I found an iphone (says 3g) radioshack said it is a 5g. Can I get this activated?

On Friday my Husband and I were out. A man approached (hard on his luck) sold me his phone for $25.00 and explained he would keep it on for 30 days. Well I knew the phone was not stolen because he "actually showed his ID and some piddly paperwork on the phone and everything matched up. He was asking $75.00, but that was NOT going to happen.
The next day (as I suspected) the phone was turned off.
My question is: Can I get this iphone re-connected although it has a Verizon carrier? The phone is in tip top condition and came only with a car and pc charging adapter. It has a nice case worth ($30+) more than what I paid for the phone. I was told I could sell it for parts. When I looked up the value it's worth is in the upper $400.00's… Can I get it re-connected?

Iphone 3gs text message

I've never had a problem with my text messages before but recently my incoming text messages show up as weird garbled characters. Only the first two words are readable. I provided a picture below so you can see how they look. Does anyone know how to fix this? Please help.

Is there a product just as good as the olloclip?

I'm one of those iphone users that love their photos and my phone is bombarded with photography apps.
I'd really like to buy these lenses I've heard a lot about and the olloclip is the one I found that has the best reviews/responses/works the best.
Unfortunately it's quite pricey in my eyes, so I've browsed ebay and amazon and they're still pretty much the same price, and I'm not willing to chance it on the cheap knock offs on ebay just in case they end up a load of rubbish!

Is there anyone that's actually bought a cheaper alternative that's just as good? Or is this wishful thinking?

How to activate my iphone 5 orange sim card?

I just bought the iphone 5 and I've set it up and put the sim card in but it say no service, I was told that I needed to connect my phone to itunes wich I have done but still says no service. I don't know what I should do when its connected to itunes so if somebody could give me a step by step tutorial on how to activate my sim that would be great.

Problem with my Orange mobile account

I've just bought a new iphone 5 (last week) and have a new SIM with it also. However when I go onto my Orange account it says I need to upgrade to get full access even though i'm the primary holder.
Also my online bill is showing up huge when I have unlimited texts 600 mins and 1GB data. None of that shows on-line and when i ring up to hear my texts/mins it says i don't have that bundle! Don't know where the extra £30 charges have come from

How to watch Game of Thrones on my iPhone?

So I do not have access to HBO and have been trying for days to no avail. Streaming on safari doesn't work because Iphones have no flash player. I downloaded a Video Downloader app from the appstore. That sorta worked but the video is extremely laggy and quite unwatcheable.

Can someone recommend a specific site and/or app that they have used themselves in the past for this kinda thing?

Also note that my iPhone is jailbroken with Cydia so a Cydia would be awesome if anyone knows one (Moviebox or smt)

Why does my iPhone 5 makes a swish/swoosh noise?

Why does my iPhone 5 make a swish or swoosh noise when I'm using it? I have all of the alerts, notifications, and sounds turned off. And I turned my ringer all the way down. I check my email, messages, and notification page, but can't find where it's coming from. Isn't there a way to make it completely silent?