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O2 Simplicity - No need to unlock any more

dickovski said:
You can get free wifi in Norwich City Centre though http://www.norfolkopenlink.co.uk - but your right about Edge. I live just out of the city centre and can't get it. Travel out to the sticks though and I can!:rolleyes:
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Yes Openlink is great, I thought it had been shut down at the end of june but it's still up and running the last time I checked.

It was the same with Vodafone and EDGE, got it (on a different phone) out in the sticks, but not in the centre.
 
I am using an unlocked UK iphone on Vodafone.

If i update to 2.0, then borrow a friends O2 SIM to activate - will this work? And will it remain unlocked after the software update?

Thanks
 
ok i reset full restored/deleated the old iphone then at the activate i had my g/f sim for her contract o2 phone.. it worked i just regestered with that sim and it works for contract o2 sims tay... joy
 
I am on o2 with a simplicity tariff.

I have an American bought Zibri Hacked iPhone on 1.4.4.

I used Zibri's app to put it in DFU mode and restored in iTunes 7.6.2.
( at this point the phone did not accept my Sim - not activating ) - bad times!
I then upgraded to iTunes 7.7
I then upgraded to 2.0 from a 2.0 firmware image I downloaded from Apple directly
( why? because we wanted to see 2.0 at work on the day it came out, but it was not active, so I tracked it down directly on the Apple site and downloaded it direct from there - before it became an option in iTunes ).

Result >> the sim card is rejected and I get a rude message in iTunes saying that I cannot use this sim in this iPhone - double bad times...

At any point I was confident that I could use Ziphone to go back to 1.1.4 at the least.

The first post may be incorrect / misinformation or something else - be careful. If I fix it, I will let you know on here.
 
gingrrr said:
I am on o2 with a simplicity tariff.

I have an American bought Zibri Hacked iPhone on 1.4.4.
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I think we've established this method won't work with US bought phones only UK ones. You should be able to use pwnage to get it back to a working 1.1.4 state though.
 
My phone is now back to 1.1.4...
only now I have no phone functionality.

( my iphone has been bricked before, but this looks like there is no way back )

BAD TIMES
 
AlecEdworthy said:
I am on a O2 Simplicity contract (i.e. the post-pay, 30 day notice deal) and my SIM card works find in my 1st generation iPhone upgraded to firmware 2.0 without any hacking - just upgraded to iTunes 7.7 (tried to do it with 7.6.2 but it put my phone into restore mode and then refused to work), installed the firmware, activated it through iTunes and voila! One working iPhone. Of course, some of the small print of the Agreement should have said "I will move onto an iPhone contract if I am not on one already and this action will be automatic and non-reversible"... Who read EULAs anyway ;)

Alec
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Oh rite theres me being a dafty again lol

i so it works on other contracts tay.. no sure about data price though???? lol
 
Just to update the story - after lots of faffing I have now restored my phone to 1.1.4 unlocked etc, but I had to download a hacked version of Ziphone to erase the baseband properly, and it had to be restored a few times.

Seems like the US phone has something different in it that 02 does not like ( probably the IMEI number is not registered on the o2 database or something )

Anyways ( as i suspected ) it seems you can get your phone working from almost any state of brickedness as long as you are patient and can use google.
 
gingrrr said:
Just to update the story - after lots of faffing I have now restored my phone to 1.1.4 unlocked etc, but I had to download a hacked version of Ziphone to erase the baseband properly, and it had to be restored a few times.

Seems like the US phone has something different in it that 02 does not like ( probably the IMEI number is not registered on the o2 database or something )

Anyways ( as i suspected ) it seems you can get your phone working from almost any state of brickedness as long as you are patient and can use google.
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Brilliant,

So, if we change the IMEI on an U.S. bought iPhone, it should be able to work on o2? Is this legal?
I got a 2G iPhone from o2, currently running o2 simplicity on 2.0 formware, and a 2G iPhone from at&t running 1.1.4 (unlocked) on o2 simplicity.
Wonder if i could just use the same IMEI on both, or something like that...

I do not need a jailbreak (for the installer apps), i only need 2.0 firmware. I think this goes for most people on 2G iPhones...

Btw, jailbreak for the 3G iPhones seems much more important - as it could enable it to provide free internett over wifi/bluetooth to a notebook.
 
Oh God - I'm never happy am i...

I don't really like 2.0

it does things a bit different - and the battery life is awful!

Am I stuck with it? or can I revert back to an unlocked 1.1.4 state and if so - what would the best route be for going back?

Any thoughts?
 
I think having Push turned on is what is draining the battery for me, it hardly lasts a day. Turning it off seems loads better. It don't really like it anyway, too distracting getting email every few minutes:rolleyes:

I might go back to 1.1.4 but will give 2.0 a bit more of a trial first and probably wait for an update to see if it addresses any of the issues.

