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

guil · 10-10-2013 5:59am

Get an O2 uk sim and put credit on it. They used to take £15 credit to unlock them so not sure if it's the same.

mcg1987 · 10-10-2013 8:30am

have mt own old o2 uk sim card here that i aint used in ages so any ideas how to find out if they still do the same...guessing by you saying that then i dont needa be the original owner...just did a checkmend report and came back all clear

guil · 10-10-2013 8:32am

Probably ring them and ask?

mcg1987 · 10-10-2013 8:33am

suppose its worth a go alrite

mcg1987 · 10-10-2013 8:50am

yep justdone live chat with them online and its being unlocked for £15. some job!

now just needa get the guy to erase everything from it i believe from what i read last nite about new activation lock thingy. whats that all about like? if he erases everything then surely it'll clear all that and i'll just have to power up the phone and set it up...

guil · 10-10-2013 9:11am

Nearly sure that's just with iOS 7. Make sure he turns off find my iPhone and erases all content and settings

mcg1987 · 10-10-2013 9:13am

and will he need internet access to do that...? most likely..

Bray Header · 17-10-2013 9:58pm

Hi folks,

I bought a used iphone on ebay, locked to the 3 network. I went into a couple of the unlocking shops in town but they said it's not possible to unlock a 3 network phone. Does anybody have any info on this?

Cheers

mcg1987 · 18-10-2013 9:03am

To be honest from what I found out last week in trying to get mine unlocked wast hat in Ireland they say they cannot unlock meteor or three phones and only the network can...
you can pay around €50 for a Vodafone unlock, €20-25 for an o2 one or get them done in one of them unlocking shops although this may or may not be a factory unlock.

It's also different when buying one from abroad though...If you get a Vodafone UK one it costs £125 sterling to get them boll*cks to unlock it whereas mine I thankfully found out was o2 and all you have to do is buy a UK sim card with £15 credit on it, make a call to link the phone to the sim card on the network - can be a free call as part of your plan - and they will then take the £15 credit and unlock it within 72 hours they say but I eventually got mine linked yesterday and asked them through their live chat service at 12.30pm and got an email saying it was done at 4.30 pm! Great job!

culabula · 18-10-2013 9:50am

mcg1987 wrote: »

and will he need internet access to do that...? most likely..

No need for Internet access. Either he or you can do it. You simply go into settings/general/reset and wipe the phone with a full reset.

It's only on iOS 7 the the original owner's Apple ID is required for activation.

guil · 18-10-2013 10:48am

mcg1987 wrote: »

To be honest from what I found out last week in trying to get mine unlocked wast hat in Ireland they say they cannot unlock meteor or three phones and only the network can...
you can pay around €50 for a Vodafone unlock, €20-25 for an o2 one or get them done in one of them unlocking shops although this may or may not be a factory unlock.

It's also different when buying one from abroad though...If you get a Vodafone UK one it costs £125 sterling to get them boll*cks to unlock it whereas mine I thankfully found out was o2 and all you have to do is buy a UK sim card with £15 credit on it, make a call to link the phone to the sim card on the network - can be a free call as part of your plan - and they will then take the £15 credit and unlock it within 72 hours they say but I eventually got mine linked yesterday and asked them through their live chat service at 12.30pm and got an email saying it was done at 4.30 pm! Great job!

It's not £125 for a Vodafone uk unlock. That's what those chancers were trying to rob you of. There's plenty of sites and eBay ads to get it done much much cheaper.

Whatsisname · 20-10-2013 4:40pm

ive got an iphone 5, just bought it off ebay but is locked to o2, anyway i can unlock it myself and how would i go about doing this?

ive jailbroken my old ipod touch before but i presume its not as straightforward on the iphone 5?

culabula · 20-10-2013 4:49pm

Whatsisname wrote: »

ive got an iphone 5, just bought it off ebay but is locked to o2, anyway i can unlock it myself and how would i go about doing this?

ive jailbroken my old ipod touch before but i presume its not as straightforward on the iphone 5?

I take it you mean O2.ie? If so, it's a simple matter of filling in a form in their site and requesting unlocking. They will ask the reason and you should choose "travel abroad".

