Sim Card Required to Activate iPhone

A SIM card is only needed for the initial activation of the phone. Do you no longer have the SIM card used at the time you were a Telus customer? If not, has it been restored or updated since you removed the SIM card? Anyway, try to find a used Telus SIM card on eBay. The SIM does not have to be associated with an active Telus account.

Omiddy wrote:

I'm not sure why the last thread was flagged as a "rant" but I'm going to try again.

I have a Telus iPhone 4 that I haven't used in a long time. I recently decided to use it as an MP3 player for the gym since my MP3 stopped working. However, I cannot use any part of my phone because it requires me to insert a Telus sim card. I am no longer a Telus customer and have no way of obtaining a Telus sim card. I have tried using my own sim card but that didn't work. What other options do I have other than just putting my iPhone back in the bottom of my drawer?

I honestly see this as a legitimate problem and I'm not sure why I got flagged for this. I'm not trying to rant or anything, but this needs to be fixed. Please don't reply saying "this is a phone, deal with it".

You got 'flagged' because you did something to violate the ToU of this forum.

Go get a Telus SIM and activate the iPhone. Once it's activated, you can take the SIM card out. You'll need a Telus SIM card again in the future if you ever need to restore this iPhone again.