Yeah, you heard it right! The best guide ever, just buy an iPhone from AAPL or ATT and sit there in the store and unlock it – the simplest it can ever get! You need WiFi btb!!No Mac or PC required! Unlock the iPhone straight out of the box! Save the money from investing in Unlocking software and use it wisely 😉
1. Slide for Emergency calls, dial *#307# press call, now use the back button on the top of your screen to remove *#307# , now enter 0 , press call, press answer, press hold, press decline. Now you get to the contact list.
2. Push contacts and add a new contact and type in “prefs://11” as web-address and “http://jailbreakme.com” as an additional URL.
4. When you tap “prefs://11” you can now select your preferred WiFi gateway. I recommend an open WiFi network 🙂
5. Now press the home button and move the slider to the dial-pad. Repeat step 1 till you can access contacts.
6. Now you can go back to the contact list by Dialing 0, push call, then answer, then contacts, then hit the “http://jailbreakme.com” web address you typed in.
7. Scroll down to the bottom, click “Install AppSnapp”. Safari will exit and you’ll return to your springboard. Wait for the phone to reboot. Your phone is now jailbroken and Installer.app is ready to be explored 😉 (If it refuses to install, try installing it till you see the downloading thingy on the screen! It took more than 6 attempts on one of my friend’s iPhone!)
Well, at this stage, your iPhone should be activated partially – Cingular should work just fine! All the other networks should do a little tweaking to use your iPhone as a phone!
Unlock your iPhone :
Launch Installer.app and then click on “Sources” – > “Edit” – > “Add” – > Type i.unlock.no after http:// – > “Ok” -> Now anySIM 1.1.1 should show under “Unlocking Tools” – > Click on it and install it! You can now see anySIM icon on the Homescreen. Click on it and follow the instructions! Vodafone, T-mobile, 3 and what not, everyone can join the bandwagon now!!
Source : AbsoluteInsight, iPhoneUnlock, JailbreakMe.
Joey Bellevino
First off: Great website. (and commitment to comments!)
I just want to make sure I have things right…
I just got my ipod and unboxed it (used emergency call code to find out its firmware version 1.0.0)
[my computer is WinXP and Im wanting to use T-mobile network]
Is the first thing I do connect to iTunes and update firmware to 1.1.1 (by shift clicking restore and selecting the firmware file I found on the internet)?
Then the second thing would be to follow the steps on this website?
After that I will be able to install 3rd party apps and use my Tmobile sim and network?
Thanks again!
Joey
BK
Hey guys, when can we excpect tohave the crack for week 47 iphone.
thanks
awaiting your reply!
lisa
o and also, when I put in my rogers card I have disabled wireless internet use b/c its too expensive, but when i put in the at&t sim card, i get free wireless….theres no way for them to charge me if I dont have my sim card in is there?
lisa
BEATZ- I had the same problem-when I initially checked the firmware, i went back and did step one and it wouldnt call anyone, i turned it on hold and then back on to emergency calls and it worked, i kept messing up and having to go back to the emerg call screen and it hung up, just turn it on hold and back on or even power it off if you have to, then just follow the steps untill you get it and try to not go back to step 1 if you can avoid it.
JOEY-I think the unlock only works for firmware 1.1.1 and now itunes only seems to upgrade it to 1.1.2-at least mine does
praveen
hi,
i just bought an iphone today in the UK and immediately followed these instructions to unlock it.
though i could get to the contacts screen, the jailbreakme.com site opens but i am stuck at the blue question mark at the y.tiff page of the appsnapp link. there is absolutely no progress after this despite refreshing the page several times.
i have not yet linked my iphone to itunes so i have yet to activate the phone on the O2 network. i am not able to understand what to do after this. how do i get the iphone to factory settings so that i can follow the procedure again? also .. pardon me for asking this.. is the firmware on my iphone 1.1.2?
thanks a lot in advance.. i know i have asked a lot of stupid questions.. but thanks a lot for ur advice.
