Hi iPhoner's

Using a Turbo-SIM " http://www.bladox.com/shop.php ", without any additional hardware, a SIM card reader/writer for instance, you can unlock your iPhone — any carrier — phone, SMS, GPRS, all functional on any GSM network. I just ordered my Turbo-SIM so I cannot personally confirm this method to work, yet. Although word circulating the virtual streets say it’s good to go.

Software you need:
http://www.iphone-hacks.com/download.php?id=30 — you need the binary, “turbo-app”

http://www.iphone-hacks.com/download.php?id=31 — you need the “applesaft.trb” file

First, your phone must be activated (with the AT&T SIM), jailbreaked, and with SSH and vim. Refer to previous tutorials to do that

- Download the port of Bladox utilities on your computer, extract it on your computer (you need the binary file turbo-app)

- Download AppleSaft 0.92 from Bladox, extract it on your computer (you need the .trb file)

- Turn on your phone with Turbo SIM + AT&T subscription

- Disable CommCenter - ssh to your phone, vim /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/
com.apple.CommCenter.plist add

Code:
<key>Disabled</key> <true/>
for example add it just after these lines, already present in the file
Code:
<key>OnDemand</key> <false/>
If you don’t like vim, you can do this modification on your desktop computer (iPhuc/iPhoneInterface getfile, modify the file, and putfile)
vim ultra light survival kit

i : insert mode
ESC : command mode (from insert mode)
dd : delete the current line (in command mode)
:w! : save (in command mode)
:q! : quit (in command mode)

- Reboot
- Copy turbo-app to your phone (for example in /opt/bladox)
- Copy applesaft.trb to your phone (for example in /tmp)
- ssh to your phone, set the executable permission to turbo-app (chmod
a+x /opt/bladox/turbo-app) and run it with /opt/bladox/turbo-app /tmp/applesaft.trb. It should take approximately 30 seconds and you shouldn’t see any error. Please panic if you see one
- Reenable CommCenter - ssh to your phone, vim /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/
com.apple.CommCenter.plist and delete the lines you added previously
- Reboot
- Go into Settings/Phone/SIM Applications/Apple Saft and choose Set
- Turn off your phone
- Turn on your phone with Turbo SIM + your subscription and test
Check back for a full report (and cleaner tutorial) once my Turbo-SIM arrives. Mad props to everyone responsible for achieving this unlock!

We get recursion !

quick question. Will this method work with any empty sim?? I have a contact working at my local network carrier, so I can get an empty simcard.

This is NOT a full unlock, the phone itself is still locked, it is just a way of fooling the phone into thinking it has the AT&T sim in, the phone itself is still locked!
Plus there is already a thread for this, so look before you start creating threads!
http://hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2641

Originally Posted by Dragg1e

quick question. Will this method work with any empty sim?? I have a contact working at my local network carrier, so I can get an empty simcard.

YES. It works with every simcard, regardless if it's V1/V2/V3/UMTS or what so ever....

does anyone know of a person or company willing to do this procedure for me for a fee? I am not very technically minded and will probably do something wrong! Am based in the un. Thanks!

Do you guys actually READ the forum BEFORE you post? Just curious.

The Turbo SIM method has been discussed for a couple of days now in the Supersim section of the iPhone forum.

PLEASE: read first, post after. Otherwise we end up with the same stuff over and over again, flooding the forums with useless posts. Thanks.