Sending a new iPhone Abroad with apps "pre-loaded", I don't have the SIM
Hey,
I've just recently bought 2 iPhone 4S phones, white and black,
One is for me and one for my girlfriend which is now travelling the far east,
I have mine all set up just the way i want it, her's is still in the box,
I would like to send it to her but i would also like to install the applications that she is used too from her old iPhone 3GS,
I don't have her SIM card, she has the SIM card in her possesion now on the old iPhone 3GS she's currently using,
My Question is, Can i install applications on her device with her itunes ID (she gave me her ID) without a SIM card?
Or as an alternative, use itunes with her account logged in and choose apps to be installed after she starts using her device?
Another alternative would be to insert my SIM card (from my own iPhone 4S) to her iPhone 4S and set it up for her to use it?
While she travels she doesn't carry a laptop with her, so it's important for me that she will receive the iPhone with the apps that she asked me to install for her without the need for her to use a PC/Laptop.
btw, she has WiFi available freely where she stays.
Off Topic: I've upgraded from 3GS and the 4S is amazing so far ;-) so i bought one for her too.
Thanks
Avi
The problem you face is that you need a sim card to activate the 4S...you can't do anything with any iPhone until it is first activated. While you could use your sim card to do this, that won't really help her because the 3GS uses a full size sim & the 4S uses a micro sim. Thus, she won't be able to just swap her sim in the new phone. She could try cutting her current sim down, but if she screws things up...well she's got no service at all. If you got a micro sim for her & activated it, her current phone would stop working. Thus, I really don't see a good solution here.
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