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iPhone How to know, if my iPhone was jailbroken or hacked to unlock ?

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soamz

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Jun 20, 2010
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Hi, I bought an iPhone 5 last week from Bangkok, a reputed store.
Its a Korean made, because it has KCC-xxx-xxxx on the back panel, unlike the USA iPhones.


Im able to install apps, connect to iTunes and do everything, but Im not able to UPDATE or RESTORE the iOS .

I posted this on Apple Forums and they said, this phone might have been jailbroken or hacked to unlock, and its not a official unlocked by any carrier.

So, how do we find this out, whether it was hacked or whatever ?
 
dhlizard

dhlizard

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Mar 16, 2009
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What firmware version is on it ?
Are you sure it's a genuine iPhone ?
Hacking or unlocking an iPhone does not interfere with updating the firmware, however on an iPhone 5 you can only install 6.1.4 now.
 
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dextr3k

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Nov 26, 2012
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Did they instruct you not to update, or did you try and is not able to update?

I am unaware of any 'hacks' using jailbreak to unlock the iPhone 5. So unless you have a sim imposer (very easy to spot, it is a physical chip that slides between your sim and the tray), I don't see how it could be.
 
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soamz

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Jun 20, 2010
699
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Orissa, India
dhlizard said:
What firmware version is on it ?
Are you sure it's a genuine iPhone ?
Hacking or unlocking an iPhone does not interfere with updating the firmware, however on an iPhone 5 you can only install 6.1.4 now.
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1. Check my ABOUT screenshot, http://d.pr/i/QcN4

2. Of course yes, as I had checked the serial number on Apple website and it said, yes its a genuine iPhone 5.

3. Im trying to install iOS7, and I have done this on other 2 iPhone 5 of my friends already. Just this one keeps on showing me errors.


Let me know, how to proceed.
 
labman

labman

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Jun 9, 2009
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fact is even if your jailbroken or unlocked it would not have anything to do with this. Other then that I'm with dhlizard. IOS 7 official release is only a couple weeks away. ;)
 
darricksailo

darricksailo

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Dec 18, 2012
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soamz said:
1. Check my ABOUT screenshot, http://d.pr/i/QcN4

2. Of course yes, as I had checked the serial number on Apple website and it said, yes its a genuine iPhone 5.

3. Im trying to install iOS7, and I have done this on other 2 iPhone 5 of my friends already. Just this one keeps on showing me errors.


Let me know, how to proceed.
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iOS 7 isn't officially out yet. iOS 6.1.4 is the latest version you can get. You're not going to get much, if any, support on iOS 7 issues here
 
BumpyFlatline

BumpyFlatline

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Apr 11, 2012
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Just buy a developers account and install iOS 7. Or just wait until September (or October) for the public release. I'm hearing early September so its only a couple weeks.
 
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NEvolution

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May 2, 2010
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Hong Kong
The serial number, as posted, is not a retail unit. It has been swapped before and therefore is a service unit.

Device is unlocked with activation policy Korea KT Unlocked.

In addition, remaining warranty is less than 5 months.
 
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soamz

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Jun 20, 2010
699
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Orissa, India
NEvolution said:
The serial number, as posted, is not a retail unit. It has been swapped before and therefore is a service unit.

Device is unlocked with activation policy Korea KT Unlocked.

In addition, remaining warranty is less than 5 months.
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1. What does that mean ? Retail Unit or Service Unit ? And how does that affect ?

2. activation policy Korea KT Unlocked ? Is that an official Korea telecom company ? And I called up Apple USA iPhone support, they said, the phone is officially unlocked and is legit.

3. Yes warranty is 5 months left. If it has some issues, do I need to take it to Korea to get an instant replacement ?
 
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NEvolution

macrumors regular
May 2, 2010
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Hong Kong
soamz said:
1. What does that mean ? Retail Unit or Service Unit ? And how does that affect ?

2. activation policy Korea KT Unlocked ? Is that an official Korea telecom company ? And I called up Apple USA iPhone support, they said, the phone is officially unlocked and is legit.

3. Yes warranty is 5 months left. If it has some issues, do I need to take it to Korea to get an instant replacement ?
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1. Retail Unit is a device direct from a retail box. Service Unit is a replacement unit for devices taken in for repair.

2. Sorry I don't know if that is a carrier or not.

3. iPhone carries a local warranty as per the Terms and Agreements. Hardware repairs 'may' need to be serviced in the region of purchase.
 
Carlanga

Carlanga

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Nov 5, 2009
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You are not jailbroken. You can't go back to older fws with the iPhone 5.

I won't tell you how to install iOS7 , but should be easy.
 
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