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Relocking your iPhone [Not working?]

TUAW posts a rough guide on how to relock your iPhone to avoid the threat that the upcoming iPhone 1.1.1 update will leave your iPhone in a "permanently inoperable" state.

Following the instructions and restoring your broadband firmware should make your iPhone indistinguishable from an never-unlocked iPhone. Of course, you will lose your ability to use non-AT&T SIM cards.

Update: Seems some have tried with mixed results, so proceed with caution, or wait until a tested/confirmed solution is available. The TUAW post has been updated.

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Posted: 57 months ago
i Have just got an iPhone from the USA (new sealed) arriving in a few days to the UK, any advice as for what to do, please tell me?

i am wondering if i should wait for 1.1.1 to be unlockable, or just go with 1.0.2.

any suggestions would be hugely appreciated.

also, if i were to get a new mac with Leopard installed, what would happen to my iPhone when i tryed syncing it for the first time? would it force a software update on me? or would be be as happy as george bush?
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Posted: 57 months ago
This is starting to get quite amusing. First, there were posts on how to unlock an iPhone. Now, there are posts on how to relock an iPhone. :D
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Posted: 57 months ago
Heh heh heh to the above comment. I hope this works out well for the hackers. I'm still saving up for my iPhone and as a college student, my cheapo AT&T plan and Wifi is all I need.
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Posted: 57 months ago
we kinda knew the update would interfere with the unlock so this is mostly a scare tactic. i would imagine the update either not being worth it anyway(unless you really need wifi itunes), and an updated unlock coming out a few days after the update comes out.
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Posted: 57 months ago
I see this whole announcement made by Apple not to be that big of a deal. The main point to what they are saying is you will be voiding any warranty if you hand them a hacked up phone. Is a warranty really even worth using since right off the bat, you get a bad phone, most likely, you will be returning it that instance--not months from then.

Plus, it makes sense that Apple isn't going to troubleshoot and fix a phone that has been modified. You messed it up. It isn't their software they provide that is screwing up but more so the modified firmware or whatever.
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Posted: 57 months ago
Hahaha you guys got spooked by Apple... hilarious
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Posted: 57 months ago
:apple: = evil

...or didn't you know that? :D
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Posted: 57 months ago
It makes me sad to see such disregard for the fellow mac fanboy /fangirl out there.
I for one did not unlock because i hate att or anything, its simply that since apple doesn't even have an ITMS here in venezuela, i can 't even think about waiting till they decide to sell the iphone here.

I see lots of forum members saying things like :"you unlocked now you will get a bricked phone,har har har..." not really inteligent,
And to the poster above that stated that it was not apples software that would cause problems, i beg to differ, IF the update bricks my iphone, it is because of the apple software, since in its current state, with iunlock , my phone is in PERFECT WORKING CONDITIONS. So basically it would be the update ( and not the unlock) that is damaging.

I sincerely think that apple is just taking a big fat DUMP on their loyal clients...
i own a g4 mac mini - first gen, cduo black macbook, first gen, airport express base station, 4th gen 20 gb ipod photo, 2g 1gb shuffle, 30 gb 5th gen ipod, 3 apple keyboard ( including the last edition with the absolutely useless usb 2.0 ports...) a mighty mouse and now an 8gb iphone.

So basically in the last 3 years i must have spent like 5grand on apple products.. like me there are others that dont live in the us or UK or france or germany and still want an iphone.

this is just sad.. apple is turning into the silicon valley bully...
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Posted: 57 months ago


And to the poster above that stated that it was not apples software that would cause problems, i beg to differ, IF the update bricks my iphone, it is because of the apple software, since in its current state, with iunlock , my phone is in PERFECT WORKING CONDITIONS. So basically it would be the update ( and not the unlock) that is damaging.


I see how in that examination that yes, the update would render the phone "bricked". But really, its not the update screwing things up in the sense that Apple is providing software updates for phones that are untouched in terms of hacking and 3rd party unlocking methods, and so forth. They are updating their software. Ultimately, you broke the phone, not the other way around.

Please don't take this as I'm kissing some major Apples. I think it's immature for some people to expect to have everything [warranty and repair] and no consequences from modifying their phones. I personally am tired of not seeing any significant updates from the company and I've been having a grand time toying with all the 3rd party apps.
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Posted: 57 months ago
A word of advice to all, do not try to relock your phone. There is a very good chance that what happened to me will happen to you. After I relocked, I got an error that the SIM card isn't valid and the only thing you can do is make an emergency call. I found that you can use an activation tool called independence which will activate the phone so that you can do everything but make an actual phone call even with an official at&t sim card.

I would not recommend this procedure to anyone.
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