and you want to unlock it..
A. Use a ATT Sim From another phone
B. Use a ATT Prepaid Sim
C. Use a Tmobile sim
D. You Don't need service you just want to play with all the features.
E. You have a contract and your iphone is activated through iTunes and ATT and you want acess to more features and modify what you have.
any of the above is why you would want to unlock your phone.
First.
People get all confused.... and fusterated at this point... you get it in your head your are going to do this
and you don't know where to start.
Get 1.1.1 Firmware, you are ether above or below this firmware.
its ok.
you use itunes to update or downgrade to this.
with Shift and Click on ok once you click on restore.
you may have to put the phone in recovery mode to do this
hold power and home button for 10 seconds
then let go of the power button still holding the home button
hold the home button for 10 more seconds and let go.
connect it up and load itunes.
restore it with 1.1.1
Now Kick your iPhone out of recovery mode.
If you are on a Mac, download iNdependence, and launch it. Wait a minute or so, and your iPhone will be pulled out of recovery mode.
If you are on a PC, download iBrickr and launch it. Wait a minute or so, and your iPhone will be pulled out of recovery mode.
Bypass activation and jailbreak 1.1.1
Your iPhone, even if it is locked to AT&T’s network, will not be able to activate through iTunes at this point. Instead, you need to temporarily bypass activation. This is the trickiest part of the process. Follow these steps:
Slide the “slide for emergency” slider
Enter *#307# and press “Call.” Your iPhone will start to ring.
The screen should quickly show the dialer again, and you will be able to edit the numbers. Tap the “X” button to delete all the characters (*#307#) and enter “0″ then tap “Call” again.
Tap “Answer”
Tap “Hold”
Tap “Decline”
You should now see the iPhone’s normal dialer.
Tap “Contacts” at the bottom of the screen.
Add a new contact and name it whatever you want.
Tap “Add new URL,” and enter prefs: (that’s the word prefs with a colon after it). Save the URL.
Tap “Add new URL” again and enter http://jailbreakme.com. Save the URL.
Save the contact.
Now tap the URL “prefs:” that you just created. This will launch the iPhone’s Settings application.
Now tap “General,” then “Auto-Lock” and change the setting to “Never”
Scroll up and tap “Wi-Fi.” Select your network and enter a password if necessary.
Press the iPhone’s home button. You will be back at the “Activate” screen.
Slide the emergency slider and tap “0″ then tap Call.
Tap Answer.
Tap Hold.
Tap Decline.
You will now be back at the Contacts screen.
Tap the contact you created before, and this time tap the http://jailbreakme.com URL. This will launch Safari and access the jailbreakme page.
Tap “Install AppSnapp” on that page. You will be return to the “Activate” screen. Do not touch anything at this point — wait until your iPhone automatically restarts.
You will see the “Activate” screen again. At this point, you can slide your iPhone to unlock it and see the normal home screen. You can now access all of your iPhone functions except for the phone.
[If any part of this step fails, turn your iPhone off by holding the sleep/wake button until the power off slider appears and sliding it, then turn the iPhone back on and try again.]
and your are pretty much done...
i mean some people go through all the trouble to update to 1.1.2 and then 1.1.3
but i don't see the point at this time.
just stay with what works and enjoy.
