[Jay Chou]

i want to buy an iphone and unlock it so i can use it out of the US.
anyways, here is the tutorial guide that many ppl use to unlock their iphone: http://iphone.unlock.no/
but i don't quite understand what's with all the different firmware versions?
they're saying that the only firmware that's working is 1.1.1?
what if the iphone comes with 1.1.2 already installed?

thanks!

[buddah]

www.modmyiphone.com

try that mate it's a really good iphone mod and helps forums website just for the iPhone

[Po1aris]

If you buy the iphone 1.1.2 OTB (out the box 1.1.2) there is no sim unlock for it... yet.

[Xarthan]

yeah i unlocked about 40 iphones already. Basically if your iphone's FW is 1.1.2 you can't unlock it right now. When the next FW comes out you may be able to.

So right now try to get one thats lower than 1.1.2 I believe the release weeks shold be less than 43 and you should be fine.

Unlocking is easy. Takes me 10-15 mins on each one.

[Jay Chou]

yeah i unlocked about 40 iphones already. Basically if your iphone's FW is 1.1.2 you can't unlock it right now. When the next FW comes out you may be able to.

So right now try to get one thats lower than 1.1.2 I believe the release weeks shold be less than 43 and you should be fine.

Unlocking is easy. Takes me 10-15 mins on each one.

are you sure about that?
i've heard you can jailbreak it to 1.1.1, and then back to 1.1.2
isn't it the same procedure as the ipod touch?

If you buy the iphone 1.1.2 OTB (out the box 1.1.2) there is no sim unlock for it... yet.

so if the sim is locked, you still can't use the phone function?

[Justalilodreamer]

i heard its risky, if you mess up a bit it'll screw up the whole phone

[Xarthan]

are you sure about that?
i've heard you can jailbreak it to 1.1.1, and then back to 1.1.2
isn't it the same procedure as the ipod touch?


so if the sim is locked, you still can't use the phone function?

Sure you can jailbreak back to 1.1.1 then upgrade to 1.1.2 but the Baseband FW reamins the same (The Baseband FW are different in 1.1.1 and 1.1.2). Basically you'll have an iPod Touch.

i heard its risky, if you mess up a bit it'll screw up the whole phone

not 100% true, there is a tool out there that "ReVirginize" the phone back to its original state. So you can't really mess it up unless you screw up the Baseband FW then you basically screwed up the whole phone.

The iPhone has basically 2 levels of security. Software and Baseband, to dumb it down. You got the iPhone "Computer" part to use and mess with and then you got the phone part of the phone.

Both parts need to be unlocked before you can 100% use the phone. You can unlock the Software part (This is called Activating the iPhone), but you'll basically have an ipod touch. And you can't unlock the phone part byitself as it needs the software to know what #s to call and how to answer incoming calls.

So yeah, back to basics. You need a 1.1.1 or 1.0.2 or 1.0.1 FW iPhone if you want to use it 100% unlocked when you buy it Out of the Box (OTB)