How to set up iPhone without sim card?

Last night I had to erase my iPhone and reset it due to a system error. When it came back on, it said I needed a sim card in order to use it. Is there any other way to get oass the SIM activation stage? My dad has a sim card I could use and I've already asked him but he said he doesn't want his iPhone broken. He has an iPhone 5s from Verizon.

Unfortunately you do need a SIM card. The good news is it can really be any sim card that fits it, All you have to do is insert it, go to the next step and basically log onto Wi-Fi rather than cellular data. This will even work with an old sim card that no longer has an account hooked to it.

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