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We have searched all over the internet for free ways to unlock your iPhone and have come up with this tutorial from a few different websites. This has been tested and it seems it works just fine but we don’t guarantee anything so use at your own risk. It can always be undone by re-flashing your iPhone to the original files.

The best tutorials and information I have found come from unlock.no

Follow the simple steps below to unlock your iPhone for free today! To start the unlocking process, you will want to first downgrade your firmware to 1.1.1 as it seems most stable for the unlocking.

STEP 1: Install Firmware version 1.1.1

To install firmware version 1.1.1 , you will need to enter the iPhone’s recovery mode.

1. Connect the iPhone to your computer and press and hold the power button (on top) and the home button (on bottom front) simultaneously.
2. After about 15 seconds, the iPhone will appear to turn off, release the power button but keep holding the home button.
3. After about 15 seconds your computer and iTunes will detect the iPhone in recovery mode.
4. Download the following two files to your computer: 1.1.1 firmware and 1.1.2 firmware
5. Hold down SHIFT key (Windows) or Option/ALT-key (Mac) when clicking the Restore button in iTunes, and it will let you choose the firmware file. Select the 1.1.1 firmware file you downloaded in previous step.
6. iTunes will give give a 1015 error, and you iPhone will get stuck in recovery mode.
7. To get it into normal mode, Windows user can run AppTapInstaller.exe (select 1.0.2 firmware), or iBrickr, while Mac users can use iNdependence. In all cases, close/eject iPhone from iTunes before running these applications, and as soon as your iPhone have rebooted in normal mode you can close the applications and ignore any errors. If you are downgrading from 1.1.3 you might have problems getting it started in normal mode. The solution is simple, just restore your iPhone to 1.1.1 again, and this time it will work
8. Now your iPhone should be at the activation screen.

Step 2: Jailbreak and activate

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