My friend gave me an iPhone instead of an iPod touch, the phone has no service, but do i need service to set up iMessages? (it is a verizon iPhone)
My iphone has no service but do i need service to set up messages? I have tried restoring, everything i can do. but i just wont work. but if i do turn it on on verizon will i be able to activate messages?
Do you mean you can't get it to work with WiFi? I don't believe you need cellular service to use anything except phone related services. So iMessages should work if you have an active WiFi connection. But I'm not an iPhone expert. You might get the manual to see if it is helpful:
Please Get the iPhone User Manual for iOS 5
Please get the iPhone iOS 4 user guide.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3406
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It sounds as if you are having difficulties getting your iPhone to connect to your cellular network since updating your version of iOS to 8.3, is that correct? I would suggest that you troubleshoot using the steps in this article -
If you can't connect to a cellular network or cellular data - Apple Support
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Apple can't/won't help you. -
Locked iphone 4S use as ipod touch?
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I think with iOS5 you don't need a sim card for activation, I could be wrong though.
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HT4623 Hi! How do I change iphone 4 id (email address) on the phone?
Hi! How do I change iphone 4 id (email address ) on the phone?
You can change your e-mail address associated with your Apple ID, what you did is change the Apple ID instead.
All content bought with an Apple ID cannot be merged or transferred to another Apple ID.
Check your Apple ID here: Note: do not create a new Apple ID see above.
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The phone has given me a 1015 error - unknown error has occured, during the firmwre comfirmation.
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We did do a backup of the phone before trying to sync it but can't re-install that either.
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I don't know what to do try next, at a dead end here.
I don't want a jail broken phone, I just want it to function like its meant to but at this stage I will settle for a phone that works at all.
Any suggestions,,,,,,,,, anyone??
Thanks for reading and considering my problem.Have latest version of iTunes installed and running. Also make sure you have internet access working and can access Apple websites. Also, make sure you don't have any entries in your hosts file referring to gs.apple.com....If your not sure about how to do that, go ahead and do the rest first. You can come back to that later.....Plug in phone. Put phone in DFU mode.(google put iphone in DFU mode for instructions) Then restore the phone in iTunes by highliting your device in the left column and click on the Restore button. The latest iOS version is 4.3.3. That's what iTunes will restore it to. When it's done restoring, iTunes will ask if you want to restore from a backup or setup as a new phone. I would use the Setup as a New Phone option. Once it's done, you should have a clean install of the iOS and an operating phone, as long as there are no hardware issues with it.
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Hello Jennifer,
The following article provides some useful troubleshooting that can help get your iPhone and iPods to reappear in iTunes.
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
Cheers,
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