouldn't seem to be the sort of thing I'd expect to be different about a 1.1.3 OTB phone compared to others following this process.
Actually, perhaps it has something to do with the presence of my o2 non-activated sim in the phone? Hrmph.
Let me know how yours goes; I don't think you're going to break your phone through this method so it's worth a try.
Cheers,
Ben
I have another link here this person has listed a few hints, specifying what problems they came up against when jailbreaking their 16gb iPhone. They also mention slightly further down that it has phone capabilities. I am assuming they're using the official sim though.
cbw87: Try using your official sim. I think that's why your getting the error.
Sadly I have just read (11th post by dakko) that a non-official same network carrier sim will not work yet.
cbw87: Try using your official sim. I think that's why your getting the error.
Sadly I have just read (11th post by dakko) that a non-official same network carrier sim will not work yet.
The impression I get is that what I'm experiencing is normal behaviour; I'd need to re-activate my iPhone in iTunes following the second restart and obviously I can't because I don't intend to subscribe to an iPhone tariff. I'm just going to experiment to see if before I turn it off for the second time it will let me use other o2 sims, although this isn't really a useful solution.
There are two situations where the 1.1.3 jailbreak is working for people:
1. They have a legit AT&T/o2 sim and hence can activate again after the jailbreak
2. They have unlocked before on bootloader 3.9, in which case the unlock is preserved and re-activation isn't necessary.
1.1.3 OTB iPhones come with bootloader 4.6, so this isn't possible.
Looks like we're going to have to wait for something else to come out; unless you have a legit activated o2 iPhone you'll be out of luck I would say. Aaargh.
The most recent post, from today, on George Hotz's blog seems encouraging, though.
There are two situations where the 1.1.3 jailbreak is working for people:
1. They have a legit AT&T/o2 sim and hence can activate again after the jailbreak
2. They have unlocked before on bootloader 3.9, in which case the unlock is preserved and re-activation isn't necessary.
1.1.3 OTB iPhones come with bootloader 4.6, so this isn't possible.
Looks like we're going to have to wait for something else to come out; unless you have a legit activated o2 iPhone you'll be out of luck I would say. Aaargh.
The most recent post, from today, on George Hotz's blog seems encouraging, though.
I'm just going to experiment to see if before I turn it off for the second time it will let me use other o2 sims, although this isn't really a useful solution.
Any luck with that Ben? If not I don't think I'm even going to try for the moment - until a fix comes out. Interesting post on George's blog though.
http://www.modmyifone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28261
Interesting thread. Looks like what we need is a new 1.1.3 hacked version of the lockdownd file?
Interesting thread. Looks like what we need is a new 1.1.3 hacked version of the lockdownd file?
I may have a try tonight, when my housemate gets back (she won't leave her sim for me to play with) but I think it's unlikely (and it's basically a poor solution anyway, being unable to turn off the phone). And I've got an essay to do.
Yes, that's what we need as far as I can see, a 1.1.3 hacked lockdownd, or for 1.1.4 (SDK release?) with a new baseband to come out so that we can do the hardware downgrade unlock.
Update: interesting post on Modmyifone:
Ben
PS: I've got one of those XSIM 6 things from eBay on the way, that are claimed to unlock the OTB 1.1.3. We shall see.
Yes, that's what we need as far as I can see, a 1.1.3 hacked lockdownd, or for 1.1.4 (SDK release?) with a new baseband to come out so that we can do the hardware downgrade unlock.
Update: interesting post on Modmyifone:
For anyone that's interested, I had brief chat with someone on the irc channel last night, they said pretty much what I was expecting. That come the end of feb and the SDK, a true jailbreak will likely be released (seeing as this is more of a psuedo-jailbreak/custom firmware) and for that a patched lockdownd will work for us non iphone contract O2/ATT customers.
Ben
PS: I've got one of those XSIM 6 things from eBay on the way, that are claimed to unlock the OTB 1.1.3. We shall see.
Sounds like X-SIM v6 doesn't work on Modem Firmware 04.03.13_G though.
