Hi, I used Pwnage Tool 2.0 to unlock and jailbreak my iPhone 2G and because I forgot to disable the pineapple boot logo, I re-applied the pwned firmware again without any bootneutering. The first time however, I did a full pwnage of the phone and successfully neutered the bootloader and unlocked the phone. My question is, is my phone still unlocked? Is there a way I can check that without a foreign SIM card? Thanks.
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How do I check if my iPhone is unlocked?
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You guys have two very simple and effective methods on proving if your phone is unlocked or not
first (easy option)
1)if you have any family or friends that use a different carrier than yours and have SIM cards in their phones, just kindly ask to borrow it for a sec. and pop it in and see if you are able to make a call.
If that is not an option...
2)(takes a bit more effort but more effective) walk into a Popular (franchise) Mobile Carrier Store other than yours, simply ask the retailer that you signed up for a plan over the phone with them "the other day" and you are using this iphone with your plan "given to you as a gift from a friend". just say I want to be sure that this phone works with your SIM, before I get my SIM in the mail...Or to sound less conspicuous.... you can simply say you are shopping around for a phone plan, you do have a phone (your iPhone) but before you look into their phone plans, first you want to make sure if your iPhone works with their SIMS.
he/she should give you zero hassle and let you pop in one of their cards to test it, voila!!!
(if it's not unlocked, just say "thanks" and walk away...don't let him/her sucker you in to buying a new phone
hehe!
and if it is unlocked again...don't let him/her suck you in to buying a plan, just listen and nod and say "ok, thanks" and off you go)
first (easy option)
1)if you have any family or friends that use a different carrier than yours and have SIM cards in their phones, just kindly ask to borrow it for a sec. and pop it in and see if you are able to make a call.
If that is not an option...
2)(takes a bit more effort but more effective) walk into a Popular (franchise) Mobile Carrier Store other than yours, simply ask the retailer that you signed up for a plan over the phone with them "the other day" and you are using this iphone with your plan "given to you as a gift from a friend". just say I want to be sure that this phone works with your SIM, before I get my SIM in the mail...Or to sound less conspicuous.... you can simply say you are shopping around for a phone plan, you do have a phone (your iPhone) but before you look into their phone plans, first you want to make sure if your iPhone works with their SIMS.
he/she should give you zero hassle and let you pop in one of their cards to test it, voila!!!
(if it's not unlocked, just say "thanks" and walk away...don't let him/her sucker you in to buying a new phone
hehe!and if it is unlocked again...don't let him/her suck you in to buying a plan, just listen and nod and say "ok, thanks" and off you go)
if it unlocked it will work with all carriers you should try using a sim from another carrier, if it works it`s unlocked.
Hi, I bought an "unlocked "iphone from ebay and now Im putting in my sim and it doesnt stop "searching".
Does that mean the phone is locked?? (is there any other sure way of knowing besides putting in my sim?)
I emailed the guy and he even told me how it was unlocked (ultrasnow)
Does that mean the phone is locked?? (is there any other sure way of knowing besides putting in my sim?)
I emailed the guy and he even told me how it was unlocked (ultrasnow)
Well to be fair, you did post in a very old thread. Based on the description you gave, probably your phone is locked. Did you restore it after you got it? That would get rid of an ultrasn0w unlock. What model of iPhone do you have? It might still be possible to unlock it.
Did you try turning off 3G? In some cases, for example using AT&T iPhone with T-Mobile, I think you will need to turn off 3G since the frequencies aren't supported.
I think it gives an invalid sim error if it is locked with the wrong sim card, but I really don't know.
Are you sure that your carrier supports 2G GSM frequencies? I recently bought an unlocked 2G for nostalgic purposes and learned the hard way that my carrier does not function on 2G GSM. It said "Searching" forever and then I eventually got "No Service".
Alternatively, if you restored, you will lose the ultrasn0w unlock and will need to repeat it.
also depending on the model, he may have updated the baseband to one that can't be unlocked.