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The downside of buying a used iPhone
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<blockquote data-quote="MikeFromMesa" data-source="post: 1827362" data-attributes="member: 305741"><p>Thanks. Me too ... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That has been my thinking as well. I don't see why I should need a SIM card to get a GPS signal and if, in fact, that is the case, then I will just return the iPhone to Amazon. I just wanted to be sure before I did that.</p><p></p><p>I suppose I should also check with the Apple people but I have had some bad information given to me by AppleCare and thought I should check on the forum first. Sometimes the people on these forums have better information than the person I get at tech support.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No. That was not me. I have set up enough iPhones over the past years to be familiar with the process.</p><p></p><p>In this case the refurbishing was done by some company that sells its iPhones through Amazon and I should be able to just return the phone, but I want to know if there really is a hardware issue before I do that as I would not want to return it and ask for a replacement only to find that it as well has the same issue.</p><p></p><p>All of this was supposed to be a low cost way to use Waze or Google Maps through the Sync 3 system on our vehicle but, like other times I have tried to save some money, the downside sometimes is bigger than the upside.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MikeFromMesa, post: 1827362, member: 305741"] Thanks. Me too ... :) That has been my thinking as well. I don't see why I should need a SIM card to get a GPS signal and if, in fact, that is the case, then I will just return the iPhone to Amazon. I just wanted to be sure before I did that. I suppose I should also check with the Apple people but I have had some bad information given to me by AppleCare and thought I should check on the forum first. Sometimes the people on these forums have better information than the person I get at tech support. No. That was not me. I have set up enough iPhones over the past years to be familiar with the process. In this case the refurbishing was done by some company that sells its iPhones through Amazon and I should be able to just return the phone, but I want to know if there really is a hardware issue before I do that as I would not want to return it and ask for a replacement only to find that it as well has the same issue. All of this was supposed to be a low cost way to use Waze or Google Maps through the Sync 3 system on our vehicle but, like other times I have tried to save some money, the downside sometimes is bigger than the upside. [/QUOTE]
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