There is no SIM card installed after IOS update on 3GS

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vinod1986 Author

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There is no SIM card installed after IOS update on 3GS

Hey!

I just upgraded my iPhone 3GS to iOS 5. All went well, then at the end, it asks me a few set ups (like language, Location, and WiFi settings).

After that, it attempts to activate, and fails, giving me the following error in iTunes: "There is no SIM card installed in the iPhone you are attempting to activate."

Problem is, there IS a SIM card in the phone, I tried taking it out, and putting it back in, tried with another SIM, tried the SIM in another phone, worked fine, just not the iPhone!

I would appreciate any help!

Also, the phone was Jailbroken before, and the SIM worked fine. Just not now, when it tries to activate.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO GO BACK TO THE BEST PREVIOUS UPDATE OF IOS4. THAT"S ALL I EXPECT NOW!😢

iPhone 3GS, iOS 5

Posted on Oct 14, 2011 11:49 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 16, 2011 12:21 PM in response to vinod1986

Hello vinod1986,

Exactly the same problem with my iPhone 3GS 16GB on Canada's Telus network. I followed all the prompts properly and at the end of the long process of upgrading, my 3GS is now basically a piece of paperweight. Even Emergency calls are not going through. The SIM card just is not being detected. I also tried doing a RESET by pressing the Sleep/Power button and the Main button for 10 seconds, and that did not do anything. Basically, the phone is asking me for language and country of residence, etc. like it just came off a factory assembly line!

Are you listening Apple Tech Support? It is a business phone and I am losing business because of this stupid glitch that Apple should have known about.

Very disappointed.

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FelipeV

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Oct 16, 2011 12:27 PM in response to vinod1986

If you have a jailbroken phone the update will probably brick your iPhone as it seems to have done. No help here on these forums for jailbroken phones. Sorry.

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Answer 3

Oct 17, 2011 12:16 AM in response to vinod1986

Hi, vinod 1986

try,

disconect your phone from computer. press home and power button together for about 10 sec. then press only home button and conect to your computer. do not release the home button until the computer recognize the iphone.

mine was recovered by this solution. but, it is only from no-sim porblem. still it is dead.

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wendy191

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Oct 30, 2011 6:47 AM in response to jayfromhawaii

Hi,

I tried updating my iphone 3Gs to IOS 5.

After reformatting the whole phone, I am now stuck at the welcome page.

Whenever I pluck my phone to laptop, iTunes shows " There is no SIM card installed in the iPhone you are attempting to activate"

What can I do?

I have no phone to use for 3 weeks =(

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vinod1986 Author

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Oct 30, 2011 9:10 AM in response to wendy191

@wendy191,

Have you jailbroken your phone before?
If you have, I don't see any way you could go back to IOS4 (4.3.3 or 4.3.5) (However, experts might be able to help you)

When you jailbreak you iPhone you update your baseband to iPad's Baseband i.e. 6.50 (something like that) & once that happens there's no going back (at least a legitimate way) unless you do what this guy says.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNK_ZXqF6r0

Watch this video on youtube. Listen to what he says & you can surely get through the activation.

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vinod1986 Author

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Oct 30, 2011 9:11 AM in response to jayfromhawaii

I did all that but still nothing

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wendy191

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Oct 31, 2011 5:46 AM in response to vinod1986

Vinod, me too. I followed all the steps and end up with -- please insert the right sim card or get a replacement. in fact I bought the unlocked phone from ebay and the user did not send me the phone sim card. It was locked to AT&T and i'm using T mobile now.

anything else I can do to save the phone ?

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Answer 8

Nov 2, 2011 7:30 AM in response to vinod1986

It did work! Thank you, thank you! I had been with out phone for abou 2 weeks.

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vinod1986 Author

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Nov 2, 2011 7:35 AM in response to aroger115

What worked? The video that I posted?

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Answer 10

Nov 2, 2011 7:49 AM in response to vinod1986

Yes, the video!! Now I only need to get safari working, do you the link for the video, where can show me how to that?

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Answer 11

Dec 18, 2011 11:40 PM in response to vinod1986

hi vinod me too same problem here. i just jailbroken my iphone to 4.1 and then i went to restore process then itune restores to the new io5 with no option of firmware and after completion of restore it asks for iphone activation when i connect it to itunes it says there is no sim card installed the iphone u r trying to activate . i have searched entire youtube there is no fine one to do 😟 apple suppoters plzzzz help us from this problem

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lee65

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Mar 24, 2012 8:48 PM in response to vinod1986

I just what to know have anyone helped you out. Because i am having the same problem with my iPhone it was jailbroken and now my iPhone keep on givivng me the same messages and it is stuck on the activeing screen, my iTunes keep telling me my sim card can't work. And my iTunes keep on saying there is no SIM card installed in the the iPhone you are attempting to activate, i been putting a att sim and it didn't work at all and i tried to put a t-mobile sim and that didn't work. what can i do

cn someone help me out

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FelipeV

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Mar 25, 2012 5:50 AM in response to lee65

That happens when you try to update a jailbroken phone. There is no solution here or from Apple. Buy an authorized unlocked phone or live with a subsidezed phone from a carrier. Cutting corners will not solve the problem. Sorry.

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