URGENT - Activating iPhone

Lmao_Man

I just deleted everything from the iPhone i got from someone in the UK.

Now i need to activate it with the sim it came with,but the problem is that i dont have the sim card it came with(or any other o2 uk sim card) so i cannot do it.



Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp.

Lmao_Man

Is it possible to unlock on 3.1.3 ???

Please can someone reply soon,im really nervous.

deep1

Lmao_Man wrote: »

I just deleted everything from the iPhone i got from someone in the UK.

Now i need to activate it with the sim it came with,but the problem is that i dont have the sim card it came with(or any other o2 uk sim card) so i cannot do it.



Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp.

Do you know what firmware was it running? if 3.1.2 then download blackrain and run it.

deep1

Lmao_Man wrote: »

Is it possible to unlock on 3.1.3 ???

Please can someone reply soon,im really nervous.

No only jailbreak is possible on 3.1.3, i will say try blackrain again else you will need to restore it and if you ssh saved then you might have some luck.

Lmao_Man

It was 3.0

Now i cannot do ANYTHING unless i update via iTunes = 3.1.3

Which means i probs wont be able to unlock it = useless

I really need help here,stupid iTunes.

Lmao_Man

deep1 wrote: »

No only jailbreak is possible on 3.1.3, i will say try blackrain again else you will need to restore it and if you ssh saved then you might have some luck.

I dont have the SSH as i only got the iphone today from the Uk.

Im so annoyed.

Lmao_Man

When i try to use blacra1n now blackra1n just says :

waiting on device.

Been like that for a few mins now.

Lmao_Man

Update :

held home button and top button,said to insert sim,which i dont have.

I then made it rain,thinking it would work,but now its back telling me to plug into itunes.

If i got any o2 UK sim card,would it work to activate it,or does it have to be the original one ?

Jax Teller

Download 3.1.2 firmware an restore to that

kjl

OK Slow down, You said it was running 3.0

Did you get it from someone in the UK? so if you were using it on an Irish network it must have been unlocked or factory unlocked, if it was factory unlocked, you would be able to activate it with your sim.

So it must have been unlocked via ultrasn0w, if this is the case then it must have jailbroken on 3.0, and if this is the case, you definitly have your shsh's backed up for 3.0 on cydia.

You should be able to do a full restore to 3.0 and then use redsn0w to jailbreak, activate, then ultrasn0w to unlock.

Lmao_Man

Keysersoze_88 : tried that last night and it wouldn't work downloaded 3.1.2 from modmyi and got an error while restoring.

Kjl : I did get it from the UK,but it's locked to o2 UK,and I have never used it with an Irish sim,but that is what I want to do.

That's the problem,the phone has NEVER been unlocked/jailbroken at all.

Maybe I'll try downloading 3.0 and attempt to restore to that even though I'm on 3.0 now but iTunes is trying to make me go to 3.1.3


It's got to a stage that I might bring it down to a shop in town to are if they can unlock it,never thought i'd say that.

plu

Ask the seller to request the unlock from O2 or get yourself an O2 UK sim card plus £15 credit and get the unlock yourself.

Deep Thought

Hi

If you go to iClarified you can download all firmware releases, then when the phone is on itunes, do restore, but hold down the CTRL button, this will allow you to "File, Find" the different firmware to install.

May be of no help, but worked for me when I accidently allowed carrier updates.

Lmao_Man

Szondi thanks,tried that last night but got an error.

However,I will try it again.

Plu : that's a good idea but that will take time..I have ordered a uk o2 sim that to activate it if I need to

kjl

Lmao_Man wrote: »

Keysersoze_88 : tried that last night and it wouldn't work downloaded 3.1.2 from modmyi and got an error while restoring.

Kjl : I did get it from the UK,but it's locked to o2 UK,and I have never used it with an Irish sim,but that is what I want to do.

That's the problem,the phone has NEVER been unlocked/jailbroken at all.

Maybe I'll try downloading 3.0 and attempt to restore to that even though I'm on 3.0 now but iTunes is trying to make me go to 3.1.3


It's got to a stage that I might bring it down to a shop in town to are if they can unlock it,never thought i'd say that.

right, if its on 3.0, just use redsn0w and ultrasn0w

Gryzor

Szondi wrote: »

Hi

If you go to iClarified you can download all firmware releases, then when the phone is on itunes, do restore, but hold down the CTRL button, this will allow you to "File, Find" the different firmware to install.

May be of no help, but worked for me when I accidently allowed carrier updates.

This won't work, as Apple will not sign firmware versions older than 3.1.3, so they cannot be installed legitimately. The only way is by using SHSH's stored on cydia, but since the OP's phone has never been JB'd before, this aint an option.

Lmao_Man

Update :

I've left in a shop to be unlocked,not something I thought I'd ever do but ah well.

Thanks for all replies,will let you know if the shop can do it.