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

fox007 · 14-10-2014 10:37pm

massy086 wrote: »

probably only 3

Only 3 can and will unlock iPhone 5s.if that not an option get your girlfriend to switch over was with 3 my self for years never had any problems only changed due to company' issued new iPhone

Ivefoundgod · 14-10-2014 10:41pm

Thanks lads, I found this site; https://www.officialiphoneunlock.co.uk/ that says they can unlock it for around £20? Might give that a go, I've requested the unlock code from three but I don't think they'll give it to me when my contracts not up.

Masala · 15-10-2014 3:52pm

I would chuck that web site address into this first

http://www.scamadviser.com/

griffdaddy · 17-10-2014 5:15pm

Does anyone know a reliable eBay seller for unlocking an AT&T iphone 5s for a friend? I used one before that unlocked it as soon as it was connected to iTunes but they don't seem to be in business anymore

guil · 17-10-2014 5:56pm

Just look for one with lots of good feedback and you should be ok.

whiterebel · 18-10-2014 6:46am

zwitek wrote: »

Does 3.ie unlocks iphones upon requests? what is the story with this network. I bought iphone 6 locked with this network and would like to unlock it. Appreciate any advise.

If it's on contract they will only Ever deal with the original owner too for an unlock request

CFC007 · 22-10-2014 3:37pm

Has anyone unlocked their 6? I've been quoted €30 in one of the unlocking shops but would be worried that id lose the unlock with future updates.

feeditout · 31-10-2014 4:29pm

CFC007 wrote: »

Has anyone unlocked their 6? I've been quoted €30 in one of the unlocking shops but would be worried that id lose the unlock with future updates.

Have you contacted your provider to see if they will unlock for free?

CFC007 · 31-10-2014 5:00pm

Yeah they won't till I've reached €150 in credit.

feeditout wrote: »

Have you contacted your provider to see if they will unlock for free?

mcw92 · 31-10-2014 5:02pm

CFC007 wrote: »

Yeah they won't till I've reached €150 in credit.

What network are you?

CFC007 · 31-10-2014 5:04pm

O2 prepay.

mcw92 wrote: »

What network are you?

mcw92 · 31-10-2014 5:06pm

CFC007 wrote: »

O2 prepay.

€20 Factory Unlock. Take around 3-5 days i reckon(He says 1-10). eBay seller with good feedback.

I ordered an AT&T unlock of eBay before, took 2 working days. Has been perfect since(5 Months later.)

feeditout · 31-10-2014 5:59pm

CFC007 wrote: »

Yeah they won't till I've reached €150 in credit.

Ouch, have you looked considered jailbreaking:
Evasi0n Jailbreak and Unlock iPhone 6 is floating around and Might be promising!!!
Its been awhile since I've jailbroken an iphone so maybe another board member might be able to shed some light on it.

guil · 01-11-2014 9:56am

feeditout wrote: »

Ouch, have you looked considered jailbreaking:
Evasi0n Jailbreak and Unlock iPhone 6 is floating around and Might be promising!!!
Its been awhile since I've jailbroken an iphone so maybe another board member might be able to shed some light on it.

I doubt you will ever see a software unlock on an iPhone again. They haven't been able to do it since iOS 4 on the iPhone 4. 4.1 broke the unlock and it hasn't worked since.

royalflush2003 · 09-11-2014 5:57pm

Hi I have a iphone 3G , can't get FaceTime on it as it needs the latest updates but phone only updates to 106 or something can I do it ?

GhostInTheRuins · 09-11-2014 10:51pm

royalflush2003 wrote: »

Hi I have a iphone 3G , can't get FaceTime on it as it needs the latest updates but phone only updates to 106 or something can I do it ?

iPhone 3G doesn't even have a front camera so I'm not sure how you'd expect FaceTime to work anyway.

biko · 10-11-2014 10:11am

Nothing you can do. 3G cannot be updated, and even if it could the phone cannot handle the requirements of the new software. If you need the new functionalities you also need a new phone.

