IPhone 4: How to activate? Activation of iPhone 4 with SIM card and without it
When buying a new iPhone, it must be registered. If you do not know how to do this, then our article will help you.
After the acquisition of the new iPhone and its unpacking, it is necessary to activate. This is a prerequisite from Apple, as they value the originality of their devices.
The procedure is completely not difficult and, if you have at least some skills, then you will cope in just a couple of minutes. Especially if you previously used the iPhone of the fourth version, and you changed it to 4s. Activation has become mandatory, starting with the fifth version. This is due to the fact that too many Chinese fakes appeared, which are very similar to the originals.
But, if at the first, the phone will not register himself with the SIM card with or without it, then the claims should already be made to the supplier. In other situations, you have to undergo activation, which will depend on the presence of a SIM card in the device. So how to activate the iPhone?
Activation with a SIM card
After unpacking the smartphone, first of all, insert a SIM card into it. IPhones 4 and 4S support only Micro-SIM, which is placed in the appropriate slot. Take a paper clip, open your pocket and place a SIM card there, and then close your pocket. See that the SIM card is inserted correctly, otherwise problems may arise. In the future, if you inserted the SIM card incorrectly, then you will definitely find it.
When everything is ready, turn on the phone.
- Squeeze the power button for a short time
- An operation will be launched in the process of which you can register the iPhone for its use
- First, in the menu you need to choose the language and country of residence. Next, choose whether you need a location determination service, which, as a rule, should be responsible for navigation and use of cards. This parameter is not necessary to turn on immediately, it can be activated later
- Activation using Wi-Fi
- Next, activation will start directly. Select a network for connecting with the Internet and further activation of the device. It can be a cellular network or Wi-Fi, but there is one feature here: through the Internet, distributed from another phone, registration cannot be made. If the access point is selected correctly, then the smartphone will be quickly activated
- Next, you will be offered three options for the smartphone. Among them, choose it to work as a new one, and proceed to further steps
- Create and activate Apple ID. He is a unique identifier of every owner
- Accept the conditions of use
- Activation is almost completed. It remains only to set up services, including the search for a smartphone that is able to find a lost smartphone. This item can be skipped, without it the activation will still end
Activation of a smartphone without a SIM card
How to activate the iPhone?
If you purchased a gadget, for example, on Aliexpress, then, perhaps, it is unofficial. In this case, activation is not so easy, but possible.
For this:
- It is necessary to install a jailbreak for your version of the system and download the iPhone Cydia. It has a special tweak of Subscriber Artificial Module, which allows you to activate the gadget
- In a nasty situation, he simply will not be able to activate. Such a fate awaits every Chinese smartphone. The mechanism is very simple. Put a jailbreak, then pick up an emergency challenge, but do not wait for an answer. A green strip will appear on top, the smartphone will connect to Wi-Fi and activate
- To do this, add the repository Repo.bingner.com in advance, to activate the tweak of SAM and SAMPREFS
- Now the device needs to be reloaded and it will be activated