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Free iPhone SIM Unlocking Software Available (iUnlock)

The folks over at iPhone Dev Wiki posted a free SIM unlock tool for the iPhone. Similar to the other solutions, this software-only solution should allow you to SIM unlock your iPhone, allowing you to use any GSM cell phone carrier. In the U.S. this limits your alternative choice to T-Mobile (over AT&T), but in other countries, GSM carriers are far more common.

The software is being mirrored (Gizmodo mirror) by a number of locations along with downloadable source code. Tutorials are still being developed but some early instructions have become available. At this time the instructions are not very user-friendly, so casual users may want to wait until a more automated solution is published.

More download links and information has been compiled in this forum thread by ascham87.

A few commercial solutions had previously been made available, ranging from $50-$100 per unlock.

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58 months ago
IMPORTANT
Read this first before asking questions:

What we know (General):
- The current Firmware (1.1.2) CANNOT be unlocked via the free unlocking software AnySim. It must be unlocked via a TurboSIM/SuperSIM/etc. (See the What if I have a 1.1.2 firmware iPhone? section below for more info on alternative unlocking measures.)
- You can "fake" activate your iPhone and use it like an iPod touch with extra features.
- You can (after a normal or "fake" activation) unlock your iPhone and use it with apparently a great deal of non-AT&T GSM carriers.
- There is a GUI unlock program.
- After a successful unlock, you cannot use visual voicemail on any network other than AT&T.
- After a successful unlock, you can make and receive calls, use the internet, and use the other programs on the iPhone.
- After a successful unlock, you need to change some preferences to use the unlocked provider's EDGE settings. (Note: You'll want a data plan so as not to kill yourself on the data fees.)
- It has been tested to be working on the nearly all GSM carriers with virtually no problems. (Please feel free to message me with any carriers who are not working 100% with the unlock as long as it is a known CARRIER issue.)
- This functionality becomes disabled with future software updates (This is not a 100% certainty, but has been the standard process since the beginning)

What we know (Firmware Specific):
1.0.0-1.0.1:
(Note: These are the oldest firmwares and are not the current firmwares loaded on iPhones sold. The odds of buying one of these would be very slim to none.)
With that being said however, if you own one and never updated past 1.0.2, but are looking to unlock your iPhone, the process is relatively simple. However, as the odds of these being the ones needed to be unlocked is slim to none, I am not going to go in detail on the process here (sorry guys!).


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Edge Settings:
(Change these settings on the iPhone under Settings -> General -> Network -> Edge)

T-Mobile (USA)
APN: wap.voicestream.com
username: Leave Blank
password: Leave Blank


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Thanks to the entire dev team for their efforts! If you use this, please consider donating to the devs who made this possible. iPhone Dev Donations link
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58 months ago
And still not possible to download :) His server is under a massive DoS - wonder why.. Anyone up for playing the mirror game? (I would if I could, but can't because I have to have something to mirror)


Seeing as people are smarter than me (surprise!) and uploads to rapidshare and alike, there's no reason I donate BW for it :)
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58 months ago
There's a hell of a lot mirrors going up.... just be patient, the IRC is really going crazy.
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58 months ago
ok...its a .mov file when you unzip?


how do u use this? anyone know?
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58 months ago
http://ericlewis91.googlepages.com/iUnlock.zip


download there too...add it to the top one!
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58 months ago

ok...its a .mov file when you unzip?


how do u use this? anyone know?


I think it is better to wait until the dust clears out... appears to be not really "not hacker" friendly...
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58 months ago

I think it is better to wait until the dust clears out... appears to be not really "not hacker" friendly...


u prop..just sync the thing as a video..somehow

and let it run!
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58 months ago
I downloaded it but the file in the archive has no extension whatsoever. It's just iUnlock
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58 months ago
Until a readme comes out for this I wouldn't do anything yet.
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58 months ago

I downloaded it but the file in the archive has no extension whatsoever. It's just iUnlock


we have no idea! lol
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