Yup the title says it all you can unlock your iPhone by exploiting a vulnerability in ICCID using SAM. Though the method has been around from quite some time but nobody found the exact ingredients for this to work for long time. This method was first used to unlock AT&T locked iPhone 4S last year but many unlocking experts closed the topic because it wasn’t a permanent solution but username Lokstar_ Sun over weiphone.com didn’t give up and finally cracked it. There are couple of things which you should know before you continue, this is a temporary unlock which means there’s no guarantee that your iPhone will stay unlocked. But MuscleNerd of iPhone-Dev team shared some valuable information here, according to him if you save unlock ticket generated by Apple then you can carry this unlock forever, even if Apple fixes this exploit your unlock would stay intact. 
Secondly, this unlock is SIM specific, which means if you change your SIM card you will loose your iPhone unlock. However, MuscleNerd mentioned in his recent tweets that you can repeat the process for different SIM cards and save multiple unlock tickets. This method may become useful for those who’re still stuck on baseband 4.11.08. Remember this method works on iPhone 4S as well.
We have not tested this method personally but we have solid confirmations that it “works like a charm”. Before wasting anytime let’s get started.
How To Unlock iPhone By Exploiting ICCID Vulnerability Using SAM:
Before you continue make sure you:
- have a jailbroken iPhone preferably running iOS 5.0.1 (Some reports suggest that it also works on iOS 5.1)
- Your iPhone shouldn’t be blacklisted
- know which carrier your iPhone is locked to (you can check this by following our guide posted here)
- latest version of iTunes (download)
You WILL need SAM (Subscriber Artificial Modul) during this process, if you don’t have it in your iPhone here’s how you can get it
Step 1: Fire up Cydia and add this source repo.bingner.com, download and install SAM
Step 2: Once installed, SAM will create SAMPrefs icon on your iPhone’s SpringBoard (home screen) tap it
Step 3: Go to utilities and select “De-Activate iPhone”, doing so will change your ActivationState under “More Information” which should be “Unactivated” now
Step 4: With SAM enabled, choose “By Country and Carrier” in “Method”; locate your carrier which you checked in the beginning of this guide, it should also be noted that some carriers operate under more than one Carrier ID in that case you may need to select “SIM ID”; this guide won’t work if you pick the worg ID
Step 5: Now go back to More Information option and note down the IMSI in “SAM Details”, after you’ve done that tap “Spoof Real SIM to SAM”
Step 6: Go back to the main SAM screen and change your “Method” to manual, enter IMSI number which you noted down in last step.
Step 7: Now it’s time to check and match ICCID iTunes, connect your iPhone to computer and let iTunes activate your device. In order to check your ICCID you need to double tap on “Phone Number” field in your iPhone’s Summary (in iTunes). It should match with your SIM card’s ICCID if it’s not then repeat the process from Step 1
Step 8: Unplug your iPhone, close iTunes.
Step 9: Disable SAM.
Step 10: Connect your phone to iTunes again, you should get an error saying that your phone cannot be activated. This is normal. Just close iTunes and open it again.
Viola! Your iPhone should be unlocked now. Push notifications may stop working after this procedure but can be easily restored by “clear push” utility in SAM followed by connecting to iTunes.
But before you continue enjoying your unlocked iPhone remember to save your unlock ticket. Save everything located in /var/root/Library/Lockdown/ and you’re good to go.
Feel free to ask any questions and let us know if it works for you.
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182 Responses
Would this work with any bb? especially 04.11.08
read before the whole thing before asking a question…
I tried it with my locked iPhone 4S and it worked. Everything works fine including FaceTime activation (tells me it will charge me for activating but stuck there because…). My out going texting is not working though. Incoming is working fine. I’ll test it in the morning and let you know.
Also will test it on iPhone 4 and tell you my experience.
Thanks a lot for sharing. As always, you guys rock!
can i unlock it as.. i dont know in which carrier my iphone is unlock and now i m in india. as itools aslo not showing in which carrier it was in here. now what can i do. as my iphone is showing iccid no in iphone and itunes both. now how i can i unlock it ??
hey theres just ios 5.01 and 5.1 written. does it work on ios 5.0 too ?
I love you man….I love you…you did it….thanksssssssss….I have a qorking iPhone now…..sexyyy….can’t believe my eyes…..
Yes it worked on my 4.11.08!!!!!
How to now My SIM ID ???? Please Help … and do i have to Put AT&T SIM … Or The New One i am going to use ??????????????????????????????
my iphone is finally unlocked after a 5 months wait, thank you so much!!!!!!!!
