i4 - O2 from england - help needed

[ov3erlord]

ok so my i4 was one of the first ones out there, imported from england. i got it unlocked and jailbroken for my home network in slovakia,

but about 6 months ago i screwed it up of course..

i installed a new firmware, i believe it is 5.0.1

now i can't activate it, can't unlock, can't jailbreak ..i didn't want to pay for the unlock so i just decided to wait for some time if it can't be done somehow.

.. what i learned so far - my i4 has to have the unlockable baseband because it was already unlocked and jailbroken before, so that should be no problem..

i need to activate it first somehow - hacktivate? - my problem is, as now it still has 5.0.1 - which apparently is no longer supported, how can i find a custom firmware 5.0.1 to do this? or can i just hacktivate with 5.1?

unlock comes after hacktivate and jailbreak right?

sorry if i'm not clear enough, i have watched too many youtube tutorials and am completely confused.

if you could help that would be great thanx

 

[willerz2]

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Your previous unlock was either an UltraSn0w unlock or a backdoor unlock. Now that you've upgraded your iOS, you won't be able to use UltraSn0w anymore and we do not support backdoor unlocks here on iPhoneForums. Your best option is to buy a permanent IMEI unlock online for about 30 dollars or so and unlock your device permanently. Even if you hacktivate the device, you won't be able to use it since you need it to be unlocked in order to use a non-native carrier.

 

[Software]

Connect to iTunes through your PC and upgrade iOS. You will need redsn0w 0.9.15b3! Do this at your own risk, I am not responsible for your device! You will also need the iOS 6.0 firmware!

Redsn0w 0.9.15b3:
Click here to download it for Windows
Click here to download it for Mac

iOS 6.0 Firmware:
You will find firmware on this thread.

Now Jailbreak it on 6.0.1 Tethered, now use this thread to downgrade to 5.1.1 (so you can have an untethered jailbreak).

Many thanks,
Software

 

[ov3erlord]

Connect to iTunes through your PC and upgrade iOS. You will need redsn0w 0.9.15b3! Do this at your own risk, I am not responsible for your device! You will also need the iOS 6.0 firmware!

Redsn0w 0.9.15b3:
Click here to download it for Windows
Click here to download it for Mac

iOS 6.0 Firmware:
You will find firmware on this thread.

Now Jailbreak it on 6.0.1 Tethered, now use this thread to downgrade to 5.1.1 (so you can have an untethered jailbreak).

Many thanks,
Software

thank you for your reply software.

first of all, i would never blame some online forum member of damage on my device.

My problem now is, that when I connect the phone, I can't upgrade the fw. Itunes detects an iphone, however there is no button active onscreen and everything is blank. - do i need redsn0w even for the first iOS upgrade? Or do I have some other, bigger problem?

 

[Thomasjtsi]

Is your iP4 in a state where you can view Settings>General>About... and let us know what "Version" and "Modem Firmware" is listed?

 

[ov3erlord]

i wish it was.. nope, the only thing i can do is select the language, and start activating, that means either connect to my wifi - in which case it tells me to insert a valid sim card (the british o2) or to connect via itunes - this does nothing as i said, if i insert a different sim itunes tells me to insert the valid sim, and with no sim at all no message at all..

after that i can start over, do an emergency call or go to wifi selection menu

the only info i can get is my imei number

 

[willerz2]

Try using RedSn0w to identify your device. It should be Extras > Even More > Identify.

 

[Software]

Once you've done what Jon (Willerz2) said, then jailbreak your device, I've included firmware & Redsn0w links, then go onto the topic that I showed you and downgrade, for an unlock you'll have to put it onto the iPad baseband and download Ultrasn0w.

Many Thanks,
Software

 

[ov3erlord]

did that, now what info do you need to see? i guess baseband info?

BasebandBootloaderVersion: ICE_2_13
BasebandCertId: 257
BasebandChipId: 80
BasebandGoldCertId: 257
BasebandMasterKeyHash: 4336D864981B65E4CDDB22FB66D5EF607B5E5E7E
BasebandSerialNumber: 69ea0567420015a14884250d
BasebandStatus: SIMNotInserted
BasebandThumbprint: B179AB36A26AC4227709115804CD78D27B633A02
BasebandVersion: 04.12.01

 

[willerz2]

You're on baseband 04.12.01. This baseband is only unlockable using an IMEI unlock. Is that the only bit of text that's present on the screen? If possible, copy and paste it all here and see if we can identify the iOS.

 

[Software]

You don't need to activate it download "iExplorer" go into root and then into Applications and just delete the "setup.app" then the activation screen will be deleted, go into the Ultrasn0w repo and download Ultrasn0w, bang on! (iExplorer requires iTunes).

iExplorer:
Click here to download iExplorer for Mac!
Click here to download iExplorer for Windows!

Many thanks,
Software

 

[willerz2]

You don't need to activate it download "iExplorer" go into root and then into Applications and just delete the "setup.app" then the activation screen will be deleted, go into the Ultrasn0w repo and download Ultrasn0w, bang on! (iExplorer requires iTunes).

iExplorer:
Click here to download iExplorer for Mac!
Click here to download iExplorer for Windows!

Many thanks,
Software

He's on an iPhone 4. Even if he deleted it, he wouldn't be able to keep the hacktivation open.

