A Detailed Guide about How to Set Up and Activate New iPhone X/8/8 Plus
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Make sure you have a SIM card installed — Many models of iPhone take a SIM card, and will not activate unless one is installed in the SIM card tray. Show will be Monday instead.
Keep the home button long pressing till iTunes identify the device. Once that is documented, call the device maker i. Since the baseband and baseband memory is on the logic board that will be replaced. Remember, this is just a waiting process.
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If the problem persists, please contact customer care. Fortunately, there are at least two other ways to get past the activation alert message and continue setting up the iPhone as usual. Option 2: Use a Working SIM Card Got a functioning SIM card laying around? But what does work is using a functioning SIM card with the original carrier, whether the phone is locked or not. If you have any difficulties with this approach, be mindful of the SIM card carrier in use. This SIM card swap trick has worked for quite a while, particularly that are being used on outside networks. I used this one but there are many of them…….. For your IMEI on the iPhone it is: Settings-General-About Just plug in the IMEI numbers into the website search and you find out what carrier your phone is locked to. Once that is documented, call the device maker i. Apple and ask why your device is locked. They may deny it and may tell you to contact your carrier. Many times the phone will be locked to a carrier other than the one you are currently using. Tracfone You will then call your current cellular carrier and ask why you have a locked phone. Sometimes they sing a whole different tune!! I suggest documenting everything just in case! Activation request could not be completed, please press the home button to try again. What you have to do to fix it is: Turn on your phone. Connect it with your pc-mac and open iTunes Push the lock button and count 3 seconds when you count 3 seconds press the middle button too! Keep them both pushed for 10 more seconds. A message will appear on the iTunes. Push download and restore and you are ready! The correct way to do it is 1. Push lock button 1 … 2 … 3 seconds Keep it pushed 2. Keep the middle button pushed until you get the message on the iTunes. Screen will stay in total Black. Iphone is restarting in restore mode. Hope i helped you guys!!! Then I update ios in recovery mode by iTunes then problem was solved. Anyone can try this if faces same issue. Recovery mode : Power off iPhone, after connect to iTunes while pressing the home button. Keep the home button long pressing till iTunes identify the device.
Just insert any supported SIM card, and you should be able to get around activation errors that say you need a SIM card. You typically have to pay a very small fee to get a new one, but not all carriers charge you for a replacement. You will need to enter the required information. Decide whether to enable or disable location services. There are reports of the issues with messaging on iPhone X within few days of its launch. Fortunately, there are at least two other ways to get past the activation alert message and continue setting up the iPhone as usual. All three sources told us that the fault is on the carrier side, and should clear up over time.
