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Activating Iphone 2g 3.1.3 w/o itunes?

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Khurram

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I just sold my wife's 3gs and put her sim back in her old original 2g iphone.

Something went wrong and I had to do a restore and update.

So the situation now is that we have an updated iphone 2g with 3.1.3 and the sim card from her 3gs in there.

Now when I sync to itunes (the iphone screen says connect to iphone) it wants me to go through a whole new setup and is asking me what package I want for the data and messaging etc.

I don't want to go forward as i'm worried it's going to somehow sign me up for a new two year plan or some additional charges.

I know her sim card is already active because it was working in the 3gs.

Is there anyway I can activate the iphone 2g without going through itunes so it just works on her 3gs sim? Or can I go forward and activate through itunes without it charging me for a new contract or any additional fees?

I'm usually good at this sort of thing but i'm stumped on this one.
thanks in advance
 
I think Redsn0w can hackitvate it. Take a look at it and make sure you read up on it first. If you don't want the full jailbreak experience make sure you uncheck "Install Cydia".
 
Intell said:
I think Redsn0w can hackitvate it. Take a look at it and make sure you read up on it first. If you don't want the full jailbreak experience make sure you uncheck "Install Cydia".
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At this point I don't care for unlock or jailbreak.
I just want it activated like it already should be. Her sim should still be active from the 3gs account.

I don't understand what's going with it and why it's trying to make me reactivate it by going through all the steps with the data package and text package. I'm just worried about upping my 2 year contract for no reason.
 
Thanks guys..
trying it now.
So this will maintain the same data/text plan w/o any changes that she had before on her iphone 3gs correct?
 
Khurram said:
Thanks guys..
trying it now.
So this will maintain the same data/text plan w/o any changes that she had before on her iphone 3gs correct?
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Yes. I'm writing up a quick tutorial for you. Just hold on while my files download if you want.
 
Intell said:
Yes. I'm writing up a quick tutorial for you. Just hold on while my files download if you want.
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Thanks a ton!
I think I can follow the iclarified tutorial pretty well as i've done this before for many iphones (unlock/jailbreak).
I was just unsure as to what was the most updated way to do this for a 2g since I haven't touched one in two years.

I welcome your tutorial though
 
I downloaded 3.1.3 from modmyi and ran redsnow and selected the firmware but it says unable to recognize the selected firmware
 
I'm running into some roadblocks with my quick tutorial. Namely, it's late and I'm seeing dots. I'm guessing I'll be going to sleep soon.

I leave you in the good and capable hands of Applejuiced.

Good night, Intell.
 
Khurram said:
I downloaded 3.1.3 from modmyi and ran redsnow and selected the firmware but it says unable to recognize the selected firmware
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Use 3.1.2 and also make sure you use redsn0w 0.9.4 ver, using redsnow latest version will give you the above error mesg
 
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