 

[ov3erlord]

this is the whole text. btw., the english o2 offers official unlocks for 15pounds (about 23 US dollars), i'm wondering if it's not more efficient that way.. but i jailbreak all my iphones for several years now, didn't know an unlock will pose this many problems.

ActivationInfo: ActivationInfoComplete = false
ActivationInfo: ActivationInfoXML = 3c3f786d6c2076657273696f6e3d22312e302220656e636f64696e673d225554462d38223f3e0a3c21444f435459504520706c697374205055424c494320222d2f2f4170706c652f2f44544420504c49535420312e302f2f454e222022687474703a2f2f7777772e6170706c652e636f6d2f445444732f50726f70657274794c6973742d312e302e647464223e0a3c706c6973742076657273696f6e3d22312e30223e0a3c646963743e0a093c6b65793e41637469766174696f6e52616e646f6d6e6573733c2f6b65793e0a093c737472696e673e37414332453444432d323746372d343946412d413132432d3033423744414244353431313c2f737472696e673e0a093c6b65793e41637469766174696f6e526571756972657341637469766174696f6e5469636b65743c2f6b65793e0a093c747275652f3e0a093c6b65793e41637469766174696f6e53746174653c2f6b65793e0a093c737472696e673e556e6163746976617465643c2f737472696e673e0a093c6b65793e4261736562616e644d61737465724b6579486173683c2f6b65793e0a093c737472696e673e343333364438363439383142363545344344444232324642363644354546363037423545354537453c2f737472696e673e0a093c6b65793e4261736562616e645468756d627072696e743c2f6b65793e0a093c737472...
ActivationInfo: FairPlayCertChain = 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...
ActivationInfo: FairPlaySignature = 6c445314f39c4de65b63fb0569bdc7d5625052e0a2ece5ec9cedade7da45b08df3bc98b23e1d6d8b88e2fad7aa1ff08a6010c9167155ca49752950b76bfe646a5226e562078576a050645189c7df16994783f0d10c8dc8c1956dd51c36f00054afa9e9684ddb1497d6c5b513e02b268a3934daeb0ca53e71c07919dde7b68c1e
ActivationPublicKey: 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
ActivationState: Unactivated
ApNonce: b4e7b1a4d0d6644e4aaa45a24cbd7446648e9518
BasebandBootloaderVersion: ICE_2_13
BasebandCertId: 257
BasebandChipId: 80
BasebandGoldCertId: 257
BasebandMasterKeyHash: 4336D864981B65E4CDDB22FB66D5EF607B5E5E7E
BasebandSerialNumber: 69ea0567420015a14884250d
BasebandStatus: SIMNotInserted
BasebandThumbprint: B179AB36A26AC4227709115804CD78D27B633A02
BasebandVersion: 04.12.01
BluetoothAddress: 7c:c5:37:b2:fd:39
BuildVersion: 9B206
CPUArchitecture: armv7
DeviceClass: iPhone
DeviceColor: black
DeviceName: iPhone
DevicePublicKey: 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
DieID: 2089743715974237872
EscrowBag: 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...
FirmwareVersion: iBoot-1219.62.15
HardwareModel: N90AP
HardwarePlatform: s5l8930x
HostAttached: true
IMEI: 012421004601633
MLBSerialNumber: J5032F81FBA0B
MNC: 00
ModelNumber: MC605
NonVolatileRAM: auto-boot = 74727565
NonVolatileRAM: backlight-level = 31363031
NonVolatileRAM: bootdelay = 30
NonVolatileRAM: platform-uuid = 000000000000100080007cc537b2fd3a
PasswordProtected: false
ProductType: iPhone3,1
ProductVersion: 5.1.1
ProductionSOC: true
ProtocolVersion: 2
ProximitySensorCalibration: 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
RegionInfo: B/A
SDIOManufacturerTuple: IOSDIOManufacturerID = 720
SDIOManufacturerTuple: IOSDIOProductID = 17193
SDIOProductInfo: P=N90 m=3.1 V=u
SIMStatus: kCTSIMSupportSIMStatusNotInserted
SIMTrayStatus: kCTSIMSupportSIMTrayStatusUnknown
SerialNumber: 81032LL2A4T
SoftwareBehavior: 03000000000000000000000000000000
TelephonyCapability: true
TimeIntervalSince1970: 1358617810
TimeZone: Europe/Vienna
TimeZoneOffsetFromUTC: 3600
TrustedHostAttached: true
UniqueChipID: 4371573224822
UniqueDeviceID: 13bcc28c49d513075fbb000196927fb7637d3954
UseRaptorCerts: false
Uses24HourClock: false
WiFiAddress: 7c:c5:37:b2:fd:3a

 

[willerz2]

ProductType: iPhone3,1
ProductVersion: 5.1.1
ProductionSOC: true

iPhone 4 GSM on iOS 5.1.1 baseband 04.12.01

If your carrier offers an unlock for that kind of a price, definitely go for it considering it's about a half if not a third of the price online. Those unlocks are permanent as opposed to the one that you had on your device prior to upgrading the iOS.

 

[Software]

I agree with Jon, you should just purchase an IMEI unlock with O2.

Many thanks,
Software