Is it possible to restore a no longer activated iPhone? (photo problem)
I gave my daughter my first generation iPhone when I upgraded to 3gs, which she uses as an iPod Touch, not a phone.
When she takes a picture, while the picture is saved (because we connect to iPhoto they load), however when she takes the picture, they do not display on the phone itself nor can she access through the photo app on the phone.
Does anyone know, is it possible to restore the device even though it is no longer activated as an iPhone? Or will doing so lock the phone?
Any advice would be so appreciated. Have searched the topics for tips on how to resolve the photo issue but was unable to find anything. Am thinking restore may be the only hope...?
Tamara wrote:
I'm not sure why the ATT rep would take the SIM out of the old phone and put it in the new phone. If the old phone has a SIM in it, have you tried plugging it in to iTunes and restore it?
Am not sure why either, but they definitely did. I looked at the sim card and it says 3g on it, which I know is just a marking and not exclusive to 3g network/phone. Therefore cannot be the original, as I purchased that phone June 2007, way before 3g.
Anyhow... was able to find a solution to the photo problem, which worked perfectly!
Here is the link in case anyone who reads this has the same photo problem. It's super easy and works great.
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