IPhone :: Unlocked 3GS Will Not Activate "No SIM Card Installed"
Apr 26, 2012
Unlocked (by AT&T) iPhone 3GS continually displays "There is no SIM card installed in the iPhone you are attempting to activate." I've tried different SIM cards and have also put in inactive AT&T SIM cards but the result is the same. The phone itself has been confirmed by both Apple and AT&T as being unlocked or, rather, waiting to be activated to become unlocked. The same process allowed me to unlock my iPhone 4 with ease, if that is at all relevant.
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iPhone 3GS, iOS 5.1
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Apr 23, 2012
How do i activate my iphone with no sim card installed
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Apr 18, 2012
It was working but signal from etisalat carrier was not so I turn it off until the apple logo appear but it cannot reboot it. Then I restore and updated the phone with itunes but know this message appear " There is no SIM card installed in the iPhone you are attempting to activate." The Man who sold me this iPhone told that this phone is from America and I thought it would work here like any other phone but in this case it doesn't work at all.
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iPhone 4, iOS 5.1
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Apr 15, 2012
So I got a new factory unlocked iphone 4s and I wanted to use it as an ipod and I was wondering can you activate the iphone with a unactivated sim card?
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1
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Jun 4, 2012
Hey there, i've seen this question on here a few times, but no advice for my situation has been given.
Like many other's, my iPhone 3GS was working perfectly until i did the new software update. The sim card is installed, i have taken the sim card in and out, and done a phone re-set by holding power and home buttons until the apple symbol appeared. The problem persists. I am now travelling in Vietnam, so contacting my provider or an Apple store isn't an option. The phone is outside of its guarantee. I had the phone unlocked in China, if this makes a difference.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Leanne xx
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iPhone 3GS, iOS 5.1
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Mar 19, 2012
my phone is still stuck to the activation set up. i though all will be well once the upgrade is done. what happened is worse, non-functional iphone.
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iPhone 3GS, iOS 5.1
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May 31, 2012
I have reset my phone to factory setting when I am activating i am getting the following error although I have my sim card loaded.,There is no sim card installed in the iphone you are trying to activate'.
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May 25, 2012
So my uncle has given me his iPhone 3GS, it was previously jailbroken and he has since had it unlocked. I restored the phone (as I don't want a jailbroken phone) but now it won't activate with my O2 SIM. When trying to activate over wifi it says the servers are temporily unavilable but when I try to activate through iTunes it says I need to insert a SIM card even though there is one already in there.
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Apr 12, 2012
i just bought a brand new iphone 4s factory unlocked online from an authorized apple reseller. Got the SIM from my preferred carrier but now i cannot activate my phone.i tunes says that there is no sim card installed in the iphone you are attempting to activate.phone says no sim card installed.i tried to remove and reinsert many times but nothing worked....i can't even tell which ios it is coz i cannot see the details of my phone....so i can't even jailbreak it?
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iPhone 4S
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Jun 23, 2012
I'm using my moms unlocked iPhone 3gs from AT&T, and i am currently using it on T-Mobile and i want to send my parents texts.Whcih they have no IOS device so when i send a text, it sends as imessage and not a text.So what can i do to activate imessage it's unsuccessful ?
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iPhone 3GS, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Jun 24, 2010
So my iphone 3g 8gb is having wifi problems, and I wanna take it to the apple store to get it fixed/replaced. The problem is, I am NOT on att, but t-mobile. So how would I show the Apple Geniuses my wifi problem without having my iphone jailbroken/unlocked. Since I am not on att, I cannot restore and activate the phone without jailbreaking it. How would I show them my wifi problem if all I have is the "Connect to iTunes to activate" screen? Or should I just take it in "hacktivated"/jailbroken?
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Apr 22, 2011
I am having a unlocked verizon black berry 9530. i want to activate GSM Blackberry services but unable to do so.
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Oct 14, 2015
I bought an unlocked at&t Samsung s5 active phone online and I'm unable to place a call on hold and retrieve another incoming call. the option just does not come up, even though i activated call waiting by going to advanced settings.
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May 7, 2012
ican't activate my phone says no sim card installed
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iPhone 3GS, iOS 5.1
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Apr 15, 2012
How do i activate an account without a sim card?
