Deciding whether to jailbreak or unlock iPhone 4S / 4 devices
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Apple must be credited with the way in which its smartphones are looked and perceived by people on the streets. An iPhone has become a status symbol for the upwardly mobile and having an iPhone is a reassuring feeling for a high flying executive. However, despite bettering their own product with each successive offering, Apple has not been able to stop the tendency of unlocking which is one way of waging a rebellion against the policy of forcing a customer to continue to use the services of a particular cellular operator. Many thought that at least with iPhone 4S, arguably the best smartphone ever, there would be no talk of unlock. However, if one goes by the number of searches being made on Google and other search engines, iPhone 4S unlock is alive and kicking.
Jailbreaking vs Unlocking iPhones
Unlock is a process that opens the lock set by Apple on the software of your smartphone disabling it to work with the SIM of any carrier of your choice. Apple likes it to work only on the SIM of the carrier that provides customers with long time contracts. This way Apple is able to recover the real price of the gadget as it sells them at highly subsidized rates.
Carriers charge high tariffs from customers and pass on a monthly installment to Apple that is an amount that is adjusted against customer’s account. It is a clever ploy that is not wrong as long as customer pays the balance amount of the price of the device. However, to remain stuck with the carrier and continue to pay high tariffs even after the end of the contract period is beyond comprehension. And this is what unlocking iPhones seeks to rectify. Other than this, there is no way to move away from this clever scheme that takes out more from the wallets of the customer than they should really be paying to the carrier.
How to unlock your 4S/4 Cell phones:
Unlocking is not something that is esoteric or very mysterious. It is just a simple trick that makes some changes in the operating system of the iPhone so that it learns to work with the SIM cards of all carriers as against its insistence to work with the SIM of the carrier selling the contract. Apple of course does not approve of any third party tinkering with the operating system of its phones, and this is the reason why it has threatened to discontinue the warranty on software of the customers who try out this process.
You would be surprised to know that even you can connect your phone with a computer and attempt unlocking by introducing the changes in the iOS firmware version of the phone. However, this is not practical and not recommended unless you happen to be a tech geek. For most of those desirous of iPhone 4S unlock, it is suggested that they get a reliable tool from the internet and follow the instructions given out by the company to achieve learning how to unlock their iPhone 4S. Despite Apple having made the job much more difficult by introducing A5 chipset, there are still many ways to get the freedom from the tyranny of the carrier. Here is a step by step guide to achieve unlock for your iPhone 4S that you can try at home if you think you have the confidence to carry it out perfectly.
- Step 1: Download software to unlock iphone 4 from a reputable source.
- Step 2: Jailbreak your iPhone before attempting unlock
- Step 3: Download Ultrasn0w tool visiting Cydia
- Step 4: You need to go to Sources after clicking on Manage
- Step 5: You will be asked to add a new source
- Step 6: Type the address of repo666 when prompted
- Step 7: This updates the sources on your iPhone
- Step 8: Launch the firmware of Ultrsn0w that will unlock the phone
- Step 9: Switch off the iPhone
- Step 10: Reboot the iPhone and look for the signals of the new carrier
- Step 11: Your device is now unlocked. Congratulations!
This might look like stating the obvious to some but you need to tread with caution while trying to achieve iPhone 4S unlock. You must also remember that performing an iPhone 4S jailbreak will update the phone’s baseband version which is permanent and can’t be undone. This is because many customers have earlier brought grave damage to the software of their phones by making errors in following the instructions of unlocking. One should try iPhone 4S unlock after getting down to a reputable and efficient company only.


If this news came as a dampener to your excitement, do not for a moment think that you cannot unlock your iPhone 4S. There still are many ways to achieve unlocking but the trick is to get to the right tool that is safe and reliable. Why I say this is because of innumerable instances where owners have got their expensive devices bricked as they made some error in following the instructions for unlock.