iPhoneSimFree 1.1.1 iPhone Unlock

[PDE]

If you run IPSF on your unlocked phone it will not work since your iphone it's already unlocked, you need to lock it again and then reunlock with IPSF.

I guess you have to remove your actual sim card during the unlock process of IPSF, if not you can get imei errors. just remove for the unlock.

At least the resellers replied you! I bought a license from freeouriphones on friday and they haven't send me any registration email and do not even reply to my emails

The questions I have are:

1. Is it enough to just relock the phone by restoring in itunes?

2. When we use IPFS, do we need to deal with the corruption caused by iunlock/anysim, or can we just restore in itunes, run IPSF, then upgrade to 1.1.1? Will that fix everything? Will it even work?

3. Has ANYBODY used IPSF with an unlocked (iunlock/anysim) 1.02 phone? If so, pleeeeaase post your experience and how you did it!

Thanks

 

[aclark7]

Apple Iphone on Orange UK Network?

Hi, hoping someone/ anyone can shed any light on a couple of points for me ....

I am currently waiting for an Iphone to be delivered to me in the UK - A friend is posting from the US. I am currently on Orange contract and want to know if once unlocked ~I will be able to access the web, utube etc using my orange sim, will It require settings etc,,, if so are they readily avaliable?

Any help will be much appreciated!

Cheers

 

[punterab]

IPSF after using I unlock

Hi , I have the same situation as user " PDE " explained in his post.
I never have tried to upgrade to 1.1 and originally used " iunlock"
to sim unlock the phone.

What I am wondering is........ Is there any way ( using IPSF ?) that I can have a sim unlocked phone and be using 1.1 ?


I hope the baseband is not permanently screwed up.

Thanks.

(oh ya this is my first post, apologies if I did something wrong!)

 

[mrbrown]

Can anybody explain why the iphonesimfree solution would be better than the free solution to unlocking? I still don't quite understand what they are doing compared to what the iphone dev. team has done and why the unlock by the latter bricks the iphone when it's updated, while the former doesn't.

Anybody?

The theory in the iPhone Dev Team forums is this: AnySIM (the free solution) generates an invalid "unlock token" that inadvertently sets the phone into a "unlocked but re-lockable" mode. This invalid token gets permanently embedded into the baseband, and when the baseband gets updated, it doesn't accept the token, and sets the phone into a diagnostic mode (which generates the bad IEMI number).

IPSF, on the other hand, apparently generates a valid unlock token that sets the phone into a "unlocked, NOT re-lockable". The theory is that the folks who develop IPSF either a) Know a lot about the baseband (Infineon S-Gold 2) that Apple is using in the iPhone or b) They have trade secret information from inside Apple.

I'm willing to bet it's the 1st one, as Apple would've shut 'em down already if it involved trade secrets.

 

[PDE]

The theory in the iPhone Dev Team forums is this: AnySIM (the free solution) generates an invalid "unlock token" that inadvertently sets the phone into a "unlocked but re-lockable" mode. This invalid token gets permanently embedded into the baseband, and when the baseband gets updated, it doesn't accept the token, and sets the phone into a diagnostic mode (which generates the bad IEMI number).

IPSF, on the other hand, apparently generates a valid unlock token that sets the phone into a "unlocked, NOT re-lockable". The theory is that the folks who develop IPSF either a) Know a lot about the baseband (Infineon S-Gold 2) that Apple is using in the iPhone or b) They have trade secret information from inside Apple.

I'm willing to bet it's the 1st one, as Apple would've shut 'em down already if it involved trade secrets.

Thank you. That was very helpful and appreciated.

 

[punterab]

Baseband

The theory in the iPhone Dev Team forums is this: AnySIM (the free solution) generates an invalid "unlock token" that inadvertently sets the phone into a "unlocked but re-lockable" mode. This invalid token gets permanently embedded into the baseband, and when the baseband gets updated, it doesn't accept the token, and sets the phone into a diagnostic mode (which generates the bad IEMI number).

IPSF, on the other hand, apparently generates a valid unlock token that sets the phone into a "unlocked, NOT re-lockable". The theory is that the folks who develop IPSF either a) Know a lot about the baseband (Infineon S-Gold 2) that Apple is using in the iPhone or b) They have trade secret information from inside Apple.

I'm willing to bet it's the 1st one, as Apple would've shut 'em down already if it involved trade secrets.

So if I used a " Free sim unlock" earlier , is my baseband permanently damaged? or can I " brick " the phone with Itunes update and use Ipsf to " fix " the baseband???? and then run 1.1 sim unlocked????

 

[mrbrown]

So if I used a " Free sim unlock" earlier , is my baseband permanently damaged? or can I " brick " the phone with Itunes update and use Ipsf to " fix " the baseband???? and then run 1.1 sim unlocked????

You can "fix" your baseband by using IPSF if you previously used AnySIM and you're currently running 1.0.2 - you will need to update your baseband using the original files (which will give you the bad IMEI) before running IPSF. I would not recommend bricking your phone by upgrading to 1.1.1 and then running IPSF, because the jailbreak method for 1.1.1 is complex.