I followed all the steps and on itunes it says: The sim card inserted in this Iphone does not appear to be supported. im using simple mobile btw. Any ideas .? thanks
I’ll be doing a lot of things tonight. *grins*
I’m getting “can’t connect to iTunes store; temporarily unavailible” errors.. any help? Also I’m locked to Sunrise telecom from switzerland, but I can’t find them in the list in SAM, what do I do?
When i push De-Activate iPhone button in utilities, it says “SAM Notification De-activated” but in More Information it still says FactoryActivated, why this de-activation doesnt work for me??
i am not getting my carrier name on itools i have connected and disconnected but its isnt comming… what should i do now ??
It doesnt say but do we put the sim in while doing this or not…
Got it working. Iphone 4 4.11.08 5.0.1 Working like a charm with simple mobile , than you very much!
I followed all steps for unlocking my iPhone 4. But the problem is when I connect to iTune. It says that only the original simcard can be used to activate iPhone. I have to stuck again. What can I do then?
Viola ….. worked for me !!!! Thanx a Ton to “Lokstar_ Sun” and “How to Arena” for finding this solution and for this post …. its of gr8 help ….. thanks again ….
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Do we need to use the original sim card to make this process successful?
holi shit, it work it woioooork, and i need to say the guide have some mistakes steps, i reccomend you how to arena to fix it, if need some help with it can contact me on mi email.
How do I disable SAM after unplugging iPhone and closing iTunes ??
same is the case with me
It works!!!!! I just unlocked mine and i live in Nigeria. It took me a while to understand the process though but once i got a hang of it i successfully unlocked my phone!!!! this is absolutely amazing!!!
Yes i found it difficult to understand the part where you have to select the carrier. at first i didn’t realize that the instruction was to select the carrier my phone was locked to and i kept selecting the carrier i wished to unlock to (i guess i was too much in a hurry to get the phone to work lol!!!). But i finally got the instruction right and voila!!! my phone is now unlocked…..six months of frustration and a recourse to Gmate later, i can finally use my iPhone as an iPhone!!!
even on itools i cant find out in what carrier my iphone is locked,so this will not work for me
what do you mean by this?
“”but can be easily restored by “clear push” utility in SAM followed by connecting to iTunes.”" how will I do this?
i have the same problem
I am getting the same message: “The sim card inserted in this Iphone does not appear to be supported”, any clue on how to get over this??
hey can any1 help me out? i can’t even add the source 2 my iPhone.
nvm
does it working in malaysia?
i tried before and i ended up by locked up at registering my sim card after reboot my iphone
same goes to me…it’s not working for me
The same error with iphone locked on SFR (France) and a FreeMobile SIM.
any advice ?
Same with me! I tried both my SIM card from my provider in Austria and a “iPhone universal activation card”
But always get the message that the SIM card is not supported!
Have an iPhone 4 bb 04.11.08 originally locked on AT&T but I have no AT&T SIM as I bought the phone on eBay
Please anyone help!
Jose, did you put your original sim?
sorry faheem sir, this did not work for mr. im at ios 5.0 tethered jailbreaked..
did all the steps but whwn i connect to itunes it says ” the sim you are trying to cannot be activated..” like this msg
moreover couple of times a msg flashed on iphone SIM FAILURE ………………………………………… SIM FAILURE
AGAIN AND AGAIN and at the step5 … the sim imsi and iccid option is blank and nothing appears….
plzz help..??
please John tell me how … as have the same message that appear for yo for the first time … that my sim is not supported
which sim i have to put while i do this process please help
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Me2ZIPJBE&feature=g-u-u&context=G2c7d944FUAAAAAAACAA
Hi there, can you help me, im stuck there also on selecting carrier, i dunno what’s next after i choose By Country and Carrier on Method, im afraid i might do something wrong then i will not get my SIM ID, please help me.
Thankssssss, my phone got unlocked… but i don’t understand one point ‘But before you continue enjoying your unlocked iPhone remember to save your unlock ticket. Save everything located in /var/root/Library/Lockdown/ and you’re good to go.’ how can i do this?
just click on revert lock down to stock in utilities menu and then perform the rest.
try it, it works
I cannot add the source repo.binger.com to cydia. Every time I try I get the following error. ”Did not find repository.” HOW to solve this!!!!!
Same here! Both with provider SIM as with universal phonebook SIM
Its works perfectly for AirTel india… every thing is working fine… thanks to all who worked hard to find this unlock….
I can unlock my iPhone 4 by these steps.
Thank you very much.
Good luck for every one.
How do we know which sim id we have?
same thing is happening at my end.. sim card is not supported as per iTunes and also on my iPhone it says “No Service”. I’m using Globe Philippines sim.. any thoughts on this?
another problem, it says it cant be activated with this sim :/ What do i do?
