Unlocked iPhone should not require SIM Card to be activated

Originator:rwgrier
Number:rdar://14443563 Date Originated:15-Jul-2013 11:57 AM
Status:Duplicate/14435721 Resolved:29-Jul-2013 12:50 PM
Product:iPhone/iPod Touch Product Version:7
Classification:Severe Bug Reproducible:Always
 
15-Jul-2013 11:57 AM Ryan Grier:
Summary:
I have a few test devices that I use to run new(er) OSes. I do not keep SIM cards for them. When i updated one of these devices to iOS 7, activation failed because I didn't have a SIM card installed. 

Steps to Reproduce:
- Remove the SIM card from a sim-unlocked iPhone
- Restore iOS (e.g. any 7 seed)
- After choosing your country and WiFi, try to activate

Expected Results:
- A SIM-unlocked iPhone should activate over WiFi without requiring a SIM card

Actual Results:
- Activation Fails with an "Activation Failed" error message
- You have to start over after placing any SIM card into the phone to activate it

Regression:
This problem existed since forever. I even got this when rolling back to iOS 6. 


Notes:

Comments

Marked as duplicate of rdar://14435721.

By rwgrier at Aug. 2, 2013, 1:10 p.m. (reply...)

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