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New to IPhone, not completely sure if this will work:

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ndkid11

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Okay so I bought my IPhone last night from craigslist. It's 1G and has firmware "04.05.04_G".. I think that is 2.1? Anyways I bought it off of Craigslist because I do have AT&T, but I don't want the contract extension and to pay for the data plan. I read a little about unlocking the iphone, alot on this site some on others, but I just can't find a straight answer. So if I unlock the phone then I can just put my at&t sim in it and it works?

I'm really confused, help would be appreciated. If it does work like I just stated, I could use some help unlocking it too. If not, oh well it makes a nice iTouch.
 
You don't need to "Unlock" it to use AT&T on it, but you *DO* have to jailbreak it so you can activate it on a non-iPhone plan. Just use PwnageTool and click on Activate but, don't click on Unlock. It's easy as pie. Good luck man!
 
Okay, then do I just put my sim card into the iphone or what? And what version of Pwnage Tool do I use?
 
You will probably also want to block all EDGE coming from your phone in case you accidentally get charged.
 
Okay, so I got the updating to the 2.2 finished. I installed Quickpwn 2.2 and it said it failed to initialize and just has me terminate the application. I should be able to figure this out, but once I jailbreak the IPhone all I have to do is put in my sim card and it will work as a phone?
 
What are you guys talking about...

Just call AT&T and block all data, you don't need to jailbreak.
 
What do you mean by block all data? I know it would make sure I wouldn't have to pay a data plan, but what would it leave me out with?
 
ndkid11 said:
What do you mean by block all data? I know it would make sure I wouldn't have to pay a data plan, but what would it leave me out with?
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With no data plan, that leaves you with no internet, or being able to do anything that requires internet. However you can still connect to Wi-Fi and get all those functions back.

You should still have texting, just have a texting plan.
 
That didn't work. I called and canceled my data, but when I put my sim card in, it made me go through itunes and activate it and it said I had to pay the damn data plan. Someone help!
 
TheSpaz said:
You don't need to "Unlock" it to use AT&T on it, but you *DO* have to jailbreak it so you can activate it on a non-iPhone plan. Just use PwnageTool and click on Activate but, don't click on Unlock. It's easy as pie. Good luck man!
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I would have gone with Spaz on this one...:)

ndkid11 said:
That didn't work. I called and canceled my data, but when I put my sim card in, it made me go through itunes and activate it and it said I had to pay the damn data plan. Someone help!
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You just got jammed...(you'll be on the phone with AT&T for about an hour):(
 
ndkid11 said:
That didn't work. I called and canceled my data, but when I put my sim card in, it made me go through itunes and activate it and it said I had to pay the damn data plan. Someone help!
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I don't think you go through iTunes to activate it, activate it though PwnageTool.
 
Okay and does anyone know why quickpwn 2.2 for windows fails to initialize?
 
Okay, I used quickpwn to jailbreak my iphone and it went well. Now, how do I activate this thing!
 
Okay, well now I can't even sync anything. I just get an error saying the required disc cannot be found. And when I put my sim card in, I only get one bar of service. Somebody help me..... :confused:
 
TheSpaz said:
You don't need to "Unlock" it to use AT&T on it, but you *DO* have to jailbreak it so you can activate it on a non-iPhone plan. Just use PwnageTool and click on Activate but, don't click on Unlock. It's easy as pie. Good luck man!
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I used quickpwn, and it never gave me a chance to click on activate. There was an unlock button that I didn't click, but there was no activate.
 
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