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Sold unlocked iPhone but cant unlock it?

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lindzmm

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I sold my iphone on ebay. I sold it as unlocked and jailbroken. When I restored it to factory settings after it had been sold, it also upgraded to 5.1.1 which is not unlockable. I have cydia installed but now cannot unlock the phone. I'm not sure what to do at this point. Can the buyer still use the phone? Should I give it to him anyways and hope for the best? Or should I tell him upfront and not give him the phone? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Also, if anyone knows how to downgrade firmware 4.12.01 to an earlier firmware that IS unlock-able, that would be ideal. Thanks:confused::eek:
 
lindzmm said:
I sold my iphone on ebay. I sold it as unlocked and jailbroken. When I restored it to factory settings after it had been sold, it also upgraded to 5.1.1 which is not unlockable. I have cydia installed but now cannot unlock the phone. I'm not sure what to do at this point. Can the buyer still use the phone? Should I give it to him anyways and hope for the best? Or should I tell him upfront and not give him the phone? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Also, if anyone knows how to downgrade firmware 4.12.01 to an earlier firmware that IS unlock-able, that would be ideal. Thanks:confused::eek:
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if you are talking about iPhone 4 then you cant downgrade the baseband to unlock it. so basically you are doomed:)
 
The buyer just payed so I figured it shouldnt be an issue to restore, jailbreak and unlock again since I have done it to many phone's- none updated to 5.1.1 though. I was planning on shipping it out in the morning. Should I still ship it and just take the blame if the buyer is unhappy?
 
lindzmm said:
The buyer just payed so I figured it shouldnt be an issue to restore, jailbreak and unlock again since I have done it to many phone's- none updated to 5.1.1 though. I was planning on shipping it out in the morning. Should I still ship it and just take the blame if the buyer is unhappy?
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Are you serious?
 
Which carrier are u with? Considering AT&T has started unlocking many iPhone 3gs/4 officially since many have had theirs for 2 years.

Are you the original owner of the iPhone?
 
lindzmm said:
The buyer just payed so I figured it shouldnt be an issue to restore, jailbreak and unlock again since I have done it to many phone's- none updated to 5.1.1 though. I was planning on shipping it out in the morning. Should I still ship it and just take the blame if the buyer is unhappy?
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What would be the point? I'm pretty certain that the buyer bought your phone because it was Unlocked, so he/she will be upset, no doubt. eBay has Buyer Protection so he could easily dispute for his money back, in this case for "Not as Described". You should first try to get a full Carrier unlock as the previous post suggested.
 
You have two options:

1) get the phone unlocked as described.
2) Refund the buyer's money.

Why would you do anything less? :rolleyes:
 
JerseyDoug said:
You have two options:

1) get the phone unlocked as described.
2) Refund the buyer's money.

Why would you do anything less? :rolleyes:
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this. The only thing you will do is cause both you and the buyer a headache once he realizes the phone is not unlocked.
 
mattopotamus said:
Ship the phone, cancel your ebay, run to mexico
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Lol.

.........

Contact the buyer, explain the situation. Then just go from there. I had a friend that sold an locked iPhone as unlocked (didnt even know what it meant just saw they sold for more). It screwed his eBay account up since no one wanted to buy from someone with negative feedback like that.
 
lindzmm said:
The buyer just payed so I figured it shouldnt be an issue to restore, jailbreak and unlock again since I have done it to many phone's- none updated to 5.1.1 though. I was planning on shipping it out in the morning. Should I still ship it and just take the blame if the buyer is unhappy?
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You figured wrong.
Its not JB and unlocked now and cannot be unlocked with gevey or ultrasnow.
I would be honest and tell the buyer what happened and then relist it as locked cause he will not be able to use it the way it is now.
Next time be more carefull.
 
lindzmm said:
The buyer just payed so I figured it shouldnt be an issue to restore, jailbreak and unlock again since I have done it to many phone's- none updated to 5.1.1 though. I was planning on shipping it out in the morning. Should I still ship it and just take the blame if the buyer is unhappy?
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if its not an issue why don't you restore,jb and unlock it?
good luck trying
 
lindzmm said:
I sold my iphone on ebay. I sold it as unlocked and jailbroken. When I restored it to factory settings after it had been sold, it also upgraded to 5.1.1 which is not unlockable. I have cydia installed but now cannot unlock the phone. I'm not sure what to do at this point. Can the buyer still use the phone? Should I give it to him anyways and hope for the best? Or should I tell him upfront and not give him the phone? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Also, if anyone knows how to downgrade firmware 4.12.01 to an earlier firmware that IS unlock-able, that would be ideal. Thanks:confused::eek:
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why dont you try IMEI unlock before shipping it now?
 
Is this definitely a 4 or 4S? If its a 3GS, it's very easy to unlock with Redsnow.

I do agree with others who say you should contact the buyer and be willing to accept negative feedback. Don't pass the buck.
 
JayLenochiniMac said:
You mean it'll brick a jailbroken iPhone? I don't normally JB, but I've sold three iPhones jailbroken and unlocked this way. Restore from within the iPhone using the above method, jailbreak then unlock.
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Nope, like the user above said.
If you try do that on a JB iphone on 4.3.3 or lower the phone will get stuck at the apple logo and will need a dfu restore. If the phone is NOT JB you can do that no prob.
If you try to do it on JB firmware 5.0 and higher the erase all will just error out and wont do anything.
 
lordofthereef said:
It won't actually brick it, but it will put you in a boot loop. The end result is the same; you will have to restore. Unless you have SHSH blobs saved, the only option at that point is to restore to newest firmware.
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If it was jailbroken, then the blobs are on the cydia server. Run firmware umbrella, check the box to get the shsh from cydia.

Now that you have the shsh locally, you should be good to restore to a previous ios.
 
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