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Just attempted to restore firmware on iPhone 5.

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CyrusKafaiWu

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Jun 20, 2011
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Hi

I can no longer have access to my phone. It needs a nano sim and I am still waiting for it to come in. I just bought this phone unlocked from the Apple Store this morning.

Thanks
 
you should be able to restore the phone without a SIM. just be on wifi and it should activate fine.
 
IT doesn't let me restore or do anything. It just keeps asking for a simcard.

I gotta get my regular iPhone 3g simcard switched to nano-sim.
 
Applejuiced said:
Your old CDMA iPhone 4? Yes.
Gsm iPhones need a valid sim to activate or else you can't get into the home screen.
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sorry, no it was my old att iphone 4 that i restored before i sold. maybe it had the SIM installed, i forgot.
 
So, you are getting a sim card, yes? (Not sure, based on what you have already said). If the answer is yes, why not just wait? Restoring doesn't take all that much time. In fact, you've likely spent more time trying to figure out how to restore without a sim card than than it will take to restore once you pop a sim in.
 
Yes borrowing a sim works temporarily. I finally transfered my old phone's sim into this one. Thanks for the effort guys!
 
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