I bought a iPhone 4 and now I want to give my older 3GS to my friend to use in Germany. I just used jailbreakme.com and it worked well. I am not familiar with how this process works though. Can my friend now take the phone to a T-Mobile store in Germany and set up service (it had been set up on AT&T)? Is there anything else that needs to be done? Also, can she use the same SIM card? Also, I want to reset it to delete the data (I think I use the option to reset all content and settings). Will resetting remove the jailbreak and she will have to repeat that again? Thanks a lot.
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Jailbreaking a 3GS on iOS4 to use on T-Mobile
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The issue with ultrasn0w is that you lose mms an unable to edit the apn
(ultrasn0w for the the 3gs was available yesterday )
(ultrasn0w for the the 3gs was available yesterday )
Oh I look stupid =(, you tried ultrasnow already and it didn't work?
http://www.redmondpie.com/unlock-ios-4.0.1-with-ultrasn0w-how-to-guide/
Thanks for the info - it is still giving me this message though (I just tried the instructions from that website)...
'the requested modifications cannot be applied due to required dependencies or conflicts that cannot be automatically found or fixed' depends firmware >= 3.0
Maybe I am doing something wrong...
'the requested modifications cannot be applied due to required dependencies or conflicts that cannot be automatically found or fixed' depends firmware >= 3.0
Maybe I am doing something wrong...
i just searched 'ultrasnow' and clicked it and it unlocked yesterday. not sure why it would give you dependency errors.
I just rebooted and tried again and it worked! Thanks 
Now my next stupid question: if I want to reset and delete all the content will that remove the jailbreak and ultrasn0w unlock - my friend will have to repeat all this and does she need my ATT sim card? I want to send it to her so she can sync it up with her iTunes when it gets there. Thanks again
Now my next stupid question: if I want to reset and delete all the content will that remove the jailbreak and ultrasn0w unlock - my friend will have to repeat all this and does she need my ATT sim card? I want to send it to her so she can sync it up with her iTunes when it gets there. Thanks again
Yes it will, you will have to remove all your info manually. Cause once it does that you will have to plug it into iTunes to restore.
I am in a similar situation, I got a 3GS and I unlocked with ultrasn0w last night.
Are there any settings I have to change on the iPhone itself to ensure that my phone can work on another carrier either here in the US (T-Mobile) or in another country?
I guess my question is what do I do now that the phone is actually unlocked?
Are there any settings I have to change on the iPhone itself to ensure that my phone can work on another carrier either here in the US (T-Mobile) or in another country?
I guess my question is what do I do now that the phone is actually unlocked?
I just reset and synced up to a new copy of iTunes without any data and put ultrasn0w back on again. So, mms won't work now for my friend? It is not critical but would be nice to have the ability...
Your phone will work fine as a phone but the data will not work until you make apn setting changes for the new carrier. You can get these settings from a number of sources one of which is help.benm.at select your country and carrier and download the settings.
if you want to ensure you delete everything from the phone you should restore it to Stock 4.0.1 from Itunes. Set it up as a new phone activate it with your sim card and then do the JB and Unlock again. We are in a very unusual situation where it is actually possible to do this. It may not be in a few weeks time, and you will be doing the person receiving the phone a hugh favor.
You can get the ability to see and manually edit the apn under Cellular data network by editing the carrier.plist file on the phone using openSSH.
Sorry I am such a newb but does that mean my friend will not have any data services until she manually changes her apn settings if she plugs in her T-Mobile SIM in Germany?
That is correct. It is a very simple change which can either be done manually or by downloading the correct settings from a number of web sites. Itunes also have the settings for official carriers so If Tmobile Germany is an official settings they can be downloaded from Itunes.