In June, with an early beta of iOS 6, I put my AT&T SIM in it while on the plane over to the US and was indeed presented with an activation dialog. I managed to bypass it without accessing the Internet but am not sure precisely how.
Subsequent to the official release of 6, I have put another network's SIM in that has never been in the phone before without this issue. Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Grant Hardy Sent: Thursday, 4 October 2012 5:03 p.m. To: [email protected] Subject: Re: iOS 6 and SIM Card Switching Yes, that's absolutely true. Grant On 10/3/12, James Mannion <[email protected]> wrote: > To add to that I have heard it put out there that VZW will not be > locking their IPhone 5. I have heard you can even put an AT&T sim in > it, although you will not get AT&T LTE though. Just 3G or what they > call 4G. > > On 10/3/12, Grant Hardy <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I was perusing a forum the other day and came across some strange >> reports from people who own unlocked iPhones on iOS 6. The reports >> claim that users are being presented with the activation screen upon >> swapping in a SIM, and are requested to connect to the internet to >> activate. Of course, this never used to be the case: once a phone is >> unlocked, you are meant to be able to swap SIMS at your leisure >> without ever having to reactivate. It wouldn't be ideal to have to >> reactivate every new SIM, because you'd obviously have to have a data >> connection to do the activation. When traveling this could be tricky. >> The reports claim that this is a new measure in iOS 6 to curb >> unauthorized unlocks. >> >> The bizarre thing is that I've read an equal number of reports >> claiming that this absolutely isn't the case and that users are not >> being presented with the activation screen. I've also read theories >> that this might differ between iPhones sold unlocked directly through >> Apple, and carrier-unlocked phones; though I don't really see why >> this should be the case. >> >> Personally, I don't own an unlocked iPhone at the moment but am sure >> that my upcoming iPhone 5 will be unlocked. I would therefore like to >> ask what people's experiences are with unlocked iPhones, swapping >> SIMS in iOS 6. >> >> Grant >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
