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

davey_j_c · 11-07-2010 2:24pm

Hi everyone.

Was told that this would be the best place to post this query. So bare with me if it's been answered before.

I have an iPhone 3gs which I updated to ios4. I was wondering if there was a way to jailbreak and then unlock it. I have read about blackra1n but am I right in thinking it wouldn't work with ios4?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

freeze4real · 14-07-2010 6:36pm

any software for unlocking 1phone 3g with ios4.

hshortt · 14-07-2010 7:00pm

freeze4real wrote: »

any software for unlocking 1phone 3g with ios4.

Jailbroken already or not? If yes, then yes it can be unlocked. If not then you must wait for a jailbreak first.

freeze4real · 14-07-2010 7:02pm

theres is a software to jailbreak and unlock it.

i bought an iphone from the usa with ios4 it was unlocked and jilbroken.

i restored it by mistake thats why i need the software .

Jax Teller · 14-07-2010 7:04pm

freeze4real wrote: »

theres is a software to jailbreak and unlock it.

i bought an iphone from the usa with ios4 it was unlocked and jilbroken.

i restored it by mistake thats why i need the software .

Check out iclarified for guides you need redsn0w to jailbreak and ultrasn0w to unlock it

freeze4real · 14-07-2010 7:05pm

how do i go on doing it.

are they two different softwares

Jax Teller · 14-07-2010 7:14pm

freeze4real wrote: »

how do i go on doing it.

are they two different softwares

do this first http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=10188&laid= then this http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=4253

freeze4real · 14-07-2010 7:16pm

thanks.

once its done will i lose all whats in my ipod.

keysersoze_88 wrote: »

do this first http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=10188&laid= then this http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=4253

Jax Teller · 14-07-2010 7:18pm

freeze4real wrote: »

thanks.

once its done will i lose all whats in my ipod.

you shouldnt no

freeze4real · 14-07-2010 7:22pm

ok

thanks.

freeze4real · 14-07-2010 9:28pm

ok guys so i jailbreaked my iphone and unlocked it.
can i restore my data from my ipod touched which i backed up 3weeks ago.

will i lose the jailbreak and unlock.

thanks

IntoTheAshtray · 15-07-2010 12:00pm

Guys, has anyone bought an Iphone off Ebay? Does this seller look legit?

http://cgi.ebay.ie/APPLE-iPHONE-3G-8GB-BLACK-UNLOCKED-GPS-WiFi-APPS-/290452874274?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhones&hash=item43a0572422

Also, would that phone work if I put in my meteor pin? Sorry for the plethora of questions - not very techy/ebay-aware. Cheers, Mark.

freeze4real · 15-07-2010 3:55pm

well the seller looks legit to me.

IMO for an iphone 3G its expensive .
i got mine from the usa yesterday for 150e evrything plus shipping.

you do know that you are getting 1 iphone not 5.

If i were you i would use the 300 to get iphone 3GS.

IntoTheAshtray · 15-07-2010 5:57pm

freeze4real wrote: »

well the seller looks legit to me.

IMO for an iphone 3G its expensive .
i got mine from the usa yesterday for 150e evrything plus shipping.

you do know that you are getting 1 iphone not 5.

If i were you i would use the 300 to get iphone 3GS.

Cool, cheers. Where did you buy yours from?

freeze4real · 15-07-2010 6:14pm

I bought mine from eBay.

IntoTheAshtray · 15-07-2010 11:50pm

freeze4real wrote: »

I bought mine from eBay.

And it will work perfectly with an Irish sim?

Any more available at that price?

freeze4real · 15-07-2010 11:57pm

IntoTheAshtray wrote: »

And it will work perfectly with an Irish sim?

Any more available at that price?

Yea it works perfectly it's unlocked.

There are loads that are cheap.
You just have to find the right one.
Mine was pretty awesome as it came with an apple care plan or warranty till September. And when I recieved I wasn't taxed by customs So it was all good.

IntoTheAshtray · 16-07-2010 12:30am

freeze4real wrote: »

Yea it works perfectly it's unlocked.

There are loads that are cheap.
You just have to find the right one.
Mine was pretty awesome as it came with an apple care plan or warranty till September. And when I recieved I wasn't taxed by customs So it was all good.

Any chance of a nod in the right direction? Looked earlier but didn't see much.:o

400R · 16-07-2010 10:43pm

No sign of a jailbreak for 3gs iOS4.0.1 yet?

dmcg90 · 16-07-2010 11:09pm

400R wrote: »

No sign of a jailbreak for 3gs iOS4.0.1 yet?

Nope, but the Dev Team seems to have made loads of progress on it, they said they would release it after iOS4 has been released so hopefully not long now.

