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cdebru · 15-03-2008 10:56PM

irish.rugby.fan wrote: »

Yeah they will, in fact my jailbroken phone is with them now for repair.

A US phone that was not activated on an AT&T account but was brought here and unlocked and jailbroken

I doubt it very much but good luck to you if you have as they are refusing to take iphones that have not been activated with AT&T in the states it would be very odd that they would take one here

Whats the repair by the way and are they doing it under warranty

atgate · 15-03-2008 11:24PM

Gryzor wrote: »

currently whats the best/safest method to unlock a 1.1.4 phone....zphone or iplus or other???

Can't say what's the safest but I unlocked my 1.1.2otb today with iPlus and it worked a treat. Restored to 1.1.4 and then run the command....couple of mins later it was working.

Basq · 15-03-2008 11:56PM

Cremo wrote: »

anyone know how i can get this ringtone on the iphone in this ad on my iphone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYABtcuXFZI for an offical ad i thought they'd use a ringtone that's on the iphone.

See here!

€10 in a brown envelope in the post please, Cremo! :pac:

Reganovski · 16-03-2008 12:24AM

BillyGoatGruff wrote: »

Are "unlock that iphone" still in business. Went on to their site but couldn't see where to buy the phone. If not, is there anywhere in ireland i can buy a jailbroken one without contract. I need it quickly as a present.

Many thanks

No, I think they are gone but if they are not, don't buy anything from them. They are crooks. Taken €90 from me and i have got nothing from them.

Regan

Basq · 16-03-2008 01:44AM

Reganovski wrote: »

No, I think they are gone but if they are not, don't buy anything from them. They are crooks. Taken €90 from me and i have got nothing from them.

Regan

The guys who make an 100% markup on their iPhones are crooks..

.. who else knew?!

** shock horror **

Simon201 · 16-03-2008 03:58AM

Cremo - after reading your post again about the iphone ad I realised (and presumed) you are looking for the 'cellular ringtone' as posted by Basquille. If you are looking for the tune that plays get this -

http://homepage.mac.com/simon201/.Public/iPhoneAd.m4r

Stick it in your iTunes ringtones and sync etc. Kinda nice as an alarm tone to wake up to, even if you might not hear it as a ringtone!

eddie · 16-03-2008 10:26AM

BillyGoatGruff wrote: »

Are "unlock that iphone" still in business. Went on to their site but couldn't see where to buy the phone. If not, is there anywhere in ireland i can buy a jailbroken one without contract. I need it quickly as a present.

Many thanks

I bought one from them in Nov 2007 and zero support and zero response .

I have a prob now that it is 1.1.1 and a lot of the good apps I liked are "upgraded" to 1.1.3 and now will not work for me.

I am not willing to mess around "too much " with the phone... it is :

Firmware 04.01.13_G

Version 1.1.1 (3A109a)

Model MA712LL

Is there any painless way or reasonable service ( Dublin Area) that I can upgrade and remain unlocked. Whais is the latest version I can "unlock to"

Thanks..

Eddie

Basq · 16-03-2008 11:07AM

Obviously a lot of people are looking for the ringtone in that ad.. below are timestamps of all the visits i've had to that page since I posted it late last night! :eek:

(2 from Google, the rest from here!

)

/2008/03/15/ringtone-from-the-... 10:49
/2008/03/15/ringtone-from-the-... 10:40
/2008/03/15/ringtone-from-the-... 10:16
/2008/03/15/ringtone-from-the-... 09:56
/2008/03/15/ringtone-from-the-... 09:23
/2008/03/15/ringtone-from-the-... 08:34
/2008/03/15/ringtone-from-the-... 08:22
/2008/03/15/ringtone-from-the-... 05:45
/2008/03/15/ringtone-from-the-... 05:18
/2008/03/15/ringtone-from-the-... 04:07
/2008/03/15/ringtone-from-the-... 03:41
/2008/03/15/ringtone-from-the-... 03:38
/2008/03/15/ringtone-from-the-... 03:32
/2008/03/15/ringtone-from-the-... 02:27
/2008/03/15/ringtone-from-the-... 02:22
/2008/03/15/ringtone-from-the-... 00:29
/2008/03/15/ringtone-from-the-... 00:12
/2008/03/15/ringtone-from-the-... 00:12
/2008/03/15/ringtone-from-the-... 00:08
/2008/03/15/ringtone-from-the-... 00:05
/2008/03/15/ringtone-from-the-... 15 Mar