E&OE.

PopTarts · 23-10-2013 10:07am

Sorry if it's been asked before but..

I have just had my Iphone 5 unlocked by Meteor.

They're instructions tell me to insert new Sim and then the phone will "brick" until I connect it to Itunes and the unlocking process takes place.

It says though at the end that when all the unlocking has been done it will then be locked to the new network and I'll have to contact that network to get it unlocked again.

Is this the process?

I am going abroad for a few weeks and hoped to use my Iphone while abroad with an Australian Sim. Will I have to request that network to unlock it again?

Might be a bit of hassle if they require a minimum spend.

Thanks

guil · 23-10-2013 10:19am

No it won't lock to another network. Once apple unlock it, it stays unlocked.

PopTarts · 23-10-2013 10:33am

guil wrote: »

No it won't lock to another network. Once apple unlock it, it stays unlocked.

Thanks, just found something similar here and it does seem that Meteor are talking through their hoop! :pac:

https://discussions.apple.com/message/22489738#22489738

Bizarre that they would send such a mail.

whiterebel · 25-10-2013 2:10pm

PopTarts wrote: »

Thanks, just found something similar here and it does seem that Meteor are talking through their hoop! :pac:

https://discussions.apple.com/message/22489738#22489738

Bizarre that they would send such a mail.

eMobile do the same, equally clueless.

whellman1030 · 29-10-2013 9:47am

My iphone came with 6.1.3 installed. Can I downgrade the iOS so then I can Jailbreak it? How?

guil · 29-10-2013 10:48am

whellman1030 wrote: »

My iphone came with 6.1.3 installed. Can I downgrade the iOS so then I can Jailbreak it? How?

How many times are you gonna ask questions that were already answered? Pretty sure you asked that already but what iPhone have you got?

whellman1030 · 29-10-2013 11:33am

guil wrote: »

How many times are you gonna ask questions that were already answered? Pretty sure you asked that already but what iPhone have you got?

No. I asked if there was jailbreak for my iOS version.

Now I'm asking if I can downgrade the iOS and then jailbreak it.

I have the iPhone5.

Any tutorial on how to do this?

guil · 29-10-2013 11:53am

No you can't downgrade it.

pbarr · 29-10-2013 2:04pm

EuskalHerria wrote: »

Curios Pbarr, have you taken the plunge yet?

I'm half tempted to but at the moment I'd prefer to keep my jailbreak as well because I have the IOS 7 theme which is decent for appearances and another few tweaks I'm using.

I updated yesterday and everything is working perfectly. I was having a problem with signal dropping so I contacted Apple tech support who advised me to update and it seems to have solved that problem as well.

EuskalHerria · 29-10-2013 2:12pm

pbarr wrote: »

I updated yesterday and everything is working perfectly. I was having a problem with signal dropping so I contacted Apple tech support who advised me to update and it seems to have solved that problem as well.

What gevey Sim did you buy? I'm half thinking about it now after you getting through it but won't be for a week or so I try it. Definitely need my phone this weekend so not willing to chance it just yet.

pbarr · 29-10-2013 4:27pm

I can't show you the exact one I bought because its over 90 days since I bought it but its this one version 2.02 and bought from that seller.
The only thing you can't do when you use it is use the personal hotspot. When I try to turn it on it tells me to contact my previous carrier which the phone had been locked to.

boomtown84 · 02-11-2013 3:01am

Hey, I just bought a 2nd hand iphone 4. The previous owner never reset it and didn't disable 'find my iphone' so i can't reset it without his apple password. Is there any way around this?

Isco · 02-11-2013 1:49pm

Can I buy an iphone 5s from us apple store and unlock it to work on 3 here in Ireland? is that possible?

mcw92 · 02-11-2013 2:17pm

Isco wrote: »

Can I buy an iphone 5s from us apple store and unlock it to work on 3 here in Ireland? is that possible?

iPhones bought direct from apple are already unlocked unless you but it with the contract attached.