Luckycharms_74 · 14-11-2014 1:26pm

Any IOS8 JB confirmed yet ?

amber2 · 15-11-2014 8:39pm

Got an IPhone 5C from my sister in law it's locked by 3 network and she is still in a contract with 3, they won't unlock it. I am with Vodafone Bill Pay is there any way I can get the phone unlocked. I rang mobile phone unlocking shop in Cork and he charges €100 to unlock from 3 network which seems a bit steep. Anyone any advice please, thanks.

dodzy · 16-11-2014 10:08am

amber2 wrote: »

Got an IPhone 5C from my sister in law it's locked by 3 network and she is still in a contract with 3, they won't unlock it. I am with Vodafone Bill Pay is there any way I can get the phone unlocked. I rang mobile phone unlocking shop in Cork and he charges €100 to unlock from 3 network which seems a bit steep. Anyone any advice please, thanks.

nope, your account with VF will not help here. It has to be 3.

Kevwoody · 20-11-2014 6:11pm

Hi sorry if this has been asked before.
I've an iPhone 4S, and for the last while it won't play certain videos.
It will play videos on YouTube and such, and then when I press play on other videos, a line goes across the play symbol.

Any ideas what's up?

EuskalHerria · 20-11-2014 8:04pm

Kevwoody wrote: »

Hi sorry if this has been asked before.
I've an iPhone 4S, and for the last while it won't play certain videos.
It will play videos on YouTube and such, and then when I press play on other videos, a line goes across the play symbol.

Any ideas what's up?

That happens with flash videos that are not compatible. Youtube and some other sites have HTML5, but the majority don't yet so are not comparable.

Jpb55 · 03-12-2014 11:32am

I recently and stupidly bought a used MacBook which I seen working perfectly. 2 days later as I'm just getting the hang of Apple life I connect to wifi and boom. It go's into lost my MacBook recovery mode, what are my options for getting it going again? New hard drive? Bring into laptop repair shop?

massy086 · 03-12-2014 12:59pm

Jpb55 wrote: »

I recently and stupidly bought a used MacBook which I seen working perfectly. 2 days later as I'm just getting the hang of Apple life I connect to wifi and boom. It go's into lost my MacBook recovery mode, what are my options for getting it going again? New hard drive? Bring into laptop repair shop?[try return it to who ever owns it.

Jpb55 · 03-12-2014 1:05pm

massy086 wrote: »

Jpb55 wrote: »

I recently and stupidly bought a used MacBook which I seen working perfectly. 2 days later as I'm just getting the hang of Apple life I connect to wifi and boom. It go's into lost my MacBook recovery mode, what are my options for getting it going again? New hard drive? Bring into laptop repair shop?[try return it to who ever owns it.

If you don't have anything informative to say your best not saying anything, I'm just looking for a bit of advice on fixing the problem

guil · 03-12-2014 1:15pm

You won't get it here so quit while you're ahead.

Jpb55 · 03-12-2014 1:26pm

guil wrote: »

You won't get it here so quit while you're ahead.

Is that not what forums like this are for?

I've purchased this and there's an error that I'm looking for assistance on. There's no need to jump to conclusions

guil · 03-12-2014 2:43pm

The only one that can help you is the seller.

Kaizersoze81 · 03-12-2014 2:47pm

The only "error" here is that you bought a stolen laptop. Stop trying to pretend anything other than this. Bring it to your local Garda station and in future be more careful buying second hand laptops

Jpb55 · 03-12-2014 3:12pm

guil wrote: »

The only one that can help you is the seller.

Unfortunately that's not possible now, plus due to the reason I'm in this situation Id question his honesty, well if anyone has any assistance I'd appriciat it, here or through a private email, thanks

dodzy · 03-12-2014 3:36pm

Gary4279 wrote: »

just purchased and ipod touch from england and it should be ariving soon. will i need to unlock it/jailbreak? or will it be ok to use.

thankyou in advance.:)

Use as is. It'll be grand.

pedatron · 04-12-2014 1:12pm

Jpb55 wrote: »

massy086 wrote: »

If you don't have anything informative to say your best not saying anything, I'm just looking for a bit of advice on fixing the problem

You're also on the wrong forum. This is for apple devices such as iPhone and iPad. Check the Mac forum and you may be luckier.

doubie · 04-01-2015 3:46pm

any way to downgrade the phone?

GhostInTheRuins · 04-01-2015 8:44pm

doubie wrote: »

any way to downgrade the phone?

