 This is more a post for myself than for anybody else. But I though, oh well, perhaps somebody else would benefit from this fast tutorial as well. First I want to say that there is a lot (HUGE AMOUNT) of noise on the web. There is people saying that you can unlock the iPhone, others saying that you can’t activate the OTB(out of the box) version and others saying that you could render your iPhone inoperable. This post is just a fast look into the way I did it after researching for more than 2 weeks. Good Luck.
NOTE: Activate, Open and Unlock. Once you buy a new iPhone, the first thing that you will see is that you can’t use it unless you activate it. This process of making the new Iphone work is called activation. Once the activation is completed, you can prepare it so that you can install and run native applications on it. This process we are going to call opening. Finally, if you need to make your phone work with any other carrier than AT&T, then this is called unlocking.
In this small tutorial I am just going to cover the first two: Activation and Opening for the OTB 1.1.2 and Bootloader 4.6 iPhone. I believe that without an external SIM card modifier, this kind of phone is not yet( Jan 08) unlocked.
Process.
1. Download the iPhone 1.1.1 firmware from a reputable source (there are many out there that have it).
2. Connect your iPhone to your Mac, hit cancel in the main activation window in iTunes and run iNdependence to send your phone to version 1.1.1.
3. Once you see the main dialing window in your iPhone do the following:
3.1. Dial *#307# then press Call.
3.2. The iPhone will ring, press the X button at the top to delete all the characters you just entered (while the iPhone is still ringing). Now enter: 0 then press Call again. Press Answer.
3.3. Press Hold once. Press Decline once
3.4. Press the Contacts button at the bottom of your iPhone screen.
3.5. Add a new contact with any name that contains two URLs as part of its contact information. The first URL is going to be “prefs://” the second URL is going to be “http:// jailbreakme.com” (both without the quotes). Save
3.6. Visit the contact information and click on the prefs URL. Set your WIFI connection.
3.7. Set your Auto-Lock property to NEVER.
3.8. Visit jailbreakme.com and follow the last link to “install apps”.
4. If you need to go back to your preferences window: once back into the dialpad window, press 0 then dial, press answer, press hold, press decline.
5. Now your iPhone should be activated and jailbroken with 1.1.1 firmware.
6. To upgrade it to 1.1.2. Go to Installer.
7. Navigate to Tweaks 1.1.1
8. Install OktoPrep.
9. Launch iTunes and update your iPhone to 1.1.2 by clicking the update button (NOT THE RESTORE).
10. Close iTunes after the process is finished.
11. Download the 1.1.2 jailbreak program. (available at many places). It should be a .jar file. Run the program.
12. Restart the iPhone by pressing the Home Key and the Off key simultaneously for 4 seconds.
13. You are now jailbroken and activated on 1.1.2 and 4.6 Bootloader and you are using AT&T as your carrier.
*This post contains only my personal opinion and it is for educational purposes only.
