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

guil · 20-03-2013 2:26pm

Just want to try it to see what the fuss is about. Thanks anyway

massy086 · 20-03-2013 4:40pm

guil wrote: »

Just want to try it to see what the fuss is about. Thanks anyway

surely xbmc does the same job??

guil · 20-03-2013 5:40pm

Dunno I've never used that either lol.

david75 · 20-03-2013 7:07pm

Apps keep crashing on 6.1 evasion. Jailbreak. Can't figure it out.
Fml

rabbitinlights · 20-03-2013 8:00pm

Very impressive Tweak - BatteryDoctorPro

guil · 20-03-2013 8:14pm

Once again i can't find something on cydia, I've searched for the above and also looked through the bigboss repo but can't find it

rabbitinlights · 20-03-2013 8:38pm

search "batterydoctorpro" (type and press search) - it's got some Chinese letters at the front of it.....

S.

EuskalHerria · 20-03-2013 9:02pm

That battery pro app looks fantastic, cheers for that.

Other than here, where would be the best place to follow news on a possible unlock for the 4S? Any particular websites or twitter feeds?

guil · 20-03-2013 9:12pm

Thanks I searched that originally but was put off by the Chinese characters

guil · 20-03-2013 9:13pm

EuskalHerria wrote: »

That battery pro app looks fantastic, cheers for that.

Other than here, where would be the best place to follow news on a possible unlock for the 4S? Any particular websites or twitter feeds?

I doubt there will ever be a software unlock for the 4s.

EuskalHerria · 20-03-2013 9:34pm

guil wrote: »

I doubt there will ever be a software unlock for the 4s.

I thought one may be on the way. Any particular reason one wouldn't be in the works?

guil · 20-03-2013 9:35pm

There hasn't being a new software unlock
For the iPhone 4 released in nearly 3 years and there was never any for the 4s

vinnycoyne · 20-03-2013 10:05pm

Please do not post links to piracy related services and apps.

Ideo · 20-03-2013 10:19pm

Wondering if somebody can help me here

I have a 3GS running on the latest firmware - 6.1.3 on baseband 06.15.00
The phone was previously jailbroken on 4.1
I got the phone unlocked by O2 and in order for the unlock to go through I had to restore the firmware so I connected it to iTunes and processed the restore and received an error message - "We're sorry, we are unable to continue with your activation at this time." I can't get passed this screen at the moment.
Went on to Apple help page and I understand that this activation error usually relates to previously jailbroken iPhones. So I know why it's occuring
I thought about downgrading iOS but I can't from the latest version 6.1.3, I understand that its not possible to downgrade from iOS 6 - anybody know if that is indeed correct?
I know I'm a bit of a fool when I was updating the firmware, completely wasn't thinking when I hit restore but now I'm stumped.
I guess there is a trace of the jailbreak on the phone which I need to remove in order to activate the phone, but I can't access the phone to do it.
Any ideas?

rabbitinlights · 20-03-2013 10:29pm

EuskalHerria wrote: »

That battery pro app looks fantastic, cheers for that.

No problem - I just keep an eye on http://www.idownloadblog.com/ & http://www.iclarified.com/ for new stuff, seems like the modders are really stepping it up.....

Anyone else know of good sites to keep upto date with tweak/apps etc?

S.

GhostInTheRuins · 20-03-2013 10:47pm

Ideo wrote: »

Wondering if somebody can help me here
I have a 3GS running on the latest firmware - 6.1.3 on baseband 06.15.00

The phone was previously jailbroken on 4.1

I got the phone unlocked by O2 and in order for the unlock to go through I had to restore the firmware so I connected it to iTunes and processed the restore and received an error message - "We're sorry, we are unable to continue with your activation at this time." I can't get passed this screen at the moment.

Went on to Apple help page and I understand that this activation error usually relates to previously jailbroken iPhones. So I know why it's occuring

I thought about downgrading iOS but I can't from the latest version 6.1.3, I understand that its not possible to downgrade from iOS 6 - anybody know if that is indeed correct?

I know I'm a bit of a fool when I was updating the firmware, completely wasn't thinking when I hit restore but now I'm stumped.

I guess there is a trace of the jailbreak on the phone which I need to remove in order to activate the phone, but I can't access the phone to do it.

Any ideas?

If you have your shsh blobs saved you can downgrade it and jailbreak it to get past the activation screen. If not then I'm not sure what you can do to be honest.

Edit. I think I misread what you were saying. Maybe removing mobile substrate could sort it?

Ideo · 20-03-2013 11:06pm

GhostInTheRuins wrote: »

If you have your shsh blobs saved you can downgrade it and jailbreak it to get past the activation screen. If not then I'm not sure what you can do to be honest.

