Got new iPhone 4, want to make old 3Gs an iTouch for kids but problems ...
I just got my new iPhone 4 today, and successfully set it up and transferred all info from my old 3GS. My problem started when I tried to turn my old phone into a iTouch for the kids .. I followed the instructions found here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3828
But now the old 3Gs simply says it can't be activated because it doesn't have a SIM card. I put the old SIM card back in, and get the same message. Any ideas on how to activate the 3Gs? I don't want it to have cellular service, but just put music/apps/video on it for the kids. But I can't even do that as of now, because even when I hook it up to iTunes it tells me that the device needs a SIM card.
For what its worth, I do have a backup made of this device immediately prior to setting up the iPhone 4, but w/out the device being activated I can't figure out how to just use this back up to reset the phone to where it was before I followed advice in apple support document.
I did this and now my iPhone 3gs is not working. I took it's sim card out and put in in my old 3g to make it into an ipod touch. Then I put the sim card back in the 3gs. Now it says "no service". Apparently my understanding of using any activated sim card is incorrect. Can you tell me what I can do to get my 3gs to work again? The old phone is working great as an ipod touch with no service.
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