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Apr 20, 2012
my 4S iphone is freezing on the activation steps and it won't activate on any sim card carrier
Info:iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1, Serial number : C38GH82ADT9Y
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Apr 26, 2012
how do i activate my new sim card on my iphone,
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iPhone 4S
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May 9, 2012
I paid $500 dollars for this phone 3 years ago. Two years ago, I cancelled my service with AT&T because they were too expensive. I've been using my iPhone 3Gs as my MP3 player for those two years - never with any problems. Tonight, I plugged my iPhone into iTunes for the first time in a long time, downloaded the new software update, and now am unable to "activate" my iPhone. I don't want to activate my iPhone. I want to use it as an iPod like I have been. I paid $500 dollars for this thing. I'm not signing up for another contract. How do I get my iPod back?!
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iPhone 3GS, iOS 5.0.1, I'm livid.
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Jun 8, 2012
How can i activate my iphone 3g without a sim card.
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iPhone 3G
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Jun 14, 2012
how do i activate my 3G without official sim card
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iPhone 3G, iOS 3.1.2, activate
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Jun 20, 2012
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Jun 21, 2012
I live in Spain and I bought an iPhone 4S in a Spanish Vodafone Store, along with a pay as you go sim. I have come back to England for a break and just bought a Vodafone pay as you go sim card to use when I'm in the UK so I don't get charged "roaming" fees. However, the phone says the sim is not valid and says I need to enter the sim card I got with the handset.
It doesn't seem to make sense to me as I haven't tried to insert a different network provider's sim card, and even now my Spanish sim card is using "Vodafone UK" network, so I know they are linked.
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1.1
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Jun 3, 2014
I have a used sim card that i need to use on my iphone 4. When i try to activate my phone, it wants my apple id i used to activate the orignial phone. I don't remember it though. How do you know what apple id you used.
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iPhone 4, iOS 7.1.1
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Sep 12, 2014
i was given an iphone 4s with IOS 7.1.2 on it and there is no sim card and i don't have one and i was just wondering if i can still activate it without a sim card?
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iPhone 4S, iOS 7.1.2
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Apr 13, 2012
after intalling IOS Ver 5.1 update on my iphone4s my phone can not find Sim card and show the message "no Sim card installed". I restored my phone from itune backup but still it can not find sim card.
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1
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Apr 19, 2012
I just put in my request to unlock my iPhone 4 from AT&T.My contract has expired, and my old phone number is no longer active as of about 2 weeks ago, I also no longer live in the US (I've already travelled abroad), but they said that it would have no problem to unlock my iPhone as it's all done via iTunes. I still have my old AT&T Sim card, but the number is not activate and like I said I'm in another country.
I have heard for the unlock process to be completed you need an activate sim card installed in the phone. Does it matter what carrier's sim I use (can I use a local one?) or does it absolutely have to be an AT&T sim? I'm in Dubai now and have an active prepaid du sim card (they said it can easily be cut to micro-sim).
Contacting AT&T from here is a nightmare (the "international" number they gave me won't dial out and the website won't let me access my old account info since it's closed now and thus can't access their web chat either).
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iPhone 4, iOS 5.0.1
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Jun 2, 2012
The 3g does not have a working SIM card installed. It is running off of iOS 4.?.?
Info:iPhone 3GS
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Jun 5, 2012
I got unlocked iphone 3GS through AT&T yesterday, and after email confirmation followed instruction, plugged in with itune, did factory restore succesfully. But after that itune didn't activate my phone, showed me message 'There is no SIM CARD installed in the iPhnoe I called AT&T again, they said initial unlock wasn't successful, so they reset unlock again and asked me to do again factory restore and then activate through itune.Unfotunately I can't do that now, because after previous restore I can't see any update, backup, restore button in itune, only showing me above message 'No Sim card~'. Now AT&T asked me to contact Apple, since they unlocked iphone. Apple is asking $29 , but they are not sure if they can resolve this. Also I am not in USA, so not carrying any AT&T or US number. Apple is suggesting buy new AT&T SIM and do this factory restore again, not sure if it will help.
Now I have 2 case open with AT&T and Apple, but both are passing envelope to each other. I'm feeling like a fool, since my iphone was working earlier with local unlock, but became greedy by hearing that AT&T is officially unlocking phone (which they did I guess So thought of upgrade to latest versions etc. I think I digged my grave.
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Jun 19, 2012
4gs keeps saying no sim card installed and not getting a signal?
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iPhone 4S
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Jun 27, 2012
Help any ideas my I phone says no sim card installed
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1.1
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Jul 16, 2010
I'm the lucky man who found a lost iphone. I managed to recharge the battery with my ipod wire, and now I'm trying to use it. The phone is, right now, like an ipod but it seems to don't recognize my sim card. I checked the firmware version, is 3.1.3 (7E18).The operator is "Orange switzerland 5.2" First of all, is any sim card good for an iphone? And if so, what should i do to make the phone work with mine?
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