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babotofu

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Sep 12, 2012
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Restored a recently bought iphone 4. Was unable to activate it without the orginal sim card which is tailored to at&t so I took steps to hackivate it, that is to activate it without the original sim card through jailbreaking it. Because I couldn't use the phone without cutting down my normal sim card I took measures to cut down my sim card to a micro in order to use the iphone, discovering! that I can't use the phone unless I unlock it.

I purchased an unlock from an ebay seller online and was told that my phone is unlocked. HOWEVER:

(1) there is no service
(2) when the iphone is connected to itunes, nothing popped up informing me that it was unlocked (as I was told something would)

I'm also unable to restore my iphone or back up.

Again it's an iPhone 4: firmware 04.12.01/v.5.1.1 and I'm trying to unlock it for tmobile use.
 
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