Tanabe · 16-03-2008 11:49AM

On the topic of ringtones.........

I'm right-clicking on a track in iTunes & converting it to AAC, renaming the file extension to .m4r then doubleclicking that to play in iTunes but it doesn't save as a ringtone in iTunes for me

?

In the meantime, I've been using a free trial of an app called iToner to use as my ringtone maker, works pretty good.

Basq · 16-03-2008 11:51AM

Have you got the Ringtones section displaying in iTunes?

Tanabe · 16-03-2008 11:57AM

Before I double click to play the .m4r file? Open the ringtone section? I'll give it a go!

Thanks.

Basq · 16-03-2008 12:03PM

No.. what I mean is have you got the 'Ringtones' section showing in the side-pane in your Library? Among Music, Movies, TV Shows, Podcasts (etc.)? If not, you need to go to 'Preferences' and choose to show it.

Also how long is the ringtone you want to add? Anything longer than 30 - 40 seconds may not synchronise with your iPhone.

And finally, what version is your iTunes? As I think i read somewhere that Apple have prevented people from doing this in more recent version of iTunes (forcing people to pay 99c per ringtone). Mine is 7.6.1 and it works.

Tanabe · 16-03-2008 03:15PM

Right well I have 'Ringtones' showing in the side pane of my library and I have iTunes 7 (7.6.1). So maybe it is that the file is too long. How can I reduce it to 30 or 40 seconds worth?

Thanks for your help.

Basq · 16-03-2008 03:30PM

Try downloading something like Audacity (google it), load the MP3 into it, cut the section you want and paste it as a new file. Then save it as MP3.

There's instructions on YouTube if you get stuck.

vinnycoyne · 16-03-2008 05:31PM

you can actually do it in iTunes. Just right click on the song and select info. On the last tab you can edit the track length, then convert the file to aac which will give you a 30 sec clip that can be renamed to m4r. Just remember to change the track length back on the original file. Sorry if this is a bit vague, don't have my laptop with me but I've done this and it works perfectly.

cdebru · 16-03-2008 05:44PM

lackofcolour wrote: »

you can actually do it in iTunes. Just right click on the song and select info. On the last tab you can edit the track length, then convert the file to aac which will give you a 30 sec clip that can be renamed to m4r. Just remember to change the track length back on the original file. Sorry if this is a bit vague, don't have my laptop with me but I've done this and it works perfectly.

Highlight the song click file then get info then options change where the song starts or stops

cdebru · 16-03-2008 05:47PM

eddie wrote: »

I bought one from them in Nov 2007 and zero support and zero response .

I have a prob now that it is 1.1.1 and a lot of the good apps I liked are "upgraded" to 1.1.3 and now will not work for me.

I am not willing to mess around "too much " with the phone... it is :

Firmware 04.01.13_G

Version 1.1.1 (3A109a)

Model MA712LL

Is there any painless way or reasonable service ( Dublin Area) that I can upgrade and remain unlocked. Whais is the latest version I can "unlock to"

Thanks..

