IPhone activation using someone else's SIM card?
I recently factory restored my iPhone 4 AT&T and it has no sim card so of course it needs to be activated, and I lost mine months ago, if I get my sister's sim card and put it in, then activate my phone, then put my sisters sim back in her phone will I be activated? Will her phone be affected?
Added (1). Zack, I'm not trying to get service I'm just trying to make it work, like an ipod touch.
No, that won't work. The SIM card is basically the "activation module" if you will. Putting it in your phone will just give you her phone number.
I recently factory restored my iPhone 4 AT&T and it has no sim card so of course it needs to be activated, and I lost mine months ago, if I get my sister's sim card and put it in, then activate my phone, then put my sisters sim back in her phone will I be activated? Will her phone be affected?
------------- yes… ATT will think she has an Iphone 4 now… When you activated it via itunes, the imei # and sim # became paired and sealed in the billing system. Only way to revert back is to upgrade OR call 611, get an agent, and manually update the imei of the old back into her account.
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Zack, I'm not trying to get service I'm just trying to make it work, like an ipod touch.
-------------- we understand this… But if you use her sim card, it will activate under her account and her phone number… On GSM technology, the sim is YOU… If you are stuck into something, that device becomes yours. Wel… In this case, your sisters brand new iphoen 4 -- lmao… I would get off your fat american but, simply go to ATT, get a simple sim card for free… Issue resolved… Shoot, call ATT and have it shipped to you.
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