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

moggser · 26-01-2012 7:27pm

im not exactly sure they really know what they are doing when it comes to support well the lads in the shops do nothing but chew the sleeve's off their jumpers and sit in puddles of maddness

i'd like to say different but they never prove me wrong im on a great plan but its not getting the usage becuse i have a over priced itouch that i dont use for music

naasrd · 27-01-2012 11:39am

For those of you on Three there's a great little add on in Themes in Cydia, it replaces the 3 with the actual 3 logo. There are 2 the 3uk one works.

JayC5 · 29-01-2012 2:35pm

Hi folks,

Apologies if the info is somewhere within this thread (had a quick look but was never gonna be able to read 220+ posts..).

So, I have a jailbroken iPhone 4 on iOS 4.3.3, Baseband 04.10.01 and I want to upgrade to iOS 5.01 and jailbreak once more. I've synced and backed up evertything etc and have the latest version of iTunes installed. Am I right in saying that I do a factory restore and can then restore the latest backup I made without issue, then re-jailbreak again using Redsn0w?

Or it is better to do a factory reset/upgradge to 5.01 and sync all apps afresh and ignore the old backup?

Does this mean I'd lose my contact numbers and any information in my Notes app also?

Thanks in advance

JC5

paul-2008 · 29-01-2012 8:25pm

is there any unlocks out for ios 5.0.1 and baseband 04.11.08? I have it jailbroken with redsn0w. i have tried to downgrade to 4.3.5 and do it that way but keep getting errors and cant get it to work.

29-01-2012 8:35pm

paul-2008 wrote: »

is there any unlocks out for ios 5.0.1 and baseband 04.11.08? I have it jailbroken with redsn0w. i have tried to downgrade to 4.3.5 and do it that way but keep getting errors and cant get it to work.

You can't downgrade the baseband and this is what allows ultrasn0w unlocks. Your only option is an official network unlock.

paul-2008 · 29-01-2012 9:01pm

Karsini wrote: »

You can't downgrade the baseband and this is what allows ultrasn0w unlocks. Your only option is an official network unlock.

so there is absolutely no way to downgrade the baseband to 4.10.1?

discombobulate · 29-01-2012 9:13pm

paul-2008 wrote: »

Karsini wrote: »

You can't downgrade the baseband and this is what allows ultrasn0w unlocks. Your only option is an official network unlock.

so there is absolutely no way to downgrade the baseband to 4.10.1?

No

JayC5 · 30-01-2012 2:17pm

discombobulate wrote: »

No they send a request to Apple then text him when its gone through. You then connect the iPhone to iTunes with an unrecognised sim and it will unlock through iTunes

Hi,

I just received my NAC request reply from Vodafone but it's telling me that I have to restore my phone for it to work? According to the above post tho a sim from another network inserted should prompt the unlock in iTunes (or am I reading that wrong...?) - does anyone know if this is correct?

I ask as I'm on iOS 4.3.3 and if I restore I assume I'll be bumped up to 5.0.1 -- I'd prefer to stay on 4.3.3 and keep my jailbreak to be honest but I'm switching networks soon and need to unlock...

Thanks for any info

naasrd · 30-01-2012 4:43pm

JayC5 wrote: »

Hi,

I just received my NAC request reply from Vodafone but it's telling me that I have to restore my phone for it to work? According to the above post tho a sim from another network inserted should prompt the unlock in iTunes (or am I reading that wrong...?) - does anyone know if this is correct?

I ask as I'm on iOS 4.3.3 and if I restore I assume I'll be bumped up to 5.0.1 -- I'd prefer to stay on 4.3.3 and keep my jailbreak to be honest but I'm switching networks soon and need to unlock...

Thanks for any info

You'll be bumped alright, but it's jailbreakable and it's a pretty easy one to do.

JayC5 · 30-01-2012 8:49pm

naasrd wrote: »

You'll be bumped alright, but it's jailbreakable and it's a pretty easy one to do.

Thanks for the response!

If I do update to 5.0.1, can I then restore without issues from any backup that I make before doing so?

Also, I'm having trouble with tinyumbrella, it doesn't seem to be backing up my SHSH blobs for me... the files that it produces are 5-6kb in size but I've read elsewhere that they should be around 60kb, any ideas? (are there any other issues I might not be aware of when updating a 04.10.01 baseband to iOS 5.0.1?) - thanks for your help!

J

discombobulate · 30-01-2012 9:02pm

JayC5 wrote: »

naasrd wrote: »

You'll be bumped alright, but it's jailbreakable and it's a pretty easy one to do.