Eddie

download 1.1.4 then in itunes press shift and restore then select the 1.1.4 file you downloaded

The phone will be locked

then download iplus2 and unlock, jailbreak the phone

Tutorial on www.hackthephone.com

Tanabe · 16-03-2008 06:57PM

lackofcolour wrote: »

you can actually do it in iTunes. Just right click on the song and select info. On the last tab you can edit the track length, then convert the file to aac which will give you a 30 sec clip that can be renamed to m4r. Just remember to change the track length back on the original file. Sorry if this is a bit vague, don't have my laptop with me but I've done this and it works perfectly.

cdebru wrote: »

Highlight the song click file then get info then options change where the song starts or stops

Right lads,

This is driving me crazy! I did all exactly as you have described. I edited the track's length in iTunes then converted to AAC, then renamed to .M4R but it still doesn't go into the ringtone section in my side panel. The file just plays in my iTunes library as normal (even though it's a 27 second clip of the orginal, with the .M4R file extension).

Headwrecking, any further suggestions?

cdebru · 16-03-2008 07:41PM

Tanabe wrote: »

Right lads,

This is driving me crazy! I did all exactly as you have described. I edited the track's length in iTunes then converted to AAC, then renamed to .M4R but it still doesn't go into the ringtone section in my side panel. The file just plays in my iTunes library as normal (even though it's a 27 second clip of the orginal, with the .M4R file extension).

Headwrecking, any further suggestions?

No when i do it once I rename the file to m4r it automatically moves to a folder called ringtones and appears in itunes as a ringtone

rc28 · 16-03-2008 08:01PM

cdebru wrote: »

go to your c drive then progam files then itunes then itunes resources it should be in there

or do a search for *.ipsw

iTunes definitely downloaded it (as it now asks me if I want to install 1.1.4 rather then download it first like it did before) but I can't find the 1.1.4 file anywhere- even when i search for .ipsw
Does anyone have a link to the 1.1.4 restore file because it looks like I'm going to have to download it seperately.

rc28 · 16-03-2008 08:12PM

My brother on 1.02 need to virginize his iphone before restoring to 1.1.4, can anyone confirm that the method of virginizing outlined in the following link works and whether it is the easiest;
http://unlockthatiphone.com/virginize.php?firmware=102&modem=1012&unlocked=unlocked

I also found another method but is it really as easy as:
"Add i.unlock.no to the installer sources, unlocking tools, install virginizer"

Elstemed · 16-03-2008 08:41PM

tried to unlock my iphone using the programe ZiPhone. im using a mac. i clicked on the "do it all" tab and off it went. Looked in itunes and it says my phone has being restored to factory settings and is now restoring it to the latest software that the computer is currently downloading. all this time the ZiPhone is showing as doing nothing.its a firmware 1.1.3

Elstemed · 16-03-2008 10:14PM

okay i managed to do it successfully and have enerything working except the phone!! i tried to install the iworld package but it says the download has timed out. what do i do to correct this or is there another way around making the phone work

deecom · 17-03-2008 04:26AM

You have done what I did. There is no way to fix it at the min, cdebru, knows all about this lark. Ziphone is a great way to screw your phone! Be careful. :eek:

cdebru · 17-03-2008 09:19AM

Elstemed wrote: »

okay i managed to do it successfully and have enerything working except the phone!! i tried to install the iworld package but it says the download has timed out. what do i do to correct this or is there another way around making the phone work

what do you mean get the phone to work

Are you getting a signal but phone crashes when dialing
then install app support but first get bsd subsystem and install community sources

If no signal what ziphone did you use was it pc or mac what modem firmware version have you got

Also check what bootloader do you have

speedbird1 · 17-03-2008 10:24AM

I am looking for information on the possibility of buying an I-phone on an upcoming trip to New York.
Is it possible to unlock an iphone bought in the United States.
If I get it would it be better to get it unlocked there or is it possible to do so oneself.?? Will it be possible just to put IN my existing Vodafone sim card
in and carry on as before. ??
I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY ADVICE AS SURE AS HELL DONT'T WANT TO SPEND € AND END UP WITH NOTHING.

