How to use Gevey SIM with iOS 5 beta 2? Yup! It still works!

I previously tweeted that Gevey SIM doesn’t work on iOS 5 beta 2 and its future releases. But now a friend of mine has confirmed that it still works. @MuscleNerd recently tweeted that Apple has fixed the Gevey SIM’s force activates your iPhone without needing root access to your iPhone.

[alert_box type=”Error”] Warning: iOS 5 is still in Beta. Please do not update to iOS 5 until it hits the final version. I highly recommend you to stay away from this update. Make sure you are on 4.10.1 baseband! [/alert_box]

Here’s how you can use Gevey SIM with iOS 5 beta 2 [Tested on Windows]:

  1. Download Sn0wbreeze from here. Sn0wbreeze is a utility to build Custom Firmware using Windows.
  2. Once you cook the firmware, just restore it with iTunes 10.5 beta 2. And you are good to go!

I will post a detailed tutorial on how to cook custom firmware using Sn0wbreeze soon.

[alert_box] Note: This is still in testing phase. I will confirm this very soon about what works, and what is broken. [/alert_box]

Update: Here are the pics:

Thanks @ehhmad for confirming this!

  • manik

    The problem's with the new baseband or its actually fixed within iOS?
    i.e would tinyumbrella work?

    • I guess its with the new Baseband. I’m still investigating it. Will confirm soon! 🙂

  • manik

    The problem's with the new baseband or its actually fixed within iOS?
    i.e would tinyumbrella work?

  • ehhmad

    its with the new baseband and not with the os. So I am on 4.10 on iOS 5b2 and my Garvey works

  • Yeah. Thanks for the tip. 🙂

  • iPhoneGuy

    i have ios 5 beta 2 on bb 3.10.01 and guess what….. it works!!!!

    • Cool! Thanks for the headsup! 🙂

  • Cool! Thanks for the headsup! 🙂

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