Downgraded from iOS 7 > 6.1.4 - "SIM Not Valid"

DrDesmo · Jun 11, 2013

Hey gang -

Long time lurker, first time poster

Installed iOS 7 Beta last night, didn't care for how many of my apps crashed and burned in it, did a DFU restore back to 6.1.4 and now am getting a "SIM Not Valid" error - "The SIM card installed in this iPhone does not appear to be supported."

Any recommendations? Thanks!

JagNL · Jun 11, 2013

DrDesmo said:
Hey gang -

Long time lurker, first time poster

Installed iOS 7 Beta last night, didn't care for how many of my apps crashed and burned in it, did a DFU restore back to 6.1.4 and now am getting a "SIM Not Valid" error - "The SIM card installed in this iPhone does not appear to be supported."

Any recommendations? Thanks!

Same problem here - I have restored to IOS 6.1.3 and back to IOS 7. I get "SIM Not Valid" on both now. Would like to find a solution as well!

FWIW I'm on Sprint with a iPhone 4S

moonman239 · Jun 11, 2013

OP, what carrier are you using? Verizon and Sprint in the US use CDMA. Customers of a network that uses CDMA don't need a SIM card as long as their phone is capable of using a CDMA network and a unique identifier associated with that phone's CDMA chip is registered in the carrier's database.

bubbletao · Jun 11, 2013

Same issue

JagNL said:
Same problem here - I have restored to IOS 6.1.3 and back to IOS 7. I get "SIM Not Valid" on both now. Would like to find a solution as well!

FWI I'm on Sprint with a iPhone 4S

Same issue here. I am on Rogers(Canada) with a iPhone 5. Actually I went to app retail store and they told me they can't fix this because my iPhone is now locked by ATT(the firmware I downloaded online)

fivedots · Jun 11, 2013

Just did the same thing on Rogers Canada (7 back to 6.1.4 on iPhone 5) without an issue at all.

DrDesmo · Jun 11, 2013

moonman239 said:
OP, what carrier are you using? Verizon and Sprint in the US use CDMA. Customers of a network that uses CDMA don't need a SIM card as long as their phone is capable of using a CDMA network and a unique identifier associated with that phone's CDMA chip is registered in the carrier's database.

I'm on VZW ... Tried activating sans SIM card, and was greeted with a "SIM not found" error.

Yes, I'm using the ,2 firmware

bubbletao · Jun 11, 2013

fivedots said:
Just did the same thing on Rogers Canada (7 back to 6.1.4 on iPhone 5) without an issue at all.

I don't have a developer ID. I downloaded a firmware online and directly using shift+update to install the iOS 7.

The guy in app retailed store told me that now my iphone 5 is locked by AT&T. FT...

fivedots · Jun 11, 2013

bubbletao said:
I don't have a developer ID. I downloaded a firmware online and directly using shift+update to install the iOS 7.

The guy in app retailed store told me that now my iphone 5 is locked by AT&T. FT...

Are you saying you cannot activate iOS 7 or iOS 6.1.4?

aristobrat · Jun 11, 2013

moonman239 said:
OP, what carrier are you using? Verizon and Sprint in the US use CDMA. Customers of a network that uses CDMA don't need a SIM card as long as their phone is capable of using a CDMA network and a unique identifier associated with that phone's CDMA chip is registered in the carrier's database.

FWIW, I don't think that's how it works for LTE phones on Sprint and Verizon.

I recently got a replacement Verizon iPhone 5 (via AppleCare + FedEx). I had to go to the Verizon website to remove my broken iPhone 5 from my line, and add the replacement iPhone on. To identify the new iPhone, all the Verizon website asked for was the ICCID, which if I'm not mistaken, is the number from the SIM. It never asked for the MEID, which is the unique CDMA identifier.

bubbletao · Jun 11, 2013

fivedots said:
Are you saying you cannot activate iOS 7 or iOS 6.1.4?

I can't activate iOS 6.14. it showed SIM not valid.

JagNL · Jun 11, 2013

While it is true that both Verizon and Sprint don't require a SIM card to operate, something with the update (I downloaded the iPhone 4S file from an unofficial server, the file name was the same as the official Apple link, but a friend registered my UDID with his DEV account) has jacked the firmware.

It seems my phone is definitely locked to a carrier other than Sprint now as it keeps telling me that the SIM card i'm trying to use isn't supported by my carrier and that I need to change out SIM cards or have my phone unlocked.

madmaxmedia · Jun 11, 2013

Strange.

I did a DFU and restored back to 6.1.4 on my ATT 4S, it worked without a hitch. But it was originally an ATT phone.

RKilbane20 · Jun 11, 2013

I "upgraded" from ios6 to ios7 and it worked fine. I then did a real restore of ios7 again and got the sim not valid message. Now I did DFU mode and am going back to 6.1.4. Ill let you know what happens. ATT iPhone 5 here.

fivedots · Jun 11, 2013

I was unaware that there was even carrier specific images to be had. I do not believe this to be the case. There are just the GSM & CDMA options, as far as I'm aware. The AT&T firmware should be identical to the Rogers version for all intents and purposes.

Try it again following these instructions and using a fresh download: http://www.iclarified.com/31004/how-to-downgrade-from-ios-7-beta-to-ios-6

I think the DFU mode process is key vs. a normal Option+Restore.

