Using old iPhone 4S as iPod

daleycss · Jan 29, 2013, 05:51 PM

so i want to do a restore on it to wipe it completely but i'm afraid it'll activate automatically on verizon after it restores.. i have it set on airplane mode with wifi flipped on.... what should i do? i have an iphone 5 now, but i want to use this iphone 4s as a ipod now.

daleycss · Jan 29, 2013, 06:18 PM

help?

CEmajr · Jan 29, 2013, 06:36 PM

It can't activate if you already have a 5 and no longer have service on it. To get Verizon service back on it you would have to actually have Verizon put the service back on it. It's already an iPod now even if you turn airplane mode off.

Agent-P · Jan 29, 2013, 07:45 PM

If you're using the 4S as your own personal iPod, why bother wiping it?

Ste Nova · Jan 30, 2013, 04:06 AM

sell it buy an ipod?

mrsir2009 · Jan 30, 2013, 04:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ste Nova

sell it buy an ipod?

+1. The iPhone 4S is still worth quite a lot of money, so you'd be better off buying an iPod Touch 4th or 5th gen, then selling the iPhone 4S. Unless of course the 4S is locked...

Jan 29, 2013, 05:51 PM	#1
daleycss macrumors regular Join Date: Nov 2010	Using old iPhone 4S as iPod so i want to do a restore on it to wipe it completely but i'm afraid it'll activate automatically on verizon after it restores.. i have it set on airplane mode with wifi flipped on.... what should i do? i have an iphone 5 now, but i want to use this iphone 4s as a ipod now.
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Jan 29, 2013, 07:45 PM	#4
Agent-P macrumors 68000 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Colorado	If you're using the 4S as your own personal iPod, why bother wiping it? __________________ I have a dream that one day iOS users, Android users, and Windows Phone users will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. Follow me on Twitter
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Jan 29, 2013, 06:18 PM	#2
daleycss Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Nov 2010	help?
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Jan 29, 2013, 06:36 PM	#3
CEmajr macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2012	It can't activate if you already have a 5 and no longer have service on it. To get Verizon service back on it you would have to actually have Verizon put the service back on it. It's already an iPod now even if you turn airplane mode off.
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