Activate old iPhone to sell?

[CocheseUGA]

I upgraded recently, and am trying to sell my old phone. The person I am selling it to would like it jailbroken and unlocked. I had it jailbroken, but I was dumb and clicked restore and now it wants to be activated again.

I'd like to activate, JB and unlock so I can sell it, but not at the risk of screwing up my 3G plan. I have a prepaid, unactivated SIM here from a cheapy phone here if that helps.

I searched, but everything I found for jailbreaking assumes that the phone is already activated.

Thanks.

BTW - I'm on Windows.

Nevermind (apparently). It didn't ask me to activate when I put the other SIM in, so I should be fine.

 

[j3yq]

Does he need a new sim card? otherwise I believe you can do everythign you need without a simcard installed. I jailbroken my first iphone without it being activated.

 

[sdhard00]

Me too

I have a similar question...my 2g iphone was jailbroken, and I used it with t-mobile for almost a year, but it started having issues. I restored it and then took it to the Apple Store. They gave me a new 2g, but it wants to be activated. I cant do anything with it without activating. Any thoughts...or suggestions?

I put an AT&T sim card in the new phone, and itunes sees it, but wants to force activation. Without a sim card, itunes will not recognize the phone, it just says a valid sim must be installed in the phone.

 

[Moi un Mouton]

I have a similar question...my 2g iphone was jailbroken, and I used it with t-mobile for almost a year, but it started having issues. I restored it and then took it to the Apple Store. They gave me a new 2g, but it wants to be activated. I cant do anything with it without activating. Any thoughts...or suggestions?

I put an AT&T sim card in the new phone, and itunes sees it, but wants to force activation. Without a sim card, itunes will not recognize the phone, it just says a valid sim must be installed in the phone.

Quickpwn will activate it for you

 

[sparkyms]

To the OP, if you just run pwnage tool it will activate, jailbreak and unlock for you. Quickpwn should do the same but I prefer to use Pwnage.

 

[sdhard00]

Quickpwn will activate it for you

Actually, Quickpwn give the message

"The firmware installed on your iPhone is not supported by Quickpwn" and refers me to the web site, where I can find nothing on how to get around it.

By the way, I have been trying it on my MacBook...if that really matters...I do not know.

 

[bytethese]

I upgraded recently, and am trying to sell my old phone. The person I am selling it to would like it jailbroken and unlocked. I had it jailbroken, but I was dumb and clicked restore and now it wants to be activated again.

Please, PLEASE. That was not dumb, that was VERY SMART. Never sell your phone without doing a secure wipe.