Comments on: What is iPhone Baseband?

By: sele

sele — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:28:14 +0000

hi I need help to jailbrake my iphone i have tried all the ways to downgrade the IOS but it looks imposible i also bought a program to jailbreak but it does not work with IOS 6.1.2 what can i do

By: smokieide

smokieide — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:28:56 +0000

For those of you who don’t have a unlockable baseband, you can check out whited000r.com

By: jimmy doc

jimmy doc — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:58:16 +0000

i try to jailbreak my iphone with redsnow and i abort the process. now my phone is no longer detected by itunes for recovery.
what should i do? please help

By: ps

ps — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:09:57 +0000

how do i find the baseband of the phone??

By: Lacy

Lacy — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:13:29 +0000

So, this is what I understand:

If your phone is not already unlocked, which it probably isn’t if you didn’t buy it directly from Apple, this is what you have to do:

1. In order to unlock your phone, you need to jail break it.

2. You can jail break your phone with the simple program “Jailbreakme”

3. After you jailbreak, go to the App Cydia (which downloads after you use “Jailbreakme”) and download “Ultrasn0w” – an app that unlocks your phone from its carrier

a) Ultrasn0w will only work on phones that have certain basebands
(ex. iPhone 4 baseband 01.59.00; and iPhone 3GS basebands 04.26.08, 05.11.07, 05.12.01, 05.13.04 and 06.15.00.)

b) If your baseband isn’t one of these ones listed, you are out of luck my friend. You will not be able to unlock your phone, but you will be able to jailbreak it! Which is great if you want cool new apps and etc. Not great if you want to travel.

c) unlocking your phone allows you to travel internationally, buy a SIM card from any country, pop it in your phone, and ‘voi-la!’ you have access to their 3g network!

d) you don’t need to unlock your phone if you just change your existing package to accommodate travelling; however, it’s much cheaper to simply switch carriers as you travel and live abroad.

IF ANY OF THIS IS INACCURATE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I WANT TO TRAVEL AND AM FINDING MYSELF ROYALLY SCREWED IN THE WHOLE ‘UN-LOCKING’ DEPARTMENT.

By: Alpha

Alpha — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 23:55:46 +0000

1. Depends on the baseband/carrier
2. Yes, if you restore/reset your soft unlock will be deleted and you’ll be back to the locked state.
If you have AT&T phone you can unlock it permanently for 40$ now

By: omi

omi — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:21:53 +0000

pls need help how can i swich carrier

By: kumara

kumara — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:39:51 +0000

I have few doubts with my iphone 4s IOS 5.1.1. Can any one please clarify?

1. Is it possible to unlock my iphone to other carriers? if yes please tell me how to do?

2. Once the iphone is unlocked to other carrier, is it possible to lock it back to the original carrier by just factory reset.

By: Weebl

Weebl — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 20:34:15 +0000

Pie! Pie! PIE! PIE! PIE!

By: Sanjay Badhan

Sanjay Badhan — Tue, 22 May 2012 23:47:18 +0000

hi, i just jail broke my iPhone 3g with redsnow, following your instructions. However i didn’t install the ip baseband part…My phone is working perfectly fine! Is there anything i should know or any problems will occur? I can phone and text without any problem, my cellular database is also working perfectly fine….

By: Jheremy

Jheremy — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 07:23:37 +0000

Hi there…to make it simple,jailbreaking an Iphone is basically allowing users to access third-party softwares and applications that you can’t install on an official Apple firmware.This is due to Apple’s limitations and policies.Unlocking is basically freeing your Iphone from an specific carrier (AT&T or T-Mobile) and unlocking your Iphone means that you can use it to any carrier.Baseband is a software that drives your Iphone signal,including GSM,EDGE and Wifi connections.That’s it.

By: Razor Laugh his lungs out

Razor Laugh his lungs out — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:46:25 +0000

This thread is hilarious. What a stress reliever. Good thing it got serious.

By: imaginarynumber

imaginarynumber — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:16:00 +0000

Agreed. It was only neccessary for one or two posts highlighting his folly.

BTW does anyone know if the baseband is the same thing as the radio stack in WinMo?

By: norr

norr — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:47:18 +0000

this is my base band 04.26
can i upgrade or jailbreak it?

By: Jin

Jin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:19:33 +0000

I heard you can’t downgrade basebands period. That’s why they have different unlock for every baseband version. Try reversing it, see if it works.