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Unactivated iPhone as iPod Touch?

MotionMan

MotionMan

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I was given an old iPhone (I think it is an original, at best a 3G). It has an unused sim card (that belonged to the former owner). The iPhone is in restore mode. When I hook it to iTunes, it wants me to activate it.

I just want to use it as an iPod Touch, not as a phone.

Is there a way to do that (without jailbreaking)?

MotionMan
 
Apparently, I need to unlock the phone (but I do not need (or want) to jailbreak it).

How do I unlock a 2g?

MotionMan
 
You have to contact the original provider and ask them to unlock the phone.
Shouldn't be a problem after it is out of contract. You just need to look up the IMIE. (settings/about)
Apple may be able to do it if that is not an option.
I have two phones running as ipod touch.
Neither have been jailbroken. They don't need a SIM. Only activated,
 
dunno bout that i took my iphone 3gS brand new sim and threw it in and it activated quite fine. then put it back in my iphone 3gS.

I most certainly did the same with my ipad uSIM - threw it in the iphone 4 since i was too impatient to wait for business services to open up 😉
 
I used my friend's ATT sim to activate my iPhone 3g. Then, I put it in airplane mode and used it as a iPod Touch. I don't think I needed to jb or unlock it.
 
Apparently, you can do what I want with a 3g or later without unlocking/jailbreaking. The 2g's require unlocking. I went to the ATT store yesterday and they sent me to a repair place "to do what needs to be done". The guy at the store will unlock it for $20.

I tried jailbreaking/unlocking it last night. I keep getting a "1604" error (on multiple cables and ports).

I need to replace the screen anyway (which I will not try myself), so I may just pay the $20 rather than spend more time on it.

MotionMan
 
SO the cracked screen will cost me $115 to replace. The guy says it is expensive because the touch screen and the glass are one piece.

Does this sound right?

MotionMan
 
MotionMan said:
SO the cracked screen will cost me $115 to replace. The guy says it is expensive because the touch screen and the glass are one piece.

Does this sound right?

MotionMan
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The digitizer is laminated to the glass sure, but at least with the 3G and 3GS, the replacements are like $20 on amazon. Finding one for the original iPhone is trickier (based on my 2 minute search at work) it seems, but should still be possible.

I think that what would be more fair is that the iPhone 1 costs so much to fix because of the monumental pain in the ass it is to get it open.
 
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