can an iphone be restored without a sim card?

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can an iphone be restored without a sim card?

i am trying to restore a 2g iphone but don't have a sim card in it, can it be done? i can on getting error messages or it just stops loading the restore

Posted on Mar 29, 2010 5:06 PM

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wjosten

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Mar 29, 2010 5:13 PM in response to caf38

No. You cannot restore or update software without a sim card. The sim card need not be activated, but it must be present & if not activated, must be from the last carrier that the iphone was activated with.

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caf38 Author

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Mar 29, 2010 5:20 PM in response to caf38

so i have an old sim card that i have when i used to be with cingular, would that work?

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wjosten

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Mar 29, 2010 5:23 PM in response to caf38

Perhaps, try and see...like I said, you cannot restore or update software without a sim card present in the iphone. Since it appears that this iphone was last activated on the AT&T network, your Cingular sim "may" work...no guarantees that it will. If it doesn't, you'll have to get one from an AT&T store, again, it need not be activated...just has to be valid.

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