Selling IPhone 3GS - need help

Dermoth · 24-10-2010 11:01PM #1

Hi. I got a replacement Iphone 3GS from Apple to replace the one I had under warranty. Different imei number etc. My first one (that they replaced) was bought with vodafone but not locked as I got pre-release. I haven't plugged in the replacement as I had upgraded to IPhone 4 and I am now selling it. The question is how to know if it's unlocked? And if a buyer ( with a meteor sim) tries to activate thru iTunes and it doesn't work, then can I reactivate with someone else? Thanks for any advice.

guil · 24-10-2010 11:06PM

try it with another sim, activating it wont remove the sim lock either

Dermoth · 25-10-2010 10:23AM

Guil. Thanks for reply. To clarify. If I put in another sim then activate it I can confirm it's unlocked. If I go the other way, put in vfone sim and activate I'm worried it will download carrier plan etc. For vfone.

guil · 25-10-2010 11:28AM

carrier file has no effect whatsoever on unlock

kjl · 26-10-2010 01:58AM

Dermoth wrote: »

Guil. Thanks for reply. To clarify. If I put in another sim then activate it I can confirm it's unlocked. If I go the other way, put in vfone sim and activate I'm worried it will download carrier plan etc. For vfone.

Put in any sim except vodafone, if you can activate it, then it is unlocked. Otherwise, itunes will tell you that it can not activate the phone.

You may still be on an old modem firmware, so you can unlock it with ultrasn0w. The use pwnage tool to make a custom firmware to upgrade everything but the baseband firmware.

kjl · 26-10-2010 01:58AM

guil wrote: »

carrier file has no effect whatsoever on unlock

That's not what he is asking.

naasrd · 26-10-2010 08:32AM

kjl wrote: »

That's not what he is asking.

Take the time to read OPs second post.

guil · 26-10-2010 08:33AM

kjl wrote: »

That's not what he is asking.

Why is he worried about getting the vodafone carrier file then
Read the whole post before jumping off ur high horse again

Selling IPhone 3GS - need help

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