Activate iPhone 2G without jailbreaking

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Benjer

macrumors member

Original poster

• Aug 17, 2009

• #1

I have an iPhone 2G from my brother, and I'm an AT&T customer. I have received great advice on these forums for how to jailbreak the phone so I can use it without a data plan. Before I do, I'm curious if I can activate the iPhone without jailbreaking and without iTunes (so I don't need to sign up for a data plan). Is this possible, or do I need to jailbreak and unlock? Thanks in advance.

 

Applejuiced

macrumors Westmere

• Aug 17, 2009

• #2

You need to jb and unlock. Can't activate it without iTunes or without jailbreaking it.

 

SpaceKitty

macrumors 68040

• Aug 17, 2009

• #3

If you have a AT&T pay as you go sim, you can activate the iPhone with that sim as long as the iPhone is running 3.0 or 3.01

 

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superflush

macrumors 6502a

• Aug 18, 2009

• #4

I'm pretty sure you need to either: activate with iTunes or hacktivate by jailbraking

 

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Benjer

macrumors member

Original poster

• Aug 18, 2009

• #5

Thanks! Used pwnage tool, did the trick!

 

bytethese

macrumors 68030

• Aug 18, 2009

• #6

Benjer said:

Thanks! Used pwnage tool, did the trick!

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So you jailbroke it then. Enjoy. 🙂

 

Shanesan

macrumors 6502

• Aug 18, 2009

• #7

Benjer said:

I have an iPhone 2G from my brother, and I'm an AT&T customer. I have received great advice on these forums for how to jailbreak the phone so I can use it without a data plan. Before I do, I'm curious if I can activate the iPhone without jailbreaking and without iTunes (so I don't need to sign up for a data plan). Is this possible, or do I need to jailbreak and unlock? Thanks in advance.

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They'll find out. :\