My iPhone dropped in water and now it is not recognising the SIM card anymore. I erased all datas and would like to reset it just for using it with wifi. It there any possibilty to setup the iPhone 5S without a SIM card ?
iPhone 5s
Sorry, but if the SIM is not recognized anymore, some parts of the hardware got damaged by the water. This can not be fixed anymore by the user, and the chances that other parts of the phone will stop to work are very high.
In any case you will need a registered SIM card to set up the phone, a deactivated SIM will not work.
Thank you for your fast reply, I am using this damaged iPhone 5S since one year now and except the SIM card problem it still worked fine and I was using it to play music on my active loudspeakers bought at Apple. Unfortunately I erased all datas today and ask to reset the iPhone as I wasn't aware that a SIM Card is need to reset it. We have plenty of Apple products at home and the old damaged iPhone 5S was quite nice to have working to play music. Any chance in getting it back to its old setup, so that I can at least use it as a kind of "iPod" !
Would be really a pity to through it way as it is a high end one with 65GB.
Thank you for your understanding and thank your for your reply in advance.
Kindest Regards
If the device has been erased, the only way to set it up again is via the setup process, which requires a SIM card that is recognized by the phone, before you can use any backup data.
Getting it serviced would be the only other option.
Your only real alternative it to take it to Apple and purchase an out of warranty replacement for it.
As the corrosion from the moisture develops inside the iPhone, it will only cause additional problems. any attempts at repair on it are going prove futile.
I use my old iPhone 5 to stream music only, i.e., I use it as an iPod Touch in Airplane Mode with Wi-Fi turned on. My understanding is that a SIMs is only needed to first activate the phone. Once the phone is activated the SIMs can be removed and the phone still used for all other services except Cellular. I would try a different SIMs to see if you can get it to work. After that you can remove the SIM. The phone may eventually corrode but nothing to lose in trying.
How to setup iPhone 5S without SIM card ?
