Turning my old iPhone 3GS into a regular iPod Touch

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Turning my old iPhone 3GS into a regular iPod Touch

I have an older iPhone 3GS that I want to use as an iPod Touch. It no longer has a sim card in it and I had to restore it to the factory settings. Now when I plug it in to start it up, the phone says it is locked b/c it can't be registered without a sim card. Any ideas as to how to get past this so that I can use this as an iPod Touch?

Laptop, Windows Vista

Posted on Apr 20, 2010 10:08 AM

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varjak paw

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Apr 20, 2010 10:10 AM in response to CTRAIN

You'll have to put a SIM card back in so the unit can be reactivated. This will be necessary any time you do a restoration, and possible for every time you upgrade the OS.

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