However, I would hold off, because the Dev Team is very close to releasing a new version of AnySIM that can unlock the new baseband version (a beta was leaked today, however, it can apparently cause major damage to the phone).

Personally, I got fed up and paid the $60 to get the supposedly "upgrade-proof" solution found in IPSF.

 

[sananda]

You can "fix" your baseband by using IPSF if you previously used AnySIM and you're currently running 1.0.2 - you will need to update your baseband using the original files (which will give you the bad IMEI) before running IPSF. I would not recommend bricking your phone by upgrading to 1.1.1 and then running IPSF, because the jailbreak method for 1.1.1 is complex.

However, I would hold off, because the Dev Team is very close to releasing a new version of AnySIM that can unlock the new baseband version (a beta was leaked today, however, it can apparently cause major damage to the phone).

Personally, I got fed up and paid the $60 to get the supposedly "upgrade-proof" solution found in IPSF.

is the new version of anySIM likely to better the previous ones ? or is it better to use IPSF?

 

[punterab]

Iunlock

You can "fix" your baseband by using IPSF if you previously used AnySIM and you're currently running 1.0.2 - you will need to update your baseband using the original files (which will give you the bad IMEI) before running IPSF. I would not recommend bricking your phone by upgrading to 1.1.1 and then running IPSF, because the jailbreak method for 1.1.1 is complex.

However, I would hold off, because the Dev Team is very close to releasing a new version of AnySIM that can unlock the new baseband version (a beta was leaked today, however, it can apparently cause major damage to the phone).

Personally, I got fed up and paid the $60 to get the supposedly "upgrade-proof" solution found in IPSF.

Thanks for the info, glad to hear that my baseband is not damaged forever.

I did however use " Iunlock " is that the same as " Anysim"?

I actually did buy the 60 dollar Ipsf. but I got impatient waiting for it, and used " Iunlock" I still have Ipsf, and I would like to use it.

Do you think I should just " brick" the phone and then use " Ipsf" ?

 

[punterab]

ooops

Thanks for the info, glad to hear that my baseband is not damaged forever.

I did however use " Iunlock " is that the same as " Anysim"?

I actually did buy the 60 dollar Ipsf. but I got impatient waiting for it, and used " Iunlock" I still have Ipsf, and I would like to use it.

Do you think I should just " brick" the phone and then use " Ipsf" ?

I didn't fully read your post before I responded. I guess " bricking" would be alot of work and steps to get it back. What is the best way to " restore the baseband" ????

Thanks

 

[PDE]

Thanks for all the details. I'm going to go ahead with the iphonesimfree simply because I don't like how the iphone dev team has dealt with the question of the damage that was caused to the baseband. They promised a fix so that people could repair it, but that never happened. It seems IPSF is the safest and least damaging way to go. At least for now.

 

[sananda]

Thanks for all the details. I'm going to go ahead with the iphonesimfree simply because I don't like how the iphone dev team has dealt with the question of the damage that was caused to the baseband. They promised a fix so that people could repair it, but that never happened. It seems IPSF is the safest and least damaging way to go. At least for now.

let us know how you get on.

 

[Eric Lewis]

when

when will a GUI be released

 

[stadidas]

PDE: As I understand it, you used iUnlock / AnySIM to unlock your phone, and you now have IPSF and want to use that for 1.1.1. Could you confirm this? I am in the same situation and am not entirely sure of the process of using IPSF with 1.1.1. Will restoring the phone to 1.0.2 in iTunes (which I think I can do as I haven't downloaded 1.1.1) fix the baseband?

 

[beeeen]

I'm on AT&T, so I really have no need to unlock the iPhone except for the use of 3rd party apps. I don't have it yet, I'll probably have one by the end of this year sometime. I'm a little nervous to unlock it because of what I've been hearing about bricking and all that. I've also been hearing that if I unlock it, and I don't like it, I can restore it to how it was before? Is this true? I'm just not sure if I want to risk my $400 investment.

 

[PDE]

PDE: As I understand it, you used iUnlock / AnySIM to unlock your phone, and you now have IPSF and want to use that for 1.1.1. Could you confirm this? I am in the same situation and am not entirely sure of the process of using IPSF with 1.1.1. Will restoring the phone to 1.0.2 in iTunes (which I think I can do as I haven't downloaded 1.1.1) fix the baseband?

As I understand it, using the guide below will restore the baseband to its original state, from which you can then unlock using IPSF. I think that after the unlock, you still need to jailbreak and activate it though, which is a lot of work apparently. Restoring the phone in itunes does not fix the baseband so you need to reflash the baseband as outlined if you follow the link.

I'm not in any way knowledgeable about all this, so please don't follow my advice without confirming with others.

http://andreas.louca.org/2007/09/30/iphone-unlock-frenzy/

 

[mrbrown]

As I understand it, using the guide below will restore the baseband to its original state, from which you can then unlock using IPSF. I think that after the unlock, you still need to jailbreak and activate it though, which is a lot of work apparently. Restoring the phone in itunes does not fix the baseband so you need to reflash the baseband as outlined if you follow the link.

