Can you start a iPhone 4S without a SIM card? Because mine is arriving next week.

Can you start a iphone4s without a SIM card? Because mine is arriving next week.

Turning an iPhone or any phone for that matter on has nothing to do with a SIM being installed.
All iPhones require a SIM card for activation.  The SIM does not need to be active, but it must be from the carrier the device is locked to.

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    If you are referring to unlocking the phone from the carrier so it can be used with other carriers, you need to make contact with the carrier it is locked to and ask if they offer unlocking services and if you qualify for the unlock. They will provide you with instructions on what to do after that.

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    I was wondering if you can still track an iphone 5s without a sim card installed.

    if it has access to wifi then yes.

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    because i just downloaded it on my iphone 3gs and when downloaded it , it tells youto put your language the your country then it takes you to wifi and i just wanted to know if i can download this without a sim card??

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  • Air Navigation Pro Using Integrated iPhone GPS without a sim card

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  • Need a help in activating my iPhone 5c without a SIM card

    Hi,
    I am an Indian and have landed in Washington DC yesterday. I have been given an iPhone 5c by my company without a SIM card. I wanted to use this phone to take few snaps as it is snowing outside. Please help me.
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    Ram Markandan

    There is no way to do anything with that device until you do activate it, and in order to activate it there must be a SIM present.
    It can be any SIM (that fits, obviously) and Apple activation does nothing to the SIM card itself.  You can try to borrow someone's SIM card for the couple of minutes it will take to activate it, then give the SIM back.  Once activated, you can use the iPhone effectively as an iPod Touch (i.e. no cellular capabilities) without any SIM in place.
    (activation merely refers to activating the device in Apple's system, it does not refer to anything regarding cell phone service - that's a completely separate step).

  • How to install the iPhone 5 without a SIM card?

    Wie kann man das iPhone 5 ohne SIM Karte aktivieren?

    No. You cannot activate the phone without a SIM.

  • How can i activate my Iphone 4 with no sim card

    How can i activate my Iphone 4 with no sim card

    Sorry you can't.  You need a sim card to activate an iphone.

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    I've investigated this forum,and others on the web and there is some confusion to the right answer to my question. I also got different answers from Verizon support. So here's my particular situation.
    I renewed my Verizon plan that included a new Motorola RAZR Max HD several months ago to replace my HTC Incredible 2 .I have successfully used my new Motorola phone with overseas SIM cards.
    After having the HTC unlocked, I was able to successfully use the HTC phone overseas with various foreign SIM cards. I had initially tested the phone with a USA T-Mobile SIM card with no problems.
    This week I decided to give my mother the phone (mainly for pictures, etc.) and use a prepaid H2O SIM calling card. The HTC phone shows the right H2O information such as SIM & IMEI number but the telephone number is not the H2O Sim one but my old telephone number that I'm using on the Motorola.  I tried a factory reset but didn't help.
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