I bought my iphone 2nd hand off trade me (similar to ebay). I now have a sneaking suspicion that it was bought overseas and now it has locked? It has come up with cannot read sim card, and cannot be activated.
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iPhone 3GS
I updated my iphone 4 from version 4 to version 5. Now I am not able to activate it. It says the sim card is not compatible. I would like to restore it to the pre-update status. How do I do that?
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iPhone 4, iOS 4.3.1
I followed the unlocked instruction from AT&T to restore my 3GS iPhone from factory settings. After completing restoring, follow the steps to set up the phone and stuck at activation screen. I inserted AT&T SIM card and connected to iTune but still failed to activate with following error message on iTune: "There is no SIM card installed in the iphone you are attempting to activate. Please disconnect and insert a SIM card in the iPhone." I have retry several times (including disconnect and reinsert the sim) but no luck.
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iPhone 3GS, iOS 4.3.3
I -tunes made me restore the phone, with out the option of back up. So i did because it went to recovery mode. Then it said your attempting to activate a phone that has no sim card. So i went to ATT and bought one. They couldn't get it to activate and said try from your pc in i-tunes or go see Apple. I-tunes is still telling me no sim even after reinstalling I-tunes and another restore and update to latest software. ?
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iPhone 3GS, iOS 5.1.1
I insert the SIM but and pluged it with itunes but still not Activate
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iPhone 3GS, iOS 5.1.1
When I decided to finally update my iPhone 4s from ios 6.0.1 to 7.1.2, it said I required a SIM card to activate it. The only problem is that my iphone locked to one company in Ireland, and the SIM card is in Ireland too. I'm now in New Zealand, and I have no access to unlock it, having asked Spark NZ, and Vodafone for Unlocks. Is there any way to activate my iPhone without a SIM Card?
View 1 Replies View RelatedThe two iPhone 4s I ordered will be here tomorrow to be activated on a family plan for me and my brother. Email from AT&T with activation instructions mention connecting to iTunes. If they are activated on one iTunes account, can one be transferred to a different iTunes account later? Reason I'm asking is because I'm a telecommuter so will be home and can take care of it all tomorrow. My brother doesn't get home from work until 7:30 pm so wondering if I should wait to let him activate his own phone or not. He has his own computer....I need to ask him if he has an iTunes account.
Does it matter one way or the other? If we keep both on one iTunes account, how do apps work? Do they install on just one phone or will they install on both? Right now I have a bunch of free apps selected but I image one or the other of us will want to buy something eventually.
My iPhone 4 shipped, yay! This is my first iPhone upgrade and have never needed to restore the backup from my 3g to a new phone. So my question is. I have my new IP4 shipping to my house but I sync with iTunes on my work computer.
Can I activate my new IP4 on iTunes on my home PC in the evening when I get home to my shiny new phone and then restore all my settings, data and apps from my work PC iTunes the next morning at work? Or do I need to just wait until I get to work to activate the new phone?
I called AT&T about 15 days to request an unlock for my iPhone. Yesterday I got the confirmation email explainig that the IMEI number was unlocked and that I should follow this steps to unlock it:
To complete the unlock, simply:
1. Open iTunes on your Mac or PC and verify that you have internet connectivity.
2. Connect your iPhone using the dock connector to USB cable that came with your iPhone.
3. Backup and restore your iPhone using iTunes . [url]...
4. After restoring, your iPhone will be unlocked.
Well I have done that. And the iPhone won't activate. I have inserted my sim card from Argentina (TELECOM PERSONAL is the company) but when I connect to iTunes it gives me this message:
Your request couldn't be processed. We are sorry, but there was an error processing your request. Please try again later. I have, too, tried to do it through the iPhone, in the activation screen (where it is stuck, by the way) but the same, error message.
Info:iPhone 4, iOS 5.1.1
I restored iOS in my 3GS iphone. It has been listed under devices of the iTunes window but a message is saying there is no sim card installed in the iphone you are attempting to activate. What shall I do to activate my iphone?
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iPhone 3GS
For the past week or so I've been trying to purchase songs from the store and receive a prompt that unable to connect. updates are good.
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iPhone 4, iOS 5.1.1
I cannot read Greek in some internet pages after I updated to v40.
View 6 Replies View RelatedHas anyone else experienced this. I have a BBStorm.
I did not know my media files were saved on my SD card. I thought they were saved on my device.
In the options, under Memory, it says Media Card cannot be read. Verify that the memory card has been formatted.
First I took the memory SD mini card 8G out and put it back in.
Still same message.
So then I went to Format and formatted it...as it asked me to do.
Error message came up. Saying Format Failed.
However all my files are gone.
I am so mad that my blackberry told me to ensure it was formatted. Everything is gone off my BB.
