iPhone SIM Free announces 1.1.1 SIM Unlock, iPhone Unbricking

Following up on the iPhone 1.1.1 jailbreak, iPhone SIMfree--they are the commercial unlock folks--have announced a 1.1.1 upgrade and a 1.1.1 unlock solution. Moreover, they believe their unlock solution will restore and repair iBricks: "This now means that SimFree v1.6 release, is now capable of completely restoring/repairing software unlocked "bricked" iPhone". TUAW has not had the opportunity to try this out ourselves, so for now we're just passing along the link to the iPSF site. Let us know in the comments if you were able to unbrick and/or update to 1.1.1.

iPhoneSIMFree is available from various vendors around the world and costs about US$60-$100.

Update: TUAW Reader Matthew Fliegle writes: I am on AT&T, and I installed the IPSF 2.6 using WiNstaller (on 1.0.2 with 4.01bb). It took about five minutes with no error messages. Then I restarted the phone and a error popped up saying invalid sim. I connected it to iTunes and clicked update. That took another 5 to 10 minutes, and then it made me reactivate it with AT&T. The only thing bad is that it made me renew my contract for another 2 years, but I called AT&T and they said I shouldn't have had to renew it and they were putting it under review.

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santhosh

Hi,
Anybody knows how to change the yahoo fince defualt page on the Stock Menu?. I want to the display stocks of indian market.can somebody help me if possible.

November 13 2007 at 4:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Subodh

i recently purchased iphone (unlocked)
when i connected to itune it asked to ugrade the software i did that.
now my iphone is not recognizing my sim.
how can i get back to normal again...
Please help me....

October 23 2007 at 2:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Mario

Independence 1.2.2 has been released. It comes with some instructions for activate and jailbreak with 1.0.2 and 1.1.1 firmware.

October 15 2007 at 3:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

pepe

I used http://akux.com/unlocked-iphone.html

October 15 2007 at 6:11 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Tom

@46: The directions on their site are right, they say boot without the sim and then run IPSF in 1.0.2 (it might work in a jailbroken 1.1.1 but i doubt it since the frameworks changed). When IPSF says put in your sim, don't do it. Then, just plug in your sim after a reboot and plug it into your mac or pc, with the original sim, it'll reactivate if you've been a good boy.

October 12 2007 at 9:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Tom

I broke down and bought it today. I used freeit4less and I'm glad I did, providing my IMEI when paying them caused their automated system to register me almost instantly, then I downloaded and installed it into my 1.0.2 using Installer.app. It worked without my sim in, and then I couldn't get my old sim from my iPhone to work again. I plugged it into my computer, and the iPhone immediately said "waiting for activation from AT&T", and then started WORKING. I was able to restore from a backup and all is good.

IPSF just _EARNED_ a happy customer. I may still be on the 1.1.1 modem firmware, but I'm gonna use 1.0.2 for a small while longer until I'm sure it's safe.

And as far as I know, I'm not in another 2 year contract, because I didn't have to click through stuff again.

WOOT WOOT WOOT.

October 12 2007 at 9:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Dresk11

Can anyone please post some steps, or at least point me in the right direction?

I'm running 1.0.2 hacked with iUnlock using a non-AT&T sim.

Do I upgrade to 1.1.1 then run simFree ( which I paid for, so it will work.)

or do I have to downgrade first?

October 12 2007 at 11:05 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

j0nkatz

Works for me!
I did have to upgrade to 1.1.1 and then downgrade again to 1.0.2 but it's working flawlessly now.

October 12 2007 at 10:01 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Dirtdiver

IPSF WORKS! my bricked IPHONE is back in business 100% ALL working..including 3rd party apps.

October 12 2007 at 5:12 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

slinky2000

can someone answer question 40, i bought an iphone last week and it had 1.1.1 with 04.01.13_G, i've downgraded it to 1.0.2, and ran appTap and then i ran anySim, however the unlock was unsucessful, does this mean that b/c i ran anySim that it has modified my baseband???, i was never able to the phone feature just wifi, youtube etc. plz help

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