One of my clients had an iPhone with a lock code on it, and someone messed around with it and entered the lock code too many times. Now, the iPhone will let you try to unlock it about a half a dozen times, and then it starts to introduce a lockout time “iPhone is disabled, please try again in 1 min” then 2, then 5, then 15 then 30, then 60..etc. It seems to double each time. Well my clients phone got to 4226381 minutes until he could retry somehow!

We knew the correct passcode but we could not enter it!
So I took it back and tried iTunes. Nope, it says it’s locked. So I factory reset by holding the home button when I place it one the USB cradle, and iTunes starts and tells me that the iPhone is in restore mode. I proceded to restore, and the only option is to restore and upgrade. So I did that. And it turns out the SIM card that was in it won’t work with the iPhone. So it needed unlocking.

Enter Ziphone! I have to say this is one of the best hack software utilities I have used. Very easy, good options, good interface. And it looks pretty with the new logo…and it worked 1st time

So big props to http://download.ziphone.org/ -> Ziphone!

PS: This is an iPhone in Australia being unlocked to use an Optus prepaid SIM. Like I said, worked 1st time.