Edit. I think I misread what you were saying. Maybe removing mobile substrate could sort it?

Never saved the shsh blobs

:o

and based on the most recent thread at the following I'm fecked!!

http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/33546509336/restoration-reinvigoration#idc-container

massy086 · 20-03-2013 11:16pm

Ideo wrote: »

Never saved the shsh blobs :o

and based on the most recent thread at the following I'm fecked!!

http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/33546509336/restoration-reinvigoration#idc-container

it is possible it,s just a lot of back and fourth i have brought a good few 3gs,s back to life from this very problem for customer,s who updated to 6.0 when it first came out.tbh it,s a lot of hassle but it can be done

Ideo · 20-03-2013 11:44pm

Ideo wrote: »

Never saved the shsh blobs :o

and based on the most recent thread at the following I'm fecked!!

http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/33546509336/restoration-reinvigoration#idc-container

Actually I used tinyumbrella to find the 4.1 and 4.3.5 blobs
Can't seem to find 4.1 online but I can fund 4.3 and 4.3.5
So, do I complete this by using redsn0w I make a custom IPSW using the 4.3.5 SHSH blob and install that way?

massy086 · 20-03-2013 11:55pm

Ideo wrote: »

Actually I used tinyumbrella to find the 4.1 and 4.3.5 blobs
Can't seem to find 4.1 online but I can fund 4.3 and 4.3.5
So, do I complete this by using redsn0w I make a custom IPSW using the 4.3.5 SHSH blob and install that way?

yes once you have,nt briked your baseband it might restore

CathalDublin · 21-03-2013 4:19pm

Try felixbruns.de for the firmware. Although I don't believe it's possible to downgrade 6.1.3 even with blobs.
http://www.idesigntimes.com/articles/4110/20130320/ios-6-1-3-untethered-jailbreak-iphone.htm

Would downgrading your baseband be an option?
http://www.coolestguyplanettech.com/fix-gps-phone-3gs-baseband/

Not sure why you needed official unlock as your baseband is on 06.15.00 so ultrasn0w unlocks. Just tether jailbreak it for now.

pbarr · 21-03-2013 7:02pm

I have an Iphone 4s that I'm waiting for an unlock code from Meteor. The agent advised me that when the phone is unlocked and I put in the sim from other provider that the phone will lock on to that network and I won't be able to go back to my original network.
If this is true can it be prevented?

CathalDublin · 21-03-2013 8:00pm

pbarr wrote: »

I have an Iphone 4s that I'm waiting for an unlock code from Meteor. The agent advised me that when the phone is unlocked and I put in the sim from other provider that the phone will lock on to that network and I won't be able to go back to my original network.
If this is true can it be prevented?

Not true, load of rubbish, once you receive notice the unlock has been processed put your new networks sim into the phone and plug it into itunes, you phone will download an update and it will be unlocked to all networks

pbarr · 21-03-2013 8:37pm

Thanks Cathal maybe they are trying to put people off putting another sim in their phones. I know I'll be able to put in any sim but by the way he was talking I was going to be stuck on whatever network that the other sim belonged to. You recon I'll be able change networks whenever I want.

azul · 22-03-2013 9:57am

I bought a 3GS which was tied to the Vodafone network. As I didn't have the unlock code I got it jailbroken, Now I got the unlock code, tried resetting the phone and it wont work anymore. Any suggestions? Can it be set to factory settings and how? Cheers.

guil · 22-03-2013 11:40am

Was it on ios6. If so you might have bricked the baseband by restoring it

Ideo · 22-03-2013 3:26pm

massy086 wrote: »

yes once you have,nt briked your baseband it might restore

Not sure how I would have bricked my baseband? It's on 06.15.00

Tried to restore to 4.3.5 yesterday, redsn0w is telling me that it's installed on the phone but I can't activate it on itunes? Any ideas?

I'll post full details later when I get home from work

azul wrote: »

I bought a 3GS which was tied to the Vodafone network. As I didn't have the unlock code I got it jailbroken, Now I got the unlock code, tried resetting the phone and it wont work anymore. Any suggestions? Can it be set to factory settings and how? Cheers.

Azul, I'm in the exact same situation. Use Tinyumbrella to see if you have the SHSH Blobs saved and post results

massy086 · 22-03-2013 3:35pm

Ideo wrote: »

Not sure how I would have bricked my baseband? It's on 06.15.00

Tried to restore to 4.3.5 yesterday, redsn0w is telling me that it's installed on the phone but I can't activate it on itunes? Any ideas?

