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Unlocking/activating my 1.1.2 OTB

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Bruce Patterson

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Jan 3, 2007
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Winter Park, Florida
I'm in Canada and need to unlock/activate my 1.1.2 iPhone. Could someone walk me through the process? Thanks in advance!

Can I just pay iphonesimfree.com and have it work? I'm on this version on my iPhone (04.02.13_G), btw.
 
i know iphonesimfree i used it on my own iphone but it doesnt work with the new bootloader which is included in your iphone and you can purchase turbo sim on ebay just google it oh and stealth sim and anything other sim is the same thing. Just w/e you dont overpay and dont update to 1.1.3 because apple patched that up.
 
no its this like thin piece of paper that you attach to your sim card(fido) or rogers or w/e cellular service you want it with. And it spoofs the phone into thinking its At&t i think. But its pretty neat i think you need to jailbreak if not then even better but its still awesome. Best of all it wont brick your phone since it does nothing to the baseband. But it does not work in 1.1.3 so dont update :D until told to do so.
 
Bruce Patterson said:
What about virginizing it to 1.1.1 and using anysim? Would that work?
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sure you could 'virginize' to 1.1.1 but anySIM still won't work.

your baseband will remain at the 1.1.3 baseband of 04.03.13_G

listen to these people when they tell you, to use that phone on another network other than a legit network, at this time, turboSIM is the ONLY way.

they are not lying to you
 
LOL, I never assumed for a second that someone was lying, it's just that you can get such varied responses from some people...I just wanted to be sure I was getting a consistent answer and trying to find the fastest/easiest solution, that's all! :)
 
Bruce Patterson said:
LOL, I never assumed for a second that someone was lying, it's just that you can get such varied responses from some people...I just wanted to be sure I was getting a consistent answer and trying to find the fastest/easiest solution, that's all! :)
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For consistency's sake, I can tell you that I used one of the SIM solutions with my OOB 1.1.2 phone and it worked like a charm. By all account's they're all pretty much the same, TurboSIM, StealthSIM, etc.

My only advice is to make sure your supplier actually has them on hand when you order. I waited ages for a StealthSIM which never arrived, and ended up getting impatient and ordering a TurobSIM which arrived the next day.

I haven't upgraded to 1.1.3, but apparently you can do that too if you use the jailbreak method.
 
I just bought an iphone version 1.1.2 and would like to know how can i unlock it?
i heard something about opening the iphone...can it break the iphone? what should i do?
Is unlocking with the sim free a good way to unlock or should I unlock by opening the iphone(hardware) or maybe wait for a software release?
 
uriel1987 said:
I just bought an iphone version 1.1.2 and would like to know how can i unlock it?
i heard something about opening the iphone...can it break the iphone? what should i do?
Is unlocking with the sim free a good way to unlock or should I unlock by opening the iphone(hardware) or maybe wait for a software release?
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To unlock with SIMfree you need to downgrade the bootloader and open the phone to do it.

You can look at the instructions to open the phone here: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iPhone/Rear-Panel/105/4/Page-1/SIM-Card

Here's how to downgrade the bootloader:
http://iphone.unlock.no/bootloader_downgrade.htm

It looks very fiddly to me and calls for some special tools. And yes, there are parts of the instructions that warn about breaking the phone if you're not very careful.

In my opinion, you're better off getting one of the SIM sandwich chips like StealthSIM or TurboSIM. (search on Google or eBay) There are a number of differently named ones, but they all seem to be based on the same principle. (Just make sure your supplier has them on hand when you order.)

First you need to jailbreak your phone. Then you have to cut a notch out of the SIM chip you want to use so that it and the SIM thingy you'll buy fit in the phone. You might have to run iWorld depending on your location.

I did this without too much trouble.

Whatever you do, don't let iTunes upgrade your phone to 1.1.3. You might not be able to go back and jailbreak!

Good Luck!
 
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