Can old iPhone be used as an iPod

Bob Leonard

2011-03-14 12:15:02

We have upgraded our iPhones and have an unused iPhone 3GS. It is no longer hooked up to either the phone network or a data plan. We would like to simply use it as an iPod. Is this possible? We recharged the battery, but it wants us to update our iTunes. It wont do that. I checked and there is no SIM card. I assume that the store removed it when we switched phones. Is it necessary? Can it be replaced? Thanks.
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RE:Can old iPhone be used as an iPod

Michael Black

2011-03-14 12:15:02

The SIM should not be necessary since the old iPhone was already activated.
When I upgraded to my iPhone 4, the AT&T store did the change over and activated the new phone and SIM card, and deactivated the old SIM. When I got home, I pulled the SIM out anyway, and have been using my old 3Gs as an iPod touch every since. You can still sync it and everything just fine, since it will already be activated in iTunes - all I did do was rename it in iTunes. I even went ahead and updated it to iOS 4.3.
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