What's the difference between 'unlocking' and 'activating'?

[J@ffa]

Hey all. ZiPhone v2 gives the options to 'unlock', 'activate' and 'jailbreak'. I don't want to jailbreak, just get it working on a non-O2 UK SIM. Should I pick unlock, activate or both? Why? Thanks

 

[philgilder]

Hey all. ZiPhone v2 gives the options to 'unlock', 'activate' and 'jailbreak'. I don't want to jailbreak, just get it working on a non-O2 UK SIM. Should I pick unlock, activate or both? Why? Thanks

you have to jailbreak
try activating and unlocking in verbose mode
if it doesnt work, try unlock, activate, jailbreak and verbose mode

reply if you need help

jailbreaking allows you to install custom apps
activating allows you to use any o2 sim
unlocking allows you to use any sim what so ever
this is true with older firmwares, as i said, activating and jailbreaking my own didnt work, so i unlocked as well...

 

[domness]

Unlocking means that you can put any SIM in you like.

However, activating means that the Phone thinks that the SIM has been activated with iTunes

So yeh, do both