Using iPhone as iTouch

I have an iPhone 3G with a cracked screen that my son uses as an iTouch. I upgraded it to OS4 today and now it won't work - it keeps asking for a SIM card, which of course we don't have (we use its old SIM card in a newer phone). Any help?

The old SIM card is in the new iPhone I bought several months ago. Can I put the old SIM card in, get it to start working, and then remove it back to my new phone?

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I have an iPhone and bought an iTouch for my daughter. I have the same Apple ID on both but have Facetime, Messageing, etc with a different e-mail addresses. However, when I deleted and renamed contacts in the contact list on her iTouch it deleted and renamed them on my iPhone as well. So I've lost a lot of contacts.
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How to use iPhone as itouch

How can I use my iphone as an itouch. I simply need it activated not unlocked?

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3406

My photos will not sync to my Apple TV (1st generation), ipad, iphone, or itouch. They used to be there but upon recent syncs with all devices they have all gone. I am totally baffled as I have not changed settings?

My photos will not sync to my Apple TV (1st generation), ipad, iphone, or itouch. They used to be there but upon recent syncs with all devices they have all gone. I am totally baffled as I have not changed settings?

I had the same thing happen to me. It's a bug in iPhoto 9.4.2.
The first time you run iPhoto after upgrading to iPhoto 9.4.2, it "updates the iPhoto library". This sometimes tickles a bug where iTunes can see all your iPhoto albums, but iTunes thinks they are empty. Since iTunes thinks all your albums are empty, it dutifully deletes any photos from your synced iOS devices.
It's easy to tell if this is the problem you are seeing. Open iTunes and go to the photos sync panel for one of your iOS devices. If you have multiple albums checked, but iTunes shows a total of 0 photos, then you have the problem.
I spent an hour with an Apple Genius. he couldn't find any mention of this problem in their internal support system. His recomendation was to reinstall the operating the system. I suspect that this won't solve it.
The only solution I have found is to restore iPhoto 9.4.1 and the corresponding iPhoto library from your backups.
I would refrain from upgrading to iPhoto 9.4.2 until Apple has a fix for this issue.

I am looking to upgrade to a new iPhone. Is it possible to then disable the phone capabilities of my old phone so I can give it to my teen for use as an iTouch? or does the old iPhone just become unusable which would be such a waste.

I am looking to upgrade to a new iPhone. Is it possible to then disable the phone capabilities of my old phone so I can give it to my teen for use as an iTouch? or does the old iPhone just become unusable which would be such a waste.
Thank you.

macmargaret01 wrote:
I am looking to upgrade to a new iPhone. Is it possible to then disable the phone capabilities of my old phone so I can give it to my teen for use as an iTouch? or does the old iPhone just become unusable which would be such a waste.
Thank you.
The official instructions: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3406

Can iphone be used as an Itouch if I don't like hone features

I am getting an Iphone but update my mobile regularly. What I want to know is that if I decide I don't like using Iphone as a phone can I take my sim card out and simply use Iphone as an Itouch with all Itouch application functioning as normal..
An extension of the same idea, could I simply download Itouch update onto my Iphone, loose the phone options and have same screen access as itouch. Would wifi still work etc.?
This will just mean I will get much more long term use out of my iphone/ipod as I keep my ipod but update my mobile often

You don't have to remove the SIM. Set it to airplane mode, then turn on WiFi. You can also lock the SIM by enabling a PIN for it.

Using 1st generation iPhone as iTouch

My father gave me his 1st generation iPhone to use as an iTouch for my daughter. It still had the deactivated SIM card in it. I plugged it in to my iTunes and it immediately wanted to update the software. I believe it updated to 3.1.2. But something must have happened during that processed because now it won't get past the emergency call screen. When I plug it into iTunes it says it needs to be restored. So I do the restore. Then when it's done it goes to sync and can't complete that. One of the errors I get is that it can't recognize the apps on the phone. I am forever stuck at the emergency call screen. Is this phone too old to use? Any help would be appreciated.

Taking the SIM out makes no difference. I get to the screen where everthing looks normal. When it hit the Sync button it looks like it will sink and then stops and I get this message: "iTunes cannot sync to iPhone because the apps installed on the iPhone could not be determined". Then I get kicked out.
I have already click on that link. I have Googled and researched and tried everything!

