iPhone help: jailbreaking/unlocking. (Please read and update answers)

I want to buy the new iPhone 4 but I got a question. I travel a lot, I live in the US and twice a year I go to Colombia which is in South America. I know that I can make calls but that charges a lot so I wanted to unlock it first. Is unlocking the same thing as jailbreaking, is it illegal and would it void my warranty? I would want to be able to put a another SIM from another country and make it work.please be specific in you answer. Please help, thank you!

asked Jun 21 '10 at 18:06

sebastianq28
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edited Jul 13 '10 at 18:26

The iPhone 4 has been unlocked and Jailbroken using one of three exploits found by the Dev Team, they are currently testing the other two, and by the time you get yours, it should have an unlock ready. Remember to save save your SHSH's though.

(Jul 13 '10 at 18:35) AppleHack23

save my what? what is a SHSH

P.S. if i restore is there any way of telling i jail-broke? and lets say a new apple firmware comes out will i be able to download it?

(Jul 13 '10 at 18:54) sebastianq28

No, there is no way to tell that you Jailbroke if you RESTORE and SETUP AS NEW. Also, you can read up on SHSH's at the following link.

http://saurik.com/id/12

(Jul 13 '10 at 19:01) AppleHack23

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If you're on 3.1.3, Jailbreak using an Jailbreak tool called Spirit, available for download at

http://www.applehack23.com/AppleHack23/Downloads.html

I hosted it on my site. Once you're done with that, download ultraSn0w from the Cydia search, make sure the version of ultraSn0w is 0.93.

Then insert a foreign SIM card, and you're good to go.

answered Jun 21 '10 at 22:46

AppleHack23
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first of all jailbreaking is not illegal.it does void your warrently but you can unjailbreak it and they cant tell the difference.

answered Jun 21 '10 at 18:08

SJP
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can you please be more specific like answering more of my question please and thankyou

(Jun 21 '10 at 18:48) sebastianq28

Click the restore button in iTunes, then click set up as new. Simple as that. Apple can't detect a thing, just the date and time that you last restored.

(Jun 21 '10 at 22:45) AppleHack23

I have read somewhere that you can just put another sim in BUT after 2 months (not sure) AT&T will block your phone or something if you don't use it regularry with AT&T's network

answered Jun 21 '10 at 18:58

Daxmau5
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That is 100% completely false. They can be sued for that. They cannot ban you from their network unless you are affecting their network, and harming other people's service.

(Jun 21 '10 at 22:44) AppleHack23

they don't ban you, i think you can't call anymore unless they unblock it.

but I'm not sure if the source i read it at is reliable

(Jul 13 '10 at 18:42) Daxmau5

If you buy the iPhone 4 you will half to wait for someone like the Dev Team to come out with a jailbreak for it and then an unlock for it. You will have to jailbreak it then unlock it. Jailbreaking and unlocking is not illegal but it does void your warranty, but if you ever have to bring it in to apple for some reason all you need to do is restore and apple would never be able to tell that you jailbroke it, just remember to put your att sim back in the phone.

answered Jun 21 '10 at 21:43

slbenficaboy
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