Apple recently seeded iOS 5 final version to the general public. The update is available via iTunes. Also direct download links are available.
The iOS 5 final version is same as the GM version & hence can be jailbroken with the already available redsn0w &
sn0wbreeze
Gevey sim works on iOS 5 Final
Here are the screenshots showing the proof:
Thanks to @w2no for the screenshots.
How to use Gevey sim on iOS 5?
Note: You must not update to iOS 5 directly from iTunes. You need a custom firmware to preserve iPhone 4 baseband to 04.10.01 or below, so that Gevey can work. Gevey doesn’t work with iOS 5’s baseband.
If you’ve restored to factory iOS 5, go back to iOS 4.3.5. Apple is still signing it!
1. Download iOS 5 IPSW for iPhone 4 (Download links here)
2. Download sn0wbreeze 2.8b8
Note: sn0wbreeze is only for Windows. If you’re on MAC, please wait till iPhone Dev Team releases the updated redsn0w which will support baseband preservation.
3. Build a custom firmware using sn0wbreeze 2.8b8. This custom firmware will preserve the baseband. You need baseband 04.10.01 or below to make Gevey work
4. Restore this custom firmware from iTunes using Shift+Restore
Note: If you get errors 1600, 1604, etc. use iReb to put your iPhone 4 into pwned DFU mode. iReb can be downloaded from ih8sn0w.com
5. After iPhone successfully restores, activate it
6. Switch off the iPhone & insert Gevey sim. Start your iPhone 4
7. You’ll get Gevey Menu after the iPhone boots up. Accept it
8. Wait for up to 10 seconds after accepting till you get No Service
9. Dial 112 & hang up within 2 seconds
10. Go to Settings & turn on Airplane mode. Wait till you get “No sim inserted” message
11. Once you get the message, click Dismiss & turn off the Airplane Mode. You’ll get “Sim failure” message which will automatically get dismissed
12. Then within a few seconds, your iPhone 4 will get the network
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I cannot install iTunes 10.5! HRESULT something. Have you encountered this?
Any specific error that you’re getting?
buddy, plz help..
I have installed the ios 5 using snowbreeze 2.8b8 and have booted it tethered using ibooty.
The problem is that gevey only works when i hard reset my phone(home+power)
and while doing ibooty,only soft reset is there, so plz explain the method of gevey again.
plz…i am not able to make my gevey sim work, m using airtel.
Why do you need to hard reset your iPhone to make Gevey work?
Hi, I followed the instructions and was able to end the process with ibooty. My problem now is how to activate the phone. I’m using a gevey sim as the phone is locked. Not sure how to “hacktivate”. Please help.
Thanks.
You need to hacktivate when you don’t have original carrier’s sim (eg AT&T). You can hacktivate while building a custom iOS 5 using sn0wbreeze. Check the tutorial here to know how to build a custom iOS 5 firmware using sn0wbreeze.
PLEASE HELP!! ADMIN, PLEASE REPLY TO THIS COMMENT:
Please, I followed the steps and encountered no errors. Now, when I turn on my phone, the Gevey menu doesn’t show up. No “cancel or accept”.. It just keeps on searching and gets stuck in the “activating your phone”. How can I get past these steps? Do I need the original AT&T sim to do this? I don’t have it. Is there another option? PLEASE REPLY!
Did you build custom firmware via sn0wbreeze or did you directly update to factory iOS 5 via iTunes?
Hello,
This worked..!! Pretty awesome….right..!!
After so many attempts and trying different things like restarting my pc etc i finally got this to work just the way described in this article.
Now i have my iPhone 4 on iOS 5 BB 02.10.04 unlocked with Gevey Sim.
Thank you so much sir..!!
I used snowbreeze and preserved my BB and changed to iOS 5 and I activated my phone with the AT and T sim. But now, when I try to use Gevey’s sim, the first black screen which shows accept isn’t turning up. Instead, it keeps searching for a while and returns no service. what do i do?
You must dial 112 when it says No Service. It won’t show one signal bar.
Hi Admin… i am using gevey ultra sim with BB 4.01.10… will this procedure work on the ultra version of Gevey… cause i believe there are 2-3 diff types of gevey sims .. please let me know… appreciate your help…
thanks
Gevey Ultra is a 50-50 chance. It may or may not work. But preserve baseband via sn0wbreeze.
hi, i upgraded the 4.3.5 to 5.0.1 preserving the baseband 4.10.01, and i have ultra.
It shows me accept and decline screen then it keeps searching and it shows NO SERVISE or INVALID SIM…..what do i do please help i am stuck.
