Geek Posted November 17, 2011 Posted November 17, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/unlocked-iphone-4s1.jpg" alt="Unlocked iPhone 4S" title="unlocked-iphone-4s" width="456" height="345" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-23930" /></p> <p>If you didn’t already <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/12/buy-unlocked-iphone-4s-now-from-apple/">buy an unlocked iPhone 4S from Apple</a> or take advantage of Sprint and Verizons 90 day unlock request, you can apparently unlock the 4S’s GSM SIM card slot yourself by taking advantage of a strange bug in iOS 5 and how the iPhone 4S handles the Edge network. </p> <p>Here’s what you’ll need to attempt this:</p> <ul> <li>GSM activated iPhone 4S (AT&T model on contract, for example)</li> <li>AT&T SIM card</li> <li>T-Mobile Micro SIM</li> </ul> <p>If you have all of that, completing the unlock is a matter of tripping up iOS 5 by performing a virtual song and dance routine, how someone figured this is out is fairly impressive on its own:</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">How to Unlock the iPhone 4S</h2> <p>Do this at your own risk:</p> <blockquote><ul> <li>Insert original carrier AT&T SIM card</li> <li>Dial 611 for AT&T customer service hotline and drop the call</li> <li>Turn on Airplane Mode</li> <li>Take out AT&T SIM card</li> <li>Insert T-Mobile SIM card</li> <li>Make sure WiFi is off ( also tap on ‘Forget this Network” to make sure it doesn’t connect automatically later)</li> <li>Switch off Airplane Mode and iPhone will search for network. This is followed by the Apple splash screen appearing.</li> <li>Activation Required will be displayed on the screen</li> <li>EDGE network will activate automatically – notice the ‘E’ on the top left corner of the screen</li> <li>Wait for about 20-30 seconds and turn off the phone</li> <li>Turn on iPhone and the same Activation Required screen will be displayed</li> <li>When you see one signal bar, tap on Use Cellular Connection</li> <li>Eject SIM card</li> <li>Activation Required screen will be displayed the second time</li> <li>Insert SIM card</li> <li>Unlocked!</li> </ul> </blockquote> <p>Multiple users are reporting success with this method, although some had to repeat it many times to get it to finally work. </p> <p>Apparently this trick has been around for a few weeks now, although it hasn’t been widely publicized for some reason or another. Here’s a YouTube video of someone completing the procedure as described above: <span id="more-23929"></span> <iframe width="600" height="335" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gofpelTXI5U?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>If you give this a try, let us know if it works for you. These instructions are from <a href="http://pastebin.com/1jtNPKqs">Pastebin</a> via <a href="http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1277746">MacRumors</a>. This is just now stating to take off on the web, so we should have some more conclusive reports soon to determine if this works or not.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2oYl7Wp5kWrp0q5euqgNpefo2zM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2oYl7Wp5kWrp0q5euqgNpefo2zM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2oYl7Wp5kWrp0q5euqgNpefo2zM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2oYl7Wp5kWrp0q5euqgNpefo2zM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=ShxeGOYS6Ms:p5epkxxi0w4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=ShxeGOYS6Ms:p5epkxxi0w4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=ShxeGOYS6Ms:p5epkxxi0w4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=ShxeGOYS6Ms:p5epkxxi0w4:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=ShxeGOYS6Ms:p5epkxxi0w4:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=ShxeGOYS6Ms:p5epkxxi0w4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=ShxeGOYS6Ms:p5epkxxi0w4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/ShxeGOYS6Ms" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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