Activate IPhone Sim Card

Today, I got a new iPhone Unlocked and when I went to start it it will not activate with the Sim Card. How can I get my phone to work? It is the same Sim card I have been using since I first got an Iphone last year. I have TMobile and this is fustrating

Where exactly did you get the phone?

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Hello I would like to ask I have a problem with the Iphone 3gs 32 g I don install the ios 6.0 and now I can not activate the sim card .... I do not even know what's centenary advise me thank you

Hello
I would like to ask I have a problem with the Iphone 3gs 32 g
I don install the ios 6.0 and now I can not activate the sim card .... I do not even know what's centenary advise me thank you

Did you already try the suggestions from this article?
Symptoms
In certain situations, iPhone may present one of the following symptoms:
"Invalid SIM" or "No SIM Card installed" alert appears intermittently.
Status bar displays "No Service", "No SIM" or "Searching" in a location with good network coverage.
Resolution
If you encounter any of the above symptoms on your iPhone, try these steps to attempt to resolve the issue:
Update your iPhone to the latest version of iOS.
Toggle Airplane mode On and Off.
Try turning iPhone off and then on again.
Check for a carrier settings update. Tap Settings > General > About. If an update is available, a prompt will appear.
Remove the SIM Card and verify that it is a valid, carrier-manufactured SIM. Also verify that it is not damaged, worn, or modified. Then reinsert it.
Restore the iPhone.
copied from iPhone: Troubleshooting No Service or No SIM

If you restore your iphone 3g would you need to activate you sim card? how to do you acticvtae your sim card?

if you restore your iphone 3g would you need to activate you sim card? how to do you acticvtae your sim card?

Restoring the iPhone requires reactivation, which in turn requires a SIM card.

Can I use my old ATT/iphone sim card in a new iphone?

So, I want to get a new iPhone and put my first AT&T/iPhone sim card, the card that came in my first iPhone into.....will this work? normal activation thru iTunes? and tips, tricks, suggestions, etc.
thanks in advance,
Eric

You have to activate the iPhone because you have to active your iPhone account. This isn't just another phone that you can switch SIM cards between and it work.
I don't know what "back door" you're talking about but I hope that you would know by now the iPhone is not another regular cell phone. But it most certainly does work with any AT&T SIM.

Cant Activate iPhone, Sim problems.

I was excited about IOS 5 so after a while of failing attempts I managed to get it on my phone.
And now another problem I cant Activate my SIM card, I think the problem is with the SIM card itself since its an old one, and I had problems with it before, and wasnt using it. Since Im taking classes in a foreign country I just bought a crappy prepaid cellphone for comunication and used my Iphone as an Ipod and to manage my activities at school before instaling the new IOS. I cant get my hands on a new SIM card, since Im out of the country... :S
What can I do to activate my Iphone? I really need it for school.
Any help is appreciated, thanks.

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Can I put my iphone sim card into my ipad mini?

Can I put my iphone sim card into my ipad mini?

Depends on the model of iPhone, and the actual cellular plan it has.
If its an iPhone 5 with an unlimited Data Plan you may be able to do it.
Any other model of iPhone or a plan without a data packcage will not work.

Can I use my iPhone SIM card in another phone?

While I save up to get my iphone repaired, can I use my iPhone sim card in my Motorolla Rockr (my prior phone) or do I need to buy a new one? ATT said the sim in my Rockr is permanently disabled...
I would just try it but I'm at work and don't have my iphone here. I want to pickup a sim card on my way home if I can't...

You can use the sim card from the iPhone in any AT&T phone.

HT1349 Where do I go on the iPad to activate the sim card?

Where do I go on the iPad to activate the sim card?

The SIM card should already be activated. To turn-on cellular data, go to Settings-->Cellular Data and turn it on. Once its on you can sign up for a monthly data plan on the same screen.
If you are getting a SIM error about it not being active, or it just won't turn on, you'll need to call your carrier (ATT or Verizon).

What is stored, in addition to contacts, on the iPhone sim card?

Other than Contacts, what is stored on the iphone sim card?

The iPhone can store contacts to the SIM Card, but this is not supported by Apple, but the iPhone can actually write to the SIM Card. The iPhone can read contacts from the SIM Card, so if any contacts are present, it can read them perfectly.
The SIM Card stores your personal phone number and has the User specific Carrier ICCID number among other possible proprietary information.