You need to manually perform 112 procedure.
it shows invalid sim, and even that accept gevey pop is not coming
Cud u Plz provide me a step by step way of using a gevey sim with ibooty tethered boot
?
hey guys i need your help
i have this iphone 4 with gevery. i used the expert mode to build the custom ipsw, then during restore 1st i get error 1604, then 1602 then 3194 then 1600 then again 1602.
guys im not able to do anything with it, as it’s stuck at the restore mode. im not able to downgrade it or upgrade it.
please help me… im a slw learner so please explain me step by step and let me know where im going wrong.
my using windows 7 32 bits…
Open hosts file and remove any line that contains gs.apple.com, then put your iPhone in DFU mode using iReb (download it from ih8sn0w.com). Now restore to custom iOS 5 using iTunes.
hey admin,
thanks for your help i was able to do it on my friends pc.
now i have a new problem…. after activating ios5 its now stuck i dont know how to hactivate it? its showing me the welcome reason and asking me to connect it to itunes or activate it thru wifi but im using GEVEY and cant get thru….
what should i do sir?
Did you Select “hacktivate” option while building custom iOS 5 using sn0wbreeze? You need to that if you don’t have original carrier’s sim to activate the iPhone.
yes i selected the expert mode on sn0wbreeze….
its showing me the screen asking me to select language, country, do i wanna activate it on wifi or thru itunes?
i dont know whats wrong….
oh shit i just realized that i didnt use hacktivate mode in general settings for creating the firmware.
can i again create a new firmware and put my iphone in dfu mode and try to use it??? is it possible?
Yes try again.
Cud u Plz provide me a step by step way of using a gevey sim with ibooty tethered boot
?
1. Turn off your iPhone. Insert Gevey along with your GSM sim.
2. Boot tethered using iBooty.
3. Wait for Gevey menu to appear. Click Accept. If the menu doesn’t appear go to Settings -> Phone -> Sim Applications and select Instructions. The Gevey menu will appear. Click Accept.
4. Wait for 10-15 seconds till your iPhone shows No Service. Dial 112 & hang up within 2 seconds.
5. Turn on Airplane mode & wait till “No sim installed” message appears.
6. Dismiss the message & turn off Airplane Mode.
7. You’ll get Invalid sim error which will go away automatically.
8. The network will show within few seconds.
For me nothing pops up after i turn on the airplane mode anymore. I turned it off started with booty about 50 times. i am doing this since 2 pm lol 😀
And do everything right accept, wait, dial , airplane. and nothing happens.
3 times it did come up and continued but at the end it was just searching for network and nothing else.
Please help. have no idea what to do…
What’s the baseband version of your iPhone?
Thats a good question. Where do i check that? Do you think i screwed it up because first i updatet origianly and then i did the hacking version one?
Check in Settings -> General -> About -> Modem Firmware
04.11.08 am i screwed then? any fix for this or no?
Thanks! for the response!
Gevey won’t work on 04.11.08. And you cannot downgrade to 4.3.5 as Apple stopped signing it. You’re basically stuck now.
hey admin,
ive tried restoring the iphone with the new custom ios but the problem is it gets stuck after saying iphone will appear in itunes after restart,it disppears from the itunes and doesnt appear back, it’s stuck at apple logo with the loading line sign but its not loading and when i do hard reset it comes up as dfu mode but it wont go any further.
any clue?
Boot tethered with iBooty.
Hello, I followed well your tutoriel, my maintaining problem is that having restored my iphone via itunes, the iphone restarts and remains on the apple with a bar(helm) of load I does not know any more what to make I need help(assistant)..
You must boot tethered via iBooty.
have ibooty 2.2 when I open him(it) he asks me to choose my device but he does not suggest it to me putting him(it) how can it be done? in mode DFU?
Your device is shown on the lower right side. Select it from drop down menu. And then click Start.
Hi there!
I have a problem with my iphone after upgrading to ios 5
I used at&t Iphone 4 with gevey sim for Tmobile.
And 2days ago, I upgrade to IOS5 with firmware from Apple……
so I can’t use my phone anymore…
I want to downgrade to ios 4.3.5 but my baseband is already 04.11.08
If I downgade to ios 4.3.5, can I use gevey sim again?
I have never done backup with shsh and used cydia app.
Please help me.
hey admin,
thanks for your precious time and your help. now i’ve unlocked my iphone and using it on ios5 with gevey sim, but a problem has araised…. now my imessage isnt working. its activated but not showing up in my messgaes.
any help with that sir?
thanks
Hey. If you hacktivate you`re phone , you will not be able to use imessage and push notifications anymore.
hey bogdan,
thanks for your help but im able to use push notification and even facetime but now imessage. u got any other clue how to make it work??
