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iPad baseband on iphone 4

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glendalf81

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Apr 29, 2011
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hi guys i have a question about the iphone 4

i recently procured an iphone 3gs and iphone 4 in an online auction,
both locked to vodafone uk and both suffering the dreaded no service message,

i immediately began to suspect this was a fault with vodafone and not the handsets as i read many many many forums offering tips such as disabling 3g etc, you know the ones, anyway neither of those tips worked so i suspected that if i were to unlock and try a different carrier i could be in luck,
wrong both phones had an un-unlockable baseband,

not so much of a problem with the 3GS as redsn0w allowed me to install the ipad 6.15.00 baseband which i did and now the 3gs is working perfectly with a t-mobile sim inserted, achieving full signal most of the time, except my house but never get great signal in there anyway lol

so the question i have is it possible to install the 6.15.00 baseband in an iphone 4, 4.3.2 baseband 04.10.01in order to try another carrier sim

thanks in advance
glendalf81
 
hi thanks, unfortunately that requires an imei unlock which apple no longer provide to carriers, also if the imei was registered to a user that had the phone on contract im sure vodafone would pick up on it

edit: also iphones do not rely on an unlock code, the imei has to be sent to apple to be put on the white list i believe it is called
 
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glendalf81 said:
hi thanks, unfortunately that requires an imei unlock which apple no longer provide to carriers, also if the imei was registered to a user that had the phone on contract im sure vodafone would pick up on it

edit: also iphones do not rely on an unlock code, the imei has to be sent to apple to be put on the white list i believe it is called
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Apple are still providing IMEI unlocks to carriers - O2 and Vodafone both do it for free for phones that are locked to them on contract (and for a small fee for PAYG phones). O2 also require that you prove your account with them, but I don't think Vodafone do which is why I suggested you try the official route. The worst that can happen is they refuse to do it, and the best is that you'll have an officially unlocked phone with no messing up of the baseband.
 
If you're getting no service, and you've tried the tips... I'd be starting to think they may have been IMEI blacklisted. It's not the only answer, but it's certainly a possibility.

But in answer to your question, no. You can't put the iPad baseband on the iPhone 4.

As Phil A said, the carriers are still permitted to unlock the phones via Apple.
 
I've heard using the iPad BB on your iPhone can brick it. So I guess it's a risk you take.
 
hi guys thanks, guess i will just have to wait till someone figures out how to unlock 04.10.01, give that a go,

worth a try with vodafone i suppose

cheers guys
 
since the ipad 2 has the same baseband chip as the iphone 4, maybe it will someday be possible to use the ipad 2 baseband firmware?
 
im using the iphone 4 baseband 01.59.00. i dont know how i did it but i stayed all night and somehow i got it working...
 
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