Ok, here it is, the first date on camera you’ve seen a real iPhone software SIM unlocked from start to finish (and not done with the demo app iPhoneSIMfree sent out final week). The final iPhoneSIMfree unlock video we had only showed of the end conclusion of a successful iPhone unlock, which took place off-camera. that day we’re doing the entire process, which we confirmed earlier that morning, on video. For quick reference, here are the steps we took on camera:

1. Started with AT&T SIM inserted
2. Inserted T-Mobile SIM, showed that it produces invalid SIM error (expected behavior for a locked iPhone)
3. Connected to iPhone by SSH
4. Transferred iPhoneSIMfree unlock app by SCP
5. Restarted SpringBoard (iPhone default application launcher)
6. Ran iPhoneSIMfree app
7. When total, iPhone shows that
   T-Mobile SIM no longer produces invalid SIM error, instead asks for activation (expected behavior for an iPhone that has a valid SIM, but is not yet activated)
   [Prep for re-activation off-camera using iAsign (unlocked, but still activated with AT&T)]
8. Activate iPhone with T-Mobile SIM using iAsign
9. Make sign to another phone
10. Activate iPhone again with AT&T SIM using iAsign

Granted, we don’t expect end-users to take all these steps when unlocking their iPhone — we just went a little overboard here so everyone can see the release software is functional, and unlocks iPhones as advertised. Embedded player after the break, download hyperlinks coming shortly (sorry, HD video takes forever to render and upload).

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Original post by Ryan Block