Itunes doesn't recognize iphone sim card after installing io5

I sent hours trying to upgrade my Iphone 3gs to io5 and now Itunes doesn't recognize the phone sim card, I only have a message saying 'There is no sim card in the Iphone you are trying to activate'. Iphone is no longer under warranty, so I don't know what to do if doesn't work any more.
Any advice very welcome Thank you!

Same problem with my 3GS :
Impossible to activate IOS 5 because itunes say "sorry there is no sim inside"...
I tried everything and the problem is found on many forum. many people can not activate their iPhone after installing the update.

Iphone Sim Card problems and updating and restoring problems

I bought a iphone about 1 year ago and about 2 months ago i was not able to see any wifi connections in the area or connect to any even though i was sure that there was a wifi nearby and my fellow coleauges could connect to it with their iphone. I thought that this might have something to do with the "restrictions" so i went to turn the restrictions off but realised that it had a passcode that i had forgotten. I wasnt able to restore it within the iphone so i restored it from my computer. Once i had finished the iphone had a " connect to itunes " on the screen and it said that there was no sim car installed, even though there was. I tried cleaning the sim card and everything else, i tried connecting it to itunes but it just said no sim card installed. Now i cannot use my iphone or cant even activate it. I have also tried to restore it in recovery mode but ended up with the same problem. Please Help.! Thanks

This forum is not a catch all problems one.
It's dedicated to Pages.
Ask in an iphone dedicated forum.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) mercredi 7 avril 2010 21:58:50

IPhone sim card.. swap into new phone?

I just recieved and activated my new iPhone 4S. Do I have to swap my SIM from my iPhone 4 into this new one? What will happen if I leave the new one in there instead of swapping?

Assuming you've tested the new phone/SIM and can make & receive calls and all that, then yes, I'd say the old one will be inactive (you can check it online with your AT&T account - only the new phone should be there under your devices).
You can use the old iPhone as an iPod Touch (with or without the old SIM in it). But, you would need the old SIM in it if you ever need to re-activate it after a restore-as-new (or say, an update goes badly and you need to reset it). Also, with the old SIM in it, it can still be used for 911 calls - FCC regs require that 911 calls still go through even from phones with no account (but a GSM phone needs the SIM in just to connect to the cell towers).
AT&T used to swap out SIM cards (and likely still does) for phones that are able to actual store contact data on the SIM itself. Whenever I have upgraded my iPhones (always done at store in my case) they just set up the new iPhone with a new SIM and leave the old one as is. Since an iPhone cannot store anything on the SIM, there is no compelling reason not to just set it up with a new SIM.

Iphone sim card problems

i have an iphone 3g with 3.1.2 os. i had jsut dropped it today and and it will say no service frequently and other times it will have full bars. I have always hard service in the area I have lived in. I had tried restoring the network settings , restarting the ipod, and ejecting the sim card and re inersting it. my only theory is that the sim card tray is loose. *Any suggestions as to what is wrong with it.* I do not have warrinty on this phone any longer.
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messedup19 wrote:
i had jsut dropped it today
Sounds like you broke something. You may need to look into a replacement - visit an Apple Store or contact AppleCare.

Can i use the iphone sim card in the new IPhone 3g and not have to renew?

I have an Iphone now and want to get the new Iphone 3g. Can i still use my old sim card and old contract with the new phone and not have to start a new contract with at&t and pay again?

It doesnt look like that is possible. Here is a qoute from engadget "Do you plan on upgrading your now-obsolete iPhone on July 11th? Great—good for you big spender. Here's the skinny. AT&T informed us that anyone who bought an iPhone after May 27th will be able to swap out their handset with no additional charges for an iPhone 3G. What about everyone else? If you signed a 2-year contract with AT&T when the iPhone came out (which you pretty much had to), you'll have to sign another new 2-year contract to score a new iPhone 3G. The good news is that AT&T will allow you to overwrite your old contract with your new contract. In other words, you're just locked into another 2 years, not 3."

Can I use my Iphone sim card in a blackberry?

I broke my Iphone and I want to know whether I can use the sim card from the Iphone in a blackberry?

You can buy adapters like this one;
http://www.virtualvillage.co.uk/micro-sim-adapter-for-ipad-3g-iphone-4-4g-conver t-to-sim-c06004-013.html?utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=shcomp
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