I understand there are still lots of people who don’t understand what’s going on of iPhone unlock. So here is a few update and round-up news that I know today. I hope you guys get clearer about iPhone 1.1.2 at this moment.
1. Geohot released a NCK brute force tool. This is a neutral news and may or may not help for out of the box iPhone 1.1.2 unlock.
2. Out of the box iPhone with firmware 1.1.2 (or we called them the newest OTB iPhone.) cannot be unlocked at the moment. They are having the bootloader 4.6. Old iPhone have the bootloader 3.9. You can use TurboSIM to trick your iPhone and use all the functions completely. But, this is not considered as unlock.
3. New iNdependence 1.3.1 can help to jailbreak out of the box iPhone 1.1.2, but not the unlock.
4. If your iPhone have bootloader 3.9 (that means your iPhone originally comes with 1.1.1 firmware or lower), it can be unlocked even upgrade to 1.1.2. Take a look of the iPhone ultimate guide page here. It is all tested under iTunes 7.5.
5. There are some news saying 2 theoretical exploits found in OTB iPhone 1.1.2. But now it is confirmed this is a very neutral news that may not help for OTB iPhone software unlock.
6. OTB iPhone 1.1.2 can be unlocked ONLY next new firmware 1.1.3 have the new baseband. That means if the new firmware 1.1.3 is having 04.02.13_G (no change of baseband), that means no luck to obtain the “seczone” which is essential to software unlock OTB iPhone 1.1.2.
7. When will be the next firmware 1.1.3 released? God knows. Rumours are saying the Saturday and apparently it’s a bullshit. Now, wait and see.
8. A recent video showing a German guy unlock OTB iPhone without using TurboSIM. I cannot confirm it is true or not, but apparently he asked money for solution and you guys should not pay. Other peoples said this guy actually asked some basic hacking techniques in the forum. That means he may probably don’t know how to do it.
9. France’s official unlocked iPhone is confirmed to be work for other foreign country’s SIM card. That means after you bought France’s official unlocked iPhone, you can use a US SIM card or whatever SIM card you like. iLounge confirmed this. France’s operator Orange, the one who sell the official unlocked iPhone, should work for any carrier all around the world. Only the visual voice mail may not work properly because it depends on the carrier. Another user kevinbr also confirmed this. Noted volkspost added you need to use iWorld to choose other country and make it work. That is easy to do so. You can install iWorld from Installer by choosing under “Tweaks (1.1.2)” category.
Hence, iPhone Atlas’s news is WRONG and INCORRECT.
10. Refurbished iPhone 1.1.1 or lower now also comes with bootloader 4.6. Apple makes those refurbished iPhone to have newest bootloader 4.6. Therefore, if you bought a new or refurbished iPhone recently (which is out of the box iPhone 1.1.2 firmware), no matter what your serial number is, it cannot be unlocked at the moment. You need TurboSIM(StealthSIM, SonicSIM, etc are all similar) to trick iPhone so that you can use the phone function.
Note I will keep updating all you guys and write the news round-up every week. Keep clicking and subscribe to my site’s feed.
Cheers!
thanks for clearing everything up!
Thx alot for having the patience to help us newbies out !
amen, thanks for the updates! I’ve got a 1.1.2 sealed in a box waiting to be set free
what news have about it the sonicsim? It’s a fake?
rmendez,
Sonicsim is just one kind of TurboSIM.
thanks for the info,keep going
hey any new updates?? has the code been cracked ???
Thank you admin for the news we are waiting for the good news:))
Thanks dude!!!
Your description seems to be most logical and clear… A layman like me can also make some sense out of it…
I just bought a new (OTB or OOB) iphone version 1.1.2 lying sealed packed
Waiting desperately for its unlock to come…Plz keep us posted..
Hope it comes out damn soon..
Amen!!!!!!
hi
plz send me solutionsfor oob 112 sim unlock
thanks
raj
Nice explanaition! We’re waiting! Thanks for hard work!
All you smart brains,
Please post the link for jailbreaking iphone 1.1.2 OOB.
Thanks & Regards.
ihave otb 1.1.2 iphone allready on with at&t can i use jailbreak anyway, i just want get the aps
izzy,
you can follow the guide here:
http://www.winandmac.com/mobile/iphone/macfirst-ultimate-guide-unlock-iphone-112/
don’t run anySIM and you will get a jailbreak iPhone.
been going crazy all week trying to find a tread with the solution. Wished ,that I saw your site first.
What about the people that install ,manuelly ,uknow bbupdater and all that stuf.dose it really work ? modmyfone/wiki/index.php/Downgrade_1.1.2_baseband_os_x_iphone….
and thanks going to take a break now.
OTB TO EVERONE
montreealman,
this will not work for OTB. forget it.
Admin, could there be any problem if I ran AnySim on my OTB 1.1.2, back then I didn’t know it wouldn’t work.
Thanks in advance for everything
Admin,
thank you for good round up of iPhone unlocking .Finally I got (almost) clear view on situation.
My iPhone came from Germany, 1.0.2 modem firmware , 04.01.13_G (is this a bootloader version??).
I´m dare to jailbreak my phone, but… is it possible without risk of re-lock? What tool is the best?
I can not afford to re-activate because I have no T-mobile sim…
By the way: ased on Apple support response,my phone IS NOT ACTIVATED. So I believe that IMEI is not tracked by Apple and has nothing to do with “legal” unlock made through iTunes?
sorry I forgot to mention that my German iPhone came UNLOCKED and have no problems using local provider’s sim here in Angola.
bnetwork,
oh. this post is pretty old. I think you may wish to take a look of the front page.
Anyway, if your legally unlocked iPhone have activation problem, you should ask Apple directly. No one can help you for legally unlocked iPhone activation issue.
If your iPhone is just unlocked with anySIM, you can try to virgin your iPhone using my ultimate guide.
Note iPhone 1.1.3 firmware is here. Beware
What do you say about this? Someone said he managed to break it:
http://www.duggback.com/apple/iPhone_1_1_2_OTB_UNLOCKED_2/
Uri,
This post is really old. The post is posted on 2007. And now is 2008, my friend.
And I have reported about OTB 1.1.2 hardware unlocked is official. And I highly recommend you to subscribe my feed so that you know the latest news about iPhone and so many others.
Hello! Just wondering have they unlocked the otb 112 yet ,with software methode, .can’t seem to find anything about it.
Found the information after all hope this helps others http://www.ipodtouchfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37291&highlight=iphone+unlock.
Thanks once again for everthing good luck to everyone! montreealman