Have a 802.11n time capsule, the range of the wireless network has shrunk down to nothing over last few days. Used to be able to use wireless network anywhere in house, but now can only use in my office. Will not connect to iphones, ipad, itouch, or noteb

Have a 802.11n time capsule, the range of the wireless network has shrunk down to nothing over last few days. Used to be able to use wireless network anywhere in house, but now can only use in my office. Will not connect to iphones, ipad, itouch, or notebook. Worked fine last week, but over weekend just started having issues.

It is very possible that you may have some form of Wi-Fi interference that has appeared recently that is preventing your Time Capsule (TC) from providing a clean RF signal.
I suggest you perform a simple site survey, using utilities like iStumbler, or AirRadar to determine potential areas of interference, and then, try to either eliminate or significantly reduce them where possible. Look for other Wi-Fis that may be operating nearby. Note those with the strongest signals and which channels they are operating on ... then change the channel used by the TC to be at least 3-5 channels away.

I can call out but all incoming calls are going directly to VM with no signal that I missed a call or have VM. I can send/receive text messages from other iPhone/iPad/iTouch users, I am assuming this is really "iMessage." Is it apple software?

I have spent hours on the phone with Apple and AT&T. I went thought reset, on/off, etc, etc with both companies to no avail. Each company pointed fingers at the other....as being the source of the problem.
Problems: Suddenly ALL incoming calls were going directly to VM with no signal I missed calls and/or had VM. I was also unable to receive all Text Messages...Oddly, I could send text messages to anyone (even non-apple users but I could not receive their responses)........then I when I got home I started receiving text messages from other apples users ONLY. I assume now - iMessage kicked in and I could text (send/receive) other iPhone/iPad/iTouch users ONLY. ....yes, I could still (send) text messages to my husband's blackberry (he received my messages fine) but my phone would NOT receive his text respones.
Finally, I googled the problem and found this community where other people have had the exact same problems! One person said he "turned off 3 G" which was the solution for him....so I did the same and VIOLA! My problem solved! Nevermind the fact that I pay for 3G and cannot use it....so here's my question, if 3G is the problem on my phone is this an APPLE issue or a NETWORK problem? Do I purchase a new phone and slip in my same SIM card and hope the same does not occur or do I get a whole new SIM card and phone? What is the long term resolution to this problem?
I am happy however to find that my problem is NOT an isolated incident and wish Apple or AT&T had told me this is not so uncommon because I thought (based on the baffled response from Apple) that this has never occurred before. Where is Steve Jobs when we need him?

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IPhone to iTouch can't text

i have an iPhone 4 and we just bought an iTouch for my daughter. the advertisement material indicates we should be able to text or do facetime as long as there is a wifi connection. I can't figure out how to do it.
on the iTouch, when she tries to message, me she gets an error that i am not signed up for iMessage. from the iPhone, i can't see anyway to identify her. do i need another software to message her? the software that came with her iTouch looks like the same messaging software i use. i do know she was able to message her friend that has an iPhone.
What am i doing wrong?

With the iPhone, create a contact for the person with the iTouch. There will not be a phone number to enter like you normally do, but enter in the Apple ID for the iTouch user under the e-mail section of the contact.
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1 iPhone, i iTouch, 3 Computers, 1 Big iWorld

