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Help me unlock my iphone4 ios 5.0.1

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jimbo23

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bought a used iphone 4 locked into rogers and im with virgin mobile.

it was at version 4.3.3 but i upgraded to ios5.0.1 as the unlock wasnt working.

i got it jailbroken with redsn0w but everytime i try to boot it up via redsn0w after i turn it off, it either goes to the apple logo then the spinning wheel and just loops that over and over or i get this on my comp screen, but cydia doesnt open: (i need cydia to open to get it unlocked)

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this is killing me here. what doooo?
 
There is no way to unlock on ios 5 right now, you should have kept it at 4.3.3. Since you tether jailbreak it, you will have to boot tethered using the Just boot function in red snow.
 
jimbo23 said:
bought a used iphone 4 locked into rogers and im with virgin mobile.

it was at version 4.3.3 but i upgraded to ios5.0.1 as the unlock wasnt working.

i got it jailbroken with redsn0w but everytime i try to boot it up via redsn0w after i turn it off, it either goes to the apple logo then the spinning wheel and just loops that over and over or i get this on my comp screen, but cydia doesnt open: (i need cydia to open to get it unlocked)

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this is killing me here. what doooo?
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You can't unlock iOS5 yet. You can get Rogers to legally unlock I'm pretty sure you can check online.
 
wow im a ***** idiot.

is there anyway i can downgrade to a earlier firmware then?
 
jimbo23 said:
wow im a ***** idiot.

is there anyway i can downgrade to a earlier firmware then?
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Even if you can restore an earlier firmware, the baseband will still remain the same. I'm sorry :/
Some options you have:

Sell it and get another one
Wait for new gevey
Replace logic board
Call Rogers, but I heard they only unlock iPhones bought without contract
 
DangerPanda said:
Even if you can restore an earlier firmware, the baseband will still remain the same. I'm sorry :/
Some options you have:

Sell it and get another one
Wait for new gevey
Replace logic board
Call Rogers, but I heard they only unlock iPhones bought without contract
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fmllllll

when do you think hackers will make a unlock available for it? is it worth waiting or should i just sell the thing?
 
now that the iPhone is available on 3/4 major US carriers, the demand for an unlock has gone down tremendously. Best bet is to sell it and try to get a phone with the old baseband or buy an unlocked iPhone.
 
lians60 said:
I have base band 04.11.08 which was upgraded when i got 5.01
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Exactly how it's always been.... baseband upgrades are tied into iOS software upgrades so if you blindly update your OS version you will also update your baseband. If you wait to upgrade until the dev team has a solution like tinyumbrella or pwnage tool, you will be able to preserve your baseband.

This is why, if you rely on an unlock or jailbreak, you are never supposed to upgrade iOS until the dev team says it's safe to do so and have the required solutions to re-jailbreak and preserve your baseband or have a new unlock for the new baseband.
 
jimbo23 said:
fmllllll

when do you think hackers will make a unlock available for it? is it worth waiting or should i just sell the thing?
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You can try using one of the paid hardware unlock services and see if they offer unlocks for Rogers.

I bought my hardware unlock from http://cutyoursim.com/ earlier in the year.

I've updated the firmware several times and I'm still hardware unlocked. You can try there.
 
Coleman2010 said:
You can try using one of the paid hardware unlock services and see if they offer unlocks for Rogers.

I bought my hardware unlock from http://cutyoursim.com/ earlier in the year.

I've updated the firmware several times and I'm still hardware unlocked. You can try there.
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I don't believe Cutyoursim is offering hard unlocks anymore, as the whitelist loophole they were using was shut down.
 
awadeee said:
I don't believe Cutyoursim is offering hard unlocks anymore, as the whitelist loophole they were using was shut down.
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They no longer offer unlocks for AT&T. I was lucky enough to be one of the first orders so I got my AT&T iPhone unlocked. When you look at the site they are still offering the service for other countries and cell providers.
 
drenline said:
For almost a year?? Gevey sim unlocked all previous basebands before this latest 04.11.08 for the iPhone 4. What you talking about?
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I was talking about software unlocks which the OP seems to want to do instead of hardware unlocks.
 
Did you check with Rogers? They charged me $50, to unlock mine to work with Fido.
 
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