I bought an unlocked Iphone 3GS, I needed to update Ios5 and restored the settings for that which was not authorised for unlocke, but after that iphone is not getting activate and no sim card insatlled error is there. i m using local sim card in Pakistan

You didn't buy an 'unlocked' iPhone 3GS - you bought a 'hacked' one.
Updating to iOS 5 removed the hack and the unofficial unlock.
All you can do is try to find out which network the phone is locked to and ask them if they can unlock it properly.
Otherwise, sell it or throw it away and buy an officially unlocked phone from an official source.

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After updating my iphone 3gs to ios 5.0.1 ive lost the abbility to ad a new appointment to my calendar simply to pluse sign is not existed

help me

You should be importing all pics taken with the iphone to your computer regularly as you would with any digital camera, particularly before any update or restore.
You should also be syncing your contacts to your computer regularly. They hsould be in whatever program/service that you have selected to sync.
If you have failed to do this, then they are very likely gone.
You can try restoring from backup.

HT201328 I am going to India, the ATT says the is unlocked and follow the procedure back up,erase,insert new sim,restore. Is it that simple? Will there be any problem when igo to India with local SIM card? How to find out compatibility of local SIM car

I am going to India. ATT says phone is unlocked. Can I use local SIM card to use my i phone5? Will there be any compatibility problem.

If AT&T authorized your unlock, you received the email from them giving you instructions to unlock and you followed those instructions, followed by a message in iTunes saying Congratulations, your iPhone is now unlocked, then you will have no issues using a local SIM. However, your warranty is only good in the US, and it may not support all of the bands in India, especially LTE.

Dear sir I bought my iPhone 4 from Apple store in Charlotte N/C about 2years ago without contract. Now I tried to upgrade it to iOS 7.0.4.but after that my phone not work with last sim card. And invalid sim appeared.so I bought it without contract but it

Dear sir
I bought my iPhone 4 from Apple store in Charlotte N/C about 2years ago without contract.
Now I tried to upgrade it to iOS 7.0.4.but after that my phone not work with last sim card.
And invalid sim appeared.so I bought it without contract but it seems to be lock in my country
Please tell me whats the matter?
My phone serial no 86034HTCA4T
Modem firmware 04.12.09
Thanks

Without contract is not the same as unlocked. The update to iOS 7 relocked
the iPhone to the wireless carrier to which it was originally locked. You must
contact that wireless carrier to see if they offer unlocking and if you qualify.
If you used jailbreak or other hack to unlock the iPhone initially, the method
used may prevent a legitimate unlock from succeeding and may render your
iPhone unuseable.

I have restored the settings on my iphone and now after entering the pin on my sim card it wants me to connect it to iTunes but when i try it just says my sim card is not supported... what can i do now?

I have restored the settings on my iphone and now after entering the pin on my sim card it wants me to connect it to iTunes but when i try it just says my sim card is not supported... what can i do now? It worked fine before...

natalieduffy wrote:
it says 'your iphone could not be activated because the activation server cannot be reached'
Typically this indicates a device that has been hacked to be unlocked or jailbroken.
If that is the case, no support can be provided here.

How can my Iphone 4s to be unlocked and uses local sim here in the Philippines?

How can my Iphone 4S be unlocked and uses local sim here in the Philippines?

Hey there ed2375,
I hope that your son is enjoying his time in the Phillipines. I'm out hear bearing the cold weather in Chicago, so next time you speak to your son please tell him to send some warm weather our way.
Is your son a current Verizon Wireless customer and is that iPhone 4s currently activated on his account? If so then we can assist in unlocking his sim for internation use. You would have to reach out to our Global Support team for assistance. They can be reached at 908-559-4899.
NicholasB_VZW
Follow us on Twitter @VZWSupport

Hi pls help me my iphone is forest i update but after my iphone is devices open is not working i click but sim card installed , attempting to activate this one coming pls help me answer me

hi pls help me my iphone is forest i update but after my iphone is devices open is not working i click but sim card installed , attempting to activate this one coming pls help me answer me

Sounds like your phone was hacked to use with your carrier. Updating it has relocked the phone to it's original carrier. You will not get the phone working again without a SIM from the original carrier.

I have an iPhone 3gs (iOS 5.1) with BB 6.15 (the lastest) and it don't detect my SIM

I have an iPhone 3gs (iOS 5.1) with BB 6.15 (the lastest) and it don't detect my SIM and I don't know what to do (I have unistalled all, and installed the lastest iTunes software)

Maybe your iPhone was hacked/jailbroken to use another carrier?
If so, now it locks back to the original carrier.

I restore my iphone 3gs but after that iTunes show a message there is a problem with your iPhone, help me please

i restore my iphone 3gs but after that iTunes show a message there is a problem with your iPhone, help me please

Yes. Talk to whoever replaced the battery. Sounds like they broke something.

HT201270 if i have a unlocked iphone 3gs should i still update the carrier

if i have a unlocked iphone 3gs should i still update the carrier

If officially unlocked you can do the updates without issue.

