As announced, AT&T has begun unlocking off contract iPhones for customers. TNW details the procedure. If you qualify you can contact the company via phone, chat, or in-store to request the unlock.
Here’s what happens:
The only piece of information required by AT&T is the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number, which Read more…
Apple will be releasing iOS 4.2 sometime next month and with every new firmware update we all tend to ask the same question. When will the unlock be out?
MuscleNerd from the iPhone Dev Team is by far the only public most vocal iPhone Dev on Tweeter nowadays. Since he is the only dev who replies back to people on tweeter some of his followers asked him about the Ultrasn0w Unlock for the iOS 4.1 and iOS 4.2 / basebands (Modem Firmware) 05.14.02, I was surprised by the answer just like many of you are.
In a reply to one of his many followers on Twitter, MuscleNerd of iPhone Dev Team has confirmed that ultrasn0w unlock for iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G on iOS 4.1 and iOS 4.2, with 05.14.02 baseband will be released in a day or two at most, once iOS 4.2 is released to public.
As we all know the new JailbreakMe userland browser based jailbreak doesn’t hacktivate phones so if a user with an unofficial SIM restores / upgrades to the latest 4.0 or 4.0.1 firmware (or any firmware for that matter) then the iPhone will be locked with an “Activation Lock” / Emergency Calls Only Screen.
iPhone Hacker Sherif Hashim found a new way to activate phones without having the original SIM cards but as usual and as expected, Apple found out about the phonebook SIM card trick and blocked this loophole.
If you have activated your iPhone using Phonebook SIM card method, you will probably see this error message “Different SIM Detected” on the lockscreen of your iPhone as you see it in the screenshot below. Don’t worry though, you can fix this issue by following our detail steps listed below. Read more…
