iPhones Abroad

[dani617]

Hi all!

I am moving to Spain this summer, and I will be there for a year. I currently have an iPhone 3G, and I don't want to have to buy another phone in Spain. I know that it's possible to unlock iPhones for overseas use, but how does that work?? Would/Can I use a prepaid SIM card after unlocking it? Would it maintain all of it's functionality?

Sorry if this question has been asked before, but thanks in advance for your help!!

 

[big9erfan]

Right now it depends on if you upgraded to 3.1.3 yet or not. If you are on 3.1.2 you should be able to jailbreak and unlock ( jalbreaking is required to unlock ) using a combination of blackra1n ( to jailbreak ) and blacksn0w ( to unlock ).

Check out the jailbreak & unlock forum.

 

[dani617]

Right now it depends on if you upgraded to 3.1.3 yet or not. If you are on 3.1.2 you should be able to jailbreak and unlock ( jalbreaking is required to unlock ) using a combination of blackra1n ( to jailbreak ) and blacksn0w ( to unlock ).

Check out the jailbreak & unlock forum.

Thanks. I think I have 3.1.3. Is that bad?

 

[mth785]

If your on 3.1.3 then you can't jailbrake it, you can't unlock it and you can't use a pre paid sim from Spain.

 

[dani617]

If your on 3.1.3 then you can't jailbrake it, you can't unlock it and you can't use a pre paid sim from Spain.

Ohhhh. Is there a way to go back to 3.1.2.?

 

[mysterio]

Ohhhh. Is there a way to go back to 3.1.2.?

Even if you restored to 3.1.2, the baseband would still remain at 05.12.01, which is locked at the moment.

 

[kgvickers]

The famous iPhone hacker "Geohot" claims to have a new jailbreak but he is not releasing it yet. I suspect it will be released in time for your trip. Don't panic.