It freakin’ works!!!!! Thank you SAM and howtoarena!!!!
YAH. IM ALSO REALLY FRUSTRATED ABOUT THIS. FIRST OF ALL, I THINK IT WILL NOT WORK FOR THOSE IPHONE THAT IS HACKTIVATED. U KNOW GUYS WHAT I MEAN RIGHT?. WHEN YOU DON;T HAVE THE ACTIVATION SIM CARD FOR YOUR CARRIER AND YOU WANT TO USE IT IS IPOD TOUCH, U USE REDSNOW AND HACKTIVATE IT. CHECK UR IPHONE’S AND IF U SEE THAT THE CARRIER IS UNAVAILABLE, WELL.. SAD TO SAY YOU CAN’T DO THIS SAM
yea me too , i bought it from ebay and i cant find my operator
damn I wasn’t reading carefully… i have finally unlocked my phone… yahoooooo! mabuhay HTA!
Put in the SIM you’re going to use but when selecting carrier, select the network your SIM is locked to. For instance, United States (under country), AT&T Cingular (under carrier) and 31040 (under SIM ID).
Thank god i made it …. Just watch this video Guys and never lose hope it worked after three times with me ….
After Six Month of suffering … But thank to god …Enjoy Guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Me2ZIPJBE&feature=g-u-u&context=G2c7d944FUAAAAAAACAA
IT WORKS!!!!!!!!! GREAT AND THANKS TO EVERYONE! The Trick is that you have to copy the IMSI into the SIM details too!
I am so happy I cannot believe!
Thanks for sharing! Thanks to the guy who made it possible!
I faced two issues:
1- When i ran itools, it didnt give my carrier – which is AT&T
2 – When I went through the process, it completed. I didnt get any error message from itunes
I repeated the process with non-AT&T Sim.
I ran through the whole process. But, I didnt get any error message again.
Finally, my phone is still in unlocked state. When I change SIM in phone, I am still getting “NO SERVICE” message.
I’m stucked & locked my apple iphone4 BB 04.11.08 since last year, which happened during my iOS5.0.1 update.
I bought my phone4 in USA (jailbroken) in August 2010.
It was jailbroken before it locked to BB 04.11.08 of iOS5.0.1. earlier this year, I tried to jailbreak my iPhone4 BB 04.11.08 by Redsn0w (redsn0w_mac_0.9.10b2 2) .
but unsuccessful.
Hence, what’s the exact right solution to unlock/jailbreak it again??
What’s the steps need to follow through OS Mac iOSX Lion…???
My iphone4 is situated in Moscow, Russia;
hence, I need the solution for my Apple iPhone4, BB 04.11.08 for worldwide any GSM network
It worked on iPhone 4 with iOS 5.1 in baseband 4.12.01 with tethered JB, falling an youtube video.
finally i have my iPhone unlocked.
does’t work please help me? I do not have an orginal AT&T sim.
Hi all,
I have done it..
Pls go to this site and do the needful when u get error message.
http://jaxov.com/2011/05/fix-sim-card-not-supported-error-while-activating-iphone-with-sam/
Then repeat the process..
Switch on and off – airplane mode..
Switch off and switch on the iphone..
It worked for me..
Thanks a lot.. finally iphone is unlocked.
I tried it but it is not working. My phone is locked with Bell Canada. Do I need to have a Bell Canada inserted on my phone before doing this??
Hi…. i am not able to install this SAM ….
the requested modifications v=cant be applied due to required dependences or conflicts that can not be automatically found or fixed..
please reply ….at simardhillon25@yahoo.com
Then deactivate it with redsn0w again. You can do that now!
Hi, i use at&t while in the states (still under contract) but i travel often to south america.
I don’t have the microsim for the carrier i’ll be using there, yet. But i will in a couple of weeks when i begin my trip.
My question is: if i try this process now, without my alternate (don’t want to say new) carrier sim, will i have to go through the procedure again when i switch sims, back and forth between these two… Or just once, if at&t is my primary carrier?
IOW: i will not be using a fixed carrier every other month, so is this or gevey a better solution? At&t will remain primary, and movistar or claro secondary carrier on trips.
(iphone 4 untether jailbreak 5.0.1 gsm at&t 04.11.08)
Thanks
hey guys.. thanks a lot for so long ive never used my iphone for calling.. now i can use it here in the philippines, thank you very much
follow these steps:
1. Insert the SIM you want to use in the SIM tray (NOT the sim your phonne is locked to)
2. Install SAM from Cydia (follow the instruction above on how to get SAM installed).
3. Click on SAMPrefs on your phone to launch the SAM app. (Ensure that you set Enabled to (I) or “ON”)
4. Click on Utilities and click De-Activate
5. On the main SAM screen Select by country and carrier and under Method, country will appear. Select the country your phone is locked to. Then the carriers in that country will show. Select the Carrier your phone is locked to, then the SIM ID will appear. Then select the SIM ID for that carrier. For instance, United States (under country), AT&T Cingular (under carrier) and 3104i0 (under SIM ID).
