Conquering the Apple iPhone II - Tested on Globe and Smart Postpaid
This is the next phase of my iPhone cracking exercise. No need for turbosims, supersims, soldering and paying. Yes, its free. Thanks to the iPhone Dev Wiki (link widtheld) folks. The first installment can be found here. However, this guide should be standalone since I am flashing the phone and restoring to factory settings.
Here is a picture of it working! Sorry I could not get a better picture.
iPhone with a Globe Telecoms Post-paid SIM
iPhone with a Smart Telecommunications Post-paid SIM
- Update iPhone to 1.0.2 (nothing newer). This is required because a particular baseband firmware and modem is required. This update will fail if you already previously cracked/activated the iPhone. This may take times as the 1.0.2 update is 91MB.
- Restore iPhone. This sets the iPhone back to its factory settings. This is only done if necessary. You can do this via iTunes.
- Jailbreak and Activate the iPhone.. This can be done using the usual methods (documented in my previous blog) or using a new video found here. The ibricker method is a lot easier than the previously documented methods. The user interface is also nicer. Then proceed to install PXL. Then install the “Installer” Application.
- Reload Baseband Firmware. I followed the instructions from this site. It was one of the cleanest documents out there.
- Replace lockdownd. This is what you do last. With iBrickr of course.
And … It works on Globe Postpaid and Smart Postpaid. You guys enjoy. Yahoo!
PS. I am not posting a copy of the files you need to do the hack as you can get them thru the websites presented in this blog entry. Again, DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK. Please make sure you absolutely know what you are doing before your try this out. If you brick your iPhone you can try the factory restore method.
September 12th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Now I might have full-blown Apple envy! Oh no…
September 12th, 2007 at 11:59 pm
Woohoo!!
September 13th, 2007 at 3:07 am
Yipee! I want one! I want one!
September 13th, 2007 at 6:02 am
[…] It ’s real, it’s here. iPhone sim is unlocked using a free software hack. Shown in the image above is the iPhone working with Smart Communications Philippines. Call, SMS, even browse using Edge. The free open source software circulated in websites yesterday. More details on how to unlock the phone here.. for those of you who are brave enough. […]
September 13th, 2007 at 10:38 pm
[…] William Yu has successfully unlocked the iPhone to work with Smart and Globe SIM cards. He brought it earlier during our JesCom Convention and showed it to me. T’was a real beauty. However, I might just go for the iPod Touch instead. […]
September 14th, 2007 at 8:27 am
My Stewardship of the Company iPhone comes to an end.
September 21st, 2007 at 8:08 am
Please download this file. Then run this command to upload it “scp ABPhoneFormats.plist root@:/System/Library/Frameworks/AddressBookUI.framework/”. This just fixes the number formating. Can’t fix the called ID yet.
September 28th, 2007 at 11:39 am
I’m spending gazillions again on my personal Smart plan. I hope Smart gets the iPhone deal and I get a free one, next year!
November 19th, 2007 at 2:23 am
hello..i have a quick question…do you how to setup the edge settings i know u have smart but i have a globe sim card. if you know the setting can you please let me know. thanks
November 19th, 2007 at 2:34 am
Smart Settings:
APN: internet
username:
password:
Globe Settings:
APN: internet.globe.com.ph
username:
password:
October 4th, 2008 at 4:46 am
[…] Several users at the Macintosh Philippines forums said that making calls is suddenly not possible with iPhone using Smart SIM however there’s no problem in using the phone for text messages. One user, William Yu, of It’s hip2b2 has successfully unlocked the iPhone for Smart Post Paid kit without using any software and supersims, that Smart users may use. He notes that users should use these tricks and cracks at their own risk. Please don’t proceed if you don’t know what you’re doing. […]
November 22nd, 2008 at 12:23 am
[…] Looks like you can use a SMART/SUN sim on Globe iPhones. William Yu was able to do it successfully on a Smart Sim and Globe Sims even before it was released in the Philippines. The issue - you’ll have to jailbreak the phone. […]