How to activate a 2G phone

I have a 2G Iphone with an AT&T sim card from the previous owner. Since I have the phone and an AT&T sim card in it, can I activate it through the "restore" and "set up as a new phone" options in iTunes? Anyone know if I have to have a contract or can it be done otherwise.
thanks in advance

You need to get a new SIM card from an AT&T corporate store.
After inserting the new SIM card, when connecting the iPhone to iTunes, you will be prompted with the activation process with AT&T.
If you are an existing subscriber, you select as an existing subscribed followed by entering your AT&T cell phone number with area code.
A new 2 year contract will be required.

Similar Messages

  • How to activate my 3GS phone ?

    how to activate my 3GS phone ?

    Put your SIM in it, turn it on, and either follow the on-screen instructions (if it's running iOS 5 or 6) or plug it in and activate it using iTunes...
    Are you having a problem?

  • HT5625 how to activate my i phone

    how do i activate my i phone after it been lost and erased

    well if the previous user has not signed out of his apple ID there is nothing you can do to get around the issue of activating,  im afraid. Sorry mate

  • How to activate a new phone to replace a broken one

    I have a family plan, with 4 phones on it.
    My daughter put hers through the washing machine, its toast!
    So, we have a brand new, never-used palm center on hand.
    But when I try to activate it, using the page at https://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/activation/activatephone.jsp I pick the line, enter the new MEID and then it just takes me to a page with no other options, nothing happens!

    ok, so I eventually find my way to the number 800-922-0204
    I call that, walk through the menus.
    it tells me turn off the old phone, dial *228-SEND from the new one and walk through the activation
    well, the old one is toast, its definitely off, so I follow along
    - dial *228-send
    - enter the phone-line # I want the new phone on
    - enter my billing passwd, replacing letters with digits
    - it gives me a "wait a minute message"
    - then it gives me a "we cannot activate your equipment" message, no reason
    - then it tells me to dial 800-922-0204 for assistance
    so, here I am, stuck in an endless loop!

  • HT201407 why the **** cant you send directions how to activate new replacement phone

    now i have two phone that dont work nice *******

    iOS Tech wrote:
    The setup and activation process is very simple. If you're having trouble, simply explaining what you're encountering my get you some help.
    I don't have any problems setting up my phone. Perhaps you meant to reply to the OP? As you are new to the forum, you may not be aware that it is considered good form to reply to the correct person so as to make the responses easier to place in context.

  • HT5624 How to activat my new phone

    My iphone is new and did unlock but
    Its show me activation required

    Hi there,
    I would recommend taking a look at the troubleshooting steps found in the article below.
    iPhone: Troubleshooting activation issues
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3424
    -Griff W.

  • How do I change the phone number where sms is sent to activate keychain?

    How do I change the phone number where sms message is sent to activate Keychain?  It keeps sendingit to an old phone #, and is most frustrating!

    System preferences > iCloud > Keychain > options.

  • My server is reliance in india,how could i activate my i phone 4s?

    my server is reliance in india, how could i activate my i phone 4s?

    Contact Reliance and ask them.

  • HT4865 How to activate my phone with the apple id

    how to activate my phone without the apple id

    I know it's the right apple i.d. and the password is right because I can get into icloud on the computer.

  • HT4623 how do i re activate my i phone 3gs

    how do i re activate my i phone 3gs i dont no wat i did

    If your iPhone was hacked or jailbroken then there's no help here. The Terms of Use in this forum forbids helping hacked or jailbroken iPhones.
    Try google or some other places.

  • I am looking into Buying Retail a New Blackberry Q10. Doing this to avoid having to Give up my old Data Plan. Have read that when you activate a new Phone it forces you to pick a new Plan. Is this True? and How to I avoid this? 20 Year Verizon Client

    I am looking into Buying Retail a New Blackberry Q10. Doing this to avoid having to Give up my old Data Plan. Have read that when you activate a new Phone it forces you to pick a new Plan. Is this True? and How to I avoid this? Any other advise in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
    20 Year Plus Verizon Client

    The only "unlimited" plan I can think of where this would not apply is the old Connect plan for multimedia/basic phones.  That unlimited data, on devices such as the LG Voyager, EnvTouch, and other "multimedia" devices is  not the same.
    If you currently have an individual $29.99 unlimited data plan with a 3G Smartphone, then you can buy a BBQ10 retail and activate it with the same data plan and keep the unlimited.

  • HT201269 how do i activate my new phone?

    how do i activate my new phone ?

    If you already have an old phone/ carrier just turn it on.  Verizon works in this way.
    With wifi follow the Setup Assistant on-screen.

  • HT4972 how to recover lost data in i  phone 4 without backup and how to activate i phone 4 without sim after update to ios 5.1.1

    how to recover lost data in i  phone 4 without backup and how to activate i phone 4 without sim after update to ios 5.1.1

    Not possible in both cases.

  • How to activate my phone i cant access my email and id

    how to activate my phone i cant access my email and id

    If that Apple ID is yours, click here. If not, you need to contact either the account holder or the iPhone's original owner(if this is you, contact Apple.)
    (121032)

  • HT1937 Hello ! How i get activate my sim phone ? I have iphone 4s and I've received a message : "server unavailable. Please contact apple support." I've tried with iTunes, but ididn't work. Please help me.

    Hello ! How i get activate my sim phone ? I have iphone 4s and I've received a message : "server unavailable. Please contact apple support." I've tried with iTunes, but ididn't work. Please help me.

    Generally this is a sign that the iPhone had previously been
    hacked/modified/jailbroken and tis now relocked it to the
    original wireless carrier. If this is the case, only that wireless
    carrier can unlock your iPhone. You must contact them to see
    if they offer unlocking and if you qualify.
    Where did you acquire this iPhone?
    What wireless carrier did you use before this problem?
    Does the app Cydia appear on your iPhone?
    What does it say when you look at Settings=>General=>About=>Carrier?
    Unauthorized modification of iOS
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3743 
    If your iPhone has not been jailbroken, see the troubleshooting suggestions here:http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3424?viewlocale=en_US

Maybe you are looking for

  • Itunes error message "iTunes" cannot be found or created and is required.?

    I try to load iTunes and receive the message as follows: "iTunes" cannot be found or created and is required. The default location for this folder is inside "My Music" folder. I believe this has occurred because I moved my "My Music" folder to an ext

  • How do you change the mtu size

    i recently bought a WRT54G wireless router and i have my desktop directly hooked up (not wireless) and every time i go to play games or surf the net it has some pretty severe lag spikes. i have done some searching and i see something about changing t

  • Font in movie not displaying correctly

    Take a look at BPI. The font in the slide show is supposed to be displaying as "Verdana" and is instead displaying as Times New Roman it appears. I could swear that when I first created this file the font displayed correctly. Can anyone tell me what

  • Occaisional kernel panics: Panic log included

    Hey, I'm getting kernel panics when I have a lot of programs open, but while I still have plenty of inactive memory left per Activity Monitor. It may happen with several Firefox windows open, but it seems like it happens when there are less than a do

  • CR2 Files shot in MONOCHROME convert to RGB when uploading to BRIDGE..

    How do keep our Canon 5D Monochrome settings when uploading to BRIDGE?