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iFanaddic

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Original poster
Sep 24, 2008
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Montréal, Canada
Hey everyone I’m hoping someone here can help me. I have my friends first generation iPhone that she bought online. It doesn’t have any Sim Card in it but she only wants to use it as an iPod touch.. She asked me if I could get it to work and I told her I would try. Now I know a lot of you will tell me to search but Im very new at this and a lot of info around the internet seems to be outdated..

Right now when I connect the phone to my mac iTunes tells me “There is no SIM card installed in the iPhone you are attempting to activate.” Can someone help me or at least give me an hint as to what I have to do?

BTW I don’t know if it’s relevant but if I do something on her iPhone should I do it on a PC since that's what she uses or can I do it on my mac? I wouldn't wanna do all the hacking to make it work and then give it to her just to realize since I hacked it on a mac it wont work on a PC..

Thanks to whoever helps me.

***Note: I do not know which firmware the iPhone is running but I would like it if she could have the latest one available for the first gen iphone. Dunno which one that would be.
 
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