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iPhone Unlocking an old Iphone 3G

zenbrother

zenbrother

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Oct 20, 2014
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Hi all,

I had an old Iphone 3G laying around that I unlocked and jailbroke some years ago. I totally forgot about it being unlocked. I did a fresh reset in Itunes and upgraded it to 4.??? Don't remember and now it's locked and can't get it to work anymore... Silly me..

It seems I have to unlock it again but I can't find any recent info as what to use to do it. I have no idea what baseband and the exact version that's on it right now.

Can someone give me some pointers?

Much appreciated,
zen
 
Thanks for the tip.

I just jailbroke it and installed Cydia and after that Ultrasn0w, did a restart but still having the "No Signal" thing for the carrier..

Am I missing something?

I'm so close :)
 
The oddest thing happened.

First I tried to downgrade from Ipad baseband and nothing happened. Then I upgraded to Ipad baseband but it's still @ 05.15.04

Very strange..
 
Being that a tutorial would be a lot to type, I'll just attach this link with a pretty detailed tutorial

http://www.whited00r.com/forum/index?topic=7134.0
 
Sn0wbreeze seems to be for windows only...

I tried doing it with Pawnage tool but that does't work either..

Are there any other programs that can do it? I look like that are my only two options...
 
zenbrother said:
Sn0wbreeze seems to be for windows only...

I tried doing it with Pawnage tool but that does't work either..

Are there any other programs that can do it? I look like that are my only two options...
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Redsn0w will downgrade the baseband, then jailbreak it, then install Ultrasn0w from Cydia to unlock.

That is what you need to do for your 3G to be unlocked, thousands upon thousands have done this to unlock.
 
Unlock iphone 3g using a Mac

I think I'm running into a similar issue. Here is my info

At&T iPhone 3GS
Version 6.1.6 (10B500)
Model MC640LL/A
Serial # 88131XXXXXX
Modem Firmware 05.16.08

I downloaded Redsnow as mentioned in order to downgrade Firmware. I got this error message. (also attached)

Missing Keys.plist data for this build:

Device iPhone 3GS
ECID: 2416340255565
Build: iPhone 2,1_6.1.6_10B500



I'm not sure what to do now?
 

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Applejuiced said:
If its an AT&T iphone they will just unlock it for free anyway.
Just submit a request online.
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Yes, thank you. A friend in the States gave it to me to use while I'm abroad. He said he doesn't want to bother with the hassle of unlocking it through AT&T (sigh...) so I'm hoping there is another way to do it.
 
KatieRoeMac said:
Yes, thank you. A friend in the States gave it to me to use while I'm abroad. He said he doesn't want to bother with the hassle of unlocking it through AT&T (sigh...) so I'm hoping there is another way to do it.
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You can submit the unlock yourself.
Its out of contract anyway since its over 6 years old.
Go here and fill out the form.
https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/?#/unlockrequest
 
Will contacting AT&T via the link above work for former AT&T customers?
For example, I had an iP4S, purchased from AT&T on launch. Fast forward a few years and I'm now with Consumer Cellular (uses AT&T towers).

Although this 4S works flawlessly with CC I'd like it unlocked with AT&T.
Will AT&T honor that request?
 
braddick said:
Will contacting AT&T via the link above work for former AT&T customers?
For example, I had an iP4S, purchased from AT&T on launch. Fast forward a few years and I'm now with Consumer Cellular (uses AT&T towers).

Although this 4S works flawlessly with CC I'd like it unlocked with AT&T.
Will AT&T honor that request?
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Yes, they should.
They have an option listed for former customers so I'd give it a try.
 
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