3GS on ios5 not unlocked

[Gs3Gs]

Please help if possible.
3GS preserved baseband (6.15.00) with snowbreeze, jb with resdn0w and installed ultrasn0w with cydia 1.2.4. Looking at cydia at the bottom is says 1.1.2. Does this matter at all for unlocking the phone? Stationed in Guam with no U.S. carriers and would like to have my phone working again. Unistalled and reinstalled ultrasn0w only to still "no servive".

Thanks,
Gene

[iYeow]

Run redsn0w again choose deactivate , take sim out and reinsert it back.

[Gs3Gs]

Open redsn0w 0.9.9b7 to extras and do not see deactivate. Please excuse my ignorance but should I be using a different version of redsn0w?

[Simon]

You didn't restore to a regular 5.0 firmware at any point did you?

[Gs3Gs]

Simon, no. I had snowbreeze create the custom ipsw for iso 5.

[Simon]

Have you confirmed the sim you are using works in another phone?

Also try turning off 3G in settings/general/network to see if you can get edge service.

[Gs3Gs]

Yes the sim does work in my wifes phone. 3G has been turned off along with cellular data.

[Simon]

Did you hactivate the snowbreeze custom firmware when you made it?

[Gs3Gs]

Im gonna say no. Like previously stated I am not to keen with everything that IS required. This is my second try to jb/unlock my phone.

[Simon]

If you didn't hactivate it I assume you have a sim from the carrier it is locked to in order to activate it after the restore?

[iYeow]

I think he hactivated it with redsn0w from emergency screen.

[Simon]

I think he hactivated it with redsn0w from emergency screen.

Reread OP. Looks like you are right. Normally hactivation isn't an issue for ultrasnow to work, not sure on 5.0 though. It could also be installing cydia twice didn't help matters as both snow breeze and redsnow will have installed it.

[R.Mortera]

Wait so if you make a cfw with sn0wbreeze, your gonna need to jailbreak it with redsn0w? I already have cydia installed when the restore to my cfw was made without jail breaking with redsn0w. But when I use ifunbox, it tells me to jail break it.

[iYeow]

Try using this redsn0w 0.9.6 b6 , browse to stock 4.1 fimware and choose deactivate iphone.
Do this with your Ultrasn0w installed.

[Simon]

That will remove his hactivation Yeow but it is probably safer to do it with SAM so that he can activate properly. No telling what a older version of redsnow will do to a iPhone on 5.0.

[iYeow]

Wait so if you make a cfw with sn0wbreeze, your gonna need to jailbreak it with redsn0w? I already have cydia installed when the restore to my cfw was made without jail breaking with redsn0w. But when I use ifunbox, it tells me to jail break it.

Yeah, I believe restoring to SB , you are already jailbroken.

[Gs3Gs]

Ok restoring to snowbreeze custom firmware with ios5. Let you know how it turns out! After i try the 0.9.6 b6 deactivation for 4.1.

[iYeow]

That will remove his hactivation Yeow but it is probably safer to do it with SAM so that he can activate properly. No telling what a older version of redsnow will do to a iPhone on 5.0.

True, isn't removing hactivation brings you to Emergency screen and with Ultrasn0w already installed, it would activate using his non official carrier.

[R.Mortera]

Yeah, I believe restoring to SB , you are already jailbroken.

Alright good just making sure lol. But why does iFunbox says: it's recommend to jailbreak this device to import wallpapers and yatah yatah yatah?

[Simon]

Alright good just making sure lol. But why does iFunbox says: it's recommend to jailbreak this device to import wallpapers and yatah yatah yatah?

One probably installs afc access while the other doesn't. You could just as easily go into cydia and install afc2add and then ifunbox will see the root file system after a reboot.

True, isn't removing hactivation brings you to Emergency screen and with Ultrasn0w already installed, it would activate using his non official carrier.

Not by itself. You would still need SAM to activate it with iTunes. And SAM has the deactivation built into it so no need for redsnow to deactivate.