Hi folks,

i've bought a 1.1.2 iPhone from 45th week of production. Idecided to make HARDWARE unlock. I've downgraded bootloader exactly by tutorial on iphone.unlock.no - i did everything - step by step. Everything went well. I installed anySIM 1.2.1u, turned airplane mode ON, and started anySIM, after few minutes anySIM told me that my iPhone was succesfully unlocked, turned airplane mode OFF and rebooted the phone. And now is the worst part - iPhone is unlocked - tried with several different sim cards, but here is the catch: iPhone can't find any GSM network. It displays NO SERVICE all the time.
I've tried to VIRGINIZE the baseband, back to 1.0.2, but still the same behaviour.

Is my iPhone bricked??
Is there any hope for me???

Please HELP!!

Originally Posted by chmielu

Hi folks,

i've bought a 1.1.2 iPhone from 45th week of production. Idecided to make HARDWARE unlock. I've downgraded bootloader exactly by tutorial on iphone.unlock.no - i did everything - step by step. Everything went well. I installed anySIM 1.2.1u, turned airplane mode ON, and started anySIM, after few minutes anySIM told me that my iPhone was succesfully unlocked, turned airplane mode OFF and rebooted the phone. And now is the worst part - iPhone is unlocked - tried with several different sim cards, but here is the catch: iPhone can't find any GSM network. It displays NO SERVICE all the time.
I've tried to VIRGINIZE the baseband, back to 1.0.2, but still the same behaviour.

Is my iPhone bricked??
Is there any hope for me???

Please HELP!!

Last resort would be to update to 1.1.3, but before that try everything.

What does your bbupdater -v display?

try to put back your sim card in another gsm phone (verify that it works) then put it back in the Iphone (reboot Iphone between each operation)

First confirm with another phone that your sim is actually working.

Before you do anything else, put your ATT sim in the phone and re-do the unlock (restore to 1.1.1, boot, jailbreak oktoprep, update 1.1.2, enter your sim)

If this doesn't work, my guess is that you either damaged the antenna during opening the phone or that your aluminum backpiece needs some insulation.

Try to open the phone and placing a thin layer of electrical tape on the inside of the backpiece. Make sure that you didn't forget to put back the metal shield on the circuit board and that it isn't bent so it creates some kind of short.

In worst case senario, you can find spare parts here and here

Originally Posted by Strayliight

If this doesn't work, my guess is that you either damaged the antenna during opening the phone or that your aluminum backpiece needs some insulation.

Not necessarily. My phone is crazy and it isn't the only one. No-one can call it (the network can't find the phone) and sometimes I can call out (but not often) even though I have the network recognized and 3 bars of signal strength.

See http://hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?t=24421

Originally Posted by imom

Not necessarily. My phone is crazy and it isn't the only one. No-one can call it (the network can't find the phone) and sometimes I can call out (but not often) even though I have the network recognized and 3 bars of signal strength.

See http://hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?t=24421

you tried iworld?

Originally Posted by Strayliight

you tried iworld?

Of course. Read the thread. I challenge you to find anything I haven't tried

LoL.
I read through that thread now, I get your point ;-)

There seems to be an interesting discussion about it here: http://www.modmyifone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25574

I have hw unlocked six phones now and never had any problems, s'pose im just lucky then :-)

Some ppl report sucess with the Do-it-all-from-the-beginning method and some ppl seem to have tried it 50 times without sucess.

If you feel really hardcore, a new antenna is only $4.99 I bet it's a really interesting experience to exchange it

One interesting thing that someone pointed out in another thread, this problem seems to be on week 45 phones only... care to check your serial number?

-Peace

Originally Posted by Strayliight

If you feel really hardcore, a new antenna is only $4.99 I bet it's a really interesting experience to exchange it

If it were the antenna, why do I sometimes manage to call out and get a clear line? Why is my signal strength sometime up to 4 bars? I doubt this could happen if I broke something.

I have the same issue on a week 50 phone. Unlocked another week 51 phone, which has full signal