Greatest 55 Report post Posted July 4, 2010 The topic is self-explanatory. I have bought one iPhone 3G from ebay. Now after switching it on, it says, no sim.. and now i dont know how to jailbreak/unlock etc. I tried checking out various forums and topics, but everything just goes above my head. So if anyone here has done the unlocking and made it work with airtel/vodafone/idea/any other carrier, do let me know. Thanks in advance.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parin 857 Report post Posted July 4, 2010 U can contact shanusmarty or gauravjc both are using it & may help u Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gauravjc 47 Report post Posted July 4, 2010 Greatest ji, Just install iOS4 on ur phone thru itunes and then Jailbreak it with RedSnow. Once Jailbreak is done unlock it with Cydia on Wifi search for ultrasn0w ( its Zero in sn0w) install it and you're done ... Any further help req . lemme know .. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greatest 55 Report post Posted July 4, 2010 ^^ Gaurav, if you dont mind, can you chat on Gtalk?? I am pming you my google talk id, or you can pm me yours... (Actually I dont know which firmware my iphone 3g is in... and there is no sim card also.. the screen says, when i switch on the iphone "No SIM card installed. Insert a valid SIM with no PIN lock to activate iPhone") @parin, forgot to thank you.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gauravjc 47 Report post Posted July 4, 2010 yeh bro sure we can talk over gtalk ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weapon-x 3 Report post Posted July 4, 2010 call me on 93158-50505 ill help u out .. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dj 25 Report post Posted July 5, 2010 kunal bhai... khul gaya ya nahin? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greatest 55 Report post Posted July 5, 2010 Bhai Log... Thanks everyone for the help.. especially Gauravbhai.. My iPhone is jailbroken, unlocked and in iOS4... all-in-one... lol.. I request the mods to close this topic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dkaile 1,051 Report post Posted July 5, 2010 ^ arre, aise thodi naa hota.. poora details post karo; kaise kiya? post a step by step guide... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vll 1 Report post Posted July 5, 2010 ^^^^^ dhiraj bhai is right please post step by step guide so we also get some knowledge. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greatest 55 Report post Posted July 6, 2010 Well... i shall do it tonite.. Guys behold... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parin 857 Report post Posted July 6, 2010 Oh Great so its Done So u enjoying Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greatest 55 Report post Posted July 8, 2010 Finally guys, what I did, step by step to jailbreak and unlock my iPhone 3g. I have no idea if this is the same for iPhone 2g, 3gs or iPhone4. Kindly check google for more info. Thank you very much Gauravji (gauravjc) Pre-requisites: My iPhone was iOS 3.x.x (dont know what was the exact version) My iPhone's wifi was working perfectly My iPhone was not jailbroken and not unlocked (the exact things that i have done below, was for jailbreaking the iPhone first and then unlocking) Softwares and other things needed, a ) iTunes 9.2 (search over the internet) b ) iOS4 (again easily available on the internet) DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT FROM INSIDE THE ITUNES. c ) redsn0w (there is a numerical zero in the word and not an 'O') This software is also available on the internet. d ) wifi connection Steps 1) First start iTunes 9.2 2) Connect your iPhone, and wait until it gets connected. If it asks to update your device, click on NO. 3) There will be an option to restore the OS of the iPhone (atleast it was there in mine, because my iPhone was in a state which said, "insert sim card") 4) PRESS SHIFT and click on the restore button, and you shall be asked to browse to a file and 'update'. 5) Browse to the iOS4 that you downloaded, and let the itunes do its work for updating the OS. 6) Once it is done, the device will restart on its own. If there is some error and you are not able to restore/update the OS, then you will have to put the phone in DFU (Download Firmware Update) mode. To do this, you will have to switch off ur phone with usb connected to PC ... press power button for 5 secs , then keeping the power button pressed press the home button too for another 10 secs ... then leave power button but holding the homebutton for another 25 secs .. This will put the phone into DFU mode, and it will be recognised by iTunes and the PC and the DFU drivers will be installed automatically... YouTube videos are available online for putting the iPhone into DFU mode... {another problem happened to me here. My iTunes was not detecting my iPhone in the DFU mode, so i closed iTunes and restarted my pC, and then again opened iTunes, and voila, my iPhone was detected} Now you are ready to install/upgrade the iOS4. Kindly do the steps from 3 to 6 once again... 7) Now your iPhone is running on iOS4... But dont rejoice until now. Now you will have to jailbreak it. 8) Once you have installed the new iOS4, you dont need iTunes. So just close iTunes. 9) doubleclick on the exe file of redsn0w which you had downloaded, and follow onscreen instructions. It will ask you to point to the Firmware/OS, then just browse to the iOS4 that you have just installed in your iPhone. Nothing great, just follow onscreen instructions, and in sometime, your iPhone is jailbroken. 10) Now your iPhone will restart. Once it is restarted, you shall find an icon called 'cydia', click on it, and at the bottom of the phone will be an option for search, and then type "ultrasn0w 0.92" and install that app. 11) Restart your phone, and insert any sim card and voila your iPhone on that particular network is working perfect. These steps mentioned above were done on a winxp machine. I have also used certain websites to get some help (because i am zero on GSM phones). Also a few websites below for your kind learning and implementing, http://www.redmondpi...trasn0w-0.92.1/ http://www.redmondpi...ultrasn0w-0.93/ http://www.redmondpi...edsn0w-9170213/ There are again many websites/forums helping to do more and more things for the iPhone, after all its the most selling phone in the world (slowly being taken for a ride by Android powered devices) Enjoy your iPhone... (I might be wrong or differ from somethings, but this is exact;ly what I did on my iPhone, do request other members to also contribute) I also request the MODS to keep this topic under appropriate head (like technical or GSM phones, etc 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Genius 817 Report post Posted July 8, 2010 ^^ Nice post - first time i have gone through the method for iphone, well written +1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greatest 55 Report post Posted July 8, 2010 ^^^ Thanks guys.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