6. Go back to the main SAM screen and click on More Information
7. At the bottom of the page you will find under SAM Details IMSI. Either write out the number or use your iPhone copy function to copy the number.
8. Now click Spoof Real SIM to SAM.
9. Go back to the main SAM screen and select Manual as Method.
Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and change the IMSI to the one copied from More Information.
10. connect your iPhone to your PC and launch iTunes (ensure your internet is running). iTunes will attempt to activate your device. if successful, it will display your device properties except your phone number.
11. Click on the phone number to reveal the ICCID. If you followed the process correctly then the ICCID shown should be the same as the ICCID of the SIM you intend to use and which is currently inside the phone. (Check your SIM Certificate or SIMCard holder for your Network ICCID).
12. Once you have verified that the information is correct, eject your phone and close iTunes. Go back to SAM and disable it by changing (I) to (O) o “OFF).
13. Re-connect your phone to your PC and launch iTunes again. It will give you an unable to activate iphone error. just close the error, close iTunes and launch it again. Your phone will now be unlocked to the SIM you inserted in the phone at the beginning of the process.
(BTW: I think the developer has simplified the process through an updated SAM. follow him on Twitter to get the information if you still can’t unlock after following the steps above).
hey guys im from the philippines and im using globe. it works… i dont have to used gevey sim anymore. thanks.. by the way just a question is it factory unlocked already? or theres a catch.. well im not an expert. just a question.
Plz can anyone tell me how to save unlock ticket in details.. I am not getting wat written above!!
It’s repo.bingner.com!!! There is an “n” after the “g”.
GUYS WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT USE THE SIM YOUR PHONE IS LOCKED TO…IT WILL NOT WORK!!!!! YOU HAVE TO INSERT THE SIM YOU WANT TO USE AFTER YOU UNLOCK THE PHONE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS. If you follow the instructions to the letter, your phone will be unlocked’!!! the key here is to follow the instructions as given.
TIP: most carriers have just one SIM ID but some have multiple SIM IDs like AT&T USA. if yours is locked to AT&T USA, then your carrier is likely AT&T Cingular Wireless while your SIM ID is 310410.
There should be an option in either SAM in the Settings or SAMPrefs apps. It would read Enabled. Press it and you’ll be able to disable SAM.
hello sir, as u say in step 4, we need to put the details of the network our iphone is locked o rite? my phone is locked to 3 network UK but i am not able to see 3 network in the carrier list. wat do i do now ?
Try the whole process from scratch without any SIM. When you need to connect with iTunes, put in the non AT&T sim. You would have to open / close iTunes a couple of times but it should find your sim fairly soon.
I’, getting the no sim detected massage when to insert my tmobile sim card to begin the process.. what do I do? HELPPPPP!!!!
fuck yeah…………it worked people……
i am waiting since october and now i finnaly unlocked my iphone, it went well for me the first time i tryed it…..
FINALLLYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First I was stuck on the steps to connect to iTunes where it says:
“The sim card inserted in this Iphone does not appear to be supported”
then i downloaded the final version of itunes and rebooted my device and finally unlocked it!!!!
If youre stuck on any step just keep trying, if you’re locked to AT&T select Carrier AT&T and SIM ID 31040.
how did you do it, i got same problem .
finally no more expensive paper weight, for those who encounter ” original simcard can be used to activate iPhone” try this, on step 7 turn off the ENABLE before you connect to your pc.:)
you’re wrong man, my iphone was hacktivated and it doesn’t matter, you can still unlock it using this method. At least it worked for me! Just follow the steps and it should work!
Hi…. i am not able to install this SAM ….
the requested modifications v=cant be applied due to required dependences or conflicts that can not be automatically found or fixed..
please reply ….at simardhillon25@yahoo.com
Can anyone tell me how to reset this method? Im getting ‘the sim card inserted in the Iphone does not appear to be supported’ message in Itunes so im assuming ive done something wrong somewhere and would like to try again from scratch
Yes, Gevey would be a better solution as it is going to be plug and play without using a computer to connect with iTunes
Some people are facing issues with this unlock.
Remember, as instructions have mentioned, YOU NEED TO SELECT THE CARRIER ON WHICH YOUR PHONE IS LOCKED TO, NOT THE ONE WHICH YOU WANT TO USE AFTER UNLOCK.
I have unlocked 5 phones, two iPhone 4S and 3 iPhone 4. All phones were locked to AT&T.
