Carrier Unlock for iPhone 4 Available

By Charlie Sorrel
August 4, 2010 |
6:28 am |
Categories: Hacks, Mods and DIY

A full carrier-unlock is now available for the iPhone 4. The whole process, from virgin iPhone 4 to jailbroken, carrier-independent iPhone takes seconds. Even a video showing how to do the whole thing lasts less than a minute and a half.

You need to jailbreak your iPhone to allow support for non-approved applications. Currently this is a one-click (one one-slide) process done by visiting the site jailbreakme.com. Then head to the Cydia store (where you’ll find all these non-approved apps) and search for an app called Ultrasn0w.

Install that, and you’re done. Congratulations: You’re iPhone should now work on pretty much any GSM carrier in the world, although further configuration will be needed to get everything working properly. If you live outside the US, it’s likely that your iPhone 4 is actually sold unlocked (hint: if more than one carrier offers the phone in your country, it is probably not carrier-locked).

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dansp51

This still confuses me a bit. After you do everything described in the video, do you just go to Verizon and say "I have a phone I want to use on your network" and they do it?
Yacko

The article says "GSM" carrier. AT&T; in the US is a GSM carrier. GSM phones use a SIM card. Verizon uses an incompatible method called CDMA. Phones cannot move between those two carriers whether they are unlocked or not. Most of the world is GSM using the same or similar frequencies. Maybe 10-15% of the world is CDMA. Verizon may be the largest carrier in the US but the their (Qualcomms) network technology is the minority one worldwide.

From a wise geek article: "CDMA carriers in the U.S. require proprietary handsets that are linked to one carrier only and are not card-enabled. To upgrade a CDMA phone, the carrier must deactivate the old phone then activate the new one. The old phone becomes useless."

Full article: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-difference-...
b

That is about it. Like for tmobile

1. you jailbreak your iphone
2. then go to the store and sign up for pre or post paid service,
3. pop in your new sim card
4. enter the carrier settings that the sales rep will give you
5. and you are now cooking with gas
dansp51

Thanks!

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