whats the best to unlock an OTB 16 GB iPhone?

[mratlantis]

i know we have been over this many times but im just left in confusion.
so please be kind and humour me...

whats the best way to unlock an OTB 16 GB iPhone without down grading the bootloader?

im in the uk and intend to use the phone with an O2 PAYG sim card
(also advise for using it with a vodaphone sim card would be good as im weighing up my options)


i guess im trying to see the wood for the trees

thankyou so much for your patience and your replies and advise in advance

M

 

[DannyBres]

ziPhone!

 

[Subculture]

mratlantis,

I posted this in another thread, but here it is for your info:

(The following steps were performed and the phone still has BL4.6)

1. So I unboxed the 16GB iPhone and plugged in the cable to my windows box with the following installed:
Windows XP Professional (fresh install with ALL the updates critical and optional)
iTunes 7.6.0.29
ZiPhone 2.4 (the newest GUI included version)

2. The iPhone was recognized by the computer, but iTunes didn't launch or anything.

3. I manually launched iTunes and was greeted by the AT&T Setup prompt. I left it there. Didn't hit cancel or eject the iPhone. Just left it as is.

4. Opened a command prompt window in the ZiPhone directory, and entered the command: "ziphone -a -j -u" and hit enter.

5. ZiPhone started, found the iPhone, and put it into recovery mode all automatically.

6. All the BSD gobbly gook started rolling by on the iPhone's screen. I waited. Approx 4 minutes.

7. It eventually rebooted the iPhone, and the command window stated "Done!" and was back to the prompt.

8. I was able to "slide to unlock" on the iPhone screen and was greeted with the first message telling me about the Home screen.

9. From there I shut down the iPhone by holding the sleep/wake button and installed my SIM (Rogers Communication).

10. Turned the iPhone back on and the iPhone found the Rogers network and I began testing: connected to WiFi, browsed through Safari, sent an SMS message, dialed out, received a call, tested YouTube, tested camera, etc etc.

 

[CD3660]

I agree, ZiPhone is the way to go. Choose one of the following, depending on your Operating System:

http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=666

OR:

http://www.iclarified.com/entry/comments.php?page=1&enid=675#commentsanchor

Dead simple!

 

[dexterleong]

mratlantis,

I posted this in another thread, but here it is for your info:

(The following steps were performed and the phone still has BL4.6)

1. So I unboxed the 16GB iPhone and plugged in the cable to my windows box with the following installed:
Windows XP Professional (fresh install with ALL the updates critical and optional)
iTunes 7.6.0.29
ZiPhone 2.4 (the newest GUI included version)

2. The iPhone was recognized by the computer, but iTunes didn't launch or anything.

3. I manually launched iTunes and was greeted by the AT&T Setup prompt. I left it there. Didn't hit cancel or eject the iPhone. Just left it as is.

4. Opened a command prompt window in the ZiPhone directory, and entered the command: "ziphone -a -j -u" and hit enter.

5. ZiPhone started, found the iPhone, and put it into recovery mode all automatically.

6. All the BSD gobbly gook started rolling by on the iPhone's screen. I waited. Approx 4 minutes.

7. It eventually rebooted the iPhone, and the command window stated "Done!" and was back to the prompt.

8. I was able to "slide to unlock" on the iPhone screen and was greeted with the first message telling me about the Home screen.

9. From there I shut down the iPhone by holding the sleep/wake button and installed my SIM (Rogers Communication).

10. Turned the iPhone back on and the iPhone found the Rogers network and I began testing: connected to WiFi, browsed through Safari, sent an SMS message, dialed out, received a call, tested YouTube, tested camera, etc etc.

Sorry i have some questions to ask:
Do you need to put your phone to recovery before you put it on the dock?
The iTunes is downloaded from the web?
Do you need to install any other software eg. BSD subsystem or do any patch before you can perform calls, sms? Thanks.

 

[Subculture]

Sorry i have some questions to ask:
Do you need to put your phone to recovery before you put it on the dock?

No. ZiPone does that automatically.

The iTunes is downloaded from the web?

I just listed the version I had installed. I believe the newest one works too.

Do you need to install any other software eg. BSD subsystem or do any patch before you can perform calls, sms? Thanks.

No. I currently don't have ANY 3rd party apps installed, except Installer 3.0 (and that's because ZiPhone installs that for you).