I think the best bet to downgrade will be to wait for the new Pwnage tool to come out, then you can run whatever version of the software you wish.;)
 
Yeah - you are probably right.

Actually - I had the push facilities turned off already, but when I went to look through the 2.0 options lists I found one in general called 'location services' - I turned that off too - not sure what it does right enough - but it seems to have improved the battery life too.
 
I'm on o2 simplicity with a US 1st gen iphone, and just restored to 1.1.4 without a problem, using itunes 7.5 to activate.

Just about to try upgrading to 2.0 and see if it activates in itunes
 
Success!

I upgraded my US bought iphone to 2.0.

Had a day's worth of problems with 1601/1602/1604/20 errors on my desktop, so i tried it on a fresh install on my Eee and it upgraded no problem.

No need to activate or unlock.

I restored to 1.1.4, activated through itunes, then restored to 1.2, activated again through itunes no problem. Now got a fully working US iphone running on o2 Simplicity

lefse, I'm assuming your problems relate more to your XP setup, or wrong versions of itunes files rather than the IMEI
 
help

i am unsure whether i am able tp update or not, i am using an o2 contract saim in an unlocked uk iphone, its not an itariff its a bog standard contract,i obv dont want to brick my phone, any ideas? if so instructions?
 
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The difference is that this works for UK O2 phones in the UK. Not for phones from USA originally locked to AT&T. Go to 2.0 and you're once again locked to AT&T.
 
jjtomo said:
i am unsure whether i am able tp update or not, i am using an o2 contract saim in an unlocked uk iphone, its not an itariff its a bog standard contract,i obv dont want to brick my phone, any ideas? if so instructions?
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I have an original, UK, iPhone purchased earlier this year from CPW. I used to have to hacktivate it but since upgrading to firmware 2.0 I now no longer need to do anything like that - I just upgrade, plug into iTunes, enter my iTunes Store username and password and it works. I choose to still jailbreak it though.

As for instructions, it's just like a normal firmware upgrade,

1. Plug in the iPhone
2. Sync the handset
3. Agree to the upgrade (or click the upgrade button if you've previously declined it)
4. Wait for about 10 minutes while it does its work (longer if you have to download the firmware first)
5. Your iPhone will reboot, upon reconnection you can enter your iTunes username and password (when and if prompted), agree to the EULAs and it should work.
6. If you want to have it set up EXACTLY like your previous phone then choose to restore from the backup it will offer you. The best advice is to set it up as a new iPhone but this will mean that existing SMSs, photos in the Camera Roll, Notes, Settings and other odds and sods like that will not be there anymore. Obviously anything that is sync'ed (Contacts, Calendar, Music etc.) will be restored on the first sync.
7. Enjoy the new firmware (though it is a fair bit slower, clunkier and Safari is more crashy in my experience).

Alec
 
Moi un Mouton said:
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The difference is that this works for UK O2 phones in the UK. Not for phones from USA originally locked to AT&T. Go to 2.0 and you're once again locked to AT&T.
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You see my posts above? It does work for US phones.
 
Hi Gang,

I have received an iPhone 2G (at&t) from a friend in the US.
Its hacked with the PwnageTool and comes with Cydia etc.
Although I cant activate it with an o2 Simplicity Sim Card - I have been told this should work, just wondering why it doesn't and basically what I need to do to get it working?

Thanks

Chris
 
It only works on O2 with a UK bought iphone without hacking. If it's hacked it should work with any Sim unless it's just jailbroken and not unlocked.
 
so simplicty works with iphone 3g

So i am going to buy an old 2g IPHONE (any one got a good deal??)

then buy the 02 Simplicity 25 for £20 PM with the web bolt on.

Then this will work in the old iphone? will i have to re regester it at all??

So in a nut shell

Iphone 2g and simplicity 25 tarif will work fine and well with web browsing on it and i wont have to unlock it or do anything??
 
trcwest said:
So i am going to buy an old 2g IPHONE (any one got a good deal??)

then buy the 02 Simplicity 25 for £20 PM with the web bolt on.

Then this will work in the old iphone? will i have to re regester it at all??

So in a nut shell

Iphone 2g and simplicity 25 tarif will work fine and well with web browsing on it and i wont have to unlock it or do anything??
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It depends on what you mean by 2g iPhone. If you mean a 2nd Generation iPhone (i.e. one with 3G connectivity) then I cannot be certain but it should work from what I've seen. If you mean a 1st Generation iPhone (i.e. one with only 2G+EDGE connectivity) then definitely. The latter is pretty much the situation I am in and it works fine. I have an original iPhone and a Simplicity contract which I've had for quite a while now (last upgraded my handset about three or four years ago) and with firmware 2.x all I've needed to do is install it and it has worked. I have Jailbroken my iPhone for extra Apps etc. but this was completely optional, the standard Apple firmware has worked fine in the past (before Pwnage tool was updated).

Regards, Alec
 
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