|
The iPhone Wiki is no longer updated. Visit this article on The Apple Wiki for current information. |
Scam Jailbreaks and Unlocks
This is an incomplete list of community-reported scam sites that pretend to distribute or sell jailbreaking and unlocking tools/services. (There are tons of other scam sites not listed here yet.)
If you see a site selling jailbreaking or unlocking software (or asking you to do a survey before downloading), it's a scam. Some legitimate forms of unlocking are not free - third-party IMEI unlocks and SIM interposer devices both cost money - but ultrasn0w is always free.
Please contribute to this list if you find a scam site. By listing them here, we can help people find good information when they search Google for more information about these sites. (If your site is listed here and you believe that's a mistake, you can register an account and remove it from the list.)
Make sure not to link to these pages, as all links will boost their Google ranking.
Jailbreak fakes
| Domain | Notes |
|---|---|
| 7jailbreak.com | On-device survey scam |
| alphajailbreak.com | Survey scam |
| alpinejb.blogspot.com | Fake |
| celtikios7.com | Survey scam |
| downgradeiphone.com | Sells a false promise (universal iOS/baseband downgrade) for $29 |
| ecydia.com | Sells an unspecified tool for $24.99 |
| equsi0n.com | Survey scam |
| evad3rsdevteam.com | Survey scam, copy of evasi0n.com |
| evad3rs-devteam.com | Copy of evasi0n.com |
| evad3rsteam.com | Survey scam |
| evasi0nblog.com | Repackaged evasi0n |
| evasi0ndevteam.com | Sells evasi0n for $15 |
| evasi0njb.net | Copy of evasi0n.com |
| evasion-jailbreak.com | Survey scam |
| evasion-jailbreak7.com | Survey scam |
| evasi0n-jailbreak.net | Survey scam, copy of evasi0n.com |
| evasionjailbreak.net | Survey scam, copy of evasi0n.com |
| evasi0n-official.com | Survey scam, loosely copied from evasi0n.com |
| evasl0n.blogspot.com | Survey scam, copy of evasi0n.com |
| ex0dus-jailbreak.com | Unspecified tool, claims to be developed by @planetbeing and @pimskeks. Survey scam after being strung along downloading a fake tool which requires a patch, said patch download requiring survey completion. |
| factory-directme.com | Sells redsn0w for $14.95 |
| firest0rm.net | Survey scam |
| freed0md00r.com | Survey scam |
| future7ios7.com | Survey scam |
| getthebest365.com | Sells unspecified tool for $27.00 |
| icysn0w.com | Survey scam |
| ievad3rs.com | Survey scam |
| ijailbreak-iphone.com | Sells an unspecified tool for $19.95 |
| ijailbreaktool.com | Sells an unspecified tool for $24.99 |
| imessagewin.com | Claims to have iMessage for Windows platform. Survey scam. |
| ineedjailbreak.com | Sells evasi0n / redsn0w for $24.95 |
| inj3ct3d.klikkit.co.uk | asking for donations to publish a non-existent jailbreak |
| ios-6-1-4-jailbreak.com | Survey scam |
| ipadjailbreak3.com | Forwards to jailbreakunlock.org |
| iphone5break.com | Sells unspecified tool for $49.99 |
| iphonejailbreakplus.com | Sells evasi0n / redsn0w for $29.95 |
| iphonejailbreak-unlock.com | Sells unspecified tool for $27.00 |
| jailbreak-absinthe.com | Survey scam |
| jailbreak-ios-7.com | Tells people to go to thejailbreakshop.com |
| jailbreak-my-ipad.org | Sells evasi0n / redsn0w for $29.95 per month |
| jailbreak-team.com | Sells an unspecified tool for $29.99 |
| jailbreakandunlock1.pressdoc.com | Blog that is about jailbreak and unlock which uses fake tools. |
| jailbreakbj.com | Survey scam |
| jailbreakios7untethered.com | Survey scam, all set up in advance for iOS 7 |
| jailbreakiphone5s.com | Tells people to go to thejailbreakshop.com |
| jailbreakmenow.net | Sells unspecified tools for $19.95, $29.95, and $39.95 |
| jailbreaknewiphone.com | Survey scam after being strung along downloading a fake tool |
| jailbreakunlock.info | Sells unspecified tools for $19.95, $29.95, and $39.95 |
| jailbreakunlock.org | Sells evasi0n / redsn0w for $14.95 |
| latestiphoneunlock.com | Sells an unspecified tool for $9.95 or $29.95 |
| newios7jailbreak.com | Directs visitors to unlock-jailbreak.net |
| overcast7.com | Survey scam |
| pod2gblog.blogspot.com | Copy of pod2g's blog |
| p0sixspwn.co | Windows version is a malware downloader that eventually downloads the real p0sixspwn |
| purpletools.wordpress.com and all the other sites/people offering similar stuff | Scam - It sells PurpleRestore and other internal tools at high price promising they'll allow to downgrade any device/firmware and to install any firmware on any device (e.g. iOS 6.1.3 on iPhone 3G). |
