Why does my iphone suddenly demand a valid sim card in order to function after updating to IOS 9.3?!?!?!
Has Apple flushed their brains down the toilett?
iPhone 4S, iOS 9.3, Have Apple lost it?!?!?
Two things:
Sorry but that is not true. I have updated my iPhone several times without a valid sim card inserted.
It is not Apple choice if I should want to use my iPhone as an iPod. So NO! they can not demand that I insert a valid sim card!
But that is exactly what it does demand. An active(!) sim card! It is now asking for my PUK code for the old sim card, that has been inserted the whole time (a PUK code I do not have anymore).
Arrogant Programming Produces Large Emotions (APPLE)😠
Sorry about my previous reply with link. I didn't see where it asked for a PUK. Just thought it said Invalid SIM. Yeah, if it's asking for a PUK and it's the SIM your carrier has on file for you in their system, we can give it out to you with no problem.
I have found a solution to my problem, as I found an old, and also no longer valid, sim card I have bought while traveling in the US a few years back. As this Telekom sim card is without pin code(?) it apparently solved the issue. Hurray for Telekom, not throwing old sims away and traveling abroad😎.
Still not pleased with the policy of Apple, and I feel for the people, who has found themselves to be the proud owner of a "brick"😕😕.
Thank you all for your time and assistance😊.
I just saw this thread. There are some misstatements.
My regular phone is a 6 plus. My old iPhone 5 has been used as an iPod Touch since I got the 6 plus. The sim in it was zapped by ATT when I moved my number to the 6 plus. Thus, it's not an "active" sim and can't be used again.
I've been updating the iPhone 5 regularly since March of 2015--without having an active sim card. Everything has worked perfectly. I obviously can't call using that phone, but it's a really nice iPod Touch with WiFi.
If Apple has stopped allowing older iPhones without active sim cards to be used as an iPod Touch, then that's significant for me. I definitely won't do the 9.3 update until I learn more.
Jittro...thanks for the heads-up.
Thanks for the info. If you can stick an old or new card in, even though it is not actually functional, you can continue the install. What do you think the objective of Apple is to design such a non productive deterrent? Apple does not need any negative publicity or cause any problems for us like this. There is a lot of close competition for products and software out there, Apple should be worried about losing business over such a stupid process.
I Have been updating my i4s for three years without a sims card. My i4s is now just an iPod. I do not want to lose this piece of equipment. I still take all application updates also. Would hate to have to give up on Apple just because they have put in a non relevant change to their updates.
Because it's a phone. A SIM is required to activate it. It's been like that since the original iPhone came out in 2007.
jittro wrote:
So NO! they can not demand that I insert a valid sim card!
They can and they did. Sorry.
You can rant all you like. It won't alter reality at all. The SIM doesn't have to be tied to an active line of service, but it does have to be present. This is not new.
Hi
You can just get another simcard or ask the network provider of the simcard you have for the P U K code.
Cheers
Brian
It's a phone for crying out loud. Of course it requires a SIM.
Why does my iPhone 4S demand a valid sim card to function after update to IOS 9.3?!?!?!?
