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aDRock1154

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Nov 15, 2011
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Have you run into any issues with the phone activating? I'm not talking about anything UDID related (I'm a registered developer with access to the dev portal), but upon restore it says, 'SIM not valid' when it is?

I just renewed my developer account in December and anytime I restore my (Verizon) 5s it fails to (re)activate. I have access to install the beta, but I'm worried it will lock me out of my phone (again). I purchased my iPhone 5s full retail and Verizon/Apple have no idea what's causing this. I'm on my 4th iPhone 5s and am paying to test the beta ($99), but don't want to risk replacing the phone again...

TLDR: Anyone on Verizon with a 5s (off contract) running betas (or restoring) getting this issue?
 
Sounds like nothing new came out of the earlier discussion of this at https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1694007/ then?

That's correct. Apple can't prorate a developer account, so I'm stuck with paying for something I'm not using. I wanna load the beta on (or restore for that matter), but don't wanna chance getting another replacement.

I dunno, thought I'd try my luck asking around again..
 
That's correct. Apple can't prorate a developer account, so I'm stuck with paying for something I'm not using. I wanna load the beta on (or restore for that matter), but don't wanna chance getting another replacement.

I dunno, thought I'd try my luck asking around again..
It certainly seems to be a strange one. Hopefully something will surface that sheds some more light on it.
 
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