Thanks

mgsrocks · 17-03-2008 11:52AM

speedbird1 wrote: »

I am looking for information on the possibility of buying an I-phone on an upcoming trip to New York.
Is it possible to unlock an iphone bought in the United States.
If I get it would it be better to get it unlocked there or is it possible to do so oneself.?? Will it be possible just to put IN my existing Vodafone sim card
in and carry on as before. ??
I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY ADVICE AS SURE AS HELL DONT'T WANT TO SPEND € AND END UP WITH NOTHING.

Thanks

Buy it in new york, bring it home and unlock it yourself. Just read back over this forum (orusr google) and get all the info BEFORE YOU BUY IT. Its not hard to jailreak and unlock if you know what your doing.

When done you can pop in your vodafone sim and it will work fine.

Elstemed · 17-03-2008 12:06PM

cdebru wrote: »

what do you mean get the phone to work

Are you getting a signal but phone crashes when dialing
then install app support but first get bsd subsystem and install community sources

If no signal what ziphone did you use was it pc or mac what modem firmware version have you got

Also check what bootloader do you have

I am getting signal but as you say the phone crashes when dialing. I was able to listen to a vioce mail on it okay. when dialing the number i manage to dial one number and then the phone goes back into main menu. I used the mac based ZiPhone. You say that i need to install app support and bsd subsystem and install community sources but i dont know what you mean by this

thanks

rc28 · 17-03-2008 02:02PM

Just to update the thread, my brother virginized, restored and updated his 1.02 iphone to 1.1.4 with a mac using the following instructions I gave him, he said it worked perfectly so anyone on 1.02 can use the following;

"Set Settings → General → Auto Lock → Never
Be connected to wifi, open up installer(wait for it to load and then touch the "sources" icon. If you dont see "Unlock.no" as one of your sources then you need to click "edit" and then "add" and then type in http:// i.unlock.no/
Refresh your sources. (Make sure you have BSD Subsystem installed. If it's installed it's listed in "Uninstall", if not listed, tap on Install and goto the System category and install it-then restart installer)
Then click the "install" button at the bottom of the screen, scroll down to "unlocking tools" , touch it and you should see"1.02 Virginizer" at the top of the screen, install this.
According to the website this will take almost 10 minutes to complete.

Your phone should now be virginized (I CANNOT GUARANTEE THIS METHOD WILL WORK ALL THE TIME AND YOU PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK).

Right, now that you've virginized you need to restore(not "update) to the 1.1.4 firmware;
1) Download the 1.1.4 firmware file from the following link on your mac;
http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iPhone/061-4313.20080226.Sw39i/iPhone1,1_1.1.4_4A102_Restore.ipsw
DO NOT UNZIP THIS FILE WHEN IT DOWNLOADS! I think you should use firefox to download this because safari (i think) sometimes automatically unzips files that are downloaded. Remember the location of where you put the file.

2)Now, open up itunes and connect your iphone (make sure all your contacts etc are backed up). Press the Option key and click Restore. A file browser window will open. Navigate to where the firmware file was downloaded, select it, and click Open.Various messages will appear while the process continues. When finished itunes should show the activation screen.

3)Now download "ziphone" from the following:

http://download.ziphone.org/
Install it and then just follow the process in the programme, i think you click "do it all" to activate, jailbreak and unlock.
When finished your iphone should be on 1.1.4 and installer should also be on the home screen"

rc28 · 17-03-2008 02:11PM

My iphone was on 1.1.1 but I have now successfully upgraded to 1.1.4. Before restoring just remember to sync the iphone with itunes so a backup will be created (this means that after you restore with itunes and unlock with ziphone itunes will re-sync everything back onto your phone including text messages, settings, and most other data).
The initial restore took about 6 minutes, the ziphone unlock worked fine- lasting about 2 minutes and then the re-sync of back up data took about 10-15mins but it's worth it as my iphone is exactly the same as I left it before the iphone- everything is there including sms, email, safari history etc.
Everything is working perfectly incl youtube, stocks, weather etc.

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