I can’t activate my gevey sim…it only says no sim installed and that’s it..please help.
Did you preserve baseband by creating custom iOS 5 via sn0wbreeze?
I updated my iphone 4 to iOS 5 with preserved baseband & I haven’t recieved my gevey sim yet so I decided to use a friend’s AT&T sim card to activate it however when I insert any AT&T sim card it says no service. Do you think this is because I have a preserved baseband ? Also If i hacktivate it , it still says No Service for AT&T Sim cards.
In which country are you located?
USA .
Is that AT&T sim active? Have you tried any other AT&T sim?
I’ve tried 3 AT&T micro sims that work fine in the iPhone that they were taken out of , but they all say Searching… then No Service when put into mine.
Do other sims work for you (T-Mobile, etc)? I think the preserved baseband is causing the problem. But, it shouldn’t. Weird.
I’m waiting for my T-Mobile micro sim to come in , I was thinking the same thing , but I would’ve thought that an AT&T sim would work too. I guess I’ll just hope the T-Mobile one works .
If T-Mobile sim also doesn’t work, try restoring.
Wanted to say I got my Gevey sim today and tried it with a deactivated T-Mobile sim that was cut , & it seems to be working , will be getting a real activated micro sim from T-Mobile tomorrow , pretty sure it’ll work 😀 , I’ll let you know what happens
Hi Admin/All
Only thing i’m missing is to boot tethered. Finally got it right.
My next issues is with imessage. Not sure why but it was properly activated in my iphone but is unable to send nor receive any message. I tried to use the same apple iD in another iOS device and it works. Any one here who is encountering this iMessage challenge after upgrading to iOS5 while preserving BB via sn0wbreeze?
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks everyone.
So,
i updated my ihpone with the original 5 IOS from itunes… so now i tried to use snowbreeze to create a new one and foloowed every instruction and now its installed on my iphone. but when i turn it on the activate sceen comes up.
So now i clicked on general and selected hactivate will see what happens.
So i did everything right and now when i start gevey accept it dial 112 when dismiss everything etc… But at the end it says searching… non stop.. i been doing this for hours… : ( Keep trying. and now am i have to start my iphone with my computer every time by the way? just wondering.
thank you for ur post. i can upgrade to IO5 and use with gevey. but Cydia not active.
What do you mean? Do you see Cydia icon?
yes, there is a cydia icon on my phone. i clicked to it but nothing happened. did i do anything wrong? my phone works ok with everything else.
thx
You must boot tethered using iBooty, then Cydia will work.
yes, i used ibooty, cydia was ON! but when i installed irealsms and had to reboot device as requested, IP was freeze and i had to restore again (;
When the device reboots, you must iBooty again.
Hi Admin. I live in Brazil and a friend of mine has just bought an Iphone 4 running ios 4.3.5 on baseband 4.10.1 I want to upgrade to ios 5 preserving firmware to use Gevey in my local GSM carrier.
1) How can I activate it here without “hacktivate” ? I don’t want to jailbreak the phone, to avoid booting untethered everytime I reboot the device.
2) Should I ask him to buy an AT&T SIM card and activate it in the U.S? Would I be able to restore it with custom firmware here, using this SIM?
Thank you so much for your help
You can buy AT&T sim from eBay or tell your friend to ship it from US. And then you can activate after upgrading your iPhone to iOS 5.
Thanks for your answer. Just one more thing: It looks like I need to call AT&T service in the U.S to activate the SIM card. Is it going to work? Even though the SIM will be connected to a Brazilian network?
No you don’t need to call AT&T service. Even if the service on the sim is not active, it’ll activate your iPhone 4.
Thank you so much Admin!
hey,
people have written over here that there is problem with the imessenger.is it rare,or is it useless if we jailbreak our phones
thanks
DEAR ADMIN,
I followed the instructions to a tee. I selected hacktivate, and restored after having to use ireb, unfortunately it is asking me to activate.
help, tried restoring again with the custom ipsw(sp), still no dice.
I think the custom firmware didn’t get built properly. Try on another Windows PC..
Thanks for the quick reply. I stupidly skipped the step(which wasn’t a step really) of putting in the sim for the original phone.
Now I’ve encountered another problem. While using Ibooty, I can’t get the Gevey sim to work. Bare with me, as I got it to work the first time I tried (without iBooty)
Gevey doesn’t pop up Accept message, so I went into settings->sim->etc, it pops up. I wait 15 seconds. no service. call 112, hang up after 2 seconds. hit airplane mode, NOTHING happens. it just sits there. Did this about 10 times while adjusting 3g on/off, data roaming on/off. Any suggestions? As it did work the first time without iBooty?