Thanks for the response!

If I do update to 5.0.1, can I then restore without issues from any backup that I make before doing so?

Also, I'm having trouble with tinyumbrella, it doesn't seem to be backing up my SHSH blobs for me... the files that it produces are 5-6kb in size but I've read elsewhere that they should be around 60kb, any ideas? (are there any other issues I might not be aware of when updating a 04.10.01 baseband to iOS 5.0.1?) - thanks for your help!

J

Blobs dont work for the newer iOS and basebands. You cant downgrade once you upgrade to 5.0.1.

Your backup should restore no problem though.

Kettle316 · 30-01-2012 11:30pm

Looking for A bit of help, I have an unlocked/jailbroken 3GS that was working fine up until this afternoon but i connected it to my computer and now it won't read the sim card!!!

It just keeps saying "searching" in the top left corner for a few minutes and then after when it stops it just says "no service". The phone was originally Vodafone but I've been using it with a meteor sim.

It's on 5.0.1 and the baseband is 06.15.00........I've been looking at YouTube tutorials and google searches most of the day trying to fix it but haven't been able to resolve the issue!!

Anyone here able to help??

Thanks in advance

P.S sorry if this has been discussed already I don't follow th thread and its to late in the day to be scrolling through 200+ pages!!:D

JayC5 · 31-01-2012 12:20am

So,

Downloaded latest iTunes, made a backup and hit restore... everything goes fine until iTunes extracts the 5.0.1 update and then throws up an error message:

"The iPhone could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (21)"

Any idea folks as I've made 6 attempts at this stage, restarted, ensured I was running as administrator, disabled firewalls and antivirus software etc, but still no joy. Now I've a blank phone stuck in limbo and have yet to put 5.0.1 on it - knowing my luck Apple will release an update and that's me screwed in terms of jailbreaking it...

(phone was previously jailbroken on 4.3.3 (04.10.01) if that's any help

J

absolutegroove · 31-01-2012 8:51am

try updating your iphone on another computer (even a friends one).

also you may need to have your iphone showing the connect to itunes screen on it before you do.

guil · 31-01-2012 9:47am

JayC5 wrote: »

So,

Downloaded latest iTunes, made a backup and hit restore... everything goes fine until iTunes extracts the 5.0.1 update and then throws up an error message:

"The iPhone could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (21)"

Any idea folks as I've made 6 attempts at this stage, restarted, ensured I was running as administrator, disabled firewalls and antivirus software etc, but still no joy. Now I've a blank phone stuck in limbo and have yet to put 5.0.1 on it - knowing my luck Apple will release an update and that's me screwed in terms of jailbreaking it...

(phone was previously jailbroken on 4.3.3 (04.10.01) if that's any help

J

Hold the power button for 3 seconds and while still holding the power hold both the power and home for another 12 seconds and release the power button and hold the home for another 10 or 12 seconds.

That should put the phone into DFU mode and it will restore no problem. If you can't get it into DFU look on YouTube for iPhone DFU

oodles19 · 03-02-2012 11:42pm

Hi fellas, in a bit of a pickle here, I've an iphone 4 from the states (AT&T), I just upgraded it to ios 5 while preserving my baseband (04.10.01), now I'm stuck in I-tunes, its asking me for activation, I'm kind of floundering in different advice online and don't want to risk updating the baseband, which I know is the kiss of death, how do I get around i-tunes activation? I don't mind jailbreaking it at this point...

jbv · 04-02-2012 4:50am

oodles19 wrote: »

Hi fellas, in a bit of a pickle here, I've an iphone 4 from the states (AT&T), I just upgraded it to ios 5 while preserving my baseband (04.10.01), now I'm stuck in I-tunes, its asking me for activation, I'm kind of floundering in different advice online and don't want to risk updating the baseband, which I know is the kiss of death, how do I get around i-tunes activation? I don't mind jailbreaking it at this point...

Hi.
The easy one option is to get an AT&T card to activate it.
Now to jailbreak Snowbreeze it's the freebugs one. Had problems with the Redsnow.
Both programs have the option to hactivate it.
To have it unlocked you will need to jailbreak. How did you use it before?
If in Dublin PM me, if need more help.
Got an AT&T sim too.
Don't update the baseband if you need it unlocked!

