Can't use the phone

[ukbootlegs]

If I click the phone icon, it goes to the keypad but won't let me press anything.

It then after a few secs goes back to the iphone home screen.

I can make calls from contacts but not from the phone button.

Rebooted and removed sim but didn't make any difference


HELP!!

 

[RobM]

Next step should be a restore in iTunes if a soft reset hasn't helped.

 

[ukbootlegs]

It's jailbbroken tho as I am on Vodafone.

Wouldn't a restore bugger it up?

 

[RobM]

Quite likely, yes. But then what's worse, having a phone you can't phone people with, or having to jailbreak and install your apps again?

 

[ukbootlegs]

I fixed it

It's apparently a fault with an application called Kate. What I read said restore and jailbreak again then don't install Kate.

I literally just uninstalled Kate and did a home button and reset and now it works.

 

[StevieDvd]

It's jailbbroken tho as I am on Vodafone.

Wouldn't a restore bugger it up?

Find out your bootloader version, if you have 5.08 or less then you could restore and unlock again.

Glad to hear you're sorted. Looks like that Kate girl has a lot to answer for.

 

[neily1970]

Find out your bootloader version, if you have 5.08 or less then you could restore and unlock again.

Glad to hear you're sorted. Looks like that Kate girl has a lot to answer for.

Not sure here but isnt it the case, if your iphone is running the latest F/W (2.2.1) and you have to restore in itunes to the same F/W version 2.2.1 then the unlock would survive the restore. I know the jailbreak is removed. But i read somewhere the restore will not mess with the basebands/bootloads...Unless you are UPDATING the F/W.

Could be wrong tho

 

[ukbootlegs]

Cheers for that info.

Jailbroken I don't care too much about, but I need it to be SIM free.

 

[StevieDvd]

Not sure here but isnt it the case, if your iphone is running the latest F/W (2.2.1) and you have to restore in itunes to the same F/W version 2.2.1 then the unlock would survive the restore. I know the jailbreak is removed. But i read somewhere the restore will not mess with the basebands/bootloads...Unless you are UPDATING the F/W.

Could be wrong tho

I thought the software unlock is only successful in that yellowsnow is running and would therefore only work on a jailbreak iphone.

 

[RobM]

I thought the software unlock is only successful in that yellowsnow is running and would therefore only work on a jailbreak iphone.

This is as I understand it too, if you use solutions such as yellowsnow that run on the phone. If you use a standalone, offline unlocking service that doesn't require the phone to be jailbroken to work, you are free to restore the phone in iTunes without being affected and you have no requirement to remain jailbroken.

 

[ukbootlegs]

How can I tell if YellowSnow is on it?

I have Cydia and Installer from the Jailbreak.

 

[Matt_C]

Open Cydia and tap MANAGE and then tap PACKAGES and it'll show you what packages/apps/tweaks are installed and applied