bought iphone 4 on dondeal

biffontour

hi,

I bought a 32gb iphone 4 on donedeal.ie today,
Only thing is that it is locked to Three and i am on Vodafone.
i've tried ringing Three but they wont entertain me at all which is understandable i suppose. I plugged in the iphone into itunes but it will not recognise it with out the original sim which i dont have. Is there anything i can do??
Any help is much appreciated

jamesd

What is the version and the firmware - go into settings , general , about.
Get a three sim to get it activated if needed.

biffontour

jamesd wrote: »

What is the version and the firmware - go into settings , general , about.
Get a three sim to get it activated if needed.

Its 04.11.08
5.0.1 (9A405)

jpbdrogheda

Send me a private message and i will let you know what you need to do. It involves jailbreaking so i dont want to discuss it on here.

apeking

Download redsn0w to jailbreak

click the hacktivate option in redsn0w

Once jailbroken install Sam pref from cydia, and spoof the 3 sim to yours. Google Sam pref unlock

Alternative is to get a geevy sim

guil

apeking wrote: »

Download redsn0w to jailbreak

click the hacktivate option in redsn0w

Once jailbroken install Sam pref from cydia, and spoof the 3 sim to yours. Google Sam pref unlock

Alternative is to get a geevy sim

the SAM method won't work unless you have previously saved the activation tickets, apple patched it
gevey will work as long as you don't update the iphone

guil

jpbdrogheda wrote: »

Send me a private message and i will let you know what you need to do. It involves jailbreaking so i dont want to discuss it on here.

why would you not want to discuss jailbreaking?

biffontour

tried Sam,

Isnt workin

Went into town to get a gevey sim and they said it wont work with this firmware unfortunately

May wait till the next hack is out unless anyone else haas any more ideas????

danger mouse

none of that stuff works at the moment when you upgrade to ios 5. There is a shop in maynooth that can get the unlock codes through Apple. My friend paid 80 euro and had the unlock code within 2 days.

guil

danger mouse wrote: »

none of that stuff works at the moment when you upgrade to ios 5. There is a shop in maynooth that can get the unlock codes through Apple. My friend paid 80 euro and had the unlock code within 2 days.

The gevey sim works. Apple don't do unlock codes so your friend is telling porkies

drunkmonkey

Sell it and try and make a profit on it. Your never going to be able to use it properly. Get one for the network your on.

Zipppy

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Sell it and try and make a profit on it. Your never going to be able to use it properly. Get one for the network your on.

Gotta agree with this ... jailbreaking just fcuks about with phone ... (oh yes it does ,...)

danger mouse

guil wrote: »

The gevey sim works. Apple don't do unlock codes so your friend is telling porkies

gevy sim is a pain in the ass with IOS 5 you have to downgrade software preserve the baseband etc. Anyway I was with him when he unlocked his phone on itunes so i know he wasn't telling porkies.I just rang the shop, they can only get unlock codes for vodafone and o2. Not much help for someone on three network.

whiterebel

danger mouse wrote: »

gevy sim is a pain in the ass with IOS 5 you have to downgrade software preserve the baseband etc. Anyway I was with him when he unlocked his phone on itunes so i know he wasn't telling porkies.I just rang the shop, they can only get unlock codes for vodafone and o2. Not much help for someone on three network.

Did he enter a code on iTunes?

guil

Gevey will work fine with ios 5.0.1 and the service your friend got was probably a link to an employee in O2 or voda who put the unlock request through to apple
Still wasn't a code of any sort

danger mouse

whiterebel wrote: »

danger mouse wrote: »

gevy sim is a pain in the ass with IOS 5 you have to downgrade software preserve the baseband etc. Anyway I was with him when he unlocked his phone on itunes so i know he wasn't telling porkies.I just rang the shop, they can only get unlock codes for vodafone and o2. Not much help for someone on three network.

Did he enter a code on iTunes?

Ya a big huge one and then he had to stand on his head for 20 minutes and sing baa baa black sheep three times. *rolls eyes*

danger mouse

guil wrote: »

Gevey will work fine with ios 5.0.1 and the service your friend got was probably a link to an employee in O2 or voda who put the unlock request through to apple
Still wasn't a code of any sort

Stop being so pedantic please ur giving me a head ache. He got his phone unlocked so what that it wasn't a "code" still a lot less hassle then a geevy sim.

whiterebel

danger mouse wrote: »

Stop being so pedantic please ur giving me a head ache. He got his phone unlocked so what that it wasn't a "code" still a lot less hassle then a geevy sim.

More likely your getting a headache from all the crap you're posting:rolleyes:

danger mouse

whiterebel wrote: »

danger mouse wrote: »

Stop being so pedantic please ur giving me a head ache. He got his phone unlocked so what that it wasn't a "code" still a lot less hassle then a geevy sim.

More likely your getting a headache from all the crap you're posting:rolleyes:

How am I supposed to reply to that.....Anyway your dead right , how foolish of me. You're obviously far more intelligent than me and know even more about the IPhone then Steve Jobs himself did god rest his soul. I only wish I could be more like you. I bid you good day sir, you may have the last word.

Agent Smith

Looks like we're gonna have to order more words...

biffontour

Thanks for all the replies and helpful and not so helpful comments,
I am goin to try the Gevey sim and see how i get on.

Is there any drawbacks to using a Gevey Sim??

drunkmonkey

Your really only messing with the sims, you'll never have a proper working iphone that way, I suggest you put it back on donedeal and get your money back, a 3 one will be sold within a few hours there's a bit of demand for them.