iPhone Iphone 3gs - cant activate - ?? help!!!

[gooner71]

Hi all -

Just picked up a spotless 3gs - my first experience with an i-phone - looks great and when turned on says needs activating -put in language and place and wireless details but it says server busy and cant activate so use i-tunes - after a few minutes of being connected it says no sim card inserted on the i-tunes page and to insert one and restart. My sim is definitely in the phone and was working fine in my bb !!?>?

What can i do?

 

[biffo1]

sounds to me mate as if the iphone isnt unlocked , thats why it wont activate , did you buy it unlocked ?

 

[gooner71]

sounds to me mate as if the iphone isnt unlocked , thats why it wont activate , did you buy it unlocked ?

The person I got it off has confirmed that it was bought on Vodafone - never been jailbroken and all he did was do an update to the latest firmware through itunes to clear his personal stuff off the phone!!

 

[biffo1]

have you sorted this then mate i take it your on voda as well ? usually activates withing secs to mins mate , you could try a phone reset , by going to settings/general/reset/reset all settings , and then try reactivate, you have defo seen the iphone working ?

 

[mrjai66]

Or you could jailbreak , then use SAM to activate .

 

[gooner71]

Hi - still no luck with it - im on vodafone yes - i cant do anything other than turn it on - set language and location and wifi and then it tries to activate - ive tried a restore through itunes and it does the whole thing through dfu mode and reboots after its finished but to the same thing - ive looked at jailbreak but as its updated to 5.01 i thought it couldnt be done without some stuff saved from a previous o/s?? shsh something isnt it? Any guidance gratefully accepted!!!

 

[biffo1]

hi mate yes you can jailbreak ios5 but its tethered, full tut and video HERE

 

[gooner71]

@biffo1

I have pm'd you!!

 

[biffo1]

@biffo1

I have pm'd you!!

yep got it mate glad you have made ya mind up cheers biffo

 

[gooner71]

Thanks for the advice mate!!

For anyone else who took an interest in this thread i took it private for a reason, but suffice to say i was sold a wrong 'un - took it back and managed to get a refund.

Some ebayers have no morals or xmas spirit!!