Unlocking your iPhone to use in Canada on Rogers or Fido is easy. Since firmware 1.1.3 and 1.1.4 have been cracked, there are many programs available to unlock your iPhone. The best part is, it's all free. I don't understand why people out there are still paying to have someone unlock their iPhone or are paying for free information. It's all right here. Also, if you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment or email me.
There are 3 main ways to unlock your iPhone
1. Ziphone - http://www.ziphone.org/
Ziphone was revolutionary when it came out. It is what I used and what most people have used. It will bypass activation, jailbreak, and software unlock your iPhone. It downgrades the bootloader to 3.9 from 4.6. This will basically void the warranty on your iPhone. But, good luck trying to get warranty service on it anyway if your iPhone is not activated on AT&T. I used Ziphone on both of my iPhones and they both work great on Fido. The second time using Ziphone, my mail app wasn't working properly, so I had to restore and do it again. Now it's fine. A few people have had problems with Ziphone, such as youtube not working, mail not working, etc, but that is suspossed to be all fixed with Ziphone 3.0. I have to recommend using Ziphone since it worked for me and I haven't used the other methods.
2. pwnage tool - http://iphone-dev.org/
This program comes from the iPhone Dev Team. They have spent quite a while working on it and it does look exciting. They also made an exciting video on it. Basically it creates a custom firmware for your iPhone. People on the forums are saying that it works and is the safest method to unlock your iPhone now. However, the is no pwnage tool for windows xp/vista users just yet, it should be released soon though.
3.
iLiberty+ http://www.ipluspwns.com/
This new program is a combination of two previous programs called iPlus and iLiberty. The claim to fame of this one is that it doesn't downgrade your bootloader. What it does do is create a 'fakeblank' bootloader which can be reversed in you need warranty service from your iPhone. Basically Apple would not be able to tell that you were messing around with it if you had to take it in. I've heard of people having problems with this program such as that it doesn't work, but I have also heard success stories. I haven't used it myself so I don't know.
There you have it. This is the only info you need to have your iPhone unlocked in Canada. Just watch the videos and see how it works for yourself, it's better than just typing out steps. Let me know how it goes for you.
7 comments:
did you ever figure out how to remove that red badge over the phone icon? i'm also with fido
I don't have the red badge on my iphone, it's never there, it's always there on my wife's iphone. I think is has something to do with the version of sim card you have. But I'm not going to buy a new one from fido since they are charging 40 bucks for them now.
Actually it is there when I have a missed call, not there when I have voicemail which I would like it to be.
The red badge thing works as it is suspossed to on my tmobile sim card.
thanks for reply! Love the blog keep it up! Can't get rid off it =/
No problem, glad you like it.
I looked at all the solutions, and it seemed the people in the know said to use iLiberty+. So I did, no issues. Worked first time. I had a 1.1.2 phone.
Glen
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Glad it worked out for you, I saw your website and that you are on speakout. They have such good rates.
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