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Is there any way to bypass activation on iPhone 5?
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Apple Store does not carry ANY SIM card, only the Carrier stores do. Going in would be a lot quicker than getting them shipped, but I do not know if the nano SIMs are carried yet....because they come pre-loaded in the iPhones.
Is there really no way to activate the iPhone 5 without a sim card? I have bought a sim locked UK T-Mobile iPhone 5, and there is a delay on the unlock service - and I would like to use it in the meantime and play with it. I have a Danish sim, but it won't activate it for me.
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Or anything back to the 3GS for that matter. I haven't tested it with earlier models, but my 3GS I use as an iPod required a sim after restoring it. It had 5.0 on it, so this requirement either came with 5.1 or 6.
All stock iphones needed to be activated before it let you into the homescreen.
Before with JB options available you could hactivate and bypass that but currently there is no JB for the i5.
This is %100 not true.
I got a replacement sim from Apple for verizon.
They dont sell them, but they do have them for replacements if there is an issue with the one you got.
The iphone 5 will need a sim to connect to Sprints or Verizon LTE network.
Without the sim you will be stuck with CDMA 3G even in areas where you could get LTE.
I'm almost positive my 3GS didn't have a sim in it when I installed 5.0 on it after erasing all content and settings. If it did have one in there, I wouldn't have had to get one from AT&T. Either way, it's easy to get one from your carrier for free.
You're not that positive
The 3GS after a restore with 5.0 would need a sim to activate.That's how the ios works, it doesnt just activate the phone with nothing there.
you are better of going to the store and get it yourself mate.
i had a bad experience waiting for a sim to be shipped to my address - took too long and when i finally visited a store they had no record of my order.
if they have stock - which they usually do, you'll have your phone up and running in minutes.
i had a bad experience waiting for a sim to be shipped to my address - took too long and when i finally visited a store they had no record of my order.
if they have stock - which they usually do, you'll have your phone up and running in minutes.
You're not that positive
That's how the ios works, it doesnt just activate the phone with nothing there.
EDIT* It looks like you're right. I guess I just thought it didn't have a sim in it. Thanks for clearing it up.
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Then Apple doesn't know what they're talking about or just like this whole forum; information varies. I went in to get a replacement SIM for a 4 and 4S at two different Apple Stores in Houston and they specifically told me they do not carry them as the SIMs are pre-loaded in the box, but I could get a new one from the kiosk right outside the Apple store.
Lolol well I got a nano some for my verizon iphone 5.. As well as a micro that same day for the 4s. (i was swapping phones) You can't just go ask for one..they don't hand them out like business cards. Make an appointment or find a representative who's nice.
Read the verizon unlimited data swap thread. So many on there got their nano sims from apple. That's how I knew to get mine from them.
I love how you say apple (as a company) doesn't know what they are talking about because you couldn't walk in and get one/talked to a stupid csr
Terrible news... Really have to wait for the unlock to get back online (States "1-2 weeks" so fingers crossed)
I have asked for an AT&T micro SIM at the Apple Store Scottsdale Quarter in AZ and the Genius Bar had plenty.
The iPhone from apple comes pre installed and my company ordered from both AT&T and Verizon and they were pre installed as well
Sorry thought you could read between the lines... The Apple Store employee***** doesn't know what she was talking about. By the way the CSR told me to get a new sim as she knew that was the issue and STILL didn't give me a new one, sorry I believed her.