i bought a iphone on craiglist it wasn't activated at that time. then i unlocked and jailroken it. then everything works. i did the system restore to clear all data files and photos after 2 hours the screen is in apple logo. i tried to reset nothing works.

i checked the serial number it is still under warranty until 2009 february.
1. since it is unlocked I never had att, does the apple store replace the phone (idont have receipt).

2. do i have to buy att and activate with them first

NEVER JAILBREAK AN IPHONE

there is apple iphone 2.0.1 software that has all the features and its guaranteed to work. Jailbreaking often KIlls the phone.

JAILBREAKING VOIDS the warrantyn immediately and so you now have a brick thats not warranty-able. you might be able to recover this by removing the jailbreak.

Jailbroken ipods cause so many problems (just search on here for them). It alters the boot code so its not really an ipod at all.

Best option is to remove the jailbreak by restoring the ipod on your computer but NOT connected to internet as latest non 2.0 upgrade is 1.1.4 and updating from jalibroken 1.2.3 to 1.1.4 will BRICK your unit (DEAD forever).


once you have restored it to 1.1.3 or 1.1.4 connect computer to internet and BUY the 2.0 upgrade at £5.99 its worth it as it legally has most of the games and apps you have now (2.0 can be jailbroken but many dont bother as 2.0 has everything they want.

with itunes running reset your ipod (menu and centre key held until screen goes blank with dark apple logo). then as soon as the screen lights up connect it to computer. (if touch its the home and power key until screen goes black /apple).

it should then work OK but to be safe restore it anyway@!


once you have this then get it to your local (ATT ?) iphone authorise network to get it activated and have a SIM and contract or Pay as You Go setup.