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What to do with an iPhone 2g 16gb?

ajumbaje

ajumbaje

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My dad and I switched over to the iphone 3gs back in late june and the phone in the title has since then been restored.

Im the one in charge of selling it. I have a couple of questions to address.

1) Should I jailbreak it/unlock it before I sell it?
2) Can I keep the factory settings but still be able to update it to 3.13?By that I mean will the buyer open the phone and 3.13 will already be on there? Or will it be fully restored to the point where it's no different than buying it back in July 07?
3)What places have you found best to sell your old iphone? Ebay, etc?
4) What would be the average price difference if i were to sell it locked vs unlocked?
 
You will get more money for it unlocked and JB.
Update it to 3.1.3 and then use redsnow and JB and then unlock.
You should be able to get some decent cash for it on CL or ebay.
 
I thought the 2g iPhone only came in 4GB and 8GB sizes, or am I wrong? Or maybe the OP means second generation phone, in which case that would be the 3g? It's all very confusing...
 
well, I hooked up the phone to my computer and it gives me these two options:

Set up as a new iphone

or restore from backup

I know Im not gonna do the second option, but what does the first option exactly do?

EDIT: I think Ive got it. I just had to click "check for updates" and it'll update the phone w/o syncing. Downloading and installing 3.1.3 now
 
Applejuiced said:
It's a 2G iPhone. It doesn't really matter.
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that's what I was finding out.

I ended up using pwnage tool.

This is a phone Im selling, Im on the part where it asks "Do you have an Iphone contract that would activate normally through iTunes?" I would presume not since this phone is deactivated
 
no installer icon on the phone...doesn't look like it worked(pwnage tool)

edit..WOW, I am stupid lol. I used the original firmware, not the updated one lol
 
looks like I got it jailbroken, unlocked and everything?

Is there a way to make sure it's unlocked before I sell it? Via cydia or something?
 
Applejuiced said:
Only takes a minute. Borrow a friends sim just to check it.
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sounds good, will do. It shouldn't do anything to his sim card, correct?

I remember the install going by perfectly and bootneuter was part of pwnagetool, so it all should be there. Is there a way to check on the phone to see if its on there before I use my friend's sim?
 
dickdaney said:
DO NOT UPDATE TO 3.1.3 keep 3.1.2, jailbreak, unlock, and sell.
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It doesn't really matter if it is an original iPhone...

But in my experience, I couldn't get MMS working properly on 3.1.3... Probably just because the app that I was using hadn't been updated to work with 3.1.3 yet.
 
ajumbaje said:
sounds good, will do. It shouldn't do anything to his sim card, correct?

I remember the install going by perfectly and bootneuter was part of pwnagetool, so it all should be there. Is there a way to check on the phone to see if its on there before I use my friend's sim?
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Yes, you're good then.
 
DeuceDeuce said:
How do you do that? I'm trying to go through iClarified tutorial but it says I need to download some Bootloader files that the link for is dead. Can I do it a different way?
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You can install bootneuter thru cydia.
What you see on the tutorial is for the jb.
 
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