Hello everyone, is the method below the simplist way to unlock my brand new iPhone, fresh out of box, on a MAC.

1. Using iNdependence 1.2, activate the fresh brand new iPhone
2. Then under the Jailbreak tab, Jailbreak.
3. Under the Customize tab, copy the anySIM.app file into the Applications folder
4. Run anySIM.app on the iPhone
5. Under the Jailbreak tab, return to Jail
6. Reboot the iPhone

Anyone can verify this method? I don't want to brick my brand new iPhone

And am I missing any step? I don't want to install any unnecessary stuff like SSH, SFTP and SCP, if I'm not going to use them.

I really need a dumb-down 1 2 3 guide with the easiest, minimal steps to unlock the phone.

please help!

I don't see why it would not work like that . Give it a try

Looks like it should work. Unless you have unlocked your iphone before.

From iNdependence 1.2.1a's README file:

Please note that in order to install/remove applications, you'll need to have SSH installed on the phone as you'll be asked for the phone's IP address and root password.

So it does look like you need to enable SSH on the phone after activation if you want to be copy applications or other files.

I'm waiting for this "absolute minimum" method on Mac to be verified before I buy an iPhone; thanks for all the help.

Originally Posted by Niftyiphone

I don't see why it would not work like that . Give it a try

I don't want to try it if it's going to brick my brand new iPhone that's fresh out of box. Anybody can confirm whether the listed method is going to work?

Originally Posted by grayarea

From iNdependence 1.2.1a's README file:



So it does look like you need to enable SSH on the phone after activation if you want to be copy applications or other files.

I'm waiting for this "absolute minimum" method on Mac to be verified before I buy an iPhone; thanks for all the help.

Exactly. I'm looking for the same thing too.

It should Not brick your phone. At worst you will have to d a restore, thats it.

just tried the drag and dop method through independance and the ap appears on my springboard. yes you still need installer.app

when you drag and drop the file you will be asked for the phone ip adress (easy) and the password (dottie)

I now have the anysim app on my springboard

Does the method given in the first post enable us to use multiple SIM cards without having to reactivate?

Let's say I activated using iNdependence and unlocked the phone with AnySim. I used my own T-Mobile SIM card during this process. After I unlock, I replace my SIM card with my wife's SIM card (or any other SIM card, for that matter). Would I need to reactivate or reunlock the phone?

Some posts point to a patched "lockdownd" program that replaces the original one to handle this case. So, my final questions are:

- Is replacing the original lockdownd with the patched version required to prevent reactivation or reunlock after changing SIM's?
- If it is, does iNdependence already do it for us when we activate or jailbreak the phone?

Originally Posted by Niftyiphone

It shoould brick your phone. At worst you will have to d a restore, thats it.

just tried the drag and dop method through independance and the ap appears on my springboard. yes you still need installer.app

when you drag and drop the file you will be asked for the phone ip adress (easy) and the password (dottie)

I now have the anysim app on my springboard

Nifty,

Why do you need Installer.app (I suppose this is the iPhone package installer from http://iphone.nullriver.com/beta/ that enables installing PXL packaged apps on the phone) if you can install AnySim using iNdependence? Is it so that we can install BSD subsystem or other packages that AnySim depends on?

I understand it's useful to have access to third-party apps on the phone using a native package installer, but if AnySim can run on a fresh jailbreaked and SSH-enabled phone with no extra dependencies, that's enough for the absolute minimum method. My impression from the dev team's messages is that AnySim does not have any external dependencies and can be run on a freshly jailbreaked/SSH-enabled phone after you copy it over. Can anyone confirm this?