DrDesmo · Jun 11, 2013

fivedots said:
I was unaware that there was even carrier specific images to be had. I do not believe this to be the case. There are just the GSM & CDMA options, as far as I'm aware. The AT&T firmware should be identical to the Rogers version for all intents and purposes.

Try it again following these instructions and using a fresh download: http://www.iclarified.com/31004/how-to-downgrade-from-ios-7-beta-to-ios-6

I think the DFU mode process is key vs. a normal Option+Restore.

Yep, tried the DFU mode, tried putting 7 back on it, tried putting 6.1.4 back on (all via DFU) ... Nothing.

madmaxmedia · Jun 11, 2013

I didn't manually download the firmware, I let iTunes download it automatically.

I just did the DFU before restoring. That might be better way, so you don't accidentally get the wrong firmware?

RKilbane20 · Jun 11, 2013

I'm about to take it up to apple. Mine is getting the same error message. It worked fine with the "upgrade" option but "restore" to iOS7 gives me this error. And the DFU downgrade to 6.1.4

JagNL · Jun 11, 2013

RKilbane20 said:
I'm about to take it up to apple. Mine is getting the same error message. It worked fine with the "upgrade" option but "restore" to iOS7 gives me this error. And the DFU downgrade to 6.1.4

Let us know what you find out. I took mine to the Apple store and they just gave me a dumbfounded look.

Bawstun · Jun 11, 2013

Rather than start a new thread maybe I can just ask in here since it is related to downgrading iOS 7.

Before I upgraded to iOS 7 I did a backup of my device. After I upgraded to iOS 7 I did a backup.

I downgraded successfully back to 6.1.3. but now when trying to restore my contacts, pics, messages etc from my backup I get the "cannot be restored to this iphone because the software is too old" message.

Is this because I did a backup after I had installed iOS 7 as well? Is there a way to successfuly restore of my stuff, or am I just screwed now?

RKilbane20 · Jun 11, 2013

Bawstun said:
Rather than start a new thread maybe I can just ask in here since it is related to downgrading iOS 7.

Before I upgraded to iOS 7 I did a backup of my device. After I upgraded to iOS 7 I did a backup.

I downgraded successfully back to 6.1.3. but now when trying to restore my contacts, pics, messages etc from my backup I get the "cannot be restored to this iphone because the software is too old" message.

Is this because I did a backup after I had installed iOS 7 as well? Is there a way to successfuly restore of my stuff, or am I just screwed now?

Yes but you should have more then one backup. At least on my computer I have 4 different ones from yesterday, a month ago, etc.

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JagNL said:
Let us know what you find out. I took mine to the Apple store and they just gave me a dumbfounded look.

Did you give them a new one? What did they do?

bubbletao · Jun 11, 2013

madmaxmedia said:
I didn't manually download the firmware, I let iTunes download it automatically.

I just did the DFU before restoring. That might be better way, so you don't accidentally get the wrong firmware?

I think my 6.1.4 firmware is correct since I use the itune to download automatically. I might use the wrong ios 7.0 firmware which is from AT&T, and now I am stuck with a 7.0 firmware and a Roger phone/number.

I used DFU mode and restore the firmware a couple of times, but didn't work. Any one could offer help?

Bacong · Jun 11, 2013

Bawstun said:
Rather than start a new thread maybe I can just ask in here since it is related to downgrading iOS 7.

Before I upgraded to iOS 7 I did a backup of my device. After I upgraded to iOS 7 I did a backup.

I downgraded successfully back to 6.1.3. but now when trying to restore my contacts, pics, messages etc from my backup I get the "cannot be restored to this iphone because the software is too old" message.

Is this because I did a backup after I had installed iOS 7 as well? Is there a way to successfuly restore of my stuff, or am I just screwed now?

yeah, you shouldn't have done a backup after. do you perhaps have a backup saved to iCloud ?

Bawstun · Jun 11, 2013

Bacong said:
yeah, you shouldn't have done a backup after. do you perhaps have a backup saved to iCloud ?

Son of a *****. Why is the method of restoring such important data so confusing from Apple? It really shouldn't be this error prone, lol. (Yes I realize it's my own fault, but it is not very user friendly, not to mention not backwards compatible!)

What if I restore back to iOS 7 again, restore the backup I made from that, turn on iCloud, then downgrade back to 6.1.3 and try to restore from iCloud? Would that work or give the same error message?

Bacong · Jun 11, 2013

Bawstun said:
Son of a *****. Why is the method of restoring such important data so confusing from Apple? It really shouldn't be this error prone, lol. (Yes I realize it's my own fault, but it is not very user friendly, not to mention not backwards compatible!)

What if I restore back to iOS 7 again, restore the backup I made from that, turn on iCloud, then downgrade back to 6.1.3 and try to restore from iCloud? Would that work or give the same error message?

you would need the backup from 6.1.3 or whatever.

Bawstun · Jun 11, 2013

So I can put all of my photos, messages, call history etc. back onto iOS 7 but there is no way to get it all off and back onto a downgraded 6.1.3? Even with iCloud? *sigh* Guess I might have to stay on iOS 7 then...I can't lose everything...

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