you cannot get any help from me because i have never used any turbosims before.
unfortunately, you will have to wait for the rest of the members here who has encountered a locked unit.

Currently I have a unit which uses turbosim - no problem.

Go back to the guy who sold you the sim and ask for a replacement.

Ok. now i see the picture.
The turbosim which came along does not work with our local telco sim.
It only work with T-mobile or others US sim.

Locally you may have to source for one which work with our local sim.
Beware some may work well with celcom but may not work 100% with maxis common problem with maxis no service.

I guess there are a couple of brands in the market. Try it out first and ask for warranty. The latest you may not need to cut your sim card.

There are cases where turbosim got stuck while removing the sim tray just be careful.

I have seen now the turbosim been embedded into the phone means just slot your sim card and it works. So no more problem turbosim getting stuck.
I hope that will give you a better understanding on the turbosim.
Good luck.

Very well said.
Well it too late now since those who bought it locked, the only solution now turbosim.
While waiting for the software unlock.
For those early adopters back in version 1.0.2 - 1.1.0 which uses turbosim to unlock.
It just temporary measures and not long term.

Well we are all here to give and help for those in "trouble".
Lets not give a impression that he/she had made a wrong choice between unlock and lock phones. There is always a way to go round.

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Added on November 1, 2008, 11:14 pmOK, give it a try.

Use Pwnage Tool.
After selecting your ipsw file check activate phone. Go thru all the procedure and restore your phone.

If that does not work then look for other turbosim.

Totally agree with your statement.

For those 2G its life. For 3G you have a choice lock or unlock.
For locked well its a challenging way ahead for FW updates.
But no choice already purchased have to live with it.
No doubt a unlock version the best choice.

Look, lets not go out of topic on this issue.

Just help our friend here who need help.

rjmm2
OK. Once you created a custom ipsw file. From PwnageTool.
Hold option key and press restore. Select the custom ipsw file you just created and restore.

The restore button on your iTunes.

@ pjastro
there is no restore button on his itunes page because he has not activated the phone yet (therefore a screen showing that the sim card appears to be unsupported)

PwnageTool to activate.
Just to make sure you are on the same frequency. I am on a mac.
Initially, remove simcard. Run PwnageTool.
After restore with custom ipsw then slot back in the sim card.

If you are on a pc. Sorry I have no knowledge how to create custom ipsw. to restore.

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Added on November 2, 2008, 12:26 amGot it remove your sim card.

Just a little note.
In future if Apple release new FW update. Remove your simcard and you may update successfully. All your apps downloaded from Cydia will gone. From there you may have to wait for JB to release.

I done that from 2.0.2 to 2.1

u hv a valid itunes acc rite?
n u can download n install da apps?
then oni when u launch its not working?

kinda odd prob...
it happens with all of them..even more weird..
my fren using locked set but his work just fine...
try restore n sync with ur pc...

Ok, will restore and see what happen. Thanx anyway.

u shud not update of coz..
they said alredi ma..if u want soft unlock, stay on 2.1
i cant find on any info y apps won work...

Hi sifus. I'm sorry if this question had been asked before here..

iPhone Generation : 2G
Current Firmware : 2.1
iTunes Version : 8.0.0.35
Computer Platform : XP SP2
Jailbreaking software : Quickpwn 2.1

Problem Encountered : Its like this: I used to download apps from the appstore before this, through itunes and wifi, but they worked fine. till yesterday, when i downloaded more from itunes, about 10 of them, synced to my iphone, restarted it, and then all my downloaded apps cannot be opened. When i try to open, they will jump back to my main screen. Only downloaded apps wont work, but all the phone apps (SMS, contacts, notes, etc) will work.

Steps Had Taken (list down) : Restarted the phone like 5 times, synced again through itunes, use bossprefs to 'fix user dir permissions', none worked.

Hope the great sifus here can help.. thanks in advance.