HT3406 I have a iPhone 3 want to turn it into an iPod touch

I have an iPhone 3 I want to turn it into an ipod touch for my son a post that I have read to help me with this says to use a sim card from your new phone you can not do that. I now have he iPhone 4 sims cards for the new iPhones r micro!! Please help me with this

If you need to activate iPhone 3G you need a SIM Card from the Original Carrier when the iPhone was first sold brand new. It can be an old no longer active SIM Card, but from Original Carrier. If the iPhone is from US then you need an ATT SIM Card, even a Cingular SIM Card will work. ATT Store will give you SIM Card for free. Or find anyone with an old ATT SIM card if iPhone is again Originally from US.

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  • Hello can someone help me I have an iphone 4 and my daughter has an ipod touch we are on the same email address but somehow with in the last 25hrs all of my contacts are gone and only hers on on my phone is there a way for me to get all my contacts back?

    Hello can someone help me I have an iphone 4 and my daughter has an ipod touch we are on the same email address but somehow with in the last 25hrs all of my contacts are gone and only hers on on my phone is there a way for me to get all my contacts back?

    If you need assistance with finding any of your restores or attempting to restore from any that happened prior to his incident follow this article
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
    IF you do find a backup that has your contacts; I'd /highly/ recommand turning off your wifi network after the restore is finished because if the issue is with your iCloud your contacts may merge back with her's.
    With iCloud you DO NOT want to share the account; bad things happen Evil evil thigns...
    But in all seriousness; if two devices have the same iCloud; iCloud is told to merge and sync infomation between hte two and can't tell that it doesn't belong to the same person

  • I have an iphone 4 and i just bought an ipod touch 5th gen.  I need to sync everything from my iphone 4 to my new ipod touch.  Please read description beloew for further.

    I have an iphone 4 16 gb and got an ipod touch 64 gb because i needed more momory.  i need to sycn everything from my iphone 4 to my ipod touch 5th gen i just bought.  i just downloaded the latest version of itunes as well.  To be honest, the newest version of itunes is hard to use and not as user friendly in my opinion - or i may not know how to use it yet.  Anyways, i tried to backup my iphone to itunes and then restore my new ipod from the backup of the iphone 4, but it only backed up phoyos, contacts, and two other things (games was not one of them).  Then when I restored my ipod, that is all that downloaded onto the ipod as well.  I would really appreciate if someone would be able to provide me with detailed instructions as to how to be able to download everything from my iphone 4 to my ipod touch 5th generation.  Thanks in advance!

    Well first you need to sync your iPhone 4 with your Mac/PC so that it will transfer all your music, apps, podcasts, etc. Then sync your iPod Touch and the media you selected during the sync should be there on your iPhone. If you have difficulty in transferring media from iPhone to your computer, try softwares like TransCopy. They will help in transferring data from your iphone to your computer. Dont forget to check that all the transferred data is in the iTunes media folder so that the iTunes can locate the files. Link to Transcopy software :
    http://www.copytrans.net/copytrans.php

  • HT3406 Using a Verizon iPhone 4 (no sim card) as an iPod touch.

    If I were to buy a Verizon iPhone 4 from someone would I be able to use it as an iPod touch? I looked at the apple article about using an iPhone without service and it says that I need a sim card to activate it. Well the Verizon iPhone 4 never came with a sim card. Does this mean that inorder to use the phone as an iPod touch, I need to have service on it?

    TheChaka wrote:
    I'm buying the phone off craigslist, and I want to know if I'll be able to use it as an iPod without having to pay for a service agreement. I just want to listen to music.
    Yes, you certainly can.  You will still want to plug it into iTunes and activate it with Apple (has notthing to do with cellular service) so you can download music and apps to it.  An iPhone not associated with a cellular service contract is effectively nothing more than an iPod Touch anyway.
    If the seller does not do so, you'd be best to also do a full restore on it to set it up as new for yourself and your content and use.
    Since this is a CDMA iPhone, in order to be sure the cellular radio is not wasting power, just enable airplane mode, then re-enable just wifi.  That will leave the cellular radio OFF and power on just the wifi radio.
    I used my old iPhone 3Gs as an iPod Touch for a good couple of years, no problems with that intended use.
    (p.s. if this was a GSM iPhone, then yes, you would need a SIM, any SIM, in it in order to activate it in iTunes.  For a CDMA phone, you simply skip that part of the process - just plug it in and activate in iTunes).

  • I have numerous different apple products with the new lightening connector, all of which have broken or stopped working after just short periods of time, I have an iPhone 5C, and iPad mini and and iPod Touch 5th gen?

    Hi, I have numerous different Apple products, an iphone 5c, iPad mini and iPod touch 5th gen.
    I have had them all for only relatively short periods of time yet the lightning cable has stopped working on all of them?
    On the touch, charging has stopped completely?
    Is this a manufacturing issue with the new charging system?

    Hi, yes I'm using the original apple cables.
    This definitely isn't user error nor confined just to me, the devices are used by different people in the home.
    On a quick sample around the office (survey of 7 people let me add) 4 of them said the cables had broken on them and had to be replaced.
    Having also searched through the forums it appears this is a fairly widespread issue.
    It's defo not user error!

  • I have an iPhone 5 and got my daughter an iPod Touch. I set it up using my apple ID so she could use my iTunes. Now we are having contacts synch issues and she is receiving some text message threads that I exchange with other iPhone users.

    What is the best practice here? I want her to have her own contacts, etc., but to be able to download music and aps from the store using my account, and to synch her music with my iTunes. Any suggestions? Thanks!