This is odd as well:
http://www.citronid.com/ProductShow.asp?id=1768
X-SIM v7? Says it can do OOTB 1.1.2 and 1.1.3. No mention of v7 on the official X-SIM website though:
http://www.xsim.tv/
Although it does state 'NEW 6.0 XSIM Unlock iPhone bootloader SIM OTB v. 1.1.3' which is contrary to what people are saying on the forums.
This is odd as well:
http://www.citronid.com/ProductShow.asp?id=1768
X-SIM v7? Says it can do OOTB 1.1.2 and 1.1.3. No mention of v7 on the official X-SIM website though:
http://www.xsim.tv/
Although it does state 'NEW 6.0 XSIM Unlock iPhone bootloader SIM OTB v. 1.1.3' which is contrary to what people are saying on the forums.
Yeah, never heard of the XSIM 7, the xsim.tv one is the one I got, but from eBay.
They claim it works; nobody has left feedback on a v6 XSIM yet (they seem fairly new), but their unlocks have worked in the past (all negative feedback has been about long delivery times).
They say 'ALL NORTH AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN IPHONES', and offer your money back if it doesn't work, apparently. We shall see.
They certainly didn't mention anything about the modem firmware; I did have a minor concern about that but just decided to take the plunge as I want to get this bloody thing unlocked ASAP.
Where have you heard that v6 didn't work?
They claim it works; nobody has left feedback on a v6 XSIM yet (they seem fairly new), but their unlocks have worked in the past (all negative feedback has been about long delivery times).
They say 'ALL NORTH AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN IPHONES', and offer your money back if it doesn't work, apparently. We shall see.
They certainly didn't mention anything about the modem firmware; I did have a minor concern about that but just decided to take the plunge as I want to get this bloody thing unlocked ASAP.
Where have you heard that v6 didn't work?
This thread says it does work:
http://www.modmyifone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30133
I think I misread the other thread - they are waiting to test a v6.
I can't see how these are going to work though - without a proper jailbreak solution?
http://www.modmyifone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30133
I think I misread the other thread - they are waiting to test a v6.
I can't see how these are going to work though - without a proper jailbreak solution?
I'm wondering about this last reboot. If that does work it would be quite easy to keep the phone on for a couple of weeks until a proper fix comes out. What exactly happens before that last reboot - is the phone fully functional except for making calls etc?
I have an O2 Simplicity sim here so do you think i should try it?
I have an O2 Simplicity sim here so do you think i should try it?
You guys might be interested in this new thread where someone has tried to use a AT&T payg SIM activation with OOTB 1.1.3, and it's not working:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/429537/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/429537/
Thanks. I'm pretty sure it won't work, yeah.
However, there's a whole load of stuff happening at the moment to do with Zibri getting kicked out of the dev team. Apparently a 4.6 bootloader software downgrade has existed, unreleased, for a month. See here:
http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?t=28245
As well as GeoHot's blog:
http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/
Zibri's blog:
http://zibree.blogspot.com/
and the reunited (except for Zibri) devteam site:
http://code.google.com/p/iphoneelite/
Also, the name "Gray" is floating around a lot; apparently he is responsible for the unlock, as well as anySim for 1.1.3.
It'll be interesting to see how this plays out, but I reckon the result will be the soonest hope for 16GB or other 1.1.3 OTB owners, along with those who have accidentally upgraded their baseband and bootloader, or whatever.
Ben
However, there's a whole load of stuff happening at the moment to do with Zibri getting kicked out of the dev team. Apparently a 4.6 bootloader software downgrade has existed, unreleased, for a month. See here:
http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?t=28245
As well as GeoHot's blog:
http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/
Zibri's blog:
http://zibree.blogspot.com/
and the reunited (except for Zibri) devteam site:
http://code.google.com/p/iphoneelite/
Also, the name "Gray" is floating around a lot; apparently he is responsible for the unlock, as well as anySim for 1.1.3.
It'll be interesting to see how this plays out, but I reckon the result will be the soonest hope for 16GB or other 1.1.3 OTB owners, along with those who have accidentally upgraded their baseband and bootloader, or whatever.
Ben
Ok went through the whole process and all went well. At no point did my O2 sim get a network connection though. After lockdownd replacement and first reboot phone is now in restore mode. iNdependence doesn't support 1.1.3 so is there any way of getting it out of restore mode? Probably pointless I know.
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