O2 does free unlocks too if you rajin bullshit their CS on live chat.



Go bullshit them good here, tell them you're a O2 prepaid customer etc. It's not CONFIRMED to work but some AT&T guys managed to unlock their phones this way.

Example bullshit (Guy from US with an AT&T locked iPhone 4):

Here's the live chat site, find LIVE CHAT on the page: https://www.o2.co.uk/apps/help/help?qid=1&q...route=unlocking

Taken from MMI (page 20 of the same thread above): http://modmyi.com/forums/iphone-news/75931...-iphone-20.html

It's a long shot and might even be FAKE, but for FREE, WTH right? Might as well try this first before buying a Gavey Sim/Cutmysim unlock.

But do it QUICKLY before they realize what's going on lol.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Apr 13 2011, 03:58 PM

Well, read the thread. Dunno if it's a fake but a guy with an AT&T locked phone just got lucky on page 20 (EDIT: on page 21-23 a few more guys got lucky already, including a guy from France lol).

Yes an AT&T iPhone just got unlocked for free by the O2 live chat.

In the end, it's just a matter of adding your IMEI number to the Apple database (which is what all this people asking for $170+ is doing anyway), and there's really no way of automagically determining which IMEI came from which carrier IINM, unless that particular carrier keeps a list - and the customer service consultant ACTUALLY refers to that list.

And if O2 can add your IMEI to the Apple unlock database simply like that, bullshitting them might not be impossible after all.

Hence the fact that some of the guys at MMI was successful (got malas CS reps who didn't check the list, or even bother to ask about where the iPhone was from), while others failed (got rajin CS reps who immediately asked where you bought your phone from, what's your O2 PAYG number, etc).

It all depends on your luck and how well you bullshit.

At least for today, before O2 management wises up and tells ALL CS REPS to check the damned list lol.

And even though the "UNLOCKED" phones might just get re-locked, you will have had a few hours to get your SHSH blobs saved so that you can downgrade to something safer. Or something - I'm not much of an unlock person.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Apr 13 2011, 04:52 PM

Just go here: https://www.o2.co.uk/apps/help/help?qid=1&q...route=unlocking

Find "Live Chat". Keep trying until you get a chat window (everybody's trying now).

Tell the rep you're an O2 customer with a locked iPhone and you have just ordered an O2 Pay as you go simcard, so you would like to unlock your iPhone. Bullshit a lot (I've given an example in a previous post on how to bullshit).

If fail, try again. Change your nickname. Make sure you are connected to a different person (some reps are strict, some are easy).

Rinse and repeat until successful. Or until you lose your patience, at which point you should just get a Gavey sim.

Good luck.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Apr 13 2011, 05:13 PM

The method is the one listed above lar:

1) Pay USD169 to get your IMEI whitelisted from CutYourSim.com (the waiting list is long BTW).
2) Bullshit O2 to whitelist your IMEI for free (but it's hard to bullshit them, but IT CAN BE DONE).
3) Gevey SIM.

And for option 2) you need an O2 phone number - which means you need a friend from the UK with a valid O2 number. And also some technical knowledge to lie to these people.

If not, you're better off with options 1) or 3).

I'm curious though, O2 and even some shops in UK has had whitelisting capabilities for a while. Why is it only now is it becoming so popular?

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Apr 14 2011, 12:54 AM

Or someone hacked a huge hole in Apple's auth servers...

Anyhow, there's a limited window for this (whitelisting) it seems. Apple WILL NOT let this go unchecked, for sure.