Good luck!

dj-kyosho · 05-02-2012 1:39pm

Hi, just a quick question because I dont want turn my iphone 4 into a paper weight! I have an iphone 4 that is untethered jailbroken using sn0wbreeze. its ios 5.0.1. I have it hacktivated so imessage and facetime don't work.. I just got it factory unlocked and I'm wondering can I just click restore to new iphone in itunes to update it to ios 5.0.1 official or will there be a problem? Also will the phone be able to be activated with my meteor sim? Thanks.

guil · 05-02-2012 2:00pm

yes as long as the unlock was approved by apple you can just restore in itunes

dj-kyosho · 05-02-2012 3:19pm

Yes,the unlock was done by imei number sent to apple.

freeze4real · 06-02-2012 12:40pm

Kettle316 wrote: »

Looking for A bit of help, I have an unlocked/jailbroken 3GS that was working fine up until this afternoon but i connected it to my computer and now it won't read the sim card!!!

It just keeps saying "searching" in the top left corner for a few minutes and then after when it stops it just says "no service". The phone was originally Vodafone but I've been using it with a meteor sim.

It's on 5.0.1 and the baseband is 06.15.00........I've been looking at YouTube tutorials and google searches most of the day trying to fix it but haven't been able to resolve the issue!!

Anyone here able to help??

Thanks in advance

P.S sorry if this has been discussed already I don't follow th thread and its to late in the day to be scrolling through 200+ pages!!:D

hi all i am having the same problem as well. whats the solution ?

Bonesy. · 07-02-2012 12:21pm

puppyra1n or redsn0w for iOS 5 jailbreak?

barryd09 · 08-02-2012 2:50am

by any chance is there an unlock for 04.11.08 yet?

Run_to_da_hills · 08-02-2012 4:08am

barryd09 wrote: »

by any chance is there an unlock for 04.11.08 yet?

I was just about to ask the same question.

coach22 · 08-02-2012 3:12pm

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

barryd09 wrote: »

by any chance is there an unlock for 04.11.08 yet?

I was just about to ask the same question.

There's supposed to be a new gevey sim out this month that can unlock 4.11.08 Applenberry Who have something to do with gevey announced it on their Facebook page about a week ago.

M00lers · 08-02-2012 5:04pm

Hi,
I've not been following the JB scene for a while and looking for some info.

iPhone 4 running 4.3.3 with baseband 04.10.01 locked to o2.

I would like to jailbreak and unlock the phone and in doing so if I ended up on ios5 without updating the baseband that would be a bonus. Don't mind staying on 4.3.3 though.

Do I have any options? From my quick researching today it seems I may need a gevey sim or do I have any other options?

Thanks,
Moo

08-02-2012 6:44pm

moolers2000 wrote: »

Hi,
I've not been following the JB scene for a while and looking for some info.

iPhone 4 running 4.3.3 with baseband 04.10.01 locked to o2.

I would like to jailbreak and unlock the phone and in doing so if I ended up on ios5 without updating the baseband that would be a bonus. Don't mind staying on 4.3.3 though.

Do I have any options? From my quick researching today it seems I may need a gevey sim or do I have any other options?

Thanks,
Moo

Re the jailbreak, if you don't care about updating to iOS 5.0.1 then you can just go to http://www.jailbreakme.com/ - it doesn't get much easier than this.

Unlocking, you'll need a Gevey SIM or else an official network unlock.

Stevodebevo · 08-02-2012 8:35pm

Hi ,
I have purchased approx 216 songs on my iphone thru itunes . im replacing my phone with the new 4s and want to transfer all my songs onto it . However when i sign into my itunes account none of the songs are on it . Im not particularly good with al this sort of thing . Any help out there ??:

guil · 08-02-2012 8:47pm

just do a backup through icloud or itunes

freeze4real · 09-02-2012 12:13am

Kettle316 wrote: »

Looking for A bit of help, I have an unlocked/jailbroken 3GS that was working fine up until this afternoon but i connected it to my computer and now it won't read the sim card!!!

It just keeps saying "searching" in the top left corner for a few minutes and then after when it stops it just says "no service". The phone was originally Vodafone but I've been using it with a meteor sim.

It's on 5.0.1 and the baseband is 06.15.00........I've been looking at YouTube tutorials and google searches most of the day trying to fix it but haven't been able to resolve the issue!!

Anyone here able to help??

Thanks in advance

P.S sorry if this has been discussed already I don't follow th thread and its to late in the day to be scrolling through 200+ pages!!:D

dude just got mine working.

Uninstall cydia

then put iphone in to dfu mode.

restore through iTunes with original firmware.
It will work dont mind the stuff that you cant restore it real firmware.

then re jailbreak it with rednsow.

go to cydia install ultrasnow.

stick then your sim.

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