Activating my sim card on my iPhone 4
Please, I need your advice.....I just got an iPhone 4...but do not know how to insert my Sim card and activate it to start working. I will really appreciate your best possible advice.
Thank you.
Hi Wjosten! Thank you for your prompt advice. Please, am still experiencing problem with the Sim activation. After carefully inserted my sim into the sim tray. I put on my iPhone, connected to itunes to activate but instead it shows me that THE SIM CARD INSERTED IN THE IPHONE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ACTIVATED,PLEASE INSERT THE SIM CARD THAT CAME WITH YOUR IPHONE OR VISIT A SUPPORTED CARRIER STORE TO REPLACEMENT SIM CARD. Please what should I do? Thank you
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The SIM card inserted in this iPhone does not appear to be supported.
The SIM card that you currently have installed in this iPhone is from a carrier that is not supported under the activation policy that is currently assigned by the activation server. This is not a hardware issue with the iPhone. Please insert another SIM card from a supported carrier or request that this iPhone be unlocked by your carrier. Please contact Apple for more information.So.. You need to contact the carrier for the iPhone's original sim card, and request they unlock it. The carrier is the only one that can unlock the sim of the iPhone.
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"There is a problem with the SIM card in your iPhone"
I'm getting this error when I try to activate my new iPhone 4 through iTunes:
"*There is a problem with the SIM card in your iPhone.*
To activate your iPhone with this account, you will need a new, unactivated SIM card. Please use the SIM card that was provided with your new iPhone. If you are using the new SIM card, and are unable to complete activation, you can go to an Apple Retail Store or an AT&T company owned retail store to request an unactivated SIM. If you would prefer to have a replacement SIM card sent to you via overnight mail, please call us at 1-800-MY-APPLE. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused."
Now I've already been to AT&T and nothing they could do with the account settings would work, in fact they had never seen the issue before. They gave me a new SIM card and that did nothing as well. Finally they tried out a different SIM tray, and that still didn't work. I have a Genius Bar appointment at the Apple Store tomorrow, but I was wondering if anyone else has this problem. Do you think that the SIM reader inside the iPhone 4 is broken?I solved a problem I had with activating my iPhone although the error message was different from yours.
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I need a sim card for my iPhone 5,I already talked to a sprint representing they said they won't give me one and I wonder if apple would,I really need one
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Brandon2184 wrote:
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Can I use more than one SIM card in my iPhone if I buy it SIM free?
Can I use more than one SIM card in my iPhone if I buy it SIM free?
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Can I swap out a iPhone 4 sim card into a iPhone 5 with the same carrier?
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How do I install the sim card in the iphone 4s?
how do I install the sim card in the iphone 4s?
See here: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5163
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are you sure thet the sim card is the sim card from the right service provider ? When and where did you bought it ?
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thanksIs the English sim from the original carrier as that is usually the message you get with a carrier locked phone.
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