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Old 29-08-2008, 09:13 PM
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unlocking a 3g iphone ? help
I am in Thailand and will be for the rest of the year. There are 3g iphones available here, the locked usa network iphone. I want to buy, but the only local method offered to unlock is the turbo sim card option. I have read about this on the net and it looks to be a poor alternative.

I have found two programs: Ziphoneosx and pwnage that unlock/jailbreak.

My question is this, is it possible to unlock my us network phone so that I can use any sim card, and access the itunes apps store, and not have any hassles as a result of the unlocking? If so which program of the two above (or any program) is best. Is there a step by step guide for dummies for this process?

Many thanks.
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Old 29-08-2008, 09:16 PM
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At this point, it is not possible to unlock a 3G iPhone whatsoever. However, it is possible to jailbreak them, so you can still use it as an iPod, Safari, etc.
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Get someone back home to buy you an optus Prepaid, unlock it and send it over to you. They've just started showing up in shops.
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Old 25-10-2008, 01:03 AM
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I bought a rebel sim card about a month ago, but I'm not very pleased as it will randomly lose the signal for 20-30 seconds then come back. I've read about this new iPhone 3G software unlock on a few blogs though who say it works great, so I'm thinking about buying it. It's cheaper than the rebel sim card was, at least.
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Old 25-10-2008, 02:33 AM
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Sounds too good to be true, that website.

I would stay away from it until there is confirmation of a software unlock.
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