It’s hip2b2

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

1. 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.
2. Restore iPhone. This sets the iPhone back to its factory settings. This is only done if necessary. You can do this via iTunes.
3. 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.
4. Reload Baseband Firmware. I followed the instructions from this site. It was one of the cleanest documents out there.
5. 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.

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