As you may have seen from blog posts my iPhone 3GS is with Vodafone UK but doesn't always get the signal I need so I wanted to be able to use alternative SIMs in the iPhone if no signal exists at the location I am at.
There are various websites that offer iPhone 3GS unlocking for around the £20 - £25 mark but I spotted this video on YouTube that allows you to unlock your iPhone 3GS for free.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwZbg9koZaE
Once you have jailbroken your iPhone 3GS then you can load the ultrasn0w package which then unlocks the iPhone. Using Cydia add the URL
http://repo666.ultrasn0w.com
Once rebooted your iphone will be unlocked for free!
I've just tried it with my iPhone 3GS locked to Vodafone UK and it now works with SIMs from 3 and Orange so I can now use my iPhone 3GS on any network.
So is this a permanent unlock? I have just had my iphone 3gs unlocked from Orange, but was told that if I updated the software it would revert to being locked. So will this solve that problem? Sorry I am new to all this.
ReplyDeleteUnlock through carrier is permanent, no matter how often you upgrade/restore the iPhone.
DeleteSoftware-unlock (ultrasn0w) will be lost with firmware update/upgrade/restore.