Unlocked french iphone upgrade to 1.1.3

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Unlocked French iPhone upgrade to 1.1.3

We had ‘some’ trouble unlocking our French iPhone before we could use it on a foreign network due to a software bug in the iPhone 1.1.2 firmware as you could read in one of the previous posts. The end result was a very expensive iPhone which we still needed to jailbreak, kinda stupid and a waste of money. Yesterday Steve introduced the 1.1.3 firmware as expected so Jelle took the dive and tried it out. Well, I'm happy to report it works perfectly!

I synced my iPhone and choose to upgrade. I didn't switch my SIM card back the the Orange one so I upgraded with my Base (a Belgian operator) SIM card. iTunes downloaded the 1.1.3 firmware and upgraded my phone. I got an error saying my SIM was locked, locked as in PIN locked, not network locked so that's fine. I entered my PIN code and docked my phone again. There it is my legally unlocked - non jailbraked - iPhone!

2 comments

#1 Reno

Ola, I've just bought an iPhone and spent the last 2 days trying to jailbreak and unlock it.... and when I though I did... it was still not working. As I read your more talented than me for this, I was wondering if you'd be interested to earn some money and make it for me? If yes, in the future, perhaps would you also find interesting that I provide your references to friends of mine who has or will have the same issue? If interested or if you'd know somebody who would be... please, send me a mail [address removed]. Cheerzzzzz!

almost 4 years later

#2 Simon

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Reno, I think you misunderstood the article. I needed the jailbrake because of a bug in the 1.1.2 firmware, not to unlock it, it's a legally unlocked French iPhone. As of the 1.1.3 firmware this problem is solved so if you buy a French unlocked iPhone now there is no need for the jailbrake anymore.

almost 4 years later