Carrier-Locked: What message does an iPhone display on a different SIM?
Apologies if this may be a basic question, but I don't have any other "active" SIM card to test out my carrier-locked iPhone 3GS. Has someone inserted another carrier SIM card (i.e. an ATT iPhone 3GS and inserted an active T-Mobile SIM card OR Rogers iPhone 3GS and inserted a Fido SIM card).
1. What message will the iPhone display? Will it say that SIM is not recognized and to insert an ATT SIM?
2. Will the iPhone not function at all? (Except for emergency 911 calls, I guess.)
Thanks. Just checking because I have an "inactive" SIM from an old GSM provider which I inserted into my iPhone 3GS and it didn't display any message. It obviously didn't acquire any signal, but I can carry on and use the iPhone's functions except to make calls of course.
I'm thinking that's because that old SIM card from another GSM provider is inactive. Perhaps it's a different case if it's still active?
Thanks for any info.
I guess no one tried to insert another carrier SIM as well.
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