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How to Change Your iPhone IMEI with ZiPhone (Windows)

Posted February 11, 2008 at 1:01pm by
These are step by step instructions how to change your iPhone IMEI easily! You can only do this with a 4.6 BL iPhone.

ZiPhone is capable of the following functions:
- Unlock and Imei changer will work ONLY on 4.6 BL (112 and 113 ootb).
- Jailbreak will work on any OS version.
- Activation will work on any OS version, except for youtube on 1.0.X.


Perform these steps with your iPhone on and connected to your computer.

Step One
Download ZiPhone from: here

Step Two
Double click ZiPhone.zip on your desktop to extract the folder ZiPhone..
How to Change Your iPhone IMEI with ZiPhone (Windows)

Step Three
Press the Windows key and R at the same time to bring up the Run window. Type in cmd and press the Ok button to launch the Command Prompt.
How to Change Your iPhone IMEI with ZiPhone (Windows)

Step Four
Type the following command into the Command Prompt to navigate to the ZiPhone directory:
cd Desktop/ZiPhone.
How to Change Your iPhone IMEI with ZiPhone (Windows)

Step Four
Execute the command ziphone to see all its possible uses. How to Change Your iPhone IMEI with ZiPhone (Windows)

Step Five
The program will prompt you to put your iPhone into recovery mode. To do this please hold down both the Sleep/Wake and Power buttons until you see the Apple logo. Once the Apple logo appears release only the Sleep/Wake button until you see the iTunes logo and cable on the screen.
How to Change Your iPhone IMEI with ZiPhone (Windows)

Step Six
If you have a 4.6 BL iPhone you can now activate, jailbreak, and unlock! Just simply type in this command:
ziphone -u -i a123456789012345
(Replace the numbers with the desired IMEI of your choice)
How to Change Your iPhone IMEI with ZiPhone (Windows)

Step Seven
The program will now search for zibri.dat. Then it will search for the iPhone. Once found it will tell you to wait for 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
How to Change Your iPhone IMEI with ZiPhone (Windows)

Step Eight
After this time your iPhone will reboot and it will be unlocked with the new IMEI!!!



THANKS***: Big thanks go to Zibri
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nahue
nahue - July 22, 2017 at 4:37am
me pone USBMuxlistenerCreate: No error. eso me pone al final, que puede ser?
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Lary Monteno
Lary Monteno - December 27, 2016 at 2:48pm
Is this can be used by iphone s6 plus "ICloud"
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monerul
monerul - May 11, 2016 at 6:01am
not link
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alex
alex - March 22, 2016 at 9:35pm
una pregunta sirve para iphone 6 plus? como se que bootloadder tengo. disculpen la ignorancia soy nuevo con los iphone
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monica1989
monica1989 - July 15, 2015 at 7:34pm
hola como puedo hacer si no se completa el proceso ya solo falta q busque zibri y q busque el iphone
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Marioniphone
Marioniphone - June 27, 2015 at 2:35pm
does it works on Iphone 6 please ?
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Caine sickling
Caine sickling - June 5, 2015 at 8:48pm
Hi,i have a iPhone 5 , IT is not locked yet , i thougt i loset IT so i got à new by incurence , IF i jail break IT can IT still get icloude locked ? Or can i change imie Number now so IT dosent get locked ?
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gracey
gracey - April 8, 2015 at 4:15pm
am using this for my iphone 4s but in step 4 the program doesnot prompt to put the phone in recovery mode if i put it in recovery mode n proceed the 7th step stop with USBmux.....no error message it doesnot proceed further kindly help me out
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zuvi
zuvi - January 21, 2015 at 2:54am
hi dear,i have lost my apple iphon imei nnumber pliz.. help me to download imei no.
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raquimoo
raquimoo - December 1, 2014 at 10:29am
My Iphone 5 was stolen and blocked does this mean the person that stole my phone can get into it?
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Richard donn
Richard donn - November 28, 2014 at 12:20pm
Hey guys,I've got a imei barred xperia z1 is there a programme I can use to get this sorted and if not do you know any country's that blocked uk imei's work in so that I could try and recoup the money I've lost buying it from an idiot!!!!
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Moj
Moj - August 30, 2015 at 12:43am
hi You Should Change It By Your Cpu Type I think Z1 Is Snapdragon search For Snapdragon Imei Method
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Rexyze
Rexyze - November 10, 2014 at 12:59pm
I have an ipad 3 with icloud activation lock, can this bypass the activation lock?
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Pitty
Pitty - July 6, 2015 at 2:17pm
i bought on craigslist an ipad air locked it needs icloud bypass can you help me?
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wayne123456789
wayne123456789 - July 7, 2015 at 12:54pm
if its a sim card + wifi ipad then you can remove icloud via hardware bypass you lose the simcard side of things but you get a fully working ipad with wifi...
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Man123456789
Man123456789 - November 7, 2014 at 5:19am
Hey I have a iPod that needs a apple id from the previous owner, how can i unlock it ? i contacted the owner but she doesn't remember any of the information on the apple devices. please help,cheers.
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asfahan ahmed
asfahan ahmed - October 31, 2014 at 5:01pm
hey i have lost my iphone5s. some one change that imei no. or not...
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Billy rowlands
Billy rowlands - October 29, 2014 at 12:22pm
hi there I bought a EE iPhone 5c and the carrier blocked the phone after a week of me buying it I'm wondering if it could be fixed? cheers
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Dalton Avenarius
Dalton Avenarius - November 21, 2014 at 2:29am
how do you bypass it?
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Gman9562
Gman9562 - July 27, 2015 at 12:09pm
I have the same problem, did you manage to get it fixed ?
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happysanchez
happysanchez - October 28, 2014 at 1:21pm
Tengo un iphone 5s bloqueado x el imei, este programa cambia ese imei? Y si es asi, en donde consigo un imei nuevo?
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Alonso
Alonso - October 27, 2014 at 9:42pm
My iphone 5c imei is blocked from carrier anyway to unblock it
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Genilson
Genilson - October 11, 2014 at 3:27am
Este programa funciona para Iphone 4s ??
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Dakine
Dakine - October 10, 2014 at 9:27pm
where can you download the ziphone, I could not phone the tool anyway
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James quirke
James quirke - October 8, 2014 at 8:13pm
Hi can you fix a bad imei on O2 network Ireland?
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