FAQ: Unlocking, Jailbreak, Cydia, etc - All discussion goes here

Ok some help please,

I happen to know a disgruntled employee of a major phone network. He said he will sell me an iphone for say the 12 month contract price, and allow me to use my old address, details, bank account etc. He reckons I can get the iphone unlocked, jailbroken etc and then stop paying the contract. And presto, I'll have an iphone that I can use on RTG account.
I'm not 100% convinced that this will work, and I reckon that the network will just lock the phone.

Anybody know if this is possible? It's not in Ireland by the way, so the whole breaking the contract isn't an issue for me

If the average iphone contract price is €40 you're still talking €480. Isn't the hassle vs savings ratio kinda low on that "deal"?

ridelm wrote: »

I would ask him where did he get the iPhone from, to make sure it's not a Phone that has been declared stolen/repaired.

If not, that should be fine with jailbreaking and unlocking it to all other carrier network using Pwnage Tool/Cydia/Blacksn0w.

He works in the shop. its brand new in the box etc.

savemejebus wrote: »

If the average iphone contract price is €40 you're still talking €480. Isn't the hassle vs savings ratio kinda low on that "deal"?

What are you talking about?
I obviously don't pay for the full year up front, pay month 1, close account.
Iphone = 40euro (or local equiv etc)

Im_No_Superman wrote: »

I hope to get an iphone 3G from o2 tomorrow which I plan on jailbreaking and unlocking to use on Meteor. My question is do I need to activate the iphone with an o2 sim before i jailbreak?

yes, and every time (if) you restore to stock you'll will need that o2 sim card to reactivate, then u can do your jailbreak & unlock

should be, though it could be a tethered jailbreak (has to be reapplied after each shut down) if you get one with a new boot loader.

Frisbee wrote: »

In the jailbreaking tutorial linked to in the first post for the 3Gs it gives a step by step guide on using PurpleRa1n to jailbreak.

but then in the unlocking tutorial it says "you must have used PwnageTool or RedSn0w to jailbreak."

So does it matter that the tutorials are advising two different things?

Or will that unlock tutorial work using PurpleRa1n to jailbreak?

outdated now,
its advisable use blackra1n now
Blackra1n does it all for 3g and 3gs jailbreak and unlock, one stop shop !!

purplelady83 wrote: »

Guys I'm just wondering of you could give me some advice. I really want an iPhone but not so keen on paying the €600 odd proce tag and don't want to commit to a contract. I'm considering buying an unlocked version (I know someone who can them them abroad for me). My question is if I buy one of these will I run into difficulty updating software etc in the future.

Thanks

if its factory unlocked, you will have no problems updating ever..
as of now, it doesnt matter if its not factory unlocked you can still update to latest and unlock again very easily

I jailbreaked my new 3Gs using blackrain, but unfortunately it only supports a tethered jailbreak, which means every time I power the phone off I have to run blackrain again which is a bit of a pain. Anybody know a way around this or is it a case of just wait for a new version?

acidburn51737 wrote: »

We got 3 iphOnes last week, 1 for my wife, for my cousin and for my mom. My mom got the 3gs and it came with firmware 3.1.2 so i jailbroke and unlocked it using blackra1n and blacksnow. Took me 3-5 mins tops. Just make sure you click the windows logo in geohot's page, you should have no worries

Just to note the newer 3Gs iphones, build after week 40 of this year (The week is the 4th and 5th digit of your serial number) can only currently be done with a tethered jailbreak. So every time you reboot them you will have to run the jailbreak program again.

I bought a 3GS based on the fact that I thought I could jailbreak it easily but when I try it using Redsnow and Windows Vista I try to restore to the restore file supplied by Redsn0w but it tries to verify the restore with Apple and it won't let me restore.

Is there anthing I can do?

The week (as in the serial number ) is 45

I'm currently running on 3.0.1 firmware, in order to jailbreak do I need to upgrade to 3.1.2? if so, how do i do this!? cant find it on iclarified.com but probably looking in the wrong place thanks a million!

Quazzie wrote: »

Sorry to be a pain and seem real dumb but does this mean if I ever need to reboot my iPhone or even if ti goes dead I need a my comp to restart it?

Unfortunately yes, It's called Tethered jailbreak, at the moment the iphone over week 40 TB is the only solution.

So wait, if you buy a new iPhone 3Gs, you have to re-unlock everytime you boot up?

Elessar wrote: »

So wait, if you buy a new iPhone 3Gs, you have to re-unlock everytime you boot up?

Yea. ITs actually ridiculously shít. I wouldn't mind it except if you turn off your phone and turn it back on again its basically bricked till you get ot a computer with Blackra1n on it. It would be ok if when you turned it back on you just had a normal iphone but when it turns back on its in DFU mode till Blackra1n is ran.