It seems the only way to unlock a 1.1.2 Out of the Box iPhone is to use some sort of Sim Adapter to trick the iPhone into thinking its working perfectly on AT&T's network. They all use the same ICCID and IMSI from the AT&T card that you get with the iPhone when you buy it, and require that data to be prgrammed into the new Sim that will accompany your current Sim to work with your shiney new iPhone.
Magic Sims are the latest unlock method and by far seems to be the cheapest. I have ordered myself a MagicSim and a USB SimCard Reader/Writer off ebay, and have gotten notice that payment was received and they are being shipped from HongKong today Monday 10th, and will hopefully reach late the week or early next week.
The trick to the magic Sim was discovered by Dark(DarKSideZ), mxweas and PsxGunDown and fellow Trinidadian "g" on IRC chat as they were trying to figure out what made StealthSims work and if they could replicate it.
here are the instructions and things needed:
Items Needed:
- Magic SIM’s Dual SIM Card (Must be a Magic SIM, others will not work) - MagicSIM, eBay
- Serial SIM Card Reader & Writer
- Magic SIM’s SIM Editing Software - Download
Put your AT&T SIM into your SIM writer, and open SIM Scanner and scan your AT&T SIM card. Write down the ICCID as we will need this later. Next open Woron Scan and get your IMSI. Now put in your Magic SIM Dual SIM Card and open SIM Data. Put in your AT&T IMSI and ICCID into and transfer it back to your Dual SIM. Using the paper guide from your Dual SIM, cut your provider’s SIM card accordingly. You should now be able to put your provider’s SIM card into the Dual SIM and then into your iPhone . If this works for anyone or you know of ways to improve these steps, post a reply in the comments of this post.
The above is taken directly from MxWeas blog, and is the same procedure that i plan to follow. As soon as I get the MagicSim and sim card reader/writer I will post more info, I am even thinking of going to the various cell shops tomorrow and seeing if they have anything like this so I can give it a try without waiting on the items off Ebay (cant believe I didn't think of that today)
There is currently a topic on hackint0sh about it where it is confirmed working by bigbuckz, who was able to get the Sim and a SimCard Writer/Reader at a local Cell shop and programmed the MagicSim to work. This is what I should have done today :)
more to come soon:
after some running around i found this today at local cell stores and friend who also fiddles with iphones.
15 comments:
Dark(DarKSideZ) -not jus Dark lol
he was the one who came up with the idea it could be done
g
The link to download the software is not working.
niiice...the post says you can buy the MagicSim's off from http://www.dual-sim.eu as well
Anyone can recomend a link to purchase the card reader-writer?
the link to download the software is working for me..
i bought my Sonic Sim on ebay, the same link above
where can i get the card writer??
i got my reader/writer for 0.99 at ebay... awsome deal... and for the link, go to http://magicsim.com/en/multi-sim.asp?new_id=6 and click the download link for "Download Magicsim V15.0"
Get the card reader from this link
http://www.suntekstore.com/usb_sim_card_reader_and_writer.html
If anyone gets this working please let me know, I tried with what i thought was the correct dual sim but it didn't work.
hi i got usb sim reader and writer
but magicsim don't detect my reader how can i do ??
the error is cannot find the reader
if somebody can help me thank you
butor007@hotmail.com
Hi,
I got an unlocked iphone/sinicSIM working with the sim card belonging to the man who sold me the thing. he phoned me and i saw it. then he took his sim card out. i went home, cut my own simcard, inserted it into the sonicsim, than into the iphone, and.. nothing. still "no sim" message. i am sure i cut it exactly right. what could be the reason? any ideas?
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hey i have a 1.1.2 otb and i will like to get ti working what do i need to do ????
you only need the IMSI and ICCID?you don´t need the KIand SMCP? How can I write the data wit SimData? I should choose "MobilePhone" from the SMC Data menu?
You can read my blog also as a reference
www.dual-sim-card.blogspot.com
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