How to Unlock Your iPhone with the Updated SAM Tool the Easy Way

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Gaining unlock using old SAM jailbreak app was a complicated process, involving around three dozen steps and patience enough to test the hack on your iPhone. To simplify the process, developer, Sam Bingener has pushed an updated SAM 0.1.16-1. He has updated acutil to allow on-device activation for device running less than 5.0 firmwares. Backup support for multiple tickets and restore support with options will be added in due course of time.

With the updated SAM, you are required to put in SIM you want to work and select original carrier (or auto). To complete the unlocking process, click “Try Activation” under “Utils” and you’re done. That being said, also note that these instructions works on all iPhone models (up to iOS 5.1). SAM unlock doesn’t have device-specific idiosyncrasies.

The SAM unlock supports modem firmware versions 1.59, 2.10, 3.10.1, 4.10.1, 4.11.08, 4.12.01 on iPhone 4 and all basebands (1.0.13, 1.0.14, 1.0.11) on iPhone 4S. iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 3G can also be unlocked using SAM jailbreak app.

Step 1: Jailbreak your iPhone: To jailbreak iPhone 4S4/3G, you can use either redsn0w or Absinthe v0.4. All related jailbreak guides can be located in our dedicated page - How to Jailbreak.

Step 2: Add repo in cydia http://repo.bingner.com and install SAM. You can follow (Step 2 of our previous SAM unlock Guide, if you don’t know how to install it).

Step 3:  Insert your unofficial SIM card. For example, if you want to unlock your AT&T iPhone 4S to use it on T-Mobile network, you must insert T-mobile SIM here. Make sure your Method is set to Auto Detect and tap Utilities. In case Auto-Detect doesn’t work for you, change Method to By Country and Carrier and select the iPhone’s original carrier.

Step 4: Open SAMprefs from your iPhone springboard and then go to Utilities and tap Attempt Activation. If you don’t see Attempt Activation then select De-Activate iPhone and the Attempt Activation button should appear. The process might take time. Please have patience.

Step 5: Your iPhone will respring and it should detect your unofficial SIM card showing signals.

Voila! You’ve now given yourself full unlock access, which ought to allow you to place any active SIM inside your fully unlocked iPhone.

SAM gets you a valid activation ticket for your real ICCID and IMSI. It is therefore important for you save these iPhone activation tickets. These backed-up tickets will maximize your chances to stay unlocked in future. To save activation tickets, you have to options available – Either use Redsn0w 0.9.10b8b  or SAM (via iFile) that doesn’t require connecting iPhone to computer. The activation ticket is tied to a particular SIM (not all future SIMs…just the one used during the trick).

Many iPhone users are receiving a message that says: You must select the original carrier SIMID of your iPhone. In order to fix the issues, carry out the steps below:

Step 1: Remove your unofficial SIM card

Step 2: Open iFile and navigate to /var/root/Library. Tap edit situated at the upper-right corner of the screen. Select Lockdown, and tap the zip button to create a backup. Scroll to the bottom to ensure that a backup zip was created. Now delete the Lockdown folder. (All visual screens can be located here).

Step 3: Navigate to /User/Library/Preferences and search for SAM. Delete the com.bingner.sam.plist file.

Step 4: Power-off your iPhone, and turn it on again.

Step 5: Place the unofficial SIM card in your iPhone.

Step 6: Open SAMprefs go to Utilities and tap Attempt Activation. You will receive a pop-up window asking you to wait for a while. Your iPhone will re-spring soon after.

Step 7: You iPhone should now be running on an unofficial network.

Related posts:

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  2. How To Save Your (SAM) Unlocked iPhone Activation Ticket For Future Unlock
  3. How to Unlock AT&T iPhone 4S/4/3GS without Losing Jailbreak using SAM or Redsn0w
  4. ICCID Vulnerability Leads to iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 Unlock with SAM – Here’s how To Unlock
  5. How to Unlock iPhone 4 BB 04.11.08 Using SAM – The Quick Guide
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  • kannaiah

    Hi I used to jailbreak and unlock 3GS using redsnow and ultranow but now push notification doesnot work. I want to use SAM to do activation but I dont know original carrier details. If I use
    Revert Lockdownd to Stock
    can I later hackktivate later if I fail to activate with SAM? can I try multiple times to activate? Please help Thanks.

  • Ushpen

    i got a question, my cydia is not working, it only flash then nothing happen, i tried to restart my idevice still problem exist. i was just wondering if i will re-jailbreak my idevice will the sam still there? does this lose my activattion of my unofficial sim? because i am afraid since apple block sam already and i havent make a backup ticket yet. i cant install ifile since my cydia is not working.

    • bligui

      Svae teh activation ticket.

  • Penny812

    Nooooo! It’s still not working! :(  Same error message pop up: Error Activation Rejected. You must select the original carrier SIMID of your phone.
    Anyone can solve this problem?

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1775351014 Stephen Deganato

      Read this http://cydiablog.com/apple-fixes-activation-servers-to-block-sam-iphone-unlock-trick/

  • bligui

    MuscleNerd ‏ @MuscleNerd Reply  Retweet  Favorite · Open
    Looks like Apple’s currently fixing their activation servers. But the good news is that previous tickets gotten via SAM trick still work.

  • bligui

    Same error on the “new” SAM old SAM worked great now in Honduras not working

  • Phen

    The old SAM version 0.1.11-1 works on my iphone, when i updated my SAM to 0.1.16-1 and tried this Simple way of activating using SAM latest version, everything messed up, it doesnt work on my iphone and it keeps saying Error when activating it. Is there a way i can downgrade my SAM version? 

    • http://twitter.com/yukito16 Yukito Yamamoto

      then do the old trick… it will work..

  • Phen

    Still im having this 
    Error Activation Rejected. You must select the original carrier SIMID of your phone. Even done doing the iFile thing.

    • http://twitter.com/yukito16 Yukito Yamamoto

      if it’s now working for you, try the old trick :)

  • sak hus

    went out of country and phone locked. I couldn’t connect to itunes so waited to come back. And today when i come back i see that updated version doesn’t require itunes to activate it and now w/o itunes the phone is activated and working. Damn would have loved to test it earlier when i was out of country. 

  • Shamir84

    do i need wifi connection while doing this precess

  • Adrian_fifa

    so we don’t have to connect the phone to itunes enymore?
    just follow these steps and that’s it? :D

    • http://cydiablog.com Mike Webb

      exactly! iTunes is for Losers :D

      • Adrian_fifa

        that’s great :D i’ll try to unlock my iphone 4 then :D

  • Adiadi007

    It still can’t help me:( iPhone 4, 4.12.01, 5.1

    • http://cydiablog.com Mike Webb

      What error you’re getting?

      • Visiomart

         Error Activation Rejected. You must select the original carrier SIMID of your phone.
        This even after using ifile to delete the com.bingner…..
        What do I do now

        • Nolancampos

          I got the exact same problem in Costa Rica

          • http://twitter.com/yukito16 Yukito Yamamoto

            just do the old trick.. it will work..

          • andres

            I can not find the company  of my iphone is three uk. I can do?what is the solution????

          • Mohit

            search for iTools.
            too late for sam btw.

          • Tanialbania

            How do i use old trick? Im trying to activate with new sam version and activation is ok but after respring i cant get signal bar just sayin no service