| redpois0n.net | Survey scam |
| redsn0w-r9-new.blogspot.com | Survey scam, text is ripped from Dev-Team Blog |
| rocky-racoon.com | Survey scam, copy of Dev-Team Blog |
| safera1n.com | Sells an unspecified tool for $24.99 |
| silv3rwind.com | Sells an unspecified tool for $20 |
| synergyjailbreak.com | Survey scam |
| team7jailbreak.com | On-device survey scam (redirects to 7jailbreak.com). Known to spam on Twitter |
| theios7jailbreaker.com | Directs people to scam sites (ijailbreakpro.com, appleunlocker.com, ijailbreaktool.com) |
| thejailbreakshop.com | Sells an unspecified tool for $29.97 and $49.97 |
| u7xjailbreak.com | Survey scam |
| unja1l.com | Survey scam |
Scam jailbreak and unlock sites
| Domain | Notes |
|---|---|
| appleunlocker.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $19.95 |
| cheapestiphoneunlock.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $9.99 |
| deblocage-iphone-fr.com | Sells unspecified unlocking software for €29.99 |
| desbloquear-iphone-pro.com | Sells unspecified unlocking software for €29.99 |
| e-imeiunlock.com | Survey scam |
| easyiphoneunlocking.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $24.95 |
| easyunlockiphone.net | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $24.99 |
| easyunlockingsolutions.com | Sells unspecified unlocking software for $19.99 |
| how-jailbreak-iphone.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $19.95 |
| ijailbreakpro.com | Sells redsn0w for $29.90, $39.90, or $49.90 |
| ios7jailbreaker.net | Survey scam |
| ios7jailbreak.fr | Survey scam |
| iphone5break.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $49.99 |
| iphone-instant-unlock.com | Sells unspecified unlocking software for $14.95 |
| iphone-unlock-pro.com | Redirects to unlock4iphone.com, desbloquear-iphone-pro.com, and deblocage-iphone-fr.com |
| iphone-unlocker-pro.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $24.95 |
| iphone-unlock-me.com | Sells unspecified unlocking software for $14.95 |
| iphone-unlockme.com | Sells unspecified unlocking software for $14.95 |
| iphoneunlocker.org.uk | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for £14.99 |
| iphoneunlockersoftware.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $24.97 |
| iphoneunlockplus.com | Sells unspecified unlocking software for $22.99 |
| iphoneunlockwiz.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $29.97 |
| jailbreakmenow.net | Sells unspecified tools for $19.95, $29.95, and $39.95 |
| myappledownload.com | Sells undefined non-existing jailbreaks, unlocks, downgrades for $19.99 |
| phoneunlockguy.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $14.95 |
| solutions-directme.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking software for $14.95 |
| superiorsim.com | Sells SIM interposers, reported to be a scam by various websites |
| superunlockiphone.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for £14.99 |
| tracyandmatt.co.uk | Refers victims to unlock-jailbreak.net |
| transx-solutions.com | Sells software for $14.95 which does not say what it is. Also requires a download |
| trusted-iphone-unlocker.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $24.95 |
| ultimateiphoneunlocker.com | Sells unspecified unlocking software for $19.95 |
| unlock4iphone.com | Sells unspecified unlocking software for $29.99 |
| unlock-apple-iphone.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $29.99 |
| unlockiphone.org | Sells unspecified unlocking software for $24.95 |
| unlock-ijailbreak.net | Added a letter to the URL, otherwise it's the same site as unlock-jailbreak.net |
| unlock-jailbreak.net | Sells unspecified unlocking software for $24.99 |
| unlock-jailbreak-iphone.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $24.99 |
| unlock-the-iphone.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $29.95, $37.95, or $49 |
| unlockimeiiphone.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking tool for $19.95 |
| unlockiphone.net | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking tool |
| unlockiphoneios5.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $14.95 |
| unlockiphonenow.org | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $24.99 |
| unlockiphonepro.com | Sells unspecified jailbreaking + unlocking software for $24.99 |
| ultrasn0wtool.com | Claims to unlock via a GUI app |
| ziphone.org | Directs visitors to easyiphoneunlocking.com |
