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iPhone unblocking - don't make the same mistakes as I did

  • 01-09-2009 6:39pm
    #1
    gerrymadden1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 358 ✭✭


    I spent over 2 days last weekend trying to Jailbreak & Unblock my iPhone 3G S. Got loads of help from the guys on these fora which help me keep my sanity.

    It took me a long time to figure it out but, if you've not succeeded after 2 or 3 attempts, use a different computer.

    Once I changed laptops, I succeeded in Jailbreak & Unlock in about 30 minutes!

    Good luck!


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  • #2
    irish1967
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,530 ✭✭✭irish1967


    What would be the reason a particular computer would not do it successfully ? Just curious.


  • #3
    gerrymadden1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 358 ✭✭gerrymadden1


    irish1967 wrote: »
    What would be the reason a particular computer would not do it successfully ? Just curious.

    I used and failed with my newish laptop that runs Vista.

    Someone suggested that I try a different computer & I did. It worked. The second laptop ran XP.

    Other people have had the same experience.


  • #4
    J-blk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭J-blk


    irish1967 wrote: »
    What would be the reason a particular computer would not do it successfully ? Just curious.

    I think it's mostly a USB issue - the iPhone/iPod Touch needs to enter a particular recovery mode (DFU mode) and that doesn't seem to play nice on some systems. On fairly recent Macs, Apple seems to have blocked (not sure if on purpose or not) DFU mode from working correctly but with Windows PCs, it seems a bit random...


  • #5
    jame5_b
    Closed Accounts Posts: 99 ✭✭jame5_b


    Good thing i saw this thread.. Just spent the whole day trying to unlock my iphone with my laptop. Kept getting sim failure after i unlocked it. It was wreaking my head!
    Tried it on my desktop and worked first time.

    Thanks OP :D


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