How to Restore Your iPhone Unlock Ticket [SAM]

These are instructions on how to restore your iPhone unlock ticket obtained using the SAM unlock method.

If you've unlocked with SAM but haven't backed up your unlock ticket, you should do so immediately. To follow these instructions you will need to have the unlock ticket and iFile installed. You can get iFile from Cydia.

Step One
Insert your previously unlocked SIM card and make sure SAM is disabled in SAMPrefs.


Step Two
Email yourself the zip archive created when you backed up your unlock ticket. Open the email on your iPhone and tap to open the attachment. When prompted to select an application to open the attachment with choose iFile.


Step Three
When iFile opens it will ask you to choose between Zip Viewer and Unarchiver. Choose Unarchiverand tap the Done button when it's completed extracting.


Step Four
Tap the Edit button at the top right of the screen and select the Lockdown folder that was just extracted.


Step Five
Press the Clipboard button at the bottom right and choose Copy/Link from the popup menu. Then press the Done button at the top right of the screen.


Step Six
Use the back button at the top left of the screen to navigate to the /var/root/Library folder. Press the Edit button at the top right of the screen and select the Lockdown folder.


Step Seven
Tap the Trash icon at the bottom of the screen and choose Move File to Trash from the menu that appears.


Step Eight
Tap the Clipboard icon at the bottom right of the screen and choose Paste from the menu that appears.


Step Nine
Press the Done button at the top right of the screen then reboot your device.


Step Ten
Once your iPhone has been restarted it will pick up the network for the unlocked SIM card.

How to Unlock Your iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS Using SAM [5.0, 5.0.1, 5.1]

These are instructions on how to unlock your iPhone using SAM. This method will work with the iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 3G on iOS 5.x.

Step One
Jailbreak your iPhone. You can find instructions here

Step Two
Tap to launch Cydia from your SpringBoard.


Step Three
Press to select Manage from the tabs at the bottom of the screen.


Step Four
Press the large Sources button.


Step Five
Press the Edit button at the top right of the screen.


Step Six
Press the Add button that appears at the top left of the screen.


Step Seven
Enter http://repo.bingner.com and press the Add Source button.


Step Eight
Press the large Return to Cydia button.


Step Nine
Press to select Bingner from the list of Sources.


Step Ten
Choose SAM from the list of packages.


Step Eleven
Press the Install button at the top right of the screen.


Step Twelve
Press the Confirm button to begin installation.


Step Thirteen
Once installation has completed press the large Restart SpringBoard button.


Step Fourteen
Insert your new SIM card and tap to select SAMPrefs from your SpringBoard.


Step Fifteen
Tap Utilities


Step Sixteen
Press to select De-Activate iPhone. Your ActivationState under "More Information" should now be "Unactivated"




Step Seventeen
With SAM enabled, tap Method and choose By Country and Carrier.


Step Eighteen
Tap Country and choose the country of your ORIGINAL SIM.


Step Nineteen
Tap Carrier and choose your ORIGINAL carrier that your iPhone is locked to.


Step Twenty
For some carriers operating more than one Carrier ID you may need to select SIM ID. If you are unable to activate in Step Twenty Four then you have selected the wrong one.


Step Twenty One
Tap More Information and copy the IMSI under SAM Details to the clipboard.


Step Twenty Two
Tap Spoof Real SIM to SAM


Step Twenty Three
Go back to the main SAM screen and paste the IMSI number in your clipboard.


Step Twenty Four
Connect your iPhone to the computer and let iTunes reactivate your phone.


"Double click "Phone Number" parameter at the main device screen and make sure that the ICCID matches that of your SIM card." If not you need to start over from Step Fourteen."

Step Twenty Five
Unplug your iPhone from the computer and close iTunes.

Step Twenty Six
Reopen SAMPrefs from your SpringBoard and disable it using the Enabled switch.


Step Twenty Seven
Connect your iPhone to the computer and launch iTunes again.


You should get an error saying that your phone cannot be activated. This is normal. Just close iTunes and open it again.


Step Twenty Eight
In a short time you should see signal bars. Congratulations!



IMPORTANT:
If push notifications stop after this process, you can restore then with the Clear Push utility in SAM, followed by connecting to iTunes.

Your phone will work normally with your SIM card and that SIM card ONLY since we have tricked iTunes to think that ICCID is one of the intended carrier's. The phone can be rebooted and connected to iTunes freely without losing the "unlock", at least for now.

A big thanks to Loktar_Sun and Laforet for their contributions!