help with iphone please

[Canker_Canison]

With the orange SIM inserted the phone should activate. But you still won't be able to make any calls as it will be blacklisted.

Apple cannot remove the blacklisting, only orange can do this. The network, or the previous owner, are the rightful owners of the phone. It doesn't matter that the police gave it back to you, they won't remove the block.

You need to jailbreak it before you can unlock it. During the jailbreak you are given check boxes, you will need to make sure 'install Cydia & Ipad baseband' are selected. Activate multi-tasking may also be useful.

Make sure you have the Orange SIM inserted during the jailbreak.

Once jailbroke it can be unlocked.

Do not use the Hacktivate SIM during the jailbreak.

[billy2]

thanks m8 very helpful , iam i right in saying the jailbreak for this firmware is not the best ???(alot of bugs with it ) or am i just reading it wrong

thanks very much for your time

2 its version 4.2.1 (8c148a)
3 carrier is orange uk 9
4 model is mc132b
5 modem firmware is 05.15.04
6 i think it is a 3gs

[mickydibble]

Thought I answered this in post 22,you have to update your baseband to ipads 6.15.00 go here Dev-Team Blog - Ultra-recycle then jailbreak and use ultrasnow1.2

[Canker_Canison]

thanks m8 very helpful , iam i right in saying the jailbreak for this firmware is not the best ???(alot of bugs with it ) or am i just reading it wrong

thanks very much for your time

The main bug is with power drain. But this is only a problem if you use a hacktivate SIM instead of the original network SIM to activate the handset.

As far as stability goes, I can't answer as I don't use Iphones, just repair them. But I've unlocked a few of these & I've not had anyone return with problems.

Taken this is the only way you will be able to use it as a phone, what choice do you have?

As it stands it can still be used as an Ipod touch.

[flyingpig]

The network, or the previous owner, are the rightful owners of the phone. It doesn't matter that the police gave it back to you, they won't remove the block.

This is sort of not true, its called adverse posession and in the eyes of the law the property is now his and nobody can lay claim to it. Regardless of what Orange or the original purchaser say.

Posession is nine tenths of the law.

[Canker_Canison]

If there was an insurance claim to replace the handset, then it belongs to the insurance company.

The police should of checked with Orange. Instructions would of been given to return it to the depot in Banbury or the nearest store. The customer would then be informed of it's location or advised to make contact for arranging delivery.

To answer your next question.... The customers account could be located via the SIM or IMEI number.

It doesn't matter to the networks what you tell them. If you're not the account holder the phones linked to, they won't remove it from the blacklist. The same goes if there's been a replacement sent out.


The only hope would be if you speak to someone who doesn't know how to check the details on accounts correctly.

[Freezzby]

The red dot is when you have voicemails.
"am i right in saying you can only jailbreak to the ipad firmware ??? with this phone ???"
The ipad baseband has nothing to do with the jailbreak ,it's just for unlock the phone.You can just jailbreak by selecting just - install cydia.(the phone will be hacktivated also).
Let as know when the orange sim arrive if will activate the phone please ,because for me is a O2 UK your phone .

[mickydibble]

*Jailbreakable:

Yes! Your iPhone is jailbreakable! Available jailbreak software: redsn0w 0.9.6b6 .

*Unlockable:

Your iPhone is unlockable but first you need to update your baseband to 06.15.00 ! update your baseband to 06.15.00, then install ultrasn0w 1.2 from Cydia to unlock.

[cablefreejunkie]

blimey mickdibble i admire your patience

[markieg]

Let as know when the orange sim arrive if will activate the phone please ,because for me is a O2 UK your phone .

Why would a lost iphone with an orange sim card installed on that baseband (not unlocked) be an O2 phone? Do you have model numbers for orange versions, because I cant find any? I would appreciate your information if you have all uk carrier model numbers.

*Jailbreakable:

Yes! Your iPhone is jailbreakable! Available jailbreak software: redsn0w 0.9.6b6 .

*Unlockable:

Your iPhone is unlockable but first you need to update your baseband to 06.15.00 ! update your baseband to 06.15.00, then install ultrasn0w 1.2 from Cydia to unlock.

By updating the baseband to ipad version (6.15, bad advice without the op aware of the consequences) yes the phone has the potential to be unlocked, but the op will not realise any carrier because the phone COULD be uk blacklisted. I would not personally recommend an update to 6.15 unless the op wanted to sell the phone abroad.

My advice, wait for the new orange sim card to be delivered and try getting a signal with this and other ?1 sim cards to make sure which carrier you are on.

[markieg]

blimey mickdibble i admire your patience

Patience is a virtue, knowledge is power so some wise geezer said

[mickydibble]

Why would a lost iphone with an orange sim card installed on that baseband (not unlocked) be an O2 phone? Do you have model numbers for orange versions, because I cant find any? I would appreciate your information if you have all uk carrier model numbers.

By updating the baseband to ipad version (6.15, bad advice without the op aware of the consequences) yes the phone has the potential to be unlocked, but the op will not realise any carrier because the phone COULD be uk blacklisted. I would not personally recommend an update to 6.15 unless the op wanted to sell the phone abroad.

My advice, wait for the new orange sim card to be delivered and try getting a signal with this and other ?1 sim cards to make sure which carrier you are on.

Read the thread pal. ! Can't be arsed to answer ,yet if the phone is blacklisted then it would only work abroad anyway.....blah blah blah

[billy2]

By updating the baseband to ipad version (6.15, bad advice without the op aware of the consequences) yes the phone has the potential to be unlocked, but the op will not realise any carrier because the phone COULD be uk blacklisted. I would not personally recommend an update to 6.15 unless the op wanted to sell the phone abroad.

My advice, wait for the new orange sim card to be delivered and try getting a signal with this and other ?1 sim cards to make sure which carrier you are on.

things is evern if the new sim card works it no good to me here in ireland (the phone is uk locked) so the only why to go is to do what mickydibble has said, funny thing is today i truned on the found and the sim card in the phone worked ???and could make a call from the sim card ( orange) on a irish network ??? lost now

[markieg]

So its not imei blocked and is locked to orange. Now you could either live with an orange phone or unlock to any network with the ipad (6.15) baseband. Bear in mind it CAN take up to three months from the phone being reported missing to actually being blacklisted.

[Freezzby]

Yes I have a list but some time there are refurbished phones that circule and can came from one operator and after repair will be given to another.
There are list on the web also :
Country: UK
Carrier: O2 MB489B/A
MB496B/A
MB500B/A
MC131B/A
MC132B/A
MC133B/A
MC134B/A