For T-Mobile, I didn’t require to enter Sim ID for AT&T but for another carrier which my brother was using (UFONE-PK), he had to select the 6th Sim ID. So, if the locked Carrier has multiple IDs, just try each and everyone and one of them should work.
As of now, I don’t know how much help the unlock ticket is going to be. I would recommend going through the whole unlock process using SAM instead of writing the files back for the unlock ticket.
Also, yesterday, my outgoing SMS wasn’t working. I rebooted my phone and everything works like a charm. Facetime and iMessage also has my phone number verified.
Howtoarena is doing a wonderful job at keeping us updated with all this info. If you are stuck at some place, either mail to howtoarena admin or write to me and I might be able to help you out with something. My email is: psypher@gmail.com
Ohhhhhh My GODDDDD…….!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its Working !!!!!!!!!!!!
I tried with 2 different SIMS and both are working !!!!
Thanks Faheem – you are great man !!!!!
Thanks you so much !!!
i’m from Armenia, but i can’t find my country in the list
…..can anybody help????????????
i got the same problem with sunrise network. it’s easy. Instead of by country and carrier try by bundle. There you will find one sunrise_ch choose that and follows the steps normally. it worked like a charm to me!! 5 months with no phone and now I’m free!
This is for everyone, if you can’t unlock doing this try and find your original carrier in bundle name instead of country and carrier.
Thanx to “How to Arena” and Sam Bingner.
it not work for me it said Sim card inserted in this iPhone does not appear to support . please help
hello, my problem is that i cant find out spain orange carrier..
Can you normally restore your iphone or uprade it? or the unlock will be lost?
just one thing sir, when i deactivate it using redsnow, will i still be able to use my iphone???. or it will be stuck on activate iphone sir???, because in order to use the sam, the iphone must be working right liek an ipod touch??
If you have a hacktivated phone like me after pressing the de-activate iPhone button, press “Revert Lockdownd to Stock” then go to more information and check the “ActivationState” it might be blank, in that case go out of SAM and take out the sim. Then go back into SAM there should be all the options like: method, ICCID, IMSI, etc.
You can then insert back your sim and carry on with the original instructions.
Hope this helps!!!
This worked like a charm
After 5 months of waiting, my phone is finally unlocked
what do i do please respond it gives me an error the indicated repository could not be found. this could be because yiu are trying to ass a legacy installer repository (these are not suppported) also, this interface is only capable of working with exact repository URL’s
some one please reply and help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi,
I also want to unlock with Airtel … can u please giv the steps ..
specially the original carrier and all …
I got mine to work.. there’s a little catch about the IMSI part. ^_^
Now I can activate any simcards I wanted. *grins*
yess!!im done with it…just try it again and again..walaa my fucking expensive itouch turn to iphone again…thanks alot..
I can’r make it work.. Please, can someone help me? My iPhone 4 is locked to Softbank japan and it’s only hacktivated.. HELP!
its not your country..its about what carrier locked your iphone..
I’ve got successfully unlocked my iphone 4 , but know I can’t make calls , but I can receive them :S
pleaseee helpppppp !
It works ……..,keep up the good work …….everybody thanx my iPhone 4 was stuck on 4.11.08 for 5 months but now I get to use it as a phone and not iPod
i did all same thing which u describe in steps./.. but when i connect to Itune6 this msg will appear..
” The SIM card inserted in this IPhone does not appear to be supported.”
plz help me.. thanks
Worked like a charm!! thanks so much HTA !!!
Having trouble with the push notifications. What happens if i reenable SAM? Do i have to reenable it in order for the clear push button to work? Please refer to this instruction:
Viola! Your iPhone should be unlocked now. Push notifications may stop working after this procedure but can be easily restored by “clear push” utility in SAM followed by connecting to iTunes.
My push notifications, face time, and imessage aren’t working, that’s why.
worked for me! i live in the philippines and my iphone 4 is locked to at&t i used the sim id 310410.. you have to “BEFORE INSTALLING SAM, PUT THE SIM CARD THAT YOU WANT TO USE AFTER THE UNLOCK”
It tried twice and it work THXXXXXX a lot
PS: IOS 5.0
hey try this when you select your country and carrier (eg. united states and AT&T)several different sim IDs will come up keep repeating from step 6
thats what i did and then i got true
1. Insert the SIM you want to use in the SIM tray (NOT the sim your phonne is locked to)
2. Install SAM from Cydia (follow the instruction above on how to get SAM installed).
3. Click on SAMPrefs on your phone to launch the SAM app. (Ensure that you set Enabled to (I) or “ON”)
4. Click on Utilities and click De-Activate
5. On the main SAM screen Select by country and carrier and under Method, country will appear. Select the country your phone is locked to. Then the carriers in that country will show. Select the Carrier your phone is locked to, then the SIM ID will appear. Then select the SIM ID for that carrier. For instance, United States (under country), AT&T Cingular (under carrier) and 3104i0 (under SIM ID).