chow
kentball
how can i find out what version iphone i have admin? also when i click on download app, it doesn’t reboot.
admin
@ Kentball : For the firmware version : Go to Settings -> General -> About – > Version…
If it is not 1.1.1, this method won’t work. Let me know the version, we can help you further!
admin
@ Praveen : If you bought your iPhone in the UK it is 1.1.2 , it ain’t a straightforward procedure. No unlock(s/w) exists yet for this version. I am sorry 🙁
kentball
i have downgraded to 1.1.1 and downloaded anySIM but it wont work. it says anySIM canot unlock this phone, anySIM will now quit. what should i do?
kentball
my Model still says 04.02.13G. Can I downgrade that?
admin
@ Kentball : As far as my knowledge goes,there is no way to downgrade the modem firmware. What exactly are you trying to accomplish?? Unlock ??
praveen
admin: thanks a lot for the info. am looking forward for an unlock to 1.1.2 iphone.
btw is it possible to downgrade 1.1.2 to 1.1.1 and then do an unlock?
and is it mandatory for me to sign up on the O2 network for the itunes to recognise the iphone since when i dont register, itunes just ignores my phone.
thanks a lot once again
admin
Yep it is possible to do that except for the unlock part which is yet to be found. Yeah, you can activate it via other means but again – no phone functionality works for the OTB 1.1.2 iphones. Which means that you can use it as iPod,PDA but no calls/sms/edge. Lemme know if you are looking to partially activate your iPhone 🙂
meegg
in the second steep were do u put the info under??
admin
@ meegg : Hi! Hit the ‘+’ icon on top right. Now hit ‘Add New URL’ and put the info in. To put another URL, hit ‘Add New URL’ again to input the other URL.
Hope it helps…
Ron in OKC
The installer tells me that I have 1.0.2 firmware and that I must use itunes to restore the phone to 1.1.1- but Itunes says it won’t recognize my phone because it does not have a sim card it will recognize- namely my T-mobile sim card.
Help!!! I am locked out at this point
admin
@ Ron : Hi! Why don’t you use the ATT sim that came with iPhone just to restore your iPhone after which you can switch sims and use other means to activate it??
santhosh
Hi Admin,
I have iphone 1.1.1 unlocked version. I uninstalled couple apps in installer.. my phone is not rebooting( it is hanged)i tried rebooting but not booting. when i connected to itunes (i havent install anything) after some time phoen is displaying ” connect to itunes”. I do not know how to restart the iphoen?. I am thinking to restore from itunes and unlock using any sim?. is it possible?. Please help me on this.
Guna
Hi Admin,
awesome page. I need to chat with you, is it possible? i would like to purchase a unlocked iphone from you. hope to hear from you soon.
gun_az@hotmail.com
vallday
i just got an iphone from the mac store, i’ve tried to use the unlocking method in the above,but for some reason can not get passed the firststep, after i push decline i can not get to the contacts? can you help me, i know there are differnet versions of the phone how can i tell which one i got. this would be my first time, so im a real rookie can somebody pleae help me i want to use my tmoabile sim card, please help. asap
vallday
iw would be ashamed if i cann ot unlock my iphone
kiran
@ Vallday : Did you follow the steps for 1.1.3 http://ilikemyiphone.com/wordpress/?p=143 ?? If they didn’t work, I presume you have an OTB 1.1.3 iPhone which cannot be jailbroken I believe. It won’t be long before it is released though..
vallday
o buy the way, do i have to connect to a cpu in order to use the above method?,,,and how do i find out what firmaware i have?,,,i see in some writings u go to settings, but i need to get passedthe first step to get into the phone right? confused, need help.. thanks btw
kiran
@ Vallday : Did you try to downgrade your iPhone as the method mentioned?? Please post questions about 1.1.3 in the link showed in comment # 121… thanks 🙂
Asieck
I tried to unlock my iPhone. However, I could not get through step 7. After I click “