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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1827361" data-attributes="member: 83420">Mike,I'm really sorry about the various misfortunes that have beset you recently.As far as I know, you don't need a SIM card at all in any iDevice, including the iPhone, if you are not going to make any calls and if you don't require any cellular function.&nbsp; Think of the iPod Touch which, in effect, is an iPhone with no SIM card or cellular signal.&nbsp; You do still have GPS for location purposes.&nbsp; That goes for an iPad with WiFi only.&nbsp; The SIM-less iPhone, the WiFi only iPad and the iPod Touch can all connect via a cellular Hotspot of another iPhone with a SIM card.(You will know already, I'm sure, that you cannot use an iPhone as a Hotspot unless you have a cellular signal.&nbsp; So, no SIM card, no cellular, no Hotspot).I can't explain your apparent lack of GPS function.&nbsp; I may be misremembering your previous post(s), but did you not have an issue with Apple ID??&nbsp; Were you the one who got the iPhone from a third party who had failed to set up the iPhone properly &quot;as new&quot; and from whom you could not get their Apple ID &amp; PW?&nbsp; Forgive me if I've got that all wrong.&nbsp; But if I'm right, I wonder if that could be an issue here?Ian</blockquote>

[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1827361, member: 83420"] Mike, I'm really sorry about the various misfortunes that have beset you recently. As far as I know, you don't need a SIM card at all in any iDevice, including the iPhone, if you are not going to make any calls and if you don't require any cellular function. Think of the iPod Touch which, in effect, is an iPhone with no SIM card or cellular signal. You do still have GPS for location purposes. That goes for an iPad with WiFi only. The SIM-less iPhone, the WiFi only iPad and the iPod Touch can all connect via a cellular Hotspot of another iPhone with a SIM card. (You will know already, I'm sure, that you cannot use an iPhone as a Hotspot unless you have a cellular signal. So, no SIM card, no cellular, no Hotspot). I can't explain your apparent lack of GPS function. I may be misremembering your previous post(s), but did you not have an issue with Apple ID?? Were you the one who got the iPhone from a third party who had failed to set up the iPhone properly "as new" and from whom you could not get their Apple ID & PW? Forgive me if I've got that all wrong. But if I'm right, I wonder if that could be an issue here? Ian [/QUOTE]

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