HT4972 After updating my iPhone 3Gs to iOS5, it seems like it needs to be activated? When I connected it to iTunes, this message appears: "There is no SIM card inserted in the iPhone you are attempting to activate." It cannot read my sim card?! What shall
After updating my phone, it needs to be activated! I don't know what to do because it can't read my sim and other sims and it cannot be activated without a sim! What should I do?! HELP! Anyone? PLEASE?
Try a new SIM card.
If your phone was hacked to unlock it, it will require a SIM card from the carrier to which it was originally locked.
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There is no SIM card in the phone you are attempting to activate message??
I got a replacemnt 4S from Apple and when I plug it into iTunes I keep getting There is no SIM card in the phone you are trying to activate message. Why is this happening? This didn't happen with my first phone that I got from Verizon.
actually, there should be a sim card in the slot. It will not have been activated, but it should be there. just open it up and check. also...be careful about where you are traveling internationally, especially if you are using data. A few countries (not most, about 40...many in Asia and South America) use both CDMA and GSM. on your 4s you do not have an option to choose what Network System you want to use (GSM, CDMA, AUTO etc). On my recent trip to Venezuela, my 4s only grabbed CDMA which left me without email, web and texting...not good for a business trip. After several hours on the phone with Verizon, I discovered that they are pushing an update to all Verizon 4s phones (not sure if it is ALL 4s phones or just those that have had their sims activated). Was told the PRL version number for this is 52638 (a number which is outside the range of the November PRL listings). what happened to me was either 1) my phone was never pushed this PRL (the push happens on Mondays and Tuesdays), or my phone may have been pushed the update but if *228 is pressed, that will overwrite the PRL so you are out of luck! in any event, if you are traveling to one of these countries and you want data, be sure you not only activate your sim, but that you have the proper PRL in your phone. Remember, until they come up with a permanent fix, don't do another *228 once you have this update!!
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I have an 2TB external HDD attatched to my Asus router. I have iTunes installed on 3 computers in the house (Bedroom, home theater, bar). Each copy of iTunes accesses the same music folder on the external hard drive.
The problem is that iTunes creates a library file on each individual computer. The library file gets out of sync all the time (as computer 1 doesn't know when files have been added via computer 2 and so on).
Obviously the answer is to just put the Library.itl file on the same network drive. Hoilding shift whille double clicking the iTunes icon allows you to create or load a library from the location of your choosing.
All well and good so far. However, when I attempt to save to my Network Attached storage Device (NAS) iTunes gives me the "The Disk you are attempting to use is full. Please delete..." error. (There is over 1TB free on the drive.)
Creating the library file on a local HDD, moving it to the network one, and demanding iTunes access it via option start results in the SAME ERROR!!!
I'd really rather not rescan my entire library everytime I start iTunes. Adding new purchases and songs via the "Automatically add to iTunes" folder, again, only adds the files to the database file saved on the computer where the files were dragged and dropped from.
I've used windows to "Map" the network drive, as well as typed in the \\192.168 etc address of the network drive. Always get the same error.
Any help or thoughts would be greatly apperciated.Also, tried this with itunes 10 (current build) iTunes 9.2.1, and itunes 8. Same issue.
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I having problem keep ask me connect to itunes......can't restore...keep show there is no sim card installed in the iphone you are attempting to activate.....how?
ITUNES show keep show there is no sim card installed in the iphone you are attempting to activate.....how?rajafromcalifornia wrote:
how can i get rid of this error There is no sim card installed in the phone u are attempting to activate please disconnect and a sim card in the phone please help me and my iphone cannot go to menu display can u help me please
You cannot active a phone if it does not have a SIM card in it. Period. End of discussion.
If you get this error and it has a SIM card in the phone then either the SIM card is defective or the phone is defective. Get a new SIM card and try again. If the problem occurs with the new SIM card the phone needs to be repaired. -
My iphone give me an error message saying "
There is no SIM card installed in the iPhone you are attempting to activate.
Problem is my sim card is valid. ( i change for a new few mn agos thinking it was the problem....)
What can i do ?Its an iphone 4 and i precise that this i phone has been totally reboot so you only see the language and country selection to initiate the phone...
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trying to active my old iPhone 3gs. it showing that activation server is temporary unavailable and on the iTunes showing that there is no sim card installed in the iPhone you are attempting to activate. I unlocked my phone then i upgrade it, after that this happen. i tried with other sim same message come again and again.if any body know solution let me know. thanks
Was the SIM card activated on another phone? I assume this is an ATT style trying to use on T-Mobile? Was the SIM installed correctly? Is the carrier (like T-Mobile) operating IOS 6 devices yet?
If the SIM is a valid SIM from say T-Mobile, you may want to contact them for assistance activating the SIM card.
Activation and SIM issues typically point to the carrier. And if this was a CDMA phone say working with verizon, it will NOT work for ATT or T-Mobile as they use different electronics on the 3GS. The SIM slot is for international use only. -
Ii'm updating my iphone 3gs but cannot activate it because the message" there is no sim card installed in the iphone you are attempting to activate", appeared. I've already disconnected my iphone and reinserted the sim,still nothing happened.help!
this problem startedwhen i tried to restore my i phone to original version ,when i had resoterd it said connect to itunes when i connected to i tunes it said no sim card installed so it cant be activated ,and now am stuck.i cnahged my simcard 3 times!!!
