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Dual Sim Unlock

Hi all,

looking to get an iPhone but would like to run dual sim has anybody had any experience of unlocking it and getting a sim that can cover two different carriers?

The link below shows an unlock with dual sim but would like to hear if anybody's already done this as i'd like to avoid having to manually swap the sims or carrying two phones.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Turbo-DUAL-SIM-for-iPHONE-100-FULL-UNLOCK-easy-to-do_W0QQitemZ270166298847QQihZ017QQcategoryZ43312QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Thanks in advance,

Coolbox.
 
Redneck1089 said:
With the release of the next firmware imminent, I have a question about the unlocking process:

I've downloaded the current firmware to my computer. After this new firmware is launched tomorrow, or whenever, will I still be able to upload the firmware I have downloaded to my computer to the iPhone so I can unlock it? I don't care about any of the new features...
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Just quoting myself to see if anyone has an answer... :confused::confused:
 
this may be dumb but do i have to unlock it if im going to use my current att sim and is there anyway to turn off edge
 
Redneck1089 said:
Just quoting myself to see if anyone has an answer... :confused::confused:
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Just don't update to the new firmware and you have no problems. And/or wait and then do it once the hacks are updated.

I don't think Apple is going to lose any sleep over unlocked IPhones. They will do a minimum block to demonstrate to ATT that they are doing something but that is it, IMO.

Adam
 
acrafton said:
Just don't update to the new firmware and you have no problems. And/or wait and then do it once the hacks are updated.

I don't think Apple is going to lose any sleep over unlocked IPhones. They will do a minimum block to demonstrate to ATT that they are doing something but that is it, IMO.

Adam
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The problem is I don't have the phone yet and won't until next week. I'd like to just use the current firmware instead of updating, but I don't know if that's possible... :confused::confused:
 
A Question for our American Iphone cousins....

Good Info For UK O2 CUSTOMERS WHO THINK THEY CAN USE A LOCKED USA IPHONE
Join Date: Feb 2006
Can an iPhone bought in the US be activated in the UK or Germany?
I'm thinking of buying an iPhone when I got to the States to visit my mom. If I buy one there, can I bring it back to London and activate it with O2 here?

I'm NOT talking about unlocking the sim. I'm asking if an iPhone bought anywhere in the world can be activated with any of Apple's cellular providers in their respective countries.

Today, 03:42 PM #2
Compile 'em all
macrumors 6502



Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: 127.0.0.1

Good question. But as long as the Euro iPhones are not out no one knows if they have the same firmware (same baseband?).

Today, 04:37 PM #3
wunderbaren
macrumors newbie

Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Of course it won't, yor IMEI number on the phone is locked to the carrier, the agreement between apple and the carrier is that the phone always stayed locked to the carrier.

Yesterday, 11:03 PM #2
oelph@blueyonde
macrumors newbie

Join Date: Jun 2007
Sorry this might be a dumb question, but if the IMEI matters, how do the unlocks work currently? The IMEI stays the same. Will O2 keep a list of IMEI numbers and restrict devices accordingly?

Yesterday, 11:39 PM #3
oelph@blueyonde
macrumors newbie

Join Date: Jun 2007
Wouldn't that mean the current unlock hacks are changing the IMEI numbers?

I think Apple will have a unified firmware, which means all iPhones will run the same baseband firmware too.

Yesterday, 11:55 PM #4
theliksta
macrumors newbie

Join Date: Sep 2007
So then,the question still stands...

If i buy an american iphone,put in my pay monthly uk sim card,without unlocking the phone,will it work?

Heres the scenario...

Buy USA Iphone tomorrow
Open it in UK.
Attach iphone to mac.
Update firmware to 1.1.1(when available)
Put UK o2 contacrt sim card in
Activate with Itunes
Hey Presto????????


If someone with a definitive answer to any of these steps could help out,id be grateful because some people are saying the IMEI in the American phone is unique to Apple/AT&T hook up,and that the UK model would have a different IMEI signifying the Apple/O2 deal.So would i have to unlock the phone for the features to work,or would i be able now to open the box,pop the sim card in and all is good,and if not,why not?

Im not a techy guy,although i have a basic knowledge,but nobody seems to have a definitive answer to the above scenraio,only a solution using the unlock solution,which i dont want to do because i dont want to risk the phone with a 1.1.1 update iminent.


Sorry to drone on,but can anyone give a definitive answer please.

Cheers

Today, 12:02 AM #5
oelph@blueyonde
macrumors newbie

Join Date: Jun 2007
I'd like to know too It seems the IMEI is the sticking point which needs clarifying.
 
I have got everything working besides of receiving incoming SMS...

Please someone help me..
i have already place the ICE03....eep and fls into my usr/bin folder, but i don't know how to run the "bbupdater"...


