Question for the Geeks and Nerds

[mernst]

Hey this is my last week with the active iPhone
Well anyways when I quit my activation for my iPhone can I still
upgrade the phone?????

[Hayesimus]

well why would you need to? Why don't you just sell it and get an iPod touch?

[Hondamaker]

Originally Posted by mernst

Hey this is my last week with the active iPhone
Well anyways when I quit my activation for my iPhone can I still
upgrade the phone?????

I know if you cancel your activation/service, you can still use your iPhone, but as for upgrading, never heard of anyone doing it. If I recall, when doing an upgrade or a restore, my iPhone looks to activate before it starts, so you might be SOL.

[jjvaldez]

my uncle canceled his service and used the iphone for a month then wanted to update, i dont know why and it locked up cuz it wanted a current active sim..

[chris5468]

I guess they don't want the whole phone to work unless you are still in contract that kinda sucks!

[KNK]

This is a very good point. I for one and many others maybe) will be giving my old iPhone to my 9 yr old, to use as an ipod when the V2 comes out. I would think that when you dock it iTunes would know that it is deactivated, still load and play music and video etc. So why not updates as well. Of course you would have the problem without a sim reading as unLocked.

[Lincoln]

After updates and restores, the iPhone is un-activated and must be activated by a previous backup. I'm not sure if this requires current service or not, though.

- John