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I want to activate my 3GS iphone, but messege in itunes always display :- "THERE IS NO SIM CARD INSTALLED IN THE iPHONE YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO ACTIVATE". What can I do to activate my iphone?
Install a working SIM card.
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my iphone is displaying "there is no sim card installed in the iphone you are attempting to activate" wn i connect it to itunes,bcoz i hv installed ios5.0.1 for my iphone 3g.can you tel me how to solve dis problem?
I’m having the same issue.
My phone indeed has no SIM card. I kept the 3GS after upgrading to an iPhone 4 and I was simply using it as an iPod Touch.
As far as I had been told, I was perfectly OK to do that and it had been going fro update to update without any issue up to now.
The problem is that iOS 5 requires a new activation, and that this model cannot be activated with a valid SIM. Obivously, I’m not going to take a new line with AT&T ad pay $xxx every month just to be able to activate my previous phone.
I contacted AT&T but they had no clue how to get out of the problem and said it was in Apple’s hands anyway.
I tried restoring 4.3.5 on the phone, but so far I haven’t been successful :-\
I’m open to any suggestion
Corentin -
Any solutions yet?
"No SIM card installed in the iPhone you are attempting to activate" after updating to iOS 5.
Living in Canada with Rogers service provider.Its an IMEI issue. In my case, about a year ago, after originally purchasing my iP4 from AT&T store, I had a prox. sensor issue. Went to the Apple Store, they replaced the phone. Here is where it all stems from. The IMEI of the new phone was never updated in AT&T/Carriers systems. For iOS updates prior to iOS5, this was not an issue. My phone did its iOS updates along the way with no probs. However, when I updated to iOS5, the firmware did not match the IMEI with what AT&T/carrier had. When I went to Apple Store for the issue about 3 days ago and was given a new phone....again....the new phones IMEI was never updated with AT&T/carrier. I then again attempted the upgrade to iOS5 with the new phone and iOS5 bricked that one also. Today, at the store, we tried 3 replacements with same outcome.
So, after 4 hours and 3 replacement phones with Apple Store Tech (BTW totally gobsmacked), we solved the issue. Luckily, due to iPhone 4S launch, there was an AT&T guy there with a computer tied to the AT&T network to work along with us. The issue is......once the IMEI's on carrier account and phone do not match, iOS5 shuts down the sim card reader within phone.....forever. How to reverse this?......this is a question Apple needs to come up with, because with my case, they have 5 "bricked" phones.
What solved the issue was to get a new phone with iOS4.3.5, new SIM from carrier/AT&T, have carrier/AT&T (in their system) change/match the IMEI to the new phone and activate new SIM. Then, do iOS5 upgrade.
Simple and makes total sense..........however........there is an internal firmware (Apple Security??) issue that bricks the phone once IMEI's dont match.
I am now on iOS5.....no problems......so far. Good luck to all others. -
There is no sim card installed in the iphone you are attempting to activate what should i do now
there is no sim card installed in the iphone you are attempting to activate what should i do now
I upgraded my i phone 3gs from 4.1 to 6.1.6 then the above problem arisedI too am having this problem. All I want to do is use my iCloud backup of my phone to fix a bug in IOS 7 that loop-prompts me to connect to iTunes. Anyone that has an answer to to OP would be greatly appreciated. There have been almost 3000 views on this page and only 8 posts that aren't much help at all so far. Enough with this 'Do you know how to read' white-space. I'm here for answers!!!
However, I suppose I already have the answer. This is simply another example of Apple using their software to limit consumers of certain demographics (namely, people who have the phone but don't pay for service from a carrier). A SIM card is only required for activation because the software administrator says so; and for no other reason. The hardware is there and its perfectly functional otherwise. I shouldn't even need to activate in the first place. Just restore my freaking phone!! -
There is no sim card in the iPhone you are attempting to activate
updated the phone today from 4.1 to 5.0, phone was jailbroke when i bought it, now when i plug in the phone all that comes up is "There is no sim card in the iPhone you are attempting to activate" i have tried all 4 mobile carriers in this country and still nothing.
Any ideas?Thanks. I don't think this one was ever jailbroken, but I'll have to ask to be sure. Even so, a lot of people with 3gs's seem to have this same problem even if their phone was never jailbroken when they upgrade to 5.1.1.
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How do i restore my iphone from "no Service". I tried to update my iphone 3G TO iOS 6.0. But it got stuck and now my itunes is displaying Error message: "there is no sim card installed in the iphone you are attempting to activate" and my iphone is without service. While i am trying to activate my ihone on wifi also it doesnt saying servers are temporary unavailable try after sometime. Kindly suggest
It sounds a lot like your phone was hacked or jailbroken to unlock it prior to your trying to update it.
If that is the case, it is nowpermanently bricked. -
How do i restore my iphone from "no Service". I tried to update my iphone 3G TO iOS 6.0. But it got stuck and now my itunes is displaying Error message: "there is no sim card installed in the iphone you are attempting to activate" and my iphone is without service. While i am trying to activate my ihone on wifi also it doesnt saying servers are temporary unavailable try after sometime. Kindly suggest
tariqrehmani wrote:
How do i restore my iphone from "no Service". I tried to update my iphone 3G TO iOS 6.0. ...
The iPhone 3G is Not Compatible with iOS 6...
It also appears that your phone may have been Hacked and / or Jailbroken...
If this is the case... you are out of luck... Because...
The discussion of Jailbroken Devices is against the Terms of Use of this Forum.
Why Jailbreak is Not Supported > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3743
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