Sim card..prepaid?

[Trinity82]

The guy I bought an Iphone from left the Sim card in. I think the phone was on a contract when I bought it..
How can I tell from the sim card if it was prepaid or on a contract??

 

[0dev]

Why does it matter? Just take his SIM out and put your own in.

 

[Trinity82]

Why does it matter? Just take his SIM out and put your own in.

I have done that. When his Bell sim card is in I dont get a "no service" signal.
When I put in my Telus sim card I get "no service"

What the heck is with this phone

 

[0dev]

Sounds like the phone itself is faulty. Give it back and get a refund.

 

[Trinity82]

Sounds like the phone itself is faulty. Give it back and get a refund.

I bought it from a guy online.

 

[0dev]

Contact him about it then. What site was it through?

 

[Trinity82]

Been told it has an unlocked baseband. So I just through it in the garbage or what?

 

[Applejuiced]

I have done that. When his Bell sim card is in I dont get a "no service" signal.
When I put in my Telus sim card I get "no service"

What the heck is with this phone

Because its probably locked to bell so it wont accept any other carriers sims.
Just sims from Bell.
Get a prepaid bell sim and use it.

 

[Trinity82]

Because its probably locked to bell so it wont accept any other carriers sims.
Just sims from Bell.
Get a prepaid bell sim and use it.

Done that. I bought a prepaid sim with Bell and when I try to activate the sim with the phone, it wont work.

 

[0dev]

Been told it has an unlocked baseband. So I just through it in the garbage or what?

If it's meant to have been unlocked, it could be a jailbreak unlock was attempted and went wrong. This can brick the baseband of an iPhone permanently AFAIK. Try restoring first though.

 

[Trinity82]

I restored it last night. After the restore Cydia was still on the phone. The restore didnt really do anything.

 

[0dev]

I restored it last night. After the restore Cydia was still on the phone. The restore didnt really do anything.

Don't restore from a backup, do a complete clean restore as a new phone.

 

[Applejuiced]

I restored it last night. After the restore Cydia was still on the phone. The restore didnt really do anything.

That doesnt make any sense.
You restored it with an official firmware with itunes and cydia was still there?

 

[Trinity82]

Don't restore from a backup, do a complete clean restore as a new phone.

I went to Reset..Reset all content and settings.

 

[0dev]

I went to Reset..Reset all content and settings.

That's not the same thing. Go to iTunes and do a proper restore.

 

[Applejuiced]

I went to Reset..Reset all content and settings.

Plug it to itunes and hit restore. Erase all is not a restore.
You will need a sim in order to activated after.
Most likelly from the carrier that the phone is locked to.

 

[Trinity82]

Plug it to itunes and hit restore. Erase all is not a restore.
You will need a sim in order to activated after.
Most likelly from the carrier that the phone is locked to.

After I restore it in Itunes, I should be able to activate the sim with the phones serial number?

I just bought this iphone from the guy so I dont have itunes. Need to install that I guess.

 

[Trinity82]

Plug it to itunes and hit restore. Erase all is not a restore.
You will need a sim in order to activated after.
Most likelly from the carrier that the phone is locked to.

I restored the iphone from Itunes like suggested. It is now a Bell phone. I still cant activate the Bell sim card due to the serial number and IMEI not working.

 

[Applejuiced]

I restored the iphone from Itunes like suggested. It is now a Bell phone. I still cant activate the Bell sim card due to the serial number and IMEI not working.

Call bell for help on how to activate the sim and use it on that particular phone.