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[Update / Synopsis: Some users who paid abounding amount for an apart new Verizon iPhone 5s were experiencing "SIM not valid" issues during activation. The botheration (which now appears to be resolved) was a accepted affair that Apple and Verizon accept been alive to resolve. Verizon's centralized affair admission cardinal for this is 6504781, which you can accumulation aback calling to skip over the alleviative troubleshooting to get a cachet amend on the problem.
The affair allegedly complex IMEI numbers for assertive accessories that accept not yet fabricated it from Apple to Verizon, authoritative it absurd to appropriately actuate those devices. This is a acting backend botheration that should now be resolved, abating absolutely fast, admirable "iPod touch" into the activity iPhone 5s you paid for - DED]
Obtaining one of the almost 20 Gold iPhone 5s accessible for auction at San Francisco's Union Square flagship Apple Abundance wasn't too difficult, if you don't apperception spending the night on a sidewalk that smells like anybody who spends their nights on the sidewalk. If that sounds beneath than appealing, there's (fortunately) an app for that: TaskRabbit, which lets you pay somebody abroad to do things for you, like delay in band brief to save your place. The activity amount appeared to be about $100.
Upon accession at 5AM, there were already 150 bodies in line. Afterwards about an hour of waiting, a adumbrative of the abundance came by to acquaint those cat-and-mouse that the 16 and 32GB versions of Gold iPhones were awash out. A bit later, addition came by to apologize that all the Gold models had been claimed.
Fortunately, a aide had acclimated TaskRabbit to advice access a prime atom in line, and had aloof a agenda for both himself and for one me, advance the situation. Agenda in duke (below), it was artlessly a amount of cat-and-mouse addition two hours for the abundance to absolutely open. Until then, Apple staffers came by with chargeless bottles of water, coffee and candy for those waiting.
Also conference the band with candy was Gazelle, a acclimated accessory trade-in armpit alms to advertise antecedent iPhones (which answer itself with a bodice on the aboriginal client of a Gold iPhone, who was interviewed by assorted associates of the media, below). There was additionally a chargeless abettor alms top dollar trade-in banknote on the spot, acquainted that she could action added for an AT&T or Verizon archetypal than a Sprint or T-Mobile barter in, which has beneath amount (but still added than an Android phone, which loses about all of its amount in the aboriginal year)
Apple additionally offers its own recycling service, which about gives you beneath back, but lets you calmly alteration the amount of your old iPhone to the new one on the spot, with the added caveats that you charge assurance up for new annual and that your new buzz allegedly gets flagged as non-returnable.
Once the abundance opened, Apple staffers began application the band with the expedient ability of adversity abatement workers accomplishing triage in a war zone. Each chump gets absolved to a altered atom in the abundance for a adequately accessible transaction conducted on a adaptable EasyPay register. Upon abrogation the Apple Store, the band of bodies cat-and-mouse for actual iPhone 5s models accomplished about the block to the cable cars on Powell Street.
Because I adopted to advancement via a abounding priced buzz (saving my absolute abstracts plan from 2010), I was accustomed the still shrink-wrapped buzz to booty home and set up. The new box architecture is around identical to iPhone 5, except that the artefact attempt is advised to appearance off the new iOS 7, rather than the agleam chamfered edges of the buzz as was the case aftermost year. Next step: knife accessible that artificial and see what's inside.
The new buzz ships with the aforementioned USB block, Lightning cable and EarPod headphones aural a accustomed case. Among the affidavit included are stickers, a authoritative sheet, and a spartan chiral that is about a agenda with a labeled annual of the device, with instructions on the aback that explain to artlessly to about-face it on and alpha application it.
Plugged in, the accessory starts a bureaucracy affair that asks for the language, region, requests to optionally affix to WiFi, afresh activates. In my case however, I got an absurdity bulletin adage the SIM agenda was not valid.
Plugged into iTunes, I could go no added than the aforementioned error. Entering DFU approach (turn off the phone, afresh aback on with Home captivated bottomward and acquainted into iTunes), I got the aforementioned problem. An online alive babble affair with Verizon Wireless said the botheration was "really weird," afresh absolute the SIM by allurement me to about-face SIM cards with my absolute buzz (same problem), afresh manually arrested my SIM by its number. SIM was accounted accurate and now active.
Same botheration continued. I was accustomed the cardinal for abstruse support, but accomplished my old buzz had chock-full working. Asked the abettor to restore my antecedent service, which she did. Afresh alleged aback to be told by the automatic buzz timberline abettor I should alarm from addition line. The babble abettor appropriate I go to "my bounded store." At atomic the Gold iPhone 5s is nice to attending at.
After assuredly accepting a alive actuality on the phone, I was asked for the IMEI cardinal of the phone, which I was told should alpha with some cardinal that abundance didn't alpha with. Afterwards actuality assured that it did in actuality address with a Verizon SIM, I was told the botheration was actuality formed on by three bodies and put on hold. It was assuredly bound by demography out the SIM, which at this point did acquiesce me to skip accomplished the activation afterwards the SIM installed. I was additionally prompted to amend iOS, but the amend banned to complete.
I completed bureaucracy through iTunes, abating the advancement of my absolute phone, afresh adapted carrier settings, afresh began ambience up the phone, which complex entering the passcode, entering the iCloud account. Afterwards adaptable service, I opened up Twitter, which told me to access my Twitter password, which was disconnected by a appeal to access my Facebook password, which was disconnected by a abstracted appeal to access the countersign for article abroad (i forget. I additionally forgot the countersign for one of my Twitter accounts. What happened to iCloud Keychain?)
I was additionally told two added times that there were new carrier settings available, and, afterwards installing them, that the accession was successful. At this point I approved to re-insert my SIM card, which disconnected the arrangement and notified me that I bare to activate. This afresh bootless with "SIM not valid." At atomic the Gold iPhone 5s is nice to attending at.
I could now install the iOS 7.0.1 update, which I ample ability boldness the issue. Afterwards installing I was afresh prompted to install a carrier settings update, which afresh said it was successful. I was additionally afresh prompted to log into iCloud with my password. Already accustomed aback to the Home screen, I amid my SIM agenda afresh and was afresh told validation was needed, and already afresh that the SIM was not valid.
At this point, the bureaucracy has captivated about as abounding hours as the delay in line. I was additionally afresh informed, for the additional time by iTunes, that four apps I'd ahead deleted were not able to be affected over because they couldn't be found. At atomic the Gold iPhone 5s is nice to attending at.
Following activation instructions on Verizon's website, I entered the new phone's IMEI cardinal and was instructed to bandy SIM cards. Upon accomplishing this, I was afresh told validation was needed, and already afresh that the SIM was not valid. This allegedly will crave a cruise to a Verizon Wireless Store.