What is the modem firmware?
02.10.04
it’s working right now with gevey, without using iBooty (aka I can’t use cydia, but the phone and sms is working).
Also, just found this, which to my knowledge is wrong because gevey IS working on a custom firmware, but take a look anyway:
“Custom Firmware issuse:
If your iPhone 4 has custom firmware, the GEVEY Sim adapter will not work. You must restore your iPhone 4 to the original iPhone 4 Firmware.”
source: http://www.iphonerepairmiamibeach.com/gevey_turbo_sim.html
That is for Gevey Ultra. Gevey Ultra requires a non custom firmware. But Gevey & Gevey Pro work on custom firmware.
I’m assuming I have Gevey or Gevey Pro, seeing as it works without iBooy, on custom firmware?
Yes.
So, how come it is not working?
I can either have a jailbroken phone, and use cydia, WITHOUT gevey working, or, have gevey working, without access to cydia
I’m unable to get both. help please.. I’m about to give u and just use gevey without cydia.
to reiterate and elaborate: When I boot my phone normally, without iBooty, gevey works everytime. When I boot my phone using ibooty, the message won’t pop up(so I go to settings and force it, hit accept, wait for no service/15 seconds, dial 112, turn airplane mode on). when I turn airplane mode on is where it gets stuck, and will not continue with the gevey unlock process.
Weird problem. I think you need to restore to custom iOS 5 again & try if that works for you. I’m on custom iOS 5 and both Gevey & Cydia work for me at the same time. I’m on original Gevey sim.
AHA! I think I figured it out. When I made the custom firmware, was I supposed to go to General, and check Hacktivate? then click build ipsw, and the arrow?
if so, that’s the issue, and this is probably why it’s not working?
Oh my god. It’s working. I have no idea, why or how. But, it’s decided to work. It stopped working for a moment when I disabled cellular network, but turning on 3g solved it.
anyway thanks for holding my hand through this process.
Good it worked.
Another question: When installing apps on cydia that require a reboot, do I need to use ibooty everytime?
Yes you must.
Hello sir
i am living in pujab india, using airtel, i have roger canada locked iphone 4, 4.3.1 bb 04.10 using gevey sim and wanto update to ios 5 preserving baseband, whether i need a roger sim to activate if i dont wanto jailbreak? i hv another cydia unlocked iphone 4, 4.1 bb 01.59, is it also need original sim card?
regards
Taj
You must use sn0wbreeze to create a custom firmware for both your iPhones. You need original carrier’s sim to activate the iPhone after restore. But if you don’t have the original carrier sim, you can use hacktivate option in sn0wbreeze while building a custom firmware. Here’s a tutorial for using sn0wbreeze.
i am planning to buy a carrier locked iphone 4S from US and use it in INDAI. what shud i do in order to make my iphone 4S work with airtel?
Don’t buy a locked iPhone 4S, It cannot be unlocked.
admin
you rerply
(Gevey won’t work on 04.11.08. And you cannot downgrade to 4.3.5 as Apple stopped signing it. You’re basically stuck now)
now tell me solution
plz plz admin help me
Unfortunately there’s no solution currently.
I did everything that was said…i did it on expert mode but when i try to restore with i tunes10.5 it displays some sort of error when it tries to verify the software with apple…
Hi,
If you’re trying to restore to iOS 5.0, then you might be facing the error because Apple released 5.0.1 & has stopped signing 5.0. Now you must create custom iOS 5.0.1. But I recommend you to wait because many users are facing problems while using Gevey on 5.0.1. So stay where you’re now till some confirmations come in.
what shell i do with my 4.11.08? 🙁
Gevey doesn’t work with 04.11.08.
I am currently on ios 4.3.1 with baseband 4.10.01 unlocked with Gevey.
I have original carrier sim card so I suppose I can upgrade to ios 5 with custom ipsw file without jailbreaking. But before that I have few questions.
1. Do I need to put the phone in DFU mode via sn0wbreeze or creating the custom ipsw file via sn0wbreez is sufficient and then shift + restore on itunes
2. Shall I upgrade to ios 5 or 5.0.1? Apple stopped signing ios 5.0 does that mean it won’t sign any upgrade to ios 5.0 or any downgrade to ios 5.0?
3. Does Gevey works on ios 5.0.1 with baseband preserved 4.10.01?
4. If my phone is not jailbroken, in what circumstances do I need iBooty?
Really appreciate your help..Thanks a lot in advance..