I'm not in any way knowledgeable about all this, so please don't follow my advice without confirming with others.

http://andreas.louca.org/2007/09/30/iphone-unlock-frenzy/

It should be noted that reflashing the baseband will NOT un-brick a phone upgraded to 1.1.1. The only way to do this (as of now) is to downgrade to 1.1.1 and run IPSF. I don't even think a full erase of the baseband (with iEraser) and re-flashing will un-brick a bricked phone.

 

[beeeen]

I'm on AT&T, so I really have no need to unlock the iPhone except for the use of 3rd party apps. I don't have it yet, I'll probably have one by the end of this year sometime. I'm a little nervous to unlock it because of what I've been hearing about bricking and all that. I've also been hearing that if I unlock it, and I don't like it, I can restore it to how it was before? Is this true? I'm just not sure if I want to risk my $400 investment.

Bump.

Someone else me out?

 

[murdock1234]

If you run IPSF on your unlocked phone it will not work since your iphone it's already unlocked, you need to lock it again and then reunlock with IPSF.

I guess you have to remove your actual sim card during the unlock process of IPSF, if not you can get imei errors. just remove for the unlock.

At least the resellers replied you! I bought a license from freeouriphones on friday and they haven't send me any registration email and do not even reply to my emails

I bought a license from freeouriphones on saturday, but no response until today. Did you receive anything from them?

 

[tiaandreyer]

Need help for brand new iphoners

Hi, I just got my new iphone and i want to unlock it to be able to use it on T-mobile. I was lucky enough to get a phone with the 1.0.2 firmware. I'm not very computer savvy, so I wanted to use the easiest way possible to get it done. I was thinking of just getting the IPSF for $60 and get it done. But I read on their website that you have to have an activated phone to be able to run their software. As far as I understand activating means paying the $36 fee and signing up for a 2 year ATT contract. Is this correct? Or can I just run the IPSF software on a brand new iphone and then insert my T-Mobile sim card? Anyone out there that has done this before? Please help!

 

[stadidas]

It should be noted that reflashing the baseband will NOT un-brick a phone upgraded to 1.1.1. The only way to do this (as of now) is to downgrade to 1.1.1 and run IPSF. I don't even think a full erase of the baseband (with iEraser) and re-flashing will un-brick a bricked phone.

I take it you meant downgrade to 1.0.2, not 1.1.1? At the moment I am on 1.0.2 and I used the free unlock. I have SimFree installed, if I run this will it fix the baseband?
Also, as I understand from the iPhoneSIMFreeSite, once I upgrade to 1.1.1, if I run SIMFree again, the phone will be fully unlocked running 1.1.1 and the new baseband. Is this the case?

 

[PDE]

So I upgraded from my iunlocked iphone 1.02 to 1.1.1 with iphonesimfree. Basically did this:

1. followed these instructions to flash the baseband and unlock with iphonesimfree software: http://andreas.louca.org/2007/09/30/iphone-unlock-frenzy/

2. Just to make sure, restored software/firmware in itunes to 1.02 firmware

3. Used the latest independence to activate and jailbreak 1.02 and install SSH

4. Prepared for 1.1.1 upgrade in Independence under the firmware tab

5. Upgraded through itunes to 1.1.1

6. Used Independence to activate, jailbreak and install SSH

7. Completed by using the post-upgrade button in Independence firmware tab.

That's it! A few times Independence didn't want to go into recovery mode, but I just restarted the software and it was fine.


Running 1.1.1 perfectly. Very smooth.

 

[stadidas]

That's great news PDE. Just a quick question:

2. Just to make sure, restored software/firmware in itunes to 1.02 firmware

How did you do this? I haven't downloaded 1.1.1 yet through iTunes, and when I hit restore it only gives me the option to "Restore and Update", and it mentions using the newest firmware. Will that just use the newest firmware on my computer (1.0.2), or will it go and download 1.1.1? Once I know this I can upgrade my phone.

 

[PDE]

That's great news PDE. Just a quick question:



How did you do this? I haven't downloaded 1.1.1 yet through iTunes, and when I hit restore it only gives me the option to "Restore and Update", and it mentions using the newest firmware. Will that just use the newest firmware on my computer (1.0.2), or will it go and download 1.1.1? Once I know this I can upgrade my phone.

Use the restore button, not the update button. You need to download the 1.02 firmware online (just search) and then hold down the option key as you press restore. You will then be prompted to choose the files you want to restore from and you should choose the 1.02 file you downloaded. I'm not even sure this whole step was necessary (probably not), but I wanted a clean system...

Let us know!

 

[69reichertm]

@PDE

Hello ! Thank you for the INFO. Which provider di you use ?

Did you do the unlock with an AT&T Sim ?

Do you need for any step an AT&T SIM ?

I only have a germany T-Mobile Sim.