i factory restored it because i was gonna sell it on ebay, now she wants to use it as a wifi ipod until november when her contracts up. BUT every time i plug it in it tries to activiate a new ipod. can i not just sync it with itunes as an ipod. iv looked around the web but cannot find a definitive answer. thank u
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i wanna give my sister my old iphone but...
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Just put in your already activated AT&T sim card so that it can activate. Once it does, you won't have to do it again.
so wait... if i put my current iphone sim card in my old iphone wouldnt that activate my old phone and screw up my account? i dont want to get a bunch of prorated charges, or screw anything up.
No. Since you already have an iPhone and an iPhone data plan, it shouldn't do anything at all. You can switch phones all you want. AT&T doesn't care.
agreed, it's not a problem. My gf is using my 2G iphone as an ipod touch with no problems.
Yeah, "just do it!" You'll be alright, I switch between my 3G and my 3GS all the time without AT&T knowing the difference....
But you already have the data plan. You can't have 2 data plans on 1 phone line. It is just telling you it is going to add it if you don't already have it.
Plus data can be taken off a line at anytime, even if it does add it where it doesn't belong, you can remove it.
What happens when you put it back in your 3GS?
Nothing? It works the same as it did when you took it out?
He's offline for now....
Hey sfsustudent
how's registration working out for you? Luckily, the 2 classes I registered for hadn't been canceled.
Did OP ever mention if it's an original iPhone or 3G? If it's an original iPhone then it probably will change his account, but not negatively.
Yeah if anything it would change back to the $20 one for a day till they realized he switched back. But I'm not sure. If you just switch sims and the phones are already activated then it doesn't do anything.
it is the original iphone, so i would have to change data plans, which is bad right? since i already was prorated 4 days ago for the 3gs update. should this be so hard?