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How to Unlock Your iPhone Using SAM [Easier]

How to Unlock Your iPhone Using SAM [Easier]
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Posted April 25, 2012 at 9:50pm · 85 comments · Add Comment
Di Scott
Di Scott - June 6, 2016 at 4:35am
If anyone is having a problem with their code or is looking for a place to get a code to unlock their phone, I would suggest giving www.unlockyoursim.com a go :) It doesn’t cost at all, you just need to complete a short survey (I know, one of those!) but it worked for me so.. it’s worth trying out. Hope this helps!
Dana
Dana - September 4, 2014 at 9:25pm
SAM does not work anymore. Apple has out smarted the "nerds"... for now anyway.
Taha
Taha - May 4, 2014 at 4:49am
hi! i dont know on which carrier my phone is locked to please help
zafar
zafar - January 10, 2013 at 10:30pm
i try to unlock with every thing SAM ULTRASNOW even gevey sim but still not unlock...why is gevey sim is not working in it ...i have another iphone same model number MC603B DIFFERENT baseband 03.10.01 working fine in it but not with this baseband 04.12.01 why? please help me out thanks
zafar
zafar - January 10, 2013 at 10:18pm
done it showing wildcardactivated but still no service iphone 4 baseband 04.12.01 version 5.1.1 model mc603b
Mark Chiu
Mark Chiu - November 11, 2012 at 4:17am
I would like to ask has anyone recently unlock the iphone 4 locked to bell?? I would like to unlock it to "Chatr" in toronto canada. I have followed at the end and everything supposed to happen, happened and stuck at the itunes unlocking step....I have a couple of questions would like to calrify... 1st: I used and paid the service from iphone-unlockme...and the first step that I followed is sent in my IMEI ID and I received a message stating that I need to wait 10 - 15 days to let apple unlock my iphone...is this correct?? 2nd: which carrier should i choose if I want to unlock from the original to the new sim carrier when I set up the SAM??? Thank you all~~
J
J - November 11, 2012 at 1:19pm
SAM unlock is not working for a long time already, so dont bother. And yes, you have to wait certain time, to get unlock, if you used a web service. When the unlock is completed, just restore you phone and it will work.
Mark Chiu
Mark Chiu - November 13, 2012 at 12:18am
Hi, thanks for the comment! But may I ask what do you mean by "restore" my iphone?? And may I ask why as long as i sent in my IMEI number then the phone will be unlocked??? Thanks
J
J - November 13, 2012 at 6:02am
Switch off your phone, launch iTunes, then connect the phone to the computer by holding the round button pressed. hold it until computer says that it has detected a phone in recovery mode, then press restore. Before you do this, back up your phone.
derin
derin - September 7, 2012 at 5:39pm
today i install sam, it is work perfect, and i did all steps and i Hit attemp activation, it restart my iphone, but finally it is not give services, please help me
derin
derin - September 8, 2012 at 3:05am
can you told me how? it need how many $? please explain
Leandro
Leandro - September 8, 2012 at 2:05pm
Hy, on ebaycom you can find many sellers that can unlock your iPhone, I payed 13$ to official unlock. You only have to send your imei , after 24h its completely unlocked you can even do updates. Go to this website and type unlock iPhone. You ll find this sellers.
Keron Jones
Keron Jones - May 26, 2012 at 11:58pm
i found a way to unlock.. u need to use redsnow and flash the baseband with the ipad baseband and it should work. i have an iPhone 3gs running on 5.1.1 untethered.
RC
RC - May 28, 2012 at 12:34am
could you explain how to flash the baseband?
Tash
Tash - May 6, 2012 at 11:24pm
will this work with an at&t iphone4 5.1 bb 04.12.01? Im scared to do it if it doesnt work. please help!
Granny
Granny - May 6, 2012 at 11:27pm
Tash it won't work anymore. Apple fixed there servers a week ago I think. You'll have to wait. Sorry babe
Tash
Tash - May 7, 2012 at 2:24am
Ahhh! So now i have to wait for another unlock update? i need it unlock bc im an international student, is there any other way i can unlock this phone?
Granny
Granny - May 7, 2012 at 1:06pm
What phone do you have?
Tash
Tash - May 7, 2012 at 1:17pm
iphone 4... version 5.1 BB 04.12.01
Granny
Granny - May 7, 2012 at 5:05pm
Yea you'll have to wait. I waited 7 months for this last one. :). Keep your eye on this page
Leandro
Leandro - May 15, 2012 at 9:54am
Hi, i spend 30 days trying to unlock my iPhone, the only way that i found is unlocksolutionscom, i bought it last week and now my iPhone is unlocked, 100% trustfull, its little expensive but you dont need to buy other phone
10k
10k - May 3, 2012 at 2:23pm
No service. Did Apple already block this? Is there anything that needs to be undone before making a 2nd attempt?
quiksilver
quiksilver - May 4, 2012 at 6:26am
Like it says on the top. Apple is blocking this unlock method. We are patiently waiting for a new way to unlock our new devices. Hope it will be possible soon.
quiksilver
quiksilver - May 3, 2012 at 11:44am
when can we expect an update or another way to unlock?
rorouni
rorouni - May 2, 2012 at 2:33pm
Is this Unlock still working? please update us if this is still usable..
