Unlocking an i-phone 4
 

Hi all,
Just thought I'd throw this out here and see if anyone has any brilliant advice.
My problem is I have an Iphone 4 which is 'locked' to a swedish mobile provider (not so unusual as i bought it on contract through them). While that in itself is not a prblem, I would dearly love to be able to use it in the uk with a vodafone PAYG simcard i already have.
I would like, if possible to avoid jailbreaking it, as I know this voids the warranty.
Is there a simple way for me to do this?
Any help much appreciated!
Charley

Re: Unlocking an i-phone 4
 

Just ask them to unlock it for those reasons.

Re: Unlocking an i-phone 4
 

Very easy to unjailbreak, as for unlocking specifically; im not sure, never looked into it.

Re: Unlocking an i-phone 4
 

]There are several ways to do this it all Depends what OS version and Baseband your on please provide the details from the "about settings" and i will advis.

Re: Unlocking an i-phone 4
 

It used to be impossible to get iphones unlocked but as more providers are providing them they can do it for you. Mine is locked to O2 & I always just used to jailbreak but (in case you didn't know) every firmware upgrade resets the phone & you have to jailbreak again if there is one available.

I know o2 started unlocking them for something like £20 but it has to be done through whoever the phone is locked to so your best bet is to do a search on the website of that Swedish provider.

I should add when I was looking I had an iphone 3g & it was quite a while ago.

Re: Unlocking an i-phone 4
 

Are you talking about actual permanent unlocking or jailbreaking?

Re: Unlocking an i-phone 4
 

as said there are sevral ways.
offical unlock by provider ( free now by most providers )
if not possible i know of sevral websites that do offical unlocks at a cost but only for certian providers.
or depending on firmware/baseband you can use a piece of hardware called a gevey sim.
or unlock cabs from jailbreaking community.

Re: Unlocking an i-phone 4
 

first thig to do would be to contact the sweedish provider.

Personally I'd just jailbreak. If one is available that is. I haven't jail broken anything for a while now so haven't kept up.

As for voiding warranty, rubbish. Just don't ever send it back jailbroken, always restore first.


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Re: Unlocking an i-phone 4
 

But surely, if its a warranty issue its broken. So how do you restore a brick? :p