6. Go back to the main SAM screen and click on More Information
7. At the bottom of the page you will find under SAM Details IMSI. Either write out the number or use your iPhone copy function to copy the number.
8. Now click Spoof Real SIM to SAM.
9. Go back to the main SAM screen and select Manual as Method.
Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and change the IMSI to the one copied from More Information.
10. connect your iPhone to your PC and launch iTunes (ensure your internet is running). iTunes will attempt to activate your device. if successful, it will display your device properties except your phone number.
11. Click on the phone number to reveal the ICCID. If you followed the process correctly then the ICCID shown should be the same as the ICCID of the SIM you intend to use and which is currently inside the phone. (Check your SIM Certificate or SIMCard holder for your Network ICCID).
12. Once you have verified that the information is correct, eject your phone and close iTunes. Go back to SAM and disable it by changing (I) to (O) o “OFF).
13. Re-connect your phone to your PC and launch iTunes again. It will give you an unable to activate iphone error. just close the error, close iTunes and launch it again. Your phone will now be unlocked to the SIM you inserted in the phone at the beginning of the process.
Can u tell me how? please?
When I try to add the repo.bingner.com source I keep getting the message “Verification error – The request timed out.” Is this happening to anyone else?
GETTING THIS ERROR Activation reports error: unable to retrieve storeBag…
Same here. Rebooted the phone and then it worked!
after selecting ‘De-Activate iPhone’. The ActivationState under ‘More Infromation’ is still Activated. I’ve tried deactivation with redsn0w 0.9.10b8 but still the same problem, what should i do ??? please heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellp
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It says: There is a problem with your Iphone.. Guys please help me. Im getting frustrated about all of this things
Not works for me… when i add the repo it says “request timed out”
I got it unlocked by using bundles not by country
invalid sim now
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hey guys. i hav a at and t lockd iphone..iphone4 ios 5.0.1 bb4.11.08 i dont have cydia in it…from where to get it..pls help…..fuckd up last 4 months..atleast now.mail me at niyazbly8940@gmail.com
Almost 6 months waiting, hoping, disappointing is over. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!
One last thing I need to know is how do you fix the problem with iMessage and Facetime. I can receive calls and texts and also send one but the problem is iMessage cannot be sent and it wont receive facetime calls. Both iMessage and face time were activated properly. I am not sure what do here. I tried using clear push utility to no avail. Please helP!!!
iOS? Jailbroken status?
Reboot it or rather take out the sim and put it back it. Should be fine then. If still doesn’t work, perform all the steps again from scratch.
Buboy66. Sir How You Did That Please Tell ??
hi guys having a bit of a problem, i cant get the repo to load. It keeps giving me erros, most of the time it says it did not respond and finally when it does it does NOT install all files neccesary. When i go into manage sources and into the repo it is completely empty…. any ideas
Works on an iPhone 4 with iOS 5.1 and Baseband 04.12.01 too!!!!!
I just did it with success!!!!
Hi..When i try to add the source..I get the error message “Verification Error – The request timed out”. Could anyone please help!!
Hi,
i tried this procedure…but when my ipfone restarted it went into main screen saying – CONFIGURE.
It does not even show the main menu board or anything….while trying to activate the fone its not able to find the sim also…
please tell me wht messed up….asap….all help is appreciated.
I tried this and everything worked fine and iTunes said my iPhone was unlocked, I see the vodafone logo and 3G but no signal so I can’t make or receive calls.
When I disable Mobile Data I get no Service, I have disabled SAM and still no signal, anyone got any ideas?
Can anybody tell me if it works with bb 4.12
Cannot download SAM??? POSIX error and failed download… Can anyone help???
Thanks,
Same problem, did you find a solution ?
It means you didn’t spoof the IMSI properly. Remember, you need to select the IMSI from SAM details, Spoof it and then paste it outside.
Yes
You need to select the carrier your phone is locked to, not the carrier you want to use with the iPhone 4. I’m guessing that is the issue you are facing.
I’m having some problems when installing SAM…
When it tries to overwrite /user/bin/stockify
and also /user/bin/acutil
And in the end /use/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I think this is a problem downloading the packages…cause the activity of the server.. but i’m not sure.. it says problems with overwriting as well…. soo… humm..
I dont know what to do?? Any ideias??
To all of you who experienced: SIM Card Not Supported Error For iPhone 4
Please follow the steps below and you will get iTunes activate your SIM.