Rickard · 18-07-2010 2:20am

This is what f0recast says I have... but I haven't been able to find a tutorial that explains how the heck, I get this to IOS 4.0 and jailbreak it.
apparantly this means i have old bootrom... anyone have a link to a tutorial? driving me mental googling for this.. I downlaoded sn0wbreeze but it's all gibberish to me with no instructions

grolschmore · 18-07-2010 2:42am

Rickard wrote: »

This is what f0recast says I have... but I haven't been able to find a tutorial that explains how the heck, I get this to IOS 4.0 and jailbreak it.
apparantly this means i have old bootrom... anyone have a link to a tutorial? driving me mental googling for this.. I downlaoded sn0wbreeze but it's all gibberish to me with no instructions

jailbreak on 3.1.2 with blackrain found here:
http://www.redmondpie.com/jailbreak-iphone-3.1.2-firmware-with-blackra1n-zni327/

then update to 4.0 using custom firmware,

how to windows
http://www.redmondpie.com/sn0wbreeze-ios-4.0-jailbreak-iphone-3g-3gs-windows/

mac
http://www.redmondpie.com/jailbreak-ios-4.0-with-pwnagetool-4.1-iphone-3gs-3g-guide/

Deedsie · 20-07-2010 3:18pm

dmcg90 wrote: »

Nope, but the Dev Team seems to have made loads of progress on it, they said they would release it after iOS4 has been released so hopefully not long now.

Any word on a jailbreak for the 3GS on 4.0.1

Deedsie · 20-07-2010 4:36pm

dmcg90 wrote: »

Nope, but the Dev Team seems to have made loads of progress on it, they said they would release it after iOS4 has been released so hopefully not long now.

Any word on a jailbreak for the 3GS on 4.0.1?

freeze4real · 20-07-2010 5:49pm

would anyone have an ATT sim card i downgraded my iphone which i bought from the states and its need a sim card to activate it on itunes.

Dublinstiofán · 20-07-2010 8:35pm

My iPhone 3gs has 3.1.3 and is jailbroken with spirit.

Can i update to 4.0 and Jailbreak it? I'm not sure what bootrom it has.

Thanks

Euphoriasean · 20-07-2010 10:19pm

freeze4real wrote: »

would anyone have an ATT sim card i downgraded my iphone which i bought from the states and its need a sim card to activate it on itunes.

you can get them on ebay from the uk.Should only take a couple of days!

hshortt · 20-07-2010 11:14pm

Euphoriasean wrote: »

you can get them on ebay from the uk.Should only take a couple of days!

This will take a few minutes if you have a phonebook sim -> here

podgedurka · 21-07-2010 1:52am

After breaking the screen on a 3gs and having it replaced by an new 3gs sporting 3.1.3 baseband 05.12.01 do i have any hope in unlocking?

jaykay2 · 21-07-2010 1:27pm

Guys. Have a 3GS that's stuck in a boot loop. It has previously been jailbroken at 3.1.3 but obviously when I conect to itunes to perform a restore, it is going to make me update to the latest 4.0.1 firmware. If i was to do this, would I be able to downgrade my firmware back to 3.1.3 because it has been jailbroken before?

Thanks guys.

Dublinstiofán · 21-07-2010 1:42pm

jaykay2 wrote: »

Guys. Have a 3GS that's stuck in a boot loop. It has previously been jailbroken at 3.1.3 but obviously when I conect to itunes to perform a restore, it is going to make me update to the latest 4.0.1 firmware. If i was to do this, would I be able to downgrade my firmware back to 3.1.3 because it has been jailbroken before?

Thanks guys.

You won't be able to go backwards. Try putting it in DFU Mode and restoring it back to 3.1.3 with the custom Firmware you used before.

hshortt · 21-07-2010 2:22pm

You can go back only if you saved the SHSH blobs in Cydia. Have you tried this to get it out of the boot loop?

jaykay2 wrote: »

Guys. Have a 3GS that's stuck in a boot loop. It has previously been jailbroken at 3.1.3 but obviously when I conect to itunes to perform a restore, it is going to make me update to the latest 4.0.1 firmware. If i was to do this, would I be able to downgrade my firmware back to 3.1.3 because it has been jailbroken before?

Thanks guys.

karlf · 21-07-2010 10:56pm

Is there any unlock for a 3gs jailbroken with spirit? I am on firmware 3.1.3. Is there any way it can be unlocked?

hshortt · 21-07-2010 11:02pm

yep. Open Cydia and add a repository -> http://repo666.ultrasn0w.com using this you can unlock all currently known basebands.

karlf wrote: »

Is there any unlock for a 3gs jailbroken with spirit? I am on firmware 3.1.3. Is there any way it can be unlocked?

freeze4real · 22-07-2010 10:35am

Help iPhone lOcked
So I bought an iPhone from the USA 1 week ago it was unlocked using ultrasn0w. I accidentally remove the jailbreak and removed unlck I tried restoring the firmware to 3.1.3 but still the unlock doesn't to because it needs (iPhone) to be jailbroken before it can get unlocked.

