''Sim Not Valid'' on activation screen! *PLEASE HELP*

It is a hardware issue with the phone. ALL Verizon iPhone 6 series phones are carrier unlocked. The only other possibility is the phone is jailbroken.

glad i found this thread but disapointed that there is no resolution. Here is what I know this far I have lived over seas for 4 years now and Verizon does work with both gsm and cdma carriers over seas. With the new iPhone 6 plus my friend has bought from Verizon is not unlocked. A Imei check shows it still locked to Verizon. The same check I have done on countless other phones. This is the second phone i have seen that was not unlocked. I did everything from factory reset to DFu reset with no luck. Now I am getting the sim not valid. frustraring the only reason I bought the Verizon phone was because they are suppose to be unlocked

There is no way to do an IMEI check that means anything. The sites that claim to be able to do this are shams or worse. ALL Verizon iPhones from the 5 up (5, 5C, 5S, 6 and 6+) are all UNLOCKED for use on GSM networks. They are only locked to Verizon on CDMA networks. The only reason that it might appear to be locked is if it was jailbroken.

i guess the source I've used to check tons of iPhones that were 100% accurate in verifying all the iPhone's info were all "shams". This Iphone 6 plus I checked with the same source musy have been a sham even Apple verified that it is indeed locked to Verizon. Jailbreaking has nothing to do with the phones imei showing locked. Even if you do a check on a phone that is jailbroken it will not show . I've been dealing with Verizon phones for a long time tons of iPhones . I have never seen this issue intill the phone I bougbt and I thought it might have been a isolated issue till I found this thread. I've said I have lived over seas for 4 years now and Verizon iPhones do work on other cdma carriers. TThis issue is not user error a appearence of the phone not being unlocked. They are suppose to be unlocked. Now i see this is not a isolated issue.

You don't have to believe me. But by law ALL Verizon iPhones from the 5 on are unlocked; it was a condition of Verizon being awarded extra bandwidth by the FCC. In addition, as of January this year Verizon has unlocked all iPhone 4S models as part of the all-carrier unlocking agreement in the US. If you have a 4S all you have to do is restore it using iTunes to unlock it.

This has been confirmed by multiple users posting in this forum over the past 2 years, who have bought Verizon phones specifically because they are unlocked worldwide for GSM and LTE.

The reason jailbreaking is an issue is that many jailbreaks replace the baseband firmware, which makes the phone incompatible with unlocking directives and carrier updates that do the unlocking when the phone is activated.

I never said I did not believe you. Every Iphone I have sold that were Verizon were in fact indeed unlocked. I too can confirm that every iPhone 5-5s is indeed facrory unlocked. not every Iphone 6 and 6 plus is unlocked as the reason many others have posted the same issue in this thread. It might be lesser than 1% but they are obviously out there. As someone who sells phones who is looking for a soltion after countless numbers of Verizon iPhones he sold were in fact unlocked and now has physicaly come across 2 that are not and after reading this thread it is obvious that there is a issue some were whether it be Apple (unlikly) or Verizon. Either way the issue is there

No, the people in this thread and most of the people in other threads are talking about the Verizon iPhone 4. I've not seen posts regarding the 6 and 6 Plus. The GSM side of those phones are unlocked. There is no such thing as "locked" or "unlocked" on the CDMA side.

i have never seen a post on the iPhone 6 or 6 plus intill now. the gsm side is suppose to be unlocked but is not. We can go at this all day. i have handled and sold well over 100 verizon phones from s3 to now the iPhone 6 plus this is the second time I have seen this issue. The first time I bit the bullet now the second time I started looking and came acris this thread after a quick Google search. TTheir is a such thing obviously because you have people complaing it is not unlocked. As I've stated before the Verizon cdma side does work with other cdma over seas I can not explain why or If it does or does not work with sprint I've never tried but I have physically tried and currently using my Verizon phone with AU kddi which is indeed a cdma carrier

Your post is the first time I've seen the 6 or 6 Plus mentioned in this issue. Again, thanks to Verizon's bulk change in unlock policy the iPhone 4 was impacted and apparently some iPhone 4S models. Other than you I haven't seen the iPhone 5, 5s, 6 or 6 Plus mentioned. Period. If Apple is saying the GSM side of your Verizon iPhone 6 or 6 Plus is locked then it is a mistake and in violation of Verizon's agreement. Ask for an Apple Senior advisor and ask them to clear it.

The CDMA side of any phone is not locked nor unlocked. If a CDMA carrier accepts carry in phones and the frequencies match you can use the phone regardless of whether it is Sprint or Verizon. If it is not working that is another issue entirely. A SIM is only required for the Verizon phone if you are trying to use LTE.

I Have been using my Verizon iPhone 6 plus on T-Mobile since day 1 and never had any issues it even catches LTE.

your iPhone has a hardware issue take it to the Apple Store and have them Repalce it.

all Verizon iPhone from the i5 and up is unlocked right out of the box this also applies to Samsung and any other android devices.

http://www.verizonwireless.com/aboutus/commitment/safety-security/device-unlocki ng-policy.html

I have this issue too, I bought my iphone6 and cant use it outside USA. I have tried att and tmobile and it works fine. When I started researching came across this thread. I need the phone to be unlocked, this is why I bought it from verizon. To bad nobody has a solution yet.

The policy my imei has states: US GSM/VZW N61/N56 Service Policy which means, Is locked internationally and unlocked in the US.

I also have this issue, activation policy: US GSM/VZW N61/N56, international locked and can use ATT/T-mobile sim card. contacted Apple but they said they could not do anything, only suggested me to contact seller.

Maybe this issue can not be solved.

I talked to a senior advisor who contacted the engineering department, they said my phone was a replacement phone and they needed the serial number of the original phone, which I dont have.

When I called again, a different senior advisor told me that not all Verizon phones come unlocked, If I wanted mine unlocked world wide I had to contact the carrier directly but since Im not the original owner Im pretty much stuck with US unlock.

I guess you just have to be aware of this new service policy and know that it does in fact exists.

I share a similar experience faced by "ekro30 & cett123, I think we have a solution which i unfortunately am not able to try since i am outside USA. if i understand correctly from all the chats i have had with Apple & Verizon, our problematic iPhones are not yet activated with their respective operators after the replacement (indeed our iPhones are replacements, and my model no starts with N). Can someone try going to Verizons website (http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/nso/enterDeviceId.do?&zipRdr=y) and try activating the iPhone and test whether it changes its default activation policy.

I have the same question. I bought 2 iphone6 on apple and worked fine in Singapore. Then I travelled to NZ insert NZ SIM and only 1 phone is activated and the other got SIM not valid message. How to fix this.