The Unofficial Speak Out Wireless Canada Consumer Page - Topic: Bought a new sim card, iPhone does not recognize it

c.ferguson23@hotmail.com on Bought a new sim card, iPhone does not recognize it

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:15:44 -0800

The sim card needs to be activated for it to show signal. Otherwise, it will say searching and then go to no service. My guess is it hasn't been activated properly..

local222 on Bought a new sim card, iPhone does not recognize it

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:50:36 -0800

No I havent tried other phones..
A sim card needs to be activated for it show signal bars on ur phone, am i correct? my carrier lock is rogers, even when i inserted there sim it didnt work, it wasnt activated though.

iamdrumming on Bought a new sim card, iPhone does not recognize it

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:44:07 -0800

Have you tried the sim in another phone? It seems the sim wasn't activated correctly. Also, some activations have been known to take several hours, even a couple days.

local222 on Bought a new sim card, iPhone does not recognize it

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:38:55 -0800

I have iPhone 3Gs, not iPhone 4, so mine is in standard is size, not the micro sim

iamdrumming on Bought a new sim card, iPhone does not recognize it

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:33:02 -0800

The SpeakOut sim is the standard size, and will have to be cut into the iPhone micro sim size. That could be the problem. The contacts aren't aligned. You can do a search of the forums and see this has been discussed before.

local222 on Bought a new sim card, iPhone does not recognize it

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:24:00 -0800

Yes I have turned 3G on and off no difference
I took the sim out of the packaging, myself, I did not have to cut it. it comes out easily

iamdrumming on Bought a new sim card, iPhone does not recognize it

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:21:36 -0800

Some people have reported this. Did you cut the sim yourself? The sim card might be misaligned to the contacts. Even if it is off by a bit, the iPhone won't recognize the sim card.

Highroller on Bought a new sim card, iPhone does not recognize it

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:21:04 -0800

Have you tried turning off 3G on the iPhone settings. There are areas now that 3G doesn't work.

local222 on Bought a new sim card, iPhone does not recognize it

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:12:00 -0800

I bought a sim from 7-11 I activated it online. when you insert the sim card there is no signal bars or "Speakout" name, it says "Searching", after a minute it will say "No Service". I have tried rebooting and restoring the iPhone 3GS with no luck.