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I'M BAACK! "No service" problem on 4.1 3G

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LongbowFoSho

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So, I sold a JB & UL 3G on 4.1 with the iPad baseband yesterday and it worked great when they left. They called me today saying that it won't get service now, so here I am trying to figure out WTF the problem is.

What I know:

- Its not the sim card.
- Its on 4.1
- That's about it

What I've done:

- Tried a restore with custom 4.1 FW using redsn0w. Cydia was still installed after the restore. Is that normal?

I'm having really bad luck these days. If I can't fix it I'll have to buy back the phone. Not a huge problem since I have the cash, but still.

Thanks in advance for the help.
 
Ready for the crazy part? It won't work on AT&T. They weren't even trying it on T-Mobile. I have no idea why they wanted an unlocked phone for AT&T, but who am I to question?

Regardless, the problem still remains. No service, even with a guaranteed legit AT&T sim card: mine.
 
LongbowFoSho said:
Ready for the crazy part? It won't work on AT&T. They weren't even trying it on T-Mobile. I have no idea why they wanted an unlocked phone for AT&T, but who am I to question?

Regardless, the problem still remains. No service, even with a guaranteed legit AT&T sim card: mine.
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Weird.
You removed the ultrasnow and reset network and still wouldnt detect the sim and say no service?
Did you hactivate the iphone or activated officially with your sim?
This isnt the same iphone 3G you had issues with last night is it?
 
Applejuiced said:
Weird.
You removed the ultrasnow and reset network and still wouldnt detect the sim and say no service?
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Ultrasn0w not installed now.

Did you hactivate the iphone or activated officially with your sim?
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Elaborate. I usually just do the unlock with my sim card installed and then take it out.

EDIT: I get it now. No, I didn't make it where you don't need a sim card.

This isnt the same iphone 3G you had issues with last night is it?
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Oh, no. That one is nestled snugly in Recovery Mode for all eternity.




It barely even says "Searching" before going to "No Service"
 
See if you can restore it again and leave your sim in while still plugged into itunes where it activates it officially and lets you setup as new or restore from backup. Click setup as new and then once you can get into the homescreen JB it afterwards.
 
Its powering up with a monochrome pineapple instead of the Apple logo. Is that normal? I've never seen one do that before. Cydia is normal and everything.

I mean, everything works normal except the No Service part.
 
LongbowFoSho said:
Its powering up with a monochrome pineapple instead of the Apple logo. Is that normal? I've never seen one do that before. Cydia is normal and everything.

I mean, everything works normal except the No Service part.
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The pineapple is Cydia's logo, it comes up while you are jailbreaking, but i've never seen a monochrome one, normally it's colored...that's weird.
 
It gets even weirder. I decided to try and restore to a stock 4.1 IPSW (even though I know it won't work).

As the restore started, the phone flashed a cartoonish Steve Jobs with a caption in what looked like Russian.

:confused:

I'm getting some really odd phones lately.
 
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I wish I was kidding. The stock restore completed with a 1015 error, I kicked it out with TU and it booted up fine, shows that its on 4.1 and the 6.15 baseband (with Cydia fully removed this time) and yet it still shows No Service.

FML.

I might restore it again to see if I get that crazy Steve Jobs again.
 
Applejuiced said:
Dude, I never came across someone with so many iphone issues.:D
Its either that you have some really bad luck and you end up with hardware issues or simply you cannot follow directions.
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If he's like me, he just can't follow directions. I'm a put it together first, look at the directions if i screw it up type of guy lol :D
 
Oh we've got jokes? I see how it is.

I've never had this problem before and I've JB & UL'd at least two dozen 3G phones with the iPad baseband.

I personally think they somehow screwed it up. How? I dunno. Regardless, it worked when I sold it to them.

*shrug*

I'll probably just rip out the logic board and sell it on eBay. The rest of the phone is still good.
 
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