As of Wednesday 27/10/2010 oneSIM is the only method of activation bypass for iPhone.
The reason is that apple have blocked the testsim ID from itunes, that other activation sims rely on.
oneSIM can be programmed to emulate the network your phone is currently locked to.
With OneSim you can use a USB Pkey programmer and software to program the network your iPhone is locked to into the oneSIM.
This is the only way at the moment to bypass activation on iPhone without having the original sim.
What is oneSIM ?
oneSIM is mainly designed for professional mobile phone unlockers daily usage, where in cases a SIM card from different country/carrier is required.
Instead of purchasing, collecting and storing carrier cards from all over the world, oneSIM has the ability to function as any desired carrier card. A simple replacement!
oneSIM is a very flexible and powerful sim.
oneSIM is a programmable activation sim and test sim card.
oneSIM comes with software that will let you program it to appear as its from your desired network.
oneSIM is unique in that you can use a simple pkey reader to program the sim with more support for more worldwide networks.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How do I know if my iPhone has already been activated or not? A. Picture down below displays the difference between a not activated and a activated unit.
Q. I don't have a Pkey programmer, can I still activate my iPhone with oneSIM? A. No, you will need the Pkey programmer to program your oneSIM to your needed network. You can buy the reader as an optional extra below
Q. I need to bypass activation on my iPhone, but I don't know which network operator it is originally locked to, can oneSIM activate it anyway? A. You can use tiny-umbrella.exe software and connect your iPhone to pc via standard usb cable to read the model number from the handset like the picture below,
then use google and search this number to find the correct network that your iPhone is locked to. Then simply program this network to the oneSIM.
Q. Can the oneSIM card unlock iPhone? A. No, oneSIM does not interfere with SIM lock unlocking, it is for activation bypass only.
Q. Which generations of iPhone's are supported? A. At the moment oneSIM supports the following iPhones
iPhone 2G
iPhone 3G
iPhone 3Gs
iPhone 4 (cutter needed for iPhone 4).
Q. Which Software versions of iPhone's are supported? A. oneSIM supports all versions up to and including the latest 4.1
Q. Does oneSIM support other brands and models than iPhone? A. oneSIM is a so called all-in-one card, it is compatible with all the existing and upcoming mobile phones that supports a carrier SIM card.
User Guide
You may need drivers for your pkey reader/writer, you can get these here