Isco · 02-11-2013 3:48pm

mcw92 wrote: »

iPhones bought direct from apple are already unlocked unless you but it with the contract attached.

if i buy one through AT&T on the apple us store do I need to have a contract? sorry I have no idea about this stuff

c0nrad · 06-11-2013 4:17pm

My dad got an iPhone 5s as an upgrade on his O2 contract, which I want to use with my meteor sim.

Will O2 give out the unlock code even though the handset is brand new?

If not, is it possible to unlock the phone another way?

Cheers

Copper_pipe · 07-11-2013 4:21pm

c0nrad wrote: »

My dad got an iPhone 5s as an upgrade on his O2 contract, which I want to use with my meteor sim.

Will O2 give out the unlock code even though the handset is brand new?

If not, is it possible to unlock the phone another way?

Cheers

this may work http://www.ebay.ie/itm/UNLOCK-IPHONE-2G-3G-3GS-4G-4-4S-and-IPHONE-5-02-O2-or-TESCO-MOBILE-in-IRELAND-/200982734070?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2ecb8124f6

EDIT: no mention of the 5s sorry

culabula · 07-11-2013 5:14pm

c0nrad wrote: »

My dad got an iPhone 5s as an upgrade on his O2 contract, which I want to use with my meteor sim.

Will O2 give out the unlock code even though the handset is brand new?

If not, is it possible to unlock the phone another way?

Cheers

O2.ie usually unlock the handset on request on their site, usually after a week-ten days.

When choosing reason to unlock, choose "travel abroad".

theaaao · 10-11-2013 1:51am

Hi guys,

I have an iPhone 4s running iOS 6.0.1 and firmware 3.0.04. It's locked to eMobile but I believe meteor sims will work with it?

But I want to move to 48 so bought an R-Sim 5 off eBay for €8. Wondering now though, when I go to try and set up the r sim, which carrier do I set it as locked to? In my settings it says the carrier is Meteor 13.0.

I don't wanna try anything yet because I think the r sim are a once off use to unlock carriers? Or will it work when you take it out and try a different sim?

Cheers

stooge · 11-11-2013 2:58pm

I requested an unlock code from Meteor and to be fair they responded very quickly (<2days).

However, the information given to me in the email was absolute bull. It seems to have been written by the least technically literate person they could get their hands on. Talk of the phone 'bricking' and 'locking to the new network'.

The email comes from a noreply address though so you cant even let them know that what they are sending is inaccurate.

For those who are getting their iphones unlocked, all you need to do is put the new sim in and go through the Apple activation sequence that comes on screen. It's as simple as that. No software update, no 'bricking', no locking to the new network.

LaVail · 14-11-2013 1:52pm

Hi guys I have a iphone4 thats locked to orange uk but they wont give me the unlock code. What options do I have to unlock it so I can use it inn ireland.

Is there a site out there who I can pay to unlock it and how much would it cost

Sound

culabula · 14-11-2013 2:29pm

LaVail wrote: »

Hi guys I have a iphone4 thats locked to orange uk but they wont give me the unlock code. What options do I have to unlock it so I can use it inn ireland.

Is there a site out there who I can pay to unlock it and how much would it cost

Sound

One of the myriad UK sites like this one, for example: http://www.officialappleunlocks.co.uk

LaVail · 14-11-2013 2:48pm

culabula wrote: »

One of the myriad UK sites like this one, for example: http://www.officialappleunlocks.co.uk

thank you very much

Grandpa Hassan · 17-11-2013 1:28pm

Hello all, would appreciate some help with this.

I have an old iPhone 4 that was on three ireland. The contract is long since cancelled. Hasn't been used in a couple of years. I inherited it off a friend, but don't know what the original phone number was on this phone

I would like to use it, as my existing phone is bankaxed. But three ireland unlocks are not available on www.officialappleunlocks.co.uk/

Is there anything I can do to make this phone usable?

Thanks

GH

massy086 · 17-11-2013 3:34pm

If your friend was the original owner he can request 3 to unlock the phone and tbh thats the only way you will get it unlocked

Grandpa Hassan wrote: »

Hello all, would appreciate some help with this.