Ready for this! My question has to do with syncing multiple calendars. Here are the details:
In our home we have the following products:
iPhone - Me
iTouch - My Wife (got it for free)
iMac - Both
Macbook Air - Me
Apple TV - Everyone
Airport Extreme - Everyone
MobileMe Account - Me
So, thus far we are LOVING life because everything syncs fantastic! My iMac syncs with the Macbook and with the iPhone and the iTouch. We keep all our calendars synced and clean and lovely!
Well, I want to confuse things a bit. You see I have this nasty PC Laptop for work that I have to keep all my work appointments on. And I think I would just DIE because of all the convienence if I could just add my work calendar to the rest of the stuff we have.
Back in the day I used a program called SyncWiz or something that worked great. Well, the tech guys got wize to me and put the kabosh on that so I can't export my Outlook calendar that way. Someone else gave me the idea of putting iTunes on my work computer and then hooking my phone up to it. Then by adding it to my iPhone it would trickle down to the rest of my iWorld via MobileMe.
Any thoughts? How do I add my work calendar to the rest of my iUtopian society we have going on in my house! WHY CAN'T WE ALL JUST INTEGRATE NICELY LIKE GOOD MACS AND PC'S!
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Sadly there is no real method to keep calenders discrete on the iPhone unless your work account happens to use outlook exchange (as exchange and wireless mobile me synced data can actually sit next to each other).
If you install the mobile me control panel on your work computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2209
You could theoretically get your work calendar onto mobile me... However it would also put your home calendar into your work computer (calendars can have subfolders of other calendars in outlook but outlook makes a mess of displaying them and you have personal data where your it guys would get suspicious). Sadly Mobile Me is Apple simple meaning all or nothing. It is not discrete
It sounds like a case of needing mobile me feedback requesting to sync specific data with specific computers instead of an all or nothing affair or iPhone feedback to allow both usb and mobile me syncing to be side by side like the exchange works.
http://www.apple.com/feedback.
Outside of that if your work provides you some sort of web based calendar access you may have to muddle by with safari.

Use 160GB through iTouch interface?

Situation: I love the iTouch (I have the 16GB, preordered before they hit the market), but it has far from enough space to hold my music (300+GB). I also have a 160GB iPod Classic... is there any way to connect the two so that I can have 176GB total space, but use only the iTouch interface to go through it all?
The scroll wheel on the iPod classic *****, to be honest. It's not very sensitive. I don't want to "degrade" (so to speak)... but I also want to carry all my music on a player that is fun and easy to use? Thanks!
P.S.: I've thought about this a lot, and my guess is that the answer is going to be a short "No." So, I ask: Why not? I've spent upwards of $500 for these products, and feel that because of my investment I am right to expect convenient and useful things like this to be possible, even if said versatility is not emphasized or even mentioned (as Apple would much rather that I spend another $200-$300 on a brand new iTouch with hardly any space).

Sorry, no you can't. I would assume that having a touch screen product to run iOS with a hard drive which can hold that much space(instead of flash drive) would be too big(brick) and costly. Maybe someday if flash memory increases greatly but that is no where in sight.
It is just two different devices. Harddrive v. flash drive. Since apple is moving all their new products to be touch based I don't expect any new product with large amounts of memory.
There is a reason that the ipod touch can go to 64GB and the iphone can only go to 32GB. It is because of space. The ipod touch can just fit another 32GB in the space that phone parts would go.

ATV2, iMac, Windows 7 Laptop, Iphone and iTouch Connectivity

Hi all,
I am frustrated as ****. Here's the deal.
I am running an Airport Extreme basestation (AEB) home wireless network with full connectivity from all devices to the outside world. I have my main iTunes (10.1.2) library on my iMac (OSx 10.6.6) and my son has an iTunes (10.1.2) library on his Windows 7 laptop. I have home sharing enabled on the iMac, ATV2 and Win7 Laptop all using the same Apple_ID.
My iPhone 4 and Itouch Remote Apps (home sharing also turned on) will both connect to the ATV2 and to the Win7 iTunes library. However, while both see the library on the iMac they will not connect to it. I can also stream from the iPhone and iTouch over Airtunes to the AVT2.
My ATV2 will see both the iMac Library and the Win7 library but will only physically connect to the Win 7 library.
My Win 7 library can see the iMac library but won't connect to it, similar to the iPhone, iTouch and ATV2.
My iMac library can't see the Win7 library at all. However I can connect my iMac to the windows laptop for simple file transfer between the iMac and the windows laptop and I can also play music from the iMac library over Airtunes to the ATV2.
With all this connectivity going on I am at a loss as to why iPhone, ATV2, iTouch and Win 7 Laptop can all see the iMac library but won't make the connection to it when each one of those devices all work together perfectly fine and all devices are on the same AEB wireless network.
This must be something very small on the iMac/Itunes side?
Help Please......

Hi,
No, Windows 7 Started edition only support USB connection. any network connection with your HP device is not supported due to limitations of the operating system:
For Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Vista Starter Edition and Windows 7 Starter Edition
• Is supported for USB only
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=mp-108842-3&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en...
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