I want to use my old iphone 3GS

Basically i restore my old iphone 3gs and i want to use it as a ipod touch. However i need to activate it. I read another post where you can use an old sim card to activate it but when i did it said it canot be used to be activated. Im not sure becuase it was a cingulair sim card. Can i just use my current sim card then just take it out?

AwesomeSaucetheGod wrote:
Basically i restore my old iphone 3gs and i want to use it as a ipod touch. However i need to activate it. I read another post where you can use an old sim card to activate it but when i did it said it canot be used to be activated. Im not sure becuase it was a cingulair sim card. Can i just use my current sim card then just take it out?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3406
not sure if the problem may be because ATT purchased Cingular a long time ago.

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