I have an old iPhone 4 that was on three ireland. The contract is long since cancelled. Hasn't been used in a couple of years. I inherited it off a friend, but don't know what the original phone number was on this phone

I would like to use it, as my existing phone is bankaxed. But three ireland unlocks are not available on www.officialappleunlocks.co.uk/

Is there anything I can do to make this phone usable?

Thanks

GH

massy086 · 17-11-2013 4:59pm

If your friend was the original owner he can request 3 to unlock the phone and tbh thats the only way you will get it unlocked

Grandpa Hassan wrote: »

Hello all, would appreciate some help with this.

I have an old iPhone 4 that was on three ireland. The contract is long since cancelled. Hasn't been used in a couple of years. I inherited it off a friend, but don't know what the original phone number was on this phone

I would like to use it, as my existing phone is bankaxed. But three ireland unlocks are not available on www.officialappleunlocks.co.uk/

Is there anything I can do to make this phone usable?

Thanks

GH

L'prof · 18-11-2013 7:25am

Just wondering if anyone can shed any light on this? A friend of mine said that he read online, for jailbreaking purposes, it's better to plug phone in and update rather than doing an OTA update because OTA is done in parts? The reason I ask is because when I plugged it in to update the file was 1.2GB and it kept failing, had to do it OTA which was only 17MB or something similar. Anyway, any truth to this?

guil · 18-11-2013 11:07am

Yes OTA just downloads the new bit whereas restoring downloads the complete thing.

mullsbros · 19-11-2013 8:31pm

I have had my iphone for a year. I just downloaded IOS7 and now my phone is turning itself off and on and freezing to the extent that i can't turn my phone off at all.

guil · 19-11-2013 8:44pm

Press and hold the sleep and home buttons until the apple appears on screen.

Notorious97 · 24-11-2013 3:23pm

Any news on a jail break for ios7? I am still on 6 and jailbroken!

Dont want to upgrade because im not aware of any non jailbroken app that allows me to password protect apps.

Stab*City · 24-11-2013 8:10pm

Notorious97 wrote: »

Any news on a jail break for ios7? I am still on 6 and jailbroken!

Dont want to upgrade because im not aware of any non jailbroken app that allows me to password protect apps.

I seen some sites trying to charge for the a jailbreak.. Are they rip offs?

Im on IOS 5.something on my ipad2 wanna put 7 on now as lots of new apps only supported beyond 6..

Notorious97 · 24-11-2013 9:01pm

Stab*City wrote: »

I seen some sites trying to charge for the a jailbreak.. Are they rip offs?

Im on IOS 5.something on my ipad2 wanna put 7 on now as lots of new apps only supported beyond 6..

Think they are rip offs, dont think the legitimate jbs ever charge for it as its all donation. Id steer clear of them!

AntiRip · 24-11-2013 9:31pm

Stab*City wrote: »

I seen some sites trying to charge for the a jailbreak.. Are they rip offs?

Im on IOS 5.something on my ipad2 wanna put 7 on now as lots of new apps only supported beyond 6..

You can upgrade to 6.1.2 and still have Jailbreak. I have that firmware on iPad and will never upgrade unless it can be Jailbroken. If I lost my xbmc on my iPad that would be it, gone in an instant.

tractortom · 25-11-2013 2:19pm

Don't pay for Jailbreaks, read this article about scammers selling freely available software: http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/40449333/stop-thief

Doge · 03-12-2013 6:47pm

I find that this youtube channel is the best way to stay updated regarding jailbreaks.

http://www.youtube.com/icrackuridevice

Remember it's the UNTETHERED jailbreak you want, otherwise you will need to have the ipad connected to a computer each time you boot it.

A V A · 09-12-2013 3:18am

i want to buy a second hand iphone over on adverts.ie but im meteor and its on the 3 network, ill need to get it unlocked to work with my sim!! the last time i bought an iphone on adverts , i was told anything and i tired to hook it up to my mac ,and it just blocked again

what should i look out for, any tips and hints?? i just dont want the same thing to happen again you know , i want to be able to to updates etc

thanks if you can help

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