I plan to buy a new iPhone 4S on Amazon, and then use a friend's SIM card to activate it. But I heard there was an activation stage that requires the last 4 numbers of SSN and Billing Zip code. So whose SSN and Billing Zip Code would I use? Do I use the friend's or what?
iPhone 4S
Why not simply get your own SIM?
There was nothing in the activation step that asked for anything about your SSN number. Setting up service with a carrier will ask that, as they run a credit check, but simply activating a device in iTunes does not require any SSN information.
If you are setting up service with a carrier, you will need your own SIM anyway, and they will require your billing information and address. You cannot use someone else's SIM to set up cellular service for yourself.
You are not buying a 'new' iPhone on Amazon because Amazon is not
an authorized Appe reseller. You will be getting an iPhone that someone
else purchased and is now being resold. Warranty is valid only in country
of original purchase and started with that original purchase. Depending on
country of original purchase and where you will be using it, all features may
not be supported.
I'm talking about this; http://0.tqn.com/d/ipod/1/0/u/S/-/-/activate-iphone-4.jpg
I just want to use the iPhone as an iPod Touch until I can get service, which won't be for a year. I heard in order to use your iPhone as an iPod, though, that you need to insert an active SIM card, which can be a friends. So if I want to use the iPhone as an iPod, do I have to have my friend's SSN?
That is setting up service, not simply activating it in iTunes. To activate it you do need a SIM in it, plug it into iTunes and set it up - you do not need any SSN info to do that and it does not involve ATT at all. You can use any SIM card to activate it, and the remove it afterwards.
Alright thanks. One more question though. Could I use a Droid Razr's SIM Card to activate the iPhone? The Droid Razr's sim is a micro SIM card and it looks like the bottom left one of this picture http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ltelte.png
Any microSIM will work - SIM cards are not device specific. You just need an (as in, any old) microSIM in the iPhone 4S to activate it in iTunes. Once it is activated, just take the SIM out. You can then also enable airplane mode and then just turn on wifi - if you are using it as an iPod Touch, there is no point keeping the cellular radio powered up so airplane mode will turn that off.
Which SSN/Billing Zip Code do I use for the iPhone I plan to purchase
