@kedar: thats a good guide man, Ive did it yesterday at a friends iphone and it worked... it was a week 50.

okay so i finally cracked open my iphone after 6.5 days (started sunday afternoon) and boy what a FUCKING RELIEF! i almost destroyed my hands several times but got lucky and only suffered very small scrapes here and there (no blood though). i'm so glad that i ordered a replacement cover early because i have totally destroyed my case. there was just no way in a million years that i could've opened it up without scratching or bending it. i went with the last resort and pried the metal casing with a screwdriver (on top of a duane reade card to prevent scratching on the bezel) like there was no tomorrow. i did that for 3 days and some way, some how i popped open the side with buttons without any effort, but ironically i had done more damage to the side without buttons.

popped open the comm board cover easily (thank god), but i find out that the trace is so fucking small. i have a magnifying glass but even with that it's still small. oh well going to attempt the short tomorrow when my roommate wakes up to help me hold it.

will post results tomorrow. time to hit the bed!

peace.

@Kedar that I.unlock.no tutorial is extremely easy. I've done about 8 phones now, got it down to about 40 minutes per phone. That new update in the tutorial at the end is very useful, cuts down alot of time. Although I had to restore 1.1.1 after that step becaues I wasn't getting any signal after unlocking with Anysim, but once restored it works! I will talk to my boss to see if they donate some money towards this effort, these original unlockers and tutorial writers really make things EASY

Here's a couple pics, so you can see the simple tools I use, nothing special. Phones look flawless in the end.

How do you open the case without scraching (with screwdriver)?

I don't want to create another useless topic, so i'm asking here: after the HW unlock, mine iphone tends loose or have weaker signal ( o2 UK) than other phones, did or does any of you have same problem

anarchy: without opening tool I'd say it's fairly immpossible to open it without minor demage, and it takes a loads of time... so either invest a little bit or prepare yourself to have scratched iphone ( I went for the 2nd one )

this is my second day trying to open my iphone!!! it is all scratched, not bended yet. and my hands are full of small and painfull cuts,, ( at the moment i have count 14 cuts) it is almost open!!!!!.... but the silver cover doesnt wanna come out!!!!Aghhh!

sansamo:had same problem, now you need to force the giutar pick upwards(guessing that that's what you use ) under the rear panel on the side, it's hard to describe, basically you need to get the pick higher than you slide in order to release the clips, tomorrow maybe i will post a photo, to make it understanable...

Originally Posted by clone

sansamo:had same problem, now you need to force the giutar pick upwards(guessing that that's what you use ) under the rear panel on the side, it's hard to describe, basically you need to get the pick higher than you slide in order to release the clips, tomorrow maybe i will post a photo, to make it understanable...

Thanks!!!,, im gonna try that!... altought i think i need to replace my hands first!....

1 more thing, it requires lot of force ( but conversely don't overload that ) and definetely you will bend your case a little bit on the sides, mine is about half a mm off...