14 DAY TRIAL // Sam Bingner's SAM (Subscriber Artificial Module) package is a new unlock solution for iPhone users looking to get off AT&T’s airwaves and onto those of T-Mobile. Both operators are US-based, meaning this unlock doesn’t apply anywhere else in the world.
With that out of the way, users will need a jailbroken iPhone that can be activated in iTunes, a computer with the latest version of iTunes installed, as well as an internet connection.
According to the author of a how-to guide at Singularity, “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.”
The author assures users that the unlock will not exhibit any of the issues associated with SIM interposers, since it does not involve emergency numbers or IMSI spoofing. The solution has been tested on iOS 5.0.1 with success. A tethered iOS 5.1 jailbreak should be supported as well.
We cannot vow for these steps, but we’ll reproduce them here for the sake of consistency. Proceed at your own risk:
1. Step one: Install Sam Bingner's SAM (Subscriber Artificial Module) package. I recommend that you get it from repo.bingner.com since older versions have a different interface and may not work for this purpose.
2. Enter SAM by either going through the settings menu or find the SAMPrefs icon on your springboard. You will need to have the SIM card you intend to use in your phone.
3. Go to utilities and select "De-Activate iPhone", your ActivationState under "More Information" should now be "Unactivated."
4. With SAM enabled, choose "By Country and Carrier" in "Method"; find your carrier, for some carriers operating more than one Carrier ID you may need to select "SIM ID"; easy to tell since iTunes will not activate if the wrong IMSI is selected.
5. Go to "More Information", copy or write down the IMSI in "SAM Details", then tap "Spoof Real SIM to SAM".
6. Go back to the main SAM screen and change your "Method" to manual. Paste or enter the IMSI string we saved in Step 5.
7. Connect your iPhone to your computer and allow iTunes to do its job (namely re-activating 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 1.
8. Unplug your phone, close iTunes.
9. Disable SAM. The source article says to uninstall SAM and delete your lockdownd folders; it's unnecessary.
10. Connect your phone to iTunes again, you should get an error saying that your phone cannot be activated. This is normal. Just close iTunes and open it again.
11. You should see signal bars in a short time, congratulations.
12. Push notifications may stop working after this procedure but can be easily restored with "clear push" utility in SAM followed by connecting to iTunes.