PG
PG - May 2, 2012 at 2:35am
Didn't work for me either, iPhone 4, iOS 5.1.. It continues to say - No Service. Anybody had luck in activating on a similar platform?
LEANDRO
LEANDRO - April 29, 2012 at 1:43pm
Work with all basebands?? including 4.12.01 ? tks
Jas
Jas - April 28, 2012 at 5:37am
I used this simple method now, but I'm getting an option of invalid sim... What to do
ken
ken - April 28, 2012 at 5:34am
I guess this unlocking method is no longer work since Apple has just fixed it. I just tried on my iPhone 4 5.0.1 and it didn't work. Anyone else has the same problem?
cedric
cedric - April 28, 2012 at 5:20am
Is it correct that using the SAM unlock, I can only work 2 SIM cards max?
Danny
Danny - April 27, 2012 at 9:28pm
I have an: iPhone 4 V: 5.0.1 BB: 4.10.01 JB and unlocked with Gevey Ultra & running Furious Mod I'm tying to unlock it using this SAM method so I don't have to rely Gevey Ultra anymore but every time I click the "Attempt Activation" button I get this notification: "SAM notification "activation reports Error: activationinfo rejected. you must select the original carrier SIMID of your phone." I tried using the Auto Detect method which is recommended and Method to By Country and Carrier and select the phone's ORIGINAL carrier manually (U.S & tried both AT&T) with no luck. Anyone else have this problem or a solution to this?
J
J - April 28, 2012 at 4:56am
SAme problem for me...
JeePy
JeePy - April 28, 2012 at 8:00pm
Same for me too... If anybody knows how to fix this, please post-it
Hassan Ahmed butt
Hassan Ahmed butt - April 27, 2012 at 6:08pm
Hi it took me 2 min to unlock my iphone4 but for last 2 hours I'm trying to unlock 3GS its giving the error about carrier and use simid any 1 can help will b very appreciated
simon D
simon D - April 27, 2012 at 10:00am
Hi All, I have a iphone 3G which has been jailbroken to iOS 4.1 with the iPad baseband Will this SAM trick help with this as when i use ultrasn0w i get Call failed Any help or advice on the use of SAM with my setup or my ultrasn0w issue is appreciated Cheers S
mail2me
mail2me - April 27, 2012 at 8:48am
In step 15, I am not able to see SAM options as it is disabled because my iphone is factory activated. If i 'revert lockdown to stoke' I am not able to enter my iphone at all. And I need to jailbreak it using redsn0w. Please tell me how deactivate my iphone in this case?
wezz69
wezz69 - April 27, 2012 at 5:54pm
sounds like you have hactivate turned on. turn it off
TK
TK - April 27, 2012 at 4:48am
iphone 4S, 5.0.1 This went very smoothly, so smoothly I didn't notice losing my signal and searching. How can I check that my iPhone is indeed unlocked? Thanks for the help.
Randy S.
Randy S. - April 27, 2012 at 1:18am
Can this unlock work without an unofficial sim card?
Randy S.
Randy S. - April 27, 2012 at 1:21am
I may be able to get an unofficial sim this weekend, which i fear may be too late. Any suggestions in where to get an unofficial sim in the US? Walmart?
Francisco
Francisco - April 27, 2012 at 2:34am
Any sim will work :)
spod
spod - April 26, 2012 at 10:38pm
I got it work, following the simple version instructions, with an iPhone4S locked Japanese Softbank and a TalkMobile SIM (TalkMobile is a Vodafone UK virtual carrier). I then inserted the original Softbank SIM, to check if that still worked. It did, but now I've got a problem when inserting the new TalkMobile SIM. It appears to connect to a network (bars and '3G' , with no carrier name displayed), but all calls fail. When it was working with the new SIM, the carrier name was displayed. When I insert the new SIM, SAM shows the activation state as "Unactivated". I select the country/carrier/SIMID (the only way that worked before). When I press the "Attempt Activation" button, the "Activation This may take some time" overlay dialog appears, but very quickly the screen goes blank with a spinning 'restart' icon which is then soon replaced by the lock screen. From the speed, it looks more as if something is crashing, rather than actually rebotting the whole phone. After that SAM still shows the activation state as "Unactivated". I tried deleting and reinstalling SAM, but the same thing happens. Anyone have any ideas on what to try to get it to work again?
m@sterguy
m@sterguy - April 28, 2012 at 2:45am
if you read the instructions, it specifically says that this works only with the SIM card you use din the unlock. So it works with your original SIM and the new one. Thats it, so of course it does not work with a 3rd SIM card.
eduart
eduart - April 26, 2012 at 10:13pm
I have a iphone 4 Japanese and not working. I get in the SAM menu an option called "hacktivate". ios version 5.0.1 jailbreak activated by redsnow help please
SAM
SAM - April 26, 2012 at 1:37pm
Thankuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu sammmmm
Mandawebo
Mandawebo - April 26, 2012 at 12:42pm
How much time is" Please wait..........this may take a while TIA
Tom
Tom - April 26, 2012 at 12:59pm
Only took me like 25 seconds max
Mandawebo
Mandawebo - April 26, 2012 at 1:02pm
Thank you, mine spin for almost 5 minutes and I stoped it, something I doing wrong.
