Installing iPhone without SIM-card

Is it possible to install an iPhone (using WiFi) without a SIM card (because I don't have one yet)?

You cannot activate an iPhone without a sim. The sim does not have
to be associated with an active account; however, if the iPhone is locked
to a wireless provider, the sim must be from that provider.
Borrow an appropriate sim from a friend/relative/co-worker for the few
minutes it will take to activate your iPhone, and then give the sim back.

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    Must be an activated sim card? I can take one from Argentina and install it on the iphone. The sim card has no international coverage. It works the same? 

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  • How to sync purchased music from an iPhone without SIM card?

    Hello,
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    I got an unlocked iphone 5C today.  The first thing it asked for was the internet access.  After that it is looking for the sim card and won't let me do anything else.  I don't have one yet, and thought I could use the phone without it.  How do I go on activating the phone without the sim card?

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    I managed to lose my iPhone last night ( )and I think it may have been picked up by someone as it was lost in a bar and the bar hasn't got it. I've tried calling it but it just goes straight to my voicemail.
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  • How to unlock iphone without sim card

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    I submitted an unlock request to my carrier (at&t). They indicated that request had been processed and I need to do backup and restore in iTunes while having SIM card in the phone to finish up the process. The problem is that I don't have my at&t SIM card which I disposed after upgrading to a new phone.
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    Voprosy k tomu I am the existing customer for AT&T i oni dozhny legal'mne mne unlock the phone potomu chto na nego contract expired. Chto oni i sdelali, no okazalos' chto nuzhno imet' SIM card. ESli net SIM card, to skazali contact Apple. Apple has this knowledgebase article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5014
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  • HT4994 Trying to use iphone without SIM card

    I am trying to use an old iphone as just an ipod but it won't let me even after restoring the phone.  Do I have to have a sim card?

    Yes.
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    Are you looking for the serial number or the IMEI? If the phone was active on your Verizon acount, Verizon can give you the IMEI.

  • HT5163 I just bought an iPhone 4s without sim card at an Apple Store. Now I can't get the sim tray open to insert the sim card. What am I doing wrong.

    I just bought an iPhone 4s without sim card at an Apple Store. Now I can't get the sim tray open to insert the sim card. What am I doing wrong?

    Chamar wrote:
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    I do not believe that a SIM eject tool has been provided for the past couple of years.

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