Unlocking the iPhone Safely

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<h1>Unlocking the iPhone Safely</h1><strong> Author: <a href='http://www.articleseen.com/profile_jason miller.aspx'>jason miller</a></strong><br /><p>New iPhone owners in the UK are usually signed onto the sole exclusive carrier of Apple that is O2. This effectively locks out the use of any other carrier on your iPhone. According to the official apple website apple.com, the iPhone’s performance in the US market has been more than impressive. Upon its launch in the US on June 29th 2007, a million iPhones were sold in 74 days. The iPhone has been wildly popular with techsavvy individuals especially the younger generation due to its revolutionary three in one offer. This gadget offers an internet access device, an iPod and a mobile phone all rolled in one. Fortunately several developers have come up with a way of unlocking the iPhone safely so that you can take advantage of favourable rates offered by other carriers. iphone unlock also offers a cheaper way of maintaining contact with friends, family members and business associates especially during travel. You get to use local networks with competitive rates during travel as opposed to paying for roaming services for the exclusive carrier. Most of the iPhone unlocking software programs are open source which means that they free of charge and they take less than an hour to unlock your iPhone. Be wary of software that doesn’t work or even worse, installing software only for you to realize that it is a harmful virus. Here are the steps towards the safe unlocking of your iPhone: • Download iTunes and install it. The latest version will do. • The iPhone is connected to a PC and then iTunes is started. This is a standard process that backs up contacts, applications and files just in case you encounter problems during the unlocking process. • The jailbreak or unlock tool is then downloaded together with the correct film ware. This avoids instances where the unlock tool fails to work especially on an iPhone that has not been updated. • The application for unlocking is then installed and the simple mode selected. • The software tool or unlocking application will then ask you for a file referred to as the ipsw. This is done using the browsing button. The tool verifies that you have selected the correct file. • The software tool will then ask you whether you want to have the iPhone activated. This option will automatically set up the jail breaking custom file. • Restore the iPhone’s custom firmware by first clicking on iTunes on its side and then holding down the left shift button. iTunes will then prompt you to choose the correct location of the firmware. You must then choose the custom file and click open. • The installation process will then commence automatically under the guidance of iTunes. Once this process is done, the iPhone will then have been unlocked. • It will restart and you can then proceed to restore all your previous applications using the new and updated operating system. </p><strong>About the Author:</strong><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.iphoneunlockuk.com/">iphone unlock</a><p> Article Source: <a href='http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Unlocking-the-iPhone-Safely_99980.aspx'> http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Unlocking the iPhone Safely_99980.aspx</a></p>

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