Hey guys, i ordered a 3GS 32GB iphone from australia, suppose to be factory unlocked. Will be coming in tomorrow but i just wanted to ask you guys, are there any precautions i should follow? I should just put my tmobile sim and connect it to itunes to activate it?

Main question is: If it has 3.1 from factory, can i restore from the backup of my old 3G that had 3.0? Will it get jailbroken or it will not do anything? Thanks in advance

No real precautions required. I have a factory unlocked 3GS and it was just a case of inserting the SIM and letting it activate/unlock through iTunes.

The unlock can take a few minutes to happen (it waits for a response to a check in a database at Apple). Activation happened straight away.

If your old 3G was jailbroken, you may find restoring from that backup gives you poor battery life or other weird issues. I would try it first and see how you go.

If you have problems after the restore from backup you can try a reset all network settings. If that does not help restore the phone to 3.1 and set the phone up as new.

thanks buddy, its 10:30 am here and fedex just delivered this baby, hooking it up right now and lets see how it goes.

oh man, this thing unlocked in mins and activated with my tmobile sim . This is great, should i go ahead and register it?

yeah .. register it. no problem
The factory unlock is worth the money.
how much zeek ?

damn it came with 3.1 so i cant even jailbreak it i guess i have to wait for the JB to come out.

Originally Posted by dtube

yeah .. register it. no problem
The factory unlock is worth the money.
how much zeek ?

hey man, got it from ebay australia, it came out to $950.00 USD.