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timize

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I'm trying to jailbreak my phone, but I have a used iPhone 4 with an unactivated SIM card. All I get is the emergency call screen. Thanks for any help 🙂
 
I'm trying to jailbreak my phone, but I have a used iPhone 4 with an unactivated SIM card. All I get is the emergency call screen. Thanks for any help 🙂

You need to activate the phone with a sim belonging to the carrier the phone is locked to
 
So it can be with any AT&T SIM, as long as it's activated?

Is this the only option?

If you got it in USA, yes, The phone is LOCKED to AT&T, you need an AT&T sim to activate the phone, the iPhone 4 use a MIcroSIM card, so if you have a "old" sim you need to cut it (so you cannot just borrow one from a friend unless you got a MIcroSim Adapter to give back to them and they accept)
 
i remember reading an article about this guy named "sherif hashem"

supposedly he found a way to activate an iphone 4 with some card you can buy
from radioshack for $20

google his name and see what you come up with
 
i remember reading an article about this guy named "sherif hashem"

supposedly he found a way to activate an iphone 4 with some card you can buy
from radioshack for $20

google his name and see what you come up with

It's sherif_hashim and it's a bookmark sim card. I don't think any Radio Shack in the US carries those. You can get them from the Internet.

Besides, if the OP does a little searching, there is a way to activate the iPhone 4
(Hint: research sherif_hashim's older tweets for the link) Won't post it here due some possible copyright infringement arguements
 
It's sherif_hashim and it's a bookmark sim card. I don't think any Radio Shack in the US carries those. You can get them from the Internet.

Besides, if the OP does a little searching, there is a way to activate the iPhone 4
(Hint: research sherif_hashim's older tweets for the link) Won't post it here due some possible copyright infringement arguements

I never heard of that.
Activate the iphone 4 without a sim?
Post it up bro, there's nothing to worry about.
 
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