STEP 1: First of all you have to check whether you have installed correct version of SAM. To do this simply head over to Settings > SAM > Utilities and tap on “Revert Lockdown to stock” button. A message will pop up showing stockification success. If you recieve that message that means you have got the correct version or not. If a failure message pop ups install SAM from original source.
STEP 2: Now go to SAMprefs and tap on “Method” and select “By Bundle Name”.
STEP 3: Now head back and tap on Bundle menu and select your carrier that you are locked to.
STEP 4: Now head over to SIM ID and select your SIM ID, if not sure just select the first one.
STEP 5: Now go to More Information and you will see ActivationState as Unactivated.
STEP 6: It’s time for you to plugin your iPhone 4 to your computer. Once you have plugged it in, you will see notice that your ActivationState has changed to WildCardActivated
Cheers,
Borislav Bozhanov
WTF MAN!! IT WORKED!!! You should put the Carrier where the phone was locked (in my case ATT) but my local carrier is from argentina.
Yesssss it worksssssss!!! ON baseband 4.11.08
what did u do bro??
i followed this step by step… but i could not get my sim activated… question, will it work for any sim in any country (philippines) ? please help
I have tried everything possible and it still wont work. I live in the U.S. and have an AT&T locked iphone 4 that i want to use on TMobile. i follow all the steps correctly and when i plug it in to my computer Itunes says “The Sim Card inserted in this Iphone does not appear to be supported.” please help. I just want to finally be able to use my Iphone.
Faheem,
Thank you so much for all the efforts you put into maintaining this site. You rock!!
I bough 2 iphone 4 from US and carried to India knowing absolutely nothing about jailbreak, unlock etc. Just going throgh your site made me layman expert in all this now. I refer your site to everyone I know who wants to know anything about iphone. I was able to unlock one phone using Gevey (04.10.01 BB) but was stuck on another one with 04.11.08. I have been daily checking your sites for updates and yesterday the patience paid off. I unlocked both my phone now!!! Thank you so much and keep up doing the great work. Hoping to see more updates on this method in future – like can we upgrade safely, in what cases will this unlock be reverted back etc.
You are the man….:)
Hi, Same with me. My phone is locked by softbank japan. It is not working at all after repeatedly trying the above steps. Has anyone unlocked softbank japan phone?
Hey Guys, Softbank japan also got unlcoked. This is what I did.
1. Press the hactivate button
2. Restart your phone with redsnow.
3. Now in SAM it will show the status as factoryactivated.
4. There is no option like “de-activate iphone”
5. Press the “de-activate iphone (clear push)
6. Now it will show the status as unactivated.
7. Now the follow the steps mentioned by Arena
8. It works.. It’s amazing.
Hey you did it using AT&T sim card or using any sim?
And do you need to activate ur GPRS to download SAM from Cydia or wat?
hey guys, thx everyone for support.
for those with SIM error in itunes, i had the same problem with SIM not supported, finally i gave and i tryed another carrier OrangeRO (im from romania on vodafoneRO the sim was not working, my iphone was CarrierLab 11.something). this one worked flawlessly and now under General -> About -> Carrier i had “Orange Romania” (previous CarrierLab)
then i used the tutorial above and/or some other similar from internet and this is the tricky part on BUNDLE NAME i selected ORANGE ROMANIA
after that i used the Spoof to SAM option, itunes, disabled sam and IT WORKED
hope this helps anyone
the same here with niphone locked to SFR, Itunes says ” sim not supported can’t activate the iphone”
ANy idea for SFR locked Phones??
Thxxxx
Just delete sam and re-install it
anong ginawa mo buboy? ganun din kasi ang prob sakin.. sun sim gamit ko.. please help
I already did it.. i had to erase one repo that gave me conflict overwriting those directories … than i restarted reboot the phone and make the attempts to get the steps right, cause not all of iphone are equal when you do it..specially if u dont have a sim card installed .. that gave me a bit of trouble… but i manage to do it… and banggg..
avd like u say..voîla.. not viola(cause) that means guitar LOL
At last, I did it!
iPhone 4 iOS 5.1 BB 4.12.01 Softbank Japan. Well, there’s a something you have to do with the IMSI if your phone is locked to Softbank japan.. Unlike AT&T.. Just follow the whole tutorial very carefully..
Thanks howtoarena!
I can not unlock my sim to my iPhone 4 with SAM because The Bahamas is not included in SAM. Will there be a Country update to SAM to include The Bahamas or the carrier BTC Bahamas by Cable and Wireless? Anybody knows? What do I do now?
