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AT&T unlock, this is different case.

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klo-mac

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Hi,

The reason why I'm creating a new thread is because I didn't found a answer for my particular case.

Ok this is the story:
I purchased brand new iPhone 4 on eBay, it's AT&T locked and I use Gevey sim to make it work with my vodafone card (I live in Europe) everything work fine, except I can't update to ios 5 (which I need ios 5 to sync with my iPad and iMac cloud)( right now I have 4.3.5)

Can someone suggest me what to do?

I never restored it through iTunes, or updated it. I don't own a AT&T card.

Thanks
 
klo-mac said:
Hi,

The reason why I'm creating a new thread is because I didn't found a answer for my particular case.

Ok this is the story:
I purchased brand new iPhone 4 on eBay, it's AT&T locked and I use Gevey sim to make it work with my vodafone card (I live in Europe) everything work fine, except I can't update to ios 5 (which I need ios 5 to sync with my iPad and iMac cloud)( right now I have 4.3.5)

Can someone suggest me what to do?

I never restored it through iTunes, or updated it. I don't own a AT&T card.

Thanks
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get pwnagetool, create a custom .ipsw and update it pointing to cydia servers and it wont update its baseband

you will need iOS5.01 shsh blobs for this tho
 
ninjaw95 said:
get pwnagetool, create a custom .ipsw and update it pointing to cydia servers and it wont update its baseband

you will need iOS5.01 shsh blobs for this tho
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Thanks, but I don't prefet to jailbreak my iPhone. Will stay on ios 4 untill Gevey sim produce another chip for iOS 5
 
klo-mac said:
Hi,

The reason why I'm creating a new thread is because I didn't found a answer for my particular case.

Ok this is the story:
I purchased brand new iPhone 4 on eBay, it's AT&T locked and I use Gevey sim to make it work with my vodafone card (I live in Europe) everything work fine, except I can't update to ios 5 (which I need ios 5 to sync with my iPad and iMac cloud)( right now I have 4.3.5)

Can someone suggest me what to do?

I never restored it through iTunes, or updated it. I don't own a AT&T card.

Thanks
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Update the phone to iOS 5.1 while preserving the baseband as described here:
http://www.coolestguyplanet.net/upg...-to-ios-5-and-preserve-baseband-with-redsn0w/

You'll be on 5.1 with the 4.10.01 baseband that came with your 4.3.5 firmware, which will still be Gevey-unlockable.

And klo-mac, what ninjaw95 suggested to you doesn't require a jailbreak at all; however his method probably isn't possible for you. Just update to 5.1.
 
okay here is a thread going on like this! i bought an iphone 4 from ebay! and its locked to AT&T! my brother is AT&T user can he get it unlocked??
 
Yes I see, so I can install iOS 5 with preserved baseband and use Gevey sim to unlock it, not needed jailbreak.

Is risk after activation to ask for AT&T sim card? (which I don't own)


Minhimalism said:
Update the phone to iOS 5.1 while preserving the baseband as described here:
http://www.coolestguyplanet.net/upg...-to-ios-5-and-preserve-baseband-with-redsn0w/

You'll be on 5.1 with the 4.10.01 baseband that came with your 4.3.5 firmware, which will still be Gevey-unlockable.

And klo-mac, what ninjaw95 suggested to you doesn't require a jailbreak at all; however his method probably isn't possible for you. Just update to 5.1.
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klo-mac said:
Yes I see, so I can install iOS 5 with preserved baseband and use Gevey sim to unlock it, not needed jailbreak.

Is risk after activation to ask for AT&T sim card? (which I don't own)
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Redsn0w can 'hacktivate' your phone. :) so you don't need an official AT&T SIM card.
 
klo-mac said:
Yes I see, so I can install iOS 5 with preserved baseband and use Gevey sim to unlock it, not needed jailbreak.

Is risk after activation to ask for AT&T sim card? (which I don't own)
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Just go to AT&T's website (att.com) and choose live chat. Explain to them your situation and if they're nice, they'll go and verify that the phone is off contract and will unlock it for you. Then you'll have a definitive answer.
 
satchow said:
Just go to AT&T's website (att.com) and choose live chat. Explain to them your situation and if they're nice, they'll go and verify that the phone is off contract and will unlock it for you. Then you'll have a definitive answer.
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That will be great, but after I spend a hour to chat with live agent was not successful since I don't have any AT&T account (I can create one, but in end will ask for AT&T phone number and etc which I don't have)

Thanks anyway
 
Wirelessly posted

I'm not sure and I have not much courage to try to update iPhone to iOS 5 with preserved baseband.

I see many people did, and was successful, but many other now have iPod touch, and not iPhone since they didn't preceded to keep iOS 4 and updated to iOS 5.

Will stay on iOS 4.3.5 until iPhone 5 comes out, and next time will buy unlocked iPhone.

Thanks guys for all answers.
 
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