SIM invalid and stuck at activation screen - Verizon - PLEASE HELP
I just got an iPhone 4 off a friend who swears its Verizon and worked for him, well now I'm trying to activate it and I'm having problems.
It says the sim isn't valid for the carrier the phone is trying to activate on, and it has a verizon sim.
I took it to verizon and they said it think its not verizon because most iPhone 4's they sell dont even have SIMS
I tried to talk to apple but apparently that costs 20$ so uhhhhhh NO
Please help guys I'm phoneless
From the box the phone came in, or read here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4061
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