1. I suggest you to use iReb to put your iPhone into Pwned DFU mode to avoid any errors during restore
2. Apple has stopped signing 5.0, so you need to restore to 5.0.1
3. Gevey works on 5.0.1 with preserved baseband
4. If you don’t install Cydia, you don’t need to use iBooty
Thanks for the reply..
I did everything as per the instructions
But after the restore I get error “could not restore session expired”. And iphone is stuck at connect to itunes. what could be the problem?
I tried restarting the machine, itunes.. doing the whole procedure again but still the same problem.
Please reply soon. I am losing my patience.
Really appreciate
Your computer’s clock may be out of sync. Update it. Also make sure that no anti-virus or firewall is conflicting with iTunes.
firewall is off, antivirus is disabled, and clock is on correct time & zone. What o you mean by computers clock out of sync? Is it out of sync as that of my iphone?
This error occurs when I try to restore the iphone with the backup.. iPhone says “connect to itunes” but itunes doesnt seem to do anything. It syncs everything apps, contacts but doesnt activate the iphone.
I dont want to setup new iphone, I will lose lots of data.
Is the time & date on your iPhone & computer same?
yes. both time are the same
Try using iBackupBot to restore the backup.
I have backuped using iBackupBot. Shall I set up new phone and restore from this backup later?
Is that possible?
Yes it’s possible.
I think I have lost the data.. 🙁
Anyways thanks a lot. My phone is unlocked on ios 5.0.1 baseband 4.10.01 with Gevey.
Hi,
I have an iphone 4.1 with bb 2.10 locked version with AT&T. Currently using gevey sim to work it with Airtel I want to upgrade to 5.0.1 . If i use snowbreeze to upgrade using custom firmware and use expert mode and hactivate option after restore.
Will I need original carrier to activate my phone again or it will be activated after restore, so no original carrier required ?
Kindly help me on this.
No you don’t need original carrier’s sim if you hacktivate.
A lot of people coming here to tell problems… Well, I just came to say that everything worked fine here. Thanks!!
Glad to hear that.
just jailbroke my iphone 4 and tried to use the sim as mentioned on the video but it does not work. I have ios 5.0.1 custom, with preserved bb 04.10.01. I do all the things and the carrier bar is not shown, only searching and after a while no service.. HELP!!! I have gevey sim pro and it worked perfectly on ios 4.3.5
1 signal bar is not shown in iOS 5. You must dial 112 when it says No Service.
Hi am having iphone 4. i tried to restore like how you sed. but i istall ios 4.3.5 still the baseband 4.11.08……. pleae help ……
Please help me !!!! Error 3194 ..Nothing happen !!!!!!Version 4.2.1 Gevey Unlocked …please help !!!! i tried using your steps … once i try Shift + Restore then after 10 Seconds Error 3194
Hi,
Apple has stopped signing iOS 5.0.1. You cannot upgrade to iOS 5.0.1 unless you’ve SHSH blobs of iOS 5.0.1. Apple recently released iOS 5.1. If you don’t have SHSH blobs of iOS 5.0.1, you can upgrade to iOS 5.0.1 & preserve baseband using the latest redsn0w.
i was trying to unlock my i phone … but it was locked after i am getting Message like” To activate put your carrier sim which came with your iphone ”
What should i do i jailbreaked with cydia.
PLEASE HELP ME OUT.!
Hi,
I know this is a really old post but seemed a relevant place to post my issue.
Since the last couple of weeks my Gevey is giving me trouble. Every now and again I would notice the phone had the error “SIM card not installed” on its screen after which I had to reboot and repeat the accept-112-airplane mode method. This would let me use my phone again, albeit temporarily.
I had been holding back on updating my phone to iOS5 and finally decided to go for it after this issue started causing me headache.
Even after the upgrade, the issue is still there, however I seem to have figured out the reasons behind it. When I turn off the internet(no 3G/wi-fi) the gevey seems to continue working properly(16hrs and running so far) while on wi-fi it used to error out within minutes. With 3G, within the hour. However, without internet, there’s not much use of a smartphone!
I am guessing the phone is checking up with some server to verify that the SIM is legit and when it figures its not, it just disables the SIM. If indeed this is the case then a simple fix might be figuring out what server that is and disabling it via a hosts file entry on the phone. I haven’t managed to find this issue(or its solution) anywhere, but I don’t think mine could be the only case.
Would appreciate if you can give any tips/pointers on this.
No, the hacktivate option must be selected if you don’t have the original carrier’s sim & want to activate the iPhone after restore.
Still not working.
Made a new custom firmware with sn0wbreeze, same issue 🙁
if I start up with iBooty, it won’t load gevey automatically, so I go into settings do it myself, hangs on the airplane mode. does it matter what my settings are for 3g/data, network settings?