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I have an old iphone4 from Japan, that I surrendered sim card to SoftBank Phone company... that now I have been using strictly as a wifi phone, camera, mp3 player, etc.. I recently upgraded the os to os6, not sure why, but now because I dont' have a sim card for it, I can't complete the upgrade.. what can I do?
iPhone 4, iOS 6
Downgrading is NOT supported by Apple.
I don't have to downgrade.. I'd prefer to have fewer bugs , a faster and better os.. thats why I am attempting the upgrade.. The problem is that Apple wants me to activate the phone in the process of the upgrade.. and I don't have a sim card.. any suggestions to get around the sim card request?
Get it from your phone carrier.
You must have a SIM card to complete the update, but it does not have to be a currently active SIM. It can be a SIM from another phone, or one that was deactivated.
Thanks for the answer.. I'll try to dig up an old sim, or borrow one temporarily from someone... I just wish i knew this before I started the upgrade.. thanx again!
thanks for the link and help so far... I am still without a solution unfortunately. As I mentioned in my original post, my service provider in Japan, SoftBank, took the original sim card when I cancelled my contract with them. I could try asking them to give me a new one, but really have doubts about it. I also tried to finish the upgrade with my sister's sim card from her active iphone, but that didn't work . I have no idea where to look for an unactivated Iphone4 sim card, but that seems like what I have to have in order to finish the upgrade.. another option/message I recieved during the upgrade was to have the phone unlocked in order to proceed.. is that even possible in it's current state? Thanks again, Mike
Japanese carriers will not unlock iPhones under any circumstances.
They are the ones who have launched Ios 7 which is quite a failure in Iphone 4 so whats next Downgrading???
need help downgrading os on iphone 4