I unlocked it, but i can’t make any outgoing calls. I can receive calls though. Someone please help!
the method worked for me, fine thx genius ppl. am in Morocco
Carrier MAROC TELECOM
It works great for me Calling, 3g, sms, let’s see for how long will that work and if there will be any problems Finally solution after 6 months of waiting and its free Battle with apple is won again
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Hi,
Mine is also from Japan Softbank, i tried all above mentioned steps.
but when i try to activate the phone using iTunes, it showing a message in itunes that “the sim card in this iphone does not appear to be supported….”
Please help me … thanks in advanced…
I just have one question, after you install SAM, does it take a long time for it to complete? First it was stuck on the scrolling wheel for a bit, not it’s stuck on a black screen with the white apple icon and it’s been that way for a bit.
Thanks
moreover, i noticed that my IMSI number and ICCID number from SAM and SIM details are exactly same after selecting spoofing. (not sure if that is ok?)
Please help me … thanks in advanced…
I unlocked my iphone 4 after 5 months. I’m using it with Airtel Bangalore. Thanks to the people. Thanks a lot
Is there any confirmation yet if this will unlock 4.12.01 on IOS 5.1?
I have an unlocked iphone 3gs with 6.15 baseband but as you know I lost the GPS. now, can I update my iphone 3gs to 5.01 or 5.1 ios for my bb also change and then unlock with this procedure? or use the new GEVEY card?
care to share that “something you have to do with the IMSI”? mine’s from softbank too, and for the life of me, i can’t seem to make the instructions work.
I have exactly the same issue, simply update your iTunes to the last version, and this will fix the error “There is a problem with your Iphone. We’re sorry, the iphone you connected maybe be damaged and cannot be activated for service”, thanks for all, the unlock work perfect !
Got it F’in UNLOCKED!! Didn’t get this kind of feeling since I got my ps3
yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy i did it with your so easyyyy steps i was trying from last 3 days but just now its done Thanks
i am in BB 4.11.08 so every1 using same firmware can do it….
buboy what SIM ID did you use? automatic ba yun pag galing sa states 31040 gagamitin?
Hi I am from India. Initially process was difficult and failed for 5-6 times. once i got thru it I unlocked Airtel , Vodafone, Loop Mobile. Its working awesome. My expensive iPod is back to iPhone now… super happy
while restoring with saved tickets got an error while connecting to itunes second time..it says unsupported sim card..what to do, please help.
thanks Alot PsyPher…. love u
I tried many times but the ICCID is not the same. I need your help?
LOOOOL …. i’m also didnt notice the ( n ) after the ( g )
Apparently my phone actually got “Factory Unlocked” after deactivating and the activating it through iTunes, initially i was under the impression that I unlocked it with SAM method but I received an email from AT&T stating my case has been resolved (which apparently was my second case for the unlock, 4 days dues to the resolution date) So I called up AT&T to check the status of my long pending case and they said my phone is actually unlocked. I thought they might be fooled because of the SAM activation so I inserted a different sim this time on which I had “not” performed the SAM method and it worked!!! So I was able to unlock without having to restore, that means the ‘SAM deactivate’ did the trick and when I connected the Phone to iTunes it was unlocked
I spent all step better but when i disable Sam and connected with itunes i dont get ,,error saying that your phone cannot be activated,, but i get ,,the sim card inserted in this iphone does not appear to be supported,,
plsss help
Hi Parama,
Please help me getting my Iphone 4 Unlocked. I don’t know how to jailbreak it in 0rder to work with SAM.
Let me know the procedure to get it Jailbreak it first and then How to use SAM to unlock it.
kishan1337@gmail.com
Kind regards
Kishan
hey chidu did you manage to fix this problem ? iam stuck here too
Actually I’m able to see the sigla bars for the other carrier but not able to make calls, moreover iTunes keeps trying to update the device if I connect with this sim.. will restore my devices and keep you posted.
Is it works with Iphone 4 BB 4.12.01 ?
I’ve got free mobile carrier
hey everyone,
i’m stuck to the step 7/8..i’m successfully reaching the 7th step, the iccid on itunes and in the iphone are same but when i disable SAM and i connect my iphone again there is no error message.. itunes just saying that my phone is simlocked (just as if i have not use SAM at all).. tried several time
Is it something to do with the iOS or the baseband??
version: 5.1.1 (9B206)
baseband: 04.12.01
thanks for helping..
Can You teach me step by step
I m not able to find spain orange network on sam plzzzzzzzzzzz help me plzzzzzz
I will b very thank ful
Sir, will this work for iphone4. Ios 5.1 bb 4.12.02? My iphone is also tethered will this whole SAM thing work? Thanks muc!
wow, after waiting 1 year I got my 4.11.08 unlocked!
thanks for this great tutorial =)