So I took it to some Chinese guy in town and he unlcked it for using his pc.
Originally I wanted a hardware unlock but no one does it in town.

After unlcking it he said you can update the firmware and you won't lose the unlck.

When I got home I tried restoring the iPhone from my back up and I update iTunes to 9.2.1 along with the software. Then I thought i lost the unlock the phone still asked for a compatible sim card. I re jailbroke it again with reds0w and it work. And tried restoring from the back up which didn't work.

After a while I noticed that I couldn't make any call or receive them.
My iPhone bar is just one.

Can this be fixed??
*

hshortt · 22-07-2010 10:56am

I can't make out what you've actually done to the phone now

I suggest that you restore the firmware, (you have saved the shsh blobs in Cydia right?), then jailbreak with Spirit and unlock with the information in the post above yours.

freeze4real · 22-07-2010 11:16am

okay i just rejailbroke it now still no luck.

should i rejailbreak it with ultrasn0w?
its running now on ios4.01.

hshortt wrote: »

I can't make out what you've actually done to the phone now

I suggest that you restore the firmware, (you have saved the shsh blobs in Cydia right?), then jailbreak with Spirit and unlock with the information in the post above yours.

i just unlocked it again with ultrasn0w at it saays no service.

is my iphone gone?

hshortt · 22-07-2010 11:27am

You found that you can't jailbreak 4.0.1. You need to restore to an earlier version, I suggest 3.1.2 then using Blackra1n and Sn0wbreeze to move forward.

If you go down to 3.1.3 you will need to use Spirit to Jailbreak, but you can't move forward from that version, you need to go right back to 3.1.2 to move to 4.0

There are plenty of reports of issues with IOS4.0 so it might be worth just sticking at either 3.1.2 or 3.1.3 until there are more developments. Those versions are easier to jailbreak and unlock.

freeze4real · 22-07-2010 11:30am

update now its working.
i have no clue what happened but i can say that redsn0w jailbreak and unlock for ios4.01 works.

joe316 · 22-07-2010 11:57am

Correct me if I am wrong but i will need to have gotten the SHSH blobs (which I didnt) from when i jailbroke at 3.1.2 if I am to downgrade from 4.0?

ryaner7777 · 22-07-2010 2:29pm

I've just bought my first phone, 16gb 3gs. It's currently running 3.1.3. It's been unlocked by o2 and in itunes. If i upgrade to software version 4 will i need to unlock it again or will it stay unlocked ?

Thanks

SantryRed · 23-07-2010 6:48pm

Lads, I wouldn't be very tech savy. Looking at the OP and I just get a bit confused.

So just a few questions: thanks

If I buy an iPhone from the apple store do I need to unlock it at all or could I just put my Meteor simcard into it?

Also, this jailbreak thing, what apps are offered through this which you can't get on the itunes app store?

Thanks again lads.

Deedsie · 24-07-2010 12:36am

Is it possible to jailbreak a 3GS on firmware 4.0.1 using spirit?

grolschmore · 25-07-2010 6:43pm

Deedsie wrote: »

Is it possible to jailbreak a 3GS on firmware 4.0.1 using spirit?

not yet but very soon!

Darksaga87 · 25-07-2010 6:55pm

Unlock on the way for 4.0?

Deedsie · 25-07-2010 10:17pm

grolschmore wrote: »

not yet but very soon!

Any links to where I could read up on it?

grolschmore · 26-07-2010 2:13pm

Deedsie wrote: »

Any links to where I could read up on it?

http://www.redmondpie.com/

RossN · 26-07-2010 2:43pm

Has anyone done a Jailbreak/Unlock using Mac? If so, do you use the power button in the process?
My power button isn't working, so wondering if it can be done on a friend's Mac!
I've only ever done it on a PC, and you do need to use the Power button a few times, so rules it out for me!
Thanks.

Rushden · 26-07-2010 2:54pm

Darksaga87 wrote: »

Unlock on the way for 4.0?

Any idea how long it will be??

dmcg90 · 26-07-2010 3:01pm

Rushden wrote: »

Any idea how long it will be??

It'l be as long as the guys doing it take, it's already been said that they wont release a JB which is half broken, stuff like Facetime isn't working properly yet for them so give them some time. I know, I'm frustrated too, its been what 5-6 weeks since iOS4 came out? You just gotta be patient with these things.

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