I'll post full details later when I get home from work

Azul, I'm in the exact same situation. Use Tinyumbrella to see if you have the SHSH Blobs saved and post results

by updating the phone on 06.15.00 through itunnes that is how you probably bricked the baseband and that is why its not letting you activate

Ideo · 22-03-2013 9:37pm

massy086 wrote: »

by updating the phone on 06.15.00 through itunnes that is how you probably bricked the baseband and that is why its not letting you activate

Crap, didn't realise that. I saw on the dev page that there is a way to downgrade 06.15.00 to one of the 05... Versions specifically on 3GS handsets. You seem to be in the know massey086, any ideas?

And would it have bricked from a 04... to a .06 or from 06 to 06?

red bellied · 22-03-2013 9:51pm

Ideo wrote: »

Crap, didn't realise that. I saw on the dev page that there is a way to downgrade 06.15.00 to one of the 05... Versions specifically on 3GS handsets. You seem to be in the know massey086, any ideas?

And would it have bricked from a 04... to a .06 or from 06 to 06?

Use Sn0wbreeze to restore your phone. There is a fix now for changing baseband 6.15 to a downgrade which is unlocked by ultrasn0w, your phone will have to have blobs saved in cydia to restore through sn0wbreeze.

Ideo · 23-03-2013 11:10am

red bellied wrote: »

Use Sn0wbreeze to restore your phone. There is a fix now for changing baseband 6.15 to a downgrade which is unlocked by ultrasn0w, your phone will have to have blobs saved in cydia to restore through sn0wbreeze.

I just can't get this to work! Argh!! To recap

I have a 3GS running on the latest firmware - 6.1.3 on baseband 06.15.00
The phone was previously jailbroken on 4.3.5
I made a custom IPSW using 4.3.5 + saved SHSH Blobs for 4.3.5
(I also have 4.1 SHSH saved)
I used the following guide for the jailbreak
http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=16267&laid=
But can't boot tethered
Tried using redsn0w_win_0.9.15b1 as the 15b3 version doesn't support IPSW 4.3.5
Then tried using sn0wbreze but it got stuck on the pineapple

So I'm confused very much at the moment!!

Any ideas?

massy086 · 23-03-2013 11:38am

tell me this have you had it restored to 4.1 yet also why did you update the phone in the first place was it for a factory unlock

red bellied · 23-03-2013 12:23pm

Try the 4.1 firmware, download Sn0wbreeze from here http://ih8sn0w.com/

Ideo · 23-03-2013 12:28pm

massy086 wrote: »

tell me this have you had it restored to 4.1 yet also why did you update the phone in the first place was it for a factory unlock

Haven't been able to get it to 4.1 yet, I'm going to try it using sn0wbreze now though. And yeah it was on 4.3.5 and jailbroken, then I had the phone factory unlocked by Apple. I completely wasn't thinking when I hit restore in iTunes! very foolish! Now I get the "We're sorry, we are unable to continue with your activation at this time." message any time I try to activate via itunes

Should I stitch the 4.1 blobs into the 4.1 firmware before restoring via sn0wbreze first?

Ideo · 23-03-2013 12:55pm

Just tried restoring to version 4.1 using sn0wbreze 2.9.13
Done the shift click on iTunes and selected the IPSW that sn0wbreze created
No I'm getting an 3194 error in iTunes - any ideas?
I still have it plugged in in recovery mode

EDIT: Tried editing the hosts file
One page told me to delete 74.208.105.171 gs.apple.com from the hosts file and another told me to keep it in!
delete http://osxdaily.com/2010/12/06/error-3194-fix-for-itunes/
keep http://www.igeeksblog.com/fix-itunes-error-3194/

Should I be setting the hosts file to Cydia? and then doing the shift click in itunes?

These are the hosts btw
#74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com
#127.0.0.1 gs.apple.com
#74.208.105.171 gs.apple.com

red bellied · 23-03-2013 1:31pm

Download TinyUmbrella and uncheck "Set Cydia as Host on Exit or try on different laptop if you can.

guil · 23-03-2013 2:05pm

Ideo wrote: »

Just tried restoring to version 4.1 using sn0wbreze 2.9.13
Done the shift click on iTunes and selected the IPSW that sn0wbreze created
No I'm getting an 3194 error in iTunes - any ideas?
I still have it plugged in in recovery mode

EDIT: Tried editing the hosts file
One page told me to delete 74.208.105.171 gs.apple.com from the hosts file and another told me to keep it in!
delete http://osxdaily.com/2010/12/06/error-3194-fix-for-itunes/
keep http://www.igeeksblog.com/fix-itunes-error-3194/

Should I be setting the hosts file to Cydia? and then doing the shift click in itunes?

