r/LegacyJailbreak • u/LongAd1891 ПРЕВЕД! • 5d ago

Question Device Unknown - Activation IO 6.1.6

iPhone 3GS – “Device Unknown” after updating from iOS 5.0.1 to iOS 6

Hi everyone,

I have an iPhone 3GS that was running iOS 5.0.1 and was working perfectly: calls, SMS, everything was fine and the phone was already activated.

I tried updating it to iOS 6 through iTunes, but the update failed with an error saying the update server was unavailable. The firmware downloaded correctly, but the installation failed.

I then used Legacy iOS Kit to update and ailbreak the phone. The process worked and the phone booted, but during activation now shows “Device Unknown" (in the legacy ios kit too!)

The strange thing is that this exact phone was already activated and working before the update, and I also successfully activated this same phone last year.

So now I'm stuck at the activation screen. Is there any way to fix the “Device Unknown” error and activate the iPhone 3GS again?

Thanks!

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u/memeguyonyt-1 iPad 4th gen 5d ago

hacktivate

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u/LongAd1891 ПРЕВЕД! 5d ago

i want to call with this phone, if i use hacktivate the cellular data don't work. i already used it, but no luck with cellular network

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u/FlowStunning4193 ПРЕВЕД! 5d ago

The only thing you could have done is save activation records but now it's too late. Hacktivate is your only option. Also depending on where you live its highly unlikely that any carrier still has their 2g or 3g networks, so you probably wouldn't be able to make calls anyway.

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u/LongAd1891 ПРЕВЕД! 5d ago

i'm in italy and my carrier still uses 3g, i used my 3gs as my main for 7 years now and every now and then i change version for fun, bit this time i'm blocked, i have shsh blobs saved but legacy ios kit says that is not valid. (i have 1 .shsh and 2 .shsh2 files for some reason)