What phone?

Doge · 05-01-2015 9:24pm

Kodi 14.0 aka XBMC just released is lightning quick on my iPad Air.

Serious speed improvement.

EuskalHerria · 05-01-2015 9:45pm

Doge wrote: »

Kodi 14.0 aka XBMC just released is lightning quick on my iPad Air.

Serious speed improvement.

Did you download from cydia? It keeps telling me to update.

Doge · 06-01-2015 2:02pm

EuskalHerria wrote: »

Did you download from cydia? It keeps telling me to update.

Yep, its now seperate to the xbmc package, so you need to search for "kodi" in cydia.

The only con is that its using the blue and black skins now, the sleeker skin xbmc used seems to be gone.

Jasnah · 11-01-2015 3:06pm

Anyone got any app recommendations for transferring all music and data from an iPhone 4s to iTunes? Destroyed my laptop and don't want to have to re-download everything

BumbleB · 13-01-2015 10:02pm

Jasnah wrote: »

Anyone got any app recommendations for transferring all music and data from an iPhone 4s to iTunes? Destroyed my laptop and don't want to have to re-download everything

http://www.i-funbox.com/

Narcissus87 · 25-01-2015 2:00am

Hey all,

I'm an american moving to Ireland in a few days. I have an iphone4S bought from Verizon. They refused to unlock it, for reasons I don't want to get into (but largely come down to **** customer service).

Can I/How would I go about getting to work with O2/Meteor/Vodaphone etc?

They've handed me two six digit unlock "codes", but I'm fairly certain they were blowing smoke up my ass.

I vaguely remember their being phone unlock shops in Dublin, would they have the ability (however legal) to unlock/jailbreak my phone to work with an Irish mobile provider?

feeditout · 25-01-2015 2:22am

Depends on the software version of your device and what baseband your on! Go to about in your idevice and provide some details. If have already posted this info I apologise before hand. I only read the first paragraph

SupraSonic_26 · 25-01-2015 6:29pm

Hi all i jailbroke my phone today and went to download winterboard but the version im seeing only up to ios 8.1.1 i have the latest cydia version. I want to download football manager 2015 handheld and change themes but cant use any downloads because i dont have winterboard any help would be great thanks.

kopite davo · 04-02-2015 12:15am

hi, anyone able to jailbreak this. just bought it as i thought atv 2 was easily jail breakable and its not. unfortunately I'm on iTunes 12, videos on the tube say i need itunes10:mad:

massy086 · 04-02-2015 2:41pm

kopite davo wrote: »

hi, anyone able to jailbreak this. just bought it as i thought atv 2 was easily jail breakable and its not. unfortunately I'm on iTunes 12, videos on the tube say i need itunes10:mad:

Ye send me a pm.i can help iv done loads

kopite davo · 05-02-2015 11:02am

hi massy086, can't send you any more messages as your inbox is full. i'm in kilkenny.

massy086 · 05-02-2015 12:45pm

kopite davo wrote: »

hi massy086, can't send you any more messages as your inbox is full. i'm in kilkenny.

i cleared some space in the mailbox.you can pm me now

darrenking · 17-02-2015 10:30pm

Hi everyone sorry if this has been posted before iv looked through quite a few pages and can't find any help. I'm just wondering if there's any way I can unlock an iPhone 4s on meteor I'm emigrating next month and would like to bring my phone with me but meteor won't give me the code unless I pay the remaining 7 months of my 2 year contract any help would be really appreciated

massy086 · 18-02-2015 12:11am

darrenking wrote: »

Hi everyone sorry if this has been posted before iv looked through quite a few pages and can't find any help. I'm just wondering if there's any way I can unlock an iPhone 4s on meteor I'm emigrating next month and would like to bring my phone with me but meteor won't give me the code unless I pay the remaining 7 months of my 2 year contract any help would be really appreciated

Pay your contract

darrenking · 18-02-2015 12:25am

massy086 wrote: »

Pay your contract

Thanks for that wonderful piece of advice

naasrd · 20-02-2015 5:21pm

darrenking wrote: »

Thanks for that wonderful piece of advice

You can buy an unlock on eBay for Meteor.

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