I bought new Neverlock (sim free) iPhone 4 with 4.3.5 firmware. Then I would like to return it to factory settings and click "Restore" in iTunes. But after restoring i received unlocking device with "only emergency calls" message. What can i do now?
IPhone 4, only emergency calls
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Edit 2012-04-22:
As of today you can unlock any jailbroken iPhone:
http://laforeta.blogspot.co.nz/2012/04/how-to-spoof.html
What do you need: A jailbroken iPhone that can be activated in iTunes (that is, not officially blacklisted), a computer with the latest iTunes installed and working internet connection. You will also need to know the carrier that your iPhone is locked to.
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Your phone will work normally with your SIM card and that SIM card ONLY since we have tricked iTunes to think that ICCID is one of the intended carrier's. The phone can be rebooted and connected to iTunes freely without losing the "unlock", at least for now.
Since it does not involve emergency numbers or IMSI spoofing it will not have any of the issues associated with SIM interposers. Tested working on iOS 5.01 but should work with tethered 5.1 too.
You could check on the official German T-mobile site at what date you can legally unlock your iPhone. When beyond that date you can perform the whole process online on their site. Then you would restore the iPhone via iTunes and have the SIM-lock removed.
https://t-mobile-simlockportal.arvato-services-mocom.com/pubsilo/Home.aspx
To install the phone you could get a German T-mobile prepaid SIM-card; e.g. from ebay.de - current offers - I think even a de-activated one should work for the installation as only the country-/provider-code is checked.
No, you do not have to enter any sort of unlock code for any iPhone unlock event.
iTunes contacts the registration database when a phone is restored to determine the lock status and set the appropriate carrier settings file if needed.
So, in your case one of two things has happened.
- The database that Apple / iTunes consult hasn't been updated for your IMEI.
- You missed the unlock message and your phone is actually ready to be unlocked.
The unlock happens when you restore your device - either as an over the air (OTA) activation or tethered to iTunes.
The carrier should be able to query the live database to see if your IMEI is unlocked or you could try getting another cheap SIM (or borrowing a friend's SIM) and just testing the phone yourself. If you restore the phone twice after it gets unlocks, you will not see this message - but you should get it when it's first unlocked.
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Best Answer
You bought one? From where? I ask because once you've restored in iTunes if it's a properly unlocked device it'll let you straight back in, emergency calls only means it's not been registered against a network, or unlocked.