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Unlock your iPhone v1.1.3 to work with any SIM card

By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, February 7th, 2008 at 4:09 PM

anySIM 1.3 unlocks iPhone v1.1.3So, with the newly updated anySIM v1.3 software ready to rock your iPhone’s SIM-world, I’m sure some of you wondering just what it takes to unlock your iPhone v1.1.3, so here it is:

  1. Make sure your iPhone v1.1.3 has baseband 4.03.13_G firmware (you can check this under Settings>General>About>Modem Firmware .
  2. Verify that you are running the bootloader version 3.9 and NOT bootloader version 4.6.
    If you are unsure, check your serial number (we’re looking at the 3rd, 4th, and 5th number in the sequence. If you see “745″ or lower, than chances are you have the 3.9 bootloader (unless you messed with the bootloader specifically).The 3rd number (“7″) indicates the year of manufacture, the 4th and 5th numbers indicate the week of manufacture.

    If you have “745″ or higher (750, for example), you’ll want to double check your bootloader version. To do that, fire up Installer.app and add “installer.iclarified.com” to your “Source” list. Find out how to do that here. Install “Baseband Info.” Find the “BBinfo” application on your homescreen and run it. You are looking for Bootloader Version 3.9 – if you see 4.6, you probably have an “out-of-the-box” (OTB) v1.1.3 iPhone and cannot unlock your iPhone v1.1.3.

    I have a “724″ so I definitey had the 3.9 bootloader, which is what we are looking for.

  3. IMPORTANT!
    So, once you have verified that you can unlock your v1.1.3 iPhone, let’s set your iPhone to “Never” Auto-lock. Goto your homescreen, then navigate to Settings>General>Auto-lock>Never. This is important, make sure you set your iPhone to NEVER lock. You will be sorry if you don’t.
  4. Fire up Installer.app, make sure it’s updated to Installer 3.0 (update if necessary), and add “installer.iclarified.com” to your “Source” list (if you haven’t already done so in the previous step). Here’s how.
  5. Go to the “iClarified” category and download/install “anySIM 1.3″ – Hit that big red “Install” button, it won’t bite.
    If you find that the installer downloads anySIM1.3 but quits when it tries to install anySIM1.3, you probaby need to free up more room in your iPhone’s application directory. Uninstall some third-party applications to free up room, then try to install “anySIM 1.3″ again.
  6. IMPORTANT!
    Back on the homescreen, navigate to Settings>Airplane Mode, set it to “On“
  7. Get to your homescreen, find the anySIM icon and fire ‘er up. It looks like this:
    anySIM 1.3 icon
  8. You’ll see the anySIM application splash screen, click “OK” and then “Slide to Unlock”.
  9. Scroll down to the bottom of the legalese section and hit the “Ok, Unlock my iPhone” button.
  10. Sit back and wait. This is why we previously set the iPhone to NEVER lock. If you didn’t follow that step and forgot to set your iPhone Auto-lock to “Never,” keep touching the screen during the unlocking process – this might keep you from bricking your iPhone. It will take 5-10 minutes, so you’re in for a good wait. Be patient.
  11. When all is done, you will have an unlocked iPhone v1.1.3. Go disable Airplane mode, pop in your non-sanctioned SIM card. Cheers!
    anySIM 1.3 unlock successful

About The Author

Will Park

Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...

  • Nizva

    does this mean that unlocking the iphone currently sold on apples website is not possible since bootloader is most likely a 4.6 not 3.9…?? :sad:

  • rafal

    great man, 1000 thanks.
    i did like you wrote.
    it works.

  • Marcio

    :mrgreen:
    super great! my iPhone work fine.
    easy to do!
    cheers

  • Markus

    Am i suppose to have my simcard inserted in the iphone when i have anySIM working?
    My simcard is not a ATT card.

  • gmoney

    I started with a 1.1.1 OTB.. and used anysim 1 on it months ago. I recently tried to update it but ended up with a 1.1.3 unlocked phone. I had no choice but to restore with the latest version of Itunes.. I though I was in dip trouble. I jailbreaked with ziphone off a PC, then used this anysim 1.3 to unlock it.. rogers can. phhewwww it works in the end.. This is the only way I could find to unlock with a phone that has BL 3.9

    Nice work to those who put their hard work towards this appy.. it save me bigtime!

  • Alan

    So far do any of the Apple updates affect this unlock? another one of those Apple “they figured it out again, we need to fix it so it makes their phone useless” things?

    Thanks.

  • Will Park

    There is no new firmware as of yet. The next firmware update could very well close the exploit that allows the current jailbreak.

  • Jason

    I hope someone can help. I jailbroke my iphone v1.1.3 to 1.1.1 to 1.1.3 using the new iJailbreak.com and everything worked but when my phone rebooted and restored I couldn’t use my phone anymore. I lost all functionality og my phone. I have ATT and it says I have no service. How can I fix this? Please help!!!
    Thanks

  • Tyler

    ok so I used this b4 on v1.1 it didnt work… I have an ATT sim will this work? It didnt with ATT b4 on v1.1 so can someone give me a heads up. Has anyone done this with an ATT sim??!!! Thx

  • Tyler

    any word?

  • Moute

    It may take more than 15 minutes to unlock ? I launch it and after 15 mins nothing happend… I pushed on home button and it went at home page … What I have to do ? :/

  • Rebecca

    So what do you think, should I buy an iphone when I go back to the U.S. next week?

  • message man

    :twisted: i’m just testing the comments

  • Al

    I have had the apple and the spokes going around and around for half an hour. How long does this take? I switched the cards half way though did I mess it up? Just had it reboot or something and still have the spokes gong round and round. Help!!

  • Jessica

    To all ATT subscribers, if you unlock your iphone you basically screwed. If you reboot your iphone after downloading the required program and if you unable to use your iphone to make calls – you just got screwed. Be careful.

  • Mike

    I got the any sim logo on my desktop but when i got to open it it says i have to turn off the auto lock thing.
    I did that and it still doesnt work what should i do?

  • sean

    will this work with a sprint/nextel sim card

  • FiiFTY

    How do you get installer??? It dont work any more. LoL please help me.

  • Thomas Afroman

    my at&t sim card wont work in my iphone

  • Kenneth

    Hey Will.
    Just did an update and now it reqires the sim card (I guess ATand T?). It won’t accept any other card and I can’t get into the gadget to do anything.
    Can you give me a hand to solve this problem.
    Would be much abliged.
    Ken