Please help.. thanks
 
Unlock Working in India

Hello All iPhone Unlock confirmed and working in India - Hutch and Aircel.
Any one in india with any questions .. feel free to PM .
 
if IMEI is unique to the device, surely if apple wanted to stop people taking the phone off contract to another carrier, they could check between them whether an IMEI number was not registered to at&t they can blacklist it from use.
they could have actually blacklisted all IMEI numbers until iTunes activates it on at&t.
Does anyone know how the IMEI numbers will affect anything going foward, as already asked, im using a US phone unlocked in UK. surely at&t know that my IMEI isnt in use with them, they could (whether it was legal for them to do so) blacklist it.

tbh i dont think apple really know how widespread the unlocking is...yet, hence stevies blank look on the UK announcement.

another thing to check is on the next firmware, when testing, Apple could be sneaky on this one and delay the fix for the unlocking i.e release new firmware, someone tests it on an unlocked phone, all is well and phone still unlocked, 2 weeks down the line when everyone has upgraded firmware, and boom :) the fix to lock the phone comes into play.
i think ill leave firmware updates until someone confirms what exactly they contain if thats at all possible.
 
VOICE MAIL WORKS in ROGER sim card unlocked iphone

I have unlocked 4 iphone so far using the iunlock GUI, the iphone are using both ROGER and FIDO sim card in Canada and I can confirm that the voice mail work in ROGER sim card iphone, my friend accidently hit the voice mail button on the iphone after I unlocked it for her and it takes straight into the ROGER voicemail and asked her to input her password and she could check her voice mail from there. I guess ROGER and AT&T must use the same number for the voicemail button...:)
 
help

does any of you have the steps to use the anysim GUI, the modmyiphone web page no longer have it, i have all the files, but i just got my iphone today, and the damn page wiki is no longer available, please help :(
if any of you have the sames steps in pdf format please post a link please :(
 
oh by the way, im using windows, ahhhh the damn modmyiphone wiki had pictures and everything, but not anymore, please if someone have the same wiki with pictures in pdf format please post a link please!!
 
a little help!

seh80 said:
I had total success this afternoon unlocking using the http://modmyiphone.com/wiki/index.php/How_to_software_unlock_iPhone_iUnlock method. Tested on Tmobile USA. Very happy! It was fast and no errors. I'm a total newbie at these sorts of things but this couldn't have gone better. :)
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sorry to bother, but do you still have the steps, im worried because i just got my iphone, but the page no longer have the wiki, i have all the files needed, i just need the steps, i just need some guidance lol, please:(
 
VFL said:
I have unlocked 4 iphone so far using the iunlock GUI, the iphone are using both ROGER and FIDO sim card in Canada and I can confirm that the voice mail work in ROGER sim card iphone, my friend accidently hit the voice mail button on the iphone after I unlocked it for her and it takes straight into the ROGER voicemail and asked her to input her password and she could check her voice mail from there. I guess ROGER and AT&T must use the same number for the voicemail button...:)
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Thats great. I'm really tempted to unlock an iPhone on my Rogers plan....
 
No WIFI Network, but Mac Book

Hi all,

I am just touring the US and bought an iPhon to unlock for my German Vodafone card.

I do not have a WLan here with me, but can I peer to peer connect to the iPhone with the MacBook to get the Step 4 of unlocking going?
 
Finally!!!

Oh god, i finally was able to unlock the damn thing, confirmed working with both t mobile sim and telcel (mexico) sim it is fantastic, after many headaches i finally succed:D
 
Unknown IMEI and Unknown ICCID -- Use hard reset (not the same as restore)

Oh-es-Ten said:
This morning I decided to try the hack one more time, but I can't even restore the phone at all - with a combination of 1011 errors from iTunes or the 'SIM Not Installed' message there too.

I believe it is a hardware issue (the phone can't ready any SIM card I put in). All other occurrences of 'Unknown IMEI and Unknown ICCID' issues I can find result in a replacement SIM or replacement iPhone.

Sad to give it back, but hopefully won't have these problems with a UK purchased iPhone (which at least I can get replaced quickly)... Sigh...
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We had this exact same issue (unknown sim, unknow imei) after trying to unlock. The iphone sat on the mantle for several days until we figured out the "hard reset" feature--it was so fubar'd that we couldn't run a restore because itunes wouldn't touch it. It was immensely frustrating because we'd been using it on our wi-fi network as a portable browser/email client/ipod/photo viewer and then we lost all functionality after running the anysim unlock.

Open itunes on your computer. Don't connect your phone to your computer, but do attach the dock to the bottom of the phone. Hold down the "Home" button for a few seconds. Keep holding it down while you plug in the USB to your computer. Keep holding it down until itunes sees it and starts the software reset. It will take over and walk you through it and when it's done, your phone will be in the same state it was when it came out of the box. Then you can start all over again!

FYI, even in the very screwed up no sim/imei state, you can still ssh into the iphone to recover your data. Be sure to ssh in as root@[iphoneipaddress].

Out of all the tutorials we read, the most helpful (imo) was http://iphone.unlock.no/new.htm but they neglected to mention that you'll have to reboot and then run jailbreak even after the unlocking tutorial before an invalid sim error will go away.

Good luck!
 
Confrmed working in Uganda

managed to unlock it for networks: MTN, UTL, CelTel
beautiful!
 
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