How to Unlock the iPhone 5 for Other Carriers

Owning an iPhone is by itself a status statement, but the experience is way different from one person to another--thanks to lousy carriers. With the upcoming release of the iPhone 5, it is again another horror story to be locked up by exclusive distributors with bad services--giants in the communications industry who donot really give a flying fig about their customers. So what do you do? The solution sounds simple: unlock the iPhone 5 for other carriers. What is Jailbreaking? Since Apple placed limitations on its devices, technicians from around the world had to develop a way to override these limitations. The process of removing these limitations is called jailbreaking. It is done through hacking the root system of the iPhone so people can download applications and use the phone for other carriers. This, however, requires software for each iPhone release. An unlocking program will not be available until after the model is released because hackers have to study its programming system. With this said, we just have to wait a few weeks for them to come up with a new software that has the capability to unlock the iPhone 5 for other carriers. How Do You Unlock iPhone 5? As with the previous versions, thesystem or process to unlock iPhone 5 for other carriers will be same. A convenient way to do this is perform a GSM unlock. To do this, you first need to install anapplication called Unlock.App. Other programs that you can download and install are Lockdownd, and CyberDuck. Once downloaded and installed, browse your unit to the General Settings and look for Auto-Lock. Set this to Never and get your IP address. You can get this address by going to Settings, WiFI, and then tap Network. Write the IP address on a piece of paper and set aside. Go back to the home screen and launch the downloaded application. Tap the Open Connection button, select SFTP under the Secure File Transfer andthen type the IP address that you just copied. For username, type"root," all in lower case. For the password box, type the word"dottie," also all in lower case. You will then get connected, after which you have to choose the"/item" then find "/user/libexec." Once there, drag the file called"lockdownd" into it. Tap continue.Turn off your phone then removethe SIM card. Turn the phone on again and select the application called "Unlock." This should tell you that "All files are ready." PressStart and all files will begin installing. Once the installation is complete, you can now use to theiPhone with other SIM! In the United States, it is legal to unlock the iPhone 5 for other carriers. It is also legal to jailbreak iPhones because the laws that govern locking of phones only apply to copyright issues. Unlocking one does not violate a copyright of an artist and besides, limiting a person's capability to choose what applications to download and what carrier to use is just plain bad business ethics