some questions using new 16gb iphone on orange

[chenks]

i want to get a 16gb iphone (most likely will be 1.1.3 OTB).
my orange contract isn't up until november, so i guess i will need unlock it to use on my orange contract.

few questions.

i assume ZiPhone will be the tool to use to unlock it for other networks? does this downgrade any functions?

what features won't i have access to if using my orange sim?

i'm not interested in installing 3rd party apps.. does unlocking also jailbreak it ?

once november comes, would i be able to restore the iphone back to factory and then treat it like it was brand new unactivated and go to O2?

thanks for any answers.

 

[kashmoney2006]

i'm not interested in installing 3rd party apps.. does unlocking also jailbreak it?

yes. you must first jailbreak it, then you can unlock the phone. im not positive about the others, so ill let other people help you there.

 

[Jeremy1026]

i want to get a 16gb iphone (most likely will be 1.1.3 OTB).
my orange contract isn't up until november, so i guess i will need unlock it to use on my orange contract.

few questions.

i assume ZiPhone will be the tool to use to unlock it for other networks? does this downgrade any functions?

what features won't i have access to if using my orange sim?

i'm not interested in installing 3rd party apps.. does unlocking also jailbreak it ?

once november comes, would i be able to restore the iphone back to factory and then treat it like it was brand new unactivated and go to O2?

thanks for any answers.

1. Yes, no
2. I believe you will loose visual voicemail. Without a data plan internet and such would only be availible using WiFi.
3. Yes
4. Yes

 

[chenks]

do i lose anything by the bootloader being downgraded (assuming that ziphone does this)

is there anything else i should be aware of?

 

[chenks]

how do you restore it back to the way it was OTB ?

also, is it better to use iJailBreak 0.5.3 or the ZiPhone2.4 package ?

 

[kashmoney2006]

how do you restore it back to the way it was OTB ?

also, is it better to use iJailBreak 0.5.3 or the ZiPhone2.4 package ?

through my personal experience, ZiPhone 2.4 works better. iJailbreak left me with YouTube not working, While ZiPhone worked perfectly. although others have had both work like a charm.