Help! Received replacement iPhone 4 from Apple, don't want to activate

[dsutton01]

I brought my old iphone 4 to the apple store to have it replaced due to a defect in the LCD. They gave me a new/refurb replacement with the plastic still on. I don't currently have AT&T service, and so I don't have a SIM to insert to activate.

Is there a safe way to bypass this activation? I want to know what ios version is on this phone, but I can't see anything until I activate.

Thanks.

 

[Applejuiced]

Plug it in and run tinyumbrella.
It will tell you what firmware its on.

 

[dsutton01]

Thanks, that did the trick. 5.0.1.

Any way to bypass activation without a SIM? Can I use someone else's sim just to bypass?

 

[Applejuiced]

Either someone elses AT&T sim or use redsnow to JB and I believe it will hactivate it.

 

[TriJetHero]

use redsn0w 9.10b5c to jailbreak, during the process select activate and your phone will be activated and jailbroken

 

[h4mza]

Why would you not activate?

 

[dsutton01]

Probably going to use the phone with Straight Talk, so I'll just activate when I receive the SIM.