Is there a way to recover this data?
I haven't backed up my BB before.
I used to be able to sync my iphone 4 to itunes with no problems, all of a sudden every time I plug it in I get a message that says itunes can't read the contents of my iphone, restore to factory settings. I do not want to restore it and lose all of my information on the phone. I have tried a different usb cable and port, and restarting the phone and neither one worked. I can sync and back up my phone on itunes again.
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iPhone 4, iOS 5.1
My sister installed the latest iOS 5 update (5.1.1) last night. Now whenever she connects the iPhone to her iTunes, she gets the following message :- " iTunes cannot read the contents of 'iPhones 3GS'. Go to summary tab in iPhone preferences and click Restore to restore this iPhone to factory settings. " We have both googled this and cannot find any alternative to a factory restore. However, we found cases where iPhone users with this issue have done the restore only for it to only work one time and the next sync gives the warning again.
View 2 Replies View RelatedMy new iphone 4s can not read the simcard! What can I do?
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1.1
when i put sim card into my device it says NO SIM CARD INSTALLED . what should i do?
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iPhone 4, iOS 5.0.1
iPhone is not reading the sim card
View 8 Replies View RelatedI bought a couple of ebooks at the iTunes Store a little while ago and can not read them on my iphone 4s. Yes I have dowloaded "iBooks" and when I go to Newsstand these books do not appear. Fist of all I had down loaded the books from iTunes>Store On my Macbook to load into my iPhone. So in order to read these books on iPhone am I supposed to purchase them through iTunes Store on my iPhone explicitly? Is that the only way I get to read them on my iphone? Ad if so, then why does iTunes seel them from iTunes Store on my Macbook?
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1
Itunes won't pickup my iphone 4s as a device, how I can fix this?
View 1 Replies View RelatedEvery time I connect my phone to my laptop (Windows 8 system), iTunes tells me it can't read the contents of the phone and suggests resetting it. basically bordering on the obscene amount. If I had to pick an actual number of times, I'd say at least 20 over a week's time. Every single time I set up the phone, either from a back up or as a new phone, neither option fixes the problem, iTunes says it's syncing and then syncs nothing to the phone like it says it has. I usually try syncing a few more times just in case, but it never puts anything on the phone. I've uninstalled all Apple programs from my computer and re-installed them, I've taken my phone to the store I bought it at and had a completely new phone sent to me, I've reset it a billion times, I've turned it off and back on again, I've made sure to use the eject button every time I unplug the phone from the computer, I've checked to make sure I have the latest software updates, I use the cord from Apple and not a copycat version, and still every time (except for right after reset, before unplugging for the first time) iTunes says it can't read my phone and I need to reset it.
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iPhone 5c, iOS 7.1.2
i have updated itunes 10.6 but i cant sync my iphone 4s
View 2 Replies View RelatedI updated my iphone to the latest software tonight, but now I can't sync my phone to itunes. It gets stuck at the first step and then it just errors. I reset my device in an attempt to fix, but unfortunately it didn't fix it. At least I had all my music, apps and movies before, now I literally just have a blank phone that wont sync.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI needed to update my Iphone 3GS so to do this I needed to have the latest version of itunes. Before I updated itunes it could recognise that my iphone had been connected to the USB. Now it has been updated it doesnt recognise it and that means I cant update it or find it on itunes.
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iPhone 3GS
I even resetted my setting on my phone ...
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iPhone 4S, iOS 7.1.1
my phone has been erased and now will not read sim card. how can i activate without sim?
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iPhone 5, iOS 7.1.2, no sim read
just updated iphone to ios 5.1.1 and phone will not detect sim card
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iPhone 4, iOS 5.1
I updated itunes to the version 10. whatever then updated my jailbroken iphone 3Gs to IOS 5 that i use for T mobile and i followed all the steps it gave me and now it doesnt read my SIM card or anything!!
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iPhone 3GS, iOS 5.0.1
My factory unlocked 3gs 32gb, it hvng ios 4.1...i updated it to ios 5.1 using itunes..after that my dialog sim is not detecting..it shows no service..
Info:iPhone 3GS, iOS 5.1
I updated my iPhone 4 to iOS 7.2.1 but when I connect to my computer to sync Outlook it says the iPhone needs iTunes 11.1 - didn't iTunes update when I upgraded the iOS?
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iPhone 4, iOS 7.1.2
i need to update my apps but it wont let me log in. my email address and password are correct as i can log into itunes through the computer it just wont let me through my phone?Â
also it keeps asking me to enter my outlook passoword and telling me it is incorrect but again when i sign in on the computer the same information i enter lets me sign inÂ
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iPhone 4, iOS 7.1.1