Zaheer
Zaheer - April 26, 2012 at 11:23am
i found error SAM notificatiou Activation Repot Error: activationinfo rejected. You must select the original carrier SINID of your phone Plz any one help me about this metter
JeePy
JeePy - April 27, 2012 at 2:29am
I have the same message... what should we do?
J.B
J.B - April 27, 2012 at 2:32am
Same thing happen to me. what do we do?
JeePy
JeePy - April 27, 2012 at 2:59am
I got an Iphone 4 5.1. Is it the same for you?
mahmoud
mahmoud - April 27, 2012 at 12:04pm
me to i am so frustrated my i phone is 3gs 5.0.1 base 5.16.5
Ecua4ever
Ecua4ever - April 26, 2012 at 10:45am
I followed the instructions as noted above for my At&T iPhone 4, 5.0 - 4.11.08. I can download repo.bingner.com, but when I try to instal SAM, it dowloads, After respringing, I can see the icon on my phone, but when i press it, there is nothing on the screen. I have tried to uninstall repo.bingner and SAm, and reinstalled twice, still the same Any help would be immensely appreciated. any e-mail will be appreciate ccwbtamay @hotmail.com
anto
anto - April 26, 2012 at 8:32am
I followed the instructions as noted above for my At&T iPhone 4, 5.0 - 4.11.08. I can download repo.bingner.com, but when I try to instal SAM, it dowloads, but returns errors in red. The last error sates, "error 1" . After respringing, I can see the icon on my phone, but when i press it, there is nothing on the screen. I have tried to uninstall repo.bingner and SAm, and reinstalled twice, but I still get this error number 1. Any help would be immensely appreciated. Thanks antonio770@yaoo.com
J
J - April 26, 2012 at 7:17am
Can anyone please help me - I have Iphone4 from U.S. AT&T, but it has never been activated with its original SIM. I used it all the time with GeveySIM. Now, during activation process it says that it needs original SIM... But I do not have it! :(
JBs
JBs - April 27, 2012 at 6:30am
it asks to choose the carrier not,org sim, so go search it manually
J
J - April 27, 2012 at 8:46am
Yes, I know, but it shows the error anyway... :(
9thsphinx
9thsphinx - April 26, 2012 at 4:36am
This method worked for iphone 4, ios 5.01, BB 4.11.08... An easy 8-step approach for those knowing how to install SAM is at...... http://webhumoratbest.blogspot.in/
Tom
Tom - April 26, 2012 at 4:09am
This also fixes push notifications too right?
jazzy65
jazzy65 - April 26, 2012 at 3:31am
this worked like a dream. however when i get back to north america, i want to revert back to my regular AT&T SIM, without having to use the SAM unlock process. since ive backed up my original AT&T activation tickets, is there a way to restore them so that my original settings are back? would just feel more comfortable this way.
Nacho
Nacho - April 26, 2012 at 2:53am
This work with a Verizon 4s iPhone
elale
elale - April 26, 2012 at 12:34am
Hi I am from Uruguay. I unlocked my iPhone 4 with the sam easier way and I can receive but i cannot make a call. Any suggestion ? Thanks.
Sk
Sk - April 26, 2012 at 6:48am
I too had similar issue. Restart also didnt work. Even reset network settings didnt gelp Finally I solved it by visiting settings/phone/ enable disable call fwd or call waiting or insternational assist - just did on and off to those settings and then onwards my outgoing calls worked fine. After any reboot I had to repeat above steps. Hope this helps you. Confirm if it works.
elale
elale - April 26, 2012 at 7:15am
Hi thanks for your help. It just worked the first time. Then I reboot and cannot disable/enable the options, it says couldn't save call waiting service.
John doe
John doe - April 26, 2012 at 9:19am
Did you pay your bill?
wcisme
wcisme - April 26, 2012 at 12:29am
This worked for me. iPhone4- 5.1. iMessages is not working. Anyone else seeing that
Windybilly
Windybilly - April 26, 2012 at 12:06am
I have a 3GS jail broken and unlocked on 4.3.3 with a firmware of 6.15. I want to update to iOS 5 and still keep my unlock and jailbreak. Can anyone give me instructions on how to do so? Thanks!
JDRN
JDRN - April 25, 2012 at 11:56pm
Could I revert to AT&T after I do this? I'm on a vacation right now and I dont really need a permanent unlock to one carrier.. any thoughts?
kevinz
kevinz - April 26, 2012 at 12:21am
Yes, you can reverse back to ATT.
Joe Anggono
Joe Anggono - April 25, 2012 at 11:40pm
Wooohooo Its works for me mine in Iphone 4(5.0.1 and 03.10.01 baseband)... :D
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