Using local SIM card abroad (ATT iPhone5)

Using ATT iPhone 5, latest iOS. Taking my iPhone to France for a month, will use it as a camera and to make local phone calls. Have my iPad mini for email, surf the web on wifi, etc. I have used local SIM cards for my old Motorola, but don't know if this works for a smartphone. Is it "legal" to swap SIMs? Will I lose data or settings? Experienced travelers please advise.

Its perfectly legal to swap sim cards. The main issue is wether your iPhone is locked to a carrier or not. A carrier locked phone will not recognize sim cards from a different carrier. Only carrier unlocked phones can do this.
So the first thing to determine is if your phone is carrier unlocked. since you mention it is an ATT phone I'm going to guess its not unlocked.
You will need to talk to ATT and explain the situation and have them unlock the phone as only the carrier can do it. They may or may not agree to do this.
Also, an iPhone 5 uses a very special type of sim card, a Nano sim card, which is smaller than all other sim cards, so when looking for one make sure its of the correct size.

I had recently followed orders to restore my iPhone 3gs (iOS 6.1) from a question on apple support. However it was working fine before that, it's just that my phone didn't have signal. So it said to restore my iPhone and now it says that the Activation se

i had recently followed orders to restore my iPhone 3gs (iOS 6.1) from a question on apple support. However it was working fine before that, it's just that my phone didn't have signal. So it said to restore my iPhone and now it says that the Activation server is temporarily unavailable and when i plugged it into my mac, it said that i ddn't have a sim card installed. What can I do to fix this besides bring it to the store? it also bugs me because this answer was supposed to work but it just messed my phone up even more. This has already happened once and i had to take it to the store. What should I do to fix this? Thank you so much for all answers. i really appreciate.

no so i dont know what happened

HT1476 I bought an adapter for my itouch 5 so that i won't need a computer to charge my itouch gen5 - however, i noticed that it was acting up in such a way that i was having difficulty swiping the screen and even tapping the icons.

I bought an adapter for my itouch 5 so that i won't need a computer to charge my itouch gen5 - however, i noticed that it was acting up in such a way that i was having difficulty swiping the screen and even tapping the icons. Is the only option for charging is the USB charger/connector? Or is there a specific device that I should use?

iPhone 5 and the 5th gen iPod touches are having this problem without a charger, and will probably be fixed in the 6.1 update. See http://www.imore.com/iphone-5-touchscreen-behaving-badly-under-multiple-rapid-sw ipes

Have an iPhone 3GS, and it will not restore. It says (-1) error and won't restore. I updated to iOS 5.0.1, and have the latest version of iTunes. Every time I plugged my phone in last week it would crash and I would have to connect it to iTunes. Help!

Last week I updated my iTunes, updated to iOS 5.0 and ever since I did this my phone has been going nuts. Any time I plug it into a charger I get a screen that tells me I need to connect to iTunes. I have had to restore it multiple times in order for it to work.
I've tried doing resets, restoring to factory-everything that I can find online to do. I've spoken with ATT tech support and done everything they've said to do regarding my greyed out wifi, my phone only working on 3G, and other issues.
The first iPhone 3GS I got had a defective camera, so ATT replaced it free of charge. I've had this one for a year, and quite frankly cannot afford a new one.
If anyone knows anything I can do to fix it, I would really appreciate it.

11.1 is now the most recent iTunes. Downloading it may take a bit since everyone got hit today with the need to update their iTunes on the very same day the iOS update came out and you have to update iTunes to update the iOS.
YOu should still be able to charge it without updating iTunes.

HT201210 please,I need your help ! I was updating my iphone ios to ios4.2 and then problems begins when it shows that it needs to restore the factory software to I was trying to restore ,but that didn't happen it begins but then it shows unknown error 101

please,I need your help ! I was updating my iphone ios to ios4.2 and then problems begins when it shows that it needs to restore the factory software to I was trying to restore ,but that didn't happen it begins restoring but then it shows unknown error 1015

Stop being impatient.
From the article that the question was posted from:
Errors related to downgrading iOS
The required resource cannot be found: This alert message occurs when your device has a newer version of iOS than what is available in iTunes. When troubleshooting a device that presents this alert message, go to Settings > General > About and check the version of iOS on the device. If it is newer than the latest released iOS version, the device may have a prerelease developer version of iOS installed. Installing an older version of iOS over a newer version is not supported.
Error 1015: This error is typically caused by attempts to downgrade the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch's software. This can occur when you attempt to restore using an older .ipsw file. Downgrading to a previous version is not supported. To resolve this issue, attempt to restore with the latest iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch software available from Apple. This error can also occur when an unauthorized modification of the iOS has occurred and you are now trying to restore to an authorized, default state.
You cannot downgrade.
If you have a 3GS, you can only install iOS 6.1.3 which is the current version of iOS for the device.

I bought an unlocked Iphone 3GS, I needed to update Ios5 and restored the settings for that which was not authorised for unlocke, but after that iphone is not getting activate and no sim card insatlled error is there. i m using local sim card in Pakistan

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