[Guide]How to Restore Your iPhone Unlock Ticket [SAM]

Sitlay · 04-28-2012, 06:34 AM

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 by following this tutorial. 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.
Or
Copy the zip archive to the phone using iFunbox and follow step 3.

Step Three
When iFile opens it will ask you to choose between Zip Viewer and Unarchiver. Choose Unarchiver and 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.

You can also Check this thread for alternative way of restoring unlocking tickets

faceache · 04-28-2012, 08:29 AM

Hi Sitlay,ive done this and i have got the 02 in the top right hand side its a pay as you go sim with about £15 still on it but i still cant make calls and do any texting is this just setup problem as it has the details in the mobile data page and they seem ok many thanks.

kerode · 04-28-2012, 09:16 AM

there is no need to reboot your phone after these steps, after replacing the lockdown folder, just open sam and enable and disable it again and your phone will detect your network, which is good news for tethered users wanting to switch sims

novax24 · 05-07-2012, 09:08 PM

i had my iphone 4 5.0.1 BB 4.11.08 unlock on T-Mobile with SAM momentarily and while fooling around with the facetime i accidentally removed SAM and not that the SAM unlock method has been patched up by apple, im completely locked out again. is their any new method i can try to at least unluck my phone again...PLEASE SOME ONE ANY ONE HELP????

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i had my iphone 4 5.0.1 BB 4.11.08 unlock on T-Mobile with SAM momentarily and while fooling around with the facetime i accidentally removed SAM and not that the SAM unlock method has been patched up by apple, im completely locked out again. is their any new method i can try to at least unluck my phone again...PLEASE SOME ONE ANY ONE HELP????

---------- EDIT ----------

i had my iphone 4 5.0.1 BB 4.11.08 unlock on T-Mobile with SAM momentarily and while fooling around with the facetime i accidentally removed SAM and not that the SAM unlock method has been patched up by apple, im completely locked out again. is their any new method i can try to at least unluck my phone again...PLEASE SOME ONE ANY ONE HELP????

fhani80 · 05-09-2012, 06:20 PM

i unlocked using sam. but sim which i unlock was different. can i use the saved ticked on another sim or there is any way to edit these tickets..?

SirajParekh · 05-14-2012, 04:03 PM

im trying to do this method on ios 5.1.1. and i unlocked and saved ticket on 5.1.
is this possible to unlock on 5.1.1

mkfchow · 05-14-2012, 10:21 PM

I am using iPhone 4 with IOS 4.2.1 and I want to unlock my phone. Should I upgrade my phone to IOS 5.0 and then jailbrake before I deploy SAM unlock procedures?

If I have several sim cards in town, can I swap my sim card anytime once I have unlocked my iPhone 4 with SAM?

Please indicate the possibility....thanks.

Presil · 05-22-2012, 12:58 AM

unlock-ios-5.1.1-with-sam-unlock-tickets - SiNfuL iPhone
this should help :-)

forexddr · 05-25-2012, 09:29 PM

is this working in 5.1.1??

Tochix · 05-26-2012, 03:30 PM

seriously someone shld check this out. It is working on 5.1.1 on 4s

chuchaaa · 05-28-2012, 04:56 AM

i havent had any luck with 5.1.1 ... either your phone goes into semi-tether state or itunes doesn't recognize the device.

Presil · 06-19-2012, 05:33 PM

Just upgraded from 5.0.1 to 5.1.1, I used your tutorial, it worked like a charm.
I didn't have SAMprefs installed after the upgrade, just pasted my saved unlock ticket ( Lockdown folder ) to the /var/root/Library folder in iFile , put my previously unlocked SIM card in iPhone and I didn't even have to reboot iPhone 4 to get network :-)
Thank you