    - On her iPod go to Settings>iCloud  and turn off contacts and other things if you want.
    - On the iPod go to Settings>Messages>Send and Receive and add here own email address and delete the Apple ID email address. Also uncheck yur phone number if it appears. The only way to delete the phone number is to use an Apple ID not associated with the phone. You do that in Settings>Messages>Apple ID
    You can go to Settings>FaceTime>Yu can be reached at and add here email and delete the Apple ID.

  • How can i turn my iphone 4s into an ipod touch, the phone has been deactivated and has been recovered, i also do not have a sim card for the phone... can anyone help me.

    How can i turn my iphone 4s into an ipod touch, the phone has been deactivated and has been recovered, i also do not have a sim card for the phone... can anyone help me.

    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3406
    Apple recommended process

  • HT201269 I have an IPhone 4 that turns off.When I plug the phone into a outlet, it says to connect to iTunes. But my phone doesn't connect. I need to backup info to sync to a new iPhone. Is there another way to get the info from the old one?

    I have an IPhone 4 that turns off on its own. When I plug the phone into an outlet, it says to connect to iTunes. When i connect my phone to itunes, the screen displays the apple icon and doesn't connect to iTunes.  I need to backup info on this phone so I can apply my back up to a new iPhone. Is there any another way i can do this? My older phone will not show it's connected to iTunes. I used iCloud on the phone with problems, but I didn't back up all the info thru iCloud. Is there another way to back up?

    Sounds like your phone is in recovery mode.  In this case, all data on it is gone.  There's nothing to back up.

  • Turn My iPhone 4 into an iPod Touch?

    Hi,
    I'm sorry if this question has been asked (seems like it would be a fairly common question). I've used the search feature, as well as Google, but most of the threads/answers I've found seem to be "one-off" type of questions that don't really address the general issue.
    Anyway, I had an iPhone 4. I just bought a new iPhone 5s. I simply want to turn the iPhone 4 into an iPod touch so that I can continue to use it to listen to music and podcasts while I'm exercising (seems like a better option than to risk dropping my brand new iPhone). What do I need to do this? Do I need to remove the SIM card? If so, how do I do this?
    Thanks.

    Hi All,
    I too have a question on this. I have upgraded to the 5s and want to give my iphone 4 to my daughter to use as an ipod touch with no sim. I'm having difficulty setting up imessage and facetime on the device? I've followed a few posts an have erased all contents and all settings, put the old sim in (it is still active with network), set the phone up using itunes account with sim in with no success.... Waiting for activation...... is the status
    You could/can use imessage and facetime on my old ipod touch so am I right in thinking that you can also do this with the iphone 4 with no sim?
    If so how..............

  • Can you turn an iPhone into an iPod touch when no longer used as a phone?

    Can anyone help with turning an iPhone that is no longer in use into an iPod touch?

    If it is your old one and is already activated in your iTunes software, Just keep using it.  You don't need to do anything to it.  Without an cellular service account linked to it anymore, it is now, effectively, an iPod touch (although if you leave the SIM card in it, it could still be used for emergency calls, at least in the USA).
    If this is one that you do not have, or never had, activated in iTunes then follow the instructions here - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3406 to activate it in iTunes so you can still sync it and so forth.

  • I have downloaded cds into my itunes library and want to load them ont my ipod touch.  it is only transferring music that i have purchased.  How come?

    I have downloaded cds into my itunes library and want to load them ont my ipod touch.  it is only transferring music that i have purchased.  I did not have this problem with my iphone or my old ipod touch.  How come?

    Do they play in iTunes on the computer?
    Did you use the iTunes import feature?
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12486
    What is the format of the songs? Select a song and right click and select Get Info and go to the Summary tab

  • I have an iphone 4 that i use as an iPod. it is not connected to a telephone company. I updated to ios7 and now it won't sync with my computer

    I have an iphone 4 that I use as an iPod. It is not connected to a wireless network. I have updated to the IOS 7 and now it won't sync with my computer. Does anyone know what could possibly be the problem?

    Contacts are designed to be synced to a supported application on the computer or a cloud service.
    Pictures taken with the device are designed to regularly be copied off the device to a computer as would be done with any digital camera.
    If you have failed to use the device as designed it may be too late to recovery anything.
    Is the device regularly backed up to a computer via iTunes?  If so, the most recent backup (when restored to a replacement iOS device) should contain all contacts and pictures as of when the backup was created.

  • I have few PDf files on my computer and I want to add them to my ipod touch, please tell me the procedure on how should I do that? Secondly I want to run these Pdf files through the ibook app, as it also have the Pdf file sections

    I have few PDf files on my computer and I want to add them to my ipod touch, please tell me the procedure on how should I do that? Secondly I want to run these Pdf files through the ibook app, as it also have the Pdf file sections

    You should be able to just place them in your Books library in iTunes and check to ensure that your Book library is configured to sync to your iPod when you sync your iPod to iTunes.

  • HT2967 I have an iPhone and keep my calendar into it.  I have synced all photos. How do I get the calendar to sync with my MacBook Pro?

    I have an iPhone and keep my calendar into it.  I have synced all photos. How do I get the calendar to sync with my MacBook Pro?

    Enable iCloud on both, and Calendars on the iPhone should sync with iCal on the Mac wirelessly.

  • If I buy an iPhone 4S (the unlocked and contract-free version), do I need to add a microSIM card if I just want to use it as an iPod Touch?

    If I buy an iPhone 4S (the unlocked and contract-free version), do I need to add a microSIM card if I just want to use it as, essentially, an iPod Touch? I'll probably get a microSIM card eventually, but I just need the wi-fi based technology now. Anyone know?

    It will not do anything (other than call 911) until you activate it with a microSIM. Look into an iPod Touch instead.

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