These are the hosts btw
#74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com
#127.0.0.1 gs.apple.com
#74.208.105.171 gs.apple.com

to downgrade you need to to have the gs.apple line or else it will fail with a 1015 (i think) error.

azul · 23-03-2013 2:15pm

massy086 wrote: »

by updating the phone on 06.15.00 through itunnes that is how you probably bricked the baseband and that is why its not letting you activate

So do you think it's possible to solve this? I'm about to throw the bloody thing in the bin:(

Ideo · 23-03-2013 3:07pm

red bellied wrote: »

Download TinyUmbrella and uncheck "Set Cydia as Host on Exit or try on different laptop if you can.

TinyUmbrella doesn't give me the option to uncheck cydia as host on exit - is that strange?

So I tried the right click + shift on a fresh itunes on another laptop and I got the same error, 3194

To be honest, at this stage I might just try to leave it in somewhere and see if somebody else can sort it out, spent a good few hours at it at this stage and I'm getting nowhere :mad::mad:

Any ideas?

bazzz · 23-03-2013 3:30pm

So just to be clear you've tried the following options.

To activate 3GS via iTunes phone can't have 6.15 baseband. You have to downgrade it...
iclarified

you can use latest redsn0w and iOS 6.0 ipsw, upgrade baseband again to 6.15 and then downgrade it...
Then just restore to iOS 6.1.3 via iTunes and your phone will be magically activated and working

Don't give up yet,I'm sure there is a solution to your issue.

red bellied · 23-03-2013 4:52pm

Have you definitely saved your blobs from cydia? You should be able to check the different firmwares you have saved in tiny umbrella.

Ideo · 23-03-2013 6:52pm

Yeah I have them saved to my computer and also sent them to Cydia using redsn0w. I think it might just be easier paying for a shop to do this or wait until 7.0 comes out. This is very time consuming!

guil · 23-03-2013 7:49pm

If you can get it 4.3.5 again use sn0wbreeze to hackivate it, it's in the options before you create the IPSW.

use redsn0w to downgrade the baseband and then just update it in itunes

massy086 · 23-03-2013 7:50pm

Ideo wrote: »

Yeah I have them saved to my computer and also sent them to Cydia using redsn0w. I think it might just be easier paying for a shop to do this or wait until 7.0 comes out. This is very time consuming!

im glad you at least you recognize what we do as repair,s is very time consuming and you need the patience of a saint lol are you on a mac or a windows pc???

Ideo · 23-03-2013 8:28pm

massy086 wrote: »

im glad you at least you recognize what we do as repair,s is very time consuming and you need the patience of a saint lol are you on a mac or a windows pc???

I don't know how you do it tbh! How much would the phone shops charge to sort this out? Would you see shops offering no fix no fee? Oh and I'm on Win7

Ideo · 23-03-2013 8:51pm

guil wrote: »

If you can get it 4.3.5 again use sn0wbreeze to hackivate it, it's in the options before you create the IPSW.

use redsn0w to downgrade the baseband and then just update it in itunes

Can't seem to get 4.3.5 on to it now using redsn0w 0.9.15b1 or 0.9.15b3

An error appears on the phone

ERROR! Please reboot the device into normal operating mode, then perform a clean "slide to power off", then try redsn0w again.

AppleBCMWLAN: :handleOIKitBusyWatchdogTimeout(): Error, no successful firmware download after 60000 ms!! Giving up...

I'm looking into this, ill try what you have suggested - loading 4.3.5 then hactivate if I can

Think I have rightly fecked up the phone, getting the same error when trying to install to 4.1. Had to use Redsn0w 0.9.13dev4 for this install, so back to the drawing board or possibly the bin!!!!

Ideo · 23-03-2013 8:58pm

Any ideas if this might work?

http://ihelpcorner.com/hacktivate51

Ideo · 24-03-2013 7:23pm

Well, I've officially buggered up this phone! Tried to restore to 6.3.1 using iTunes normally, iTunes shift click and through redsn0w and I keep getting error messages. If it was sent to Apple, could they do a system restore on it or something I wonder? Might give them a shout in any case

Shzm · 25-03-2013 8:03am

Are any of these sites that claim they can officially unlock a phone via the Apple DB or whatever actually legit?

I have an iPhone 5 I need to unlock (I'm on holiday, out of the country it was bought in for another couple of months). Not in contract or anything, but bought outright.

guil · 25-03-2013 8:44am

No don't think they can unlock an iPhone 5 yet. I presume you bought the phone on prepay. If so for a little extra you could of got it from apple direct and unlocked. Now you will have to spend upto €150 credit to get the network to unlock it

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

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