A friend gave me her iphone7 Plus trues miving it from my current phone gives me message stating sim not recognized. The new phone is not locked and it was put in properly any suggestions
@goodmaca with that message it sounds like the phone is locked. Try a bell or Rogers Sim card in that phone if you have access to one to see
@goodmaca You can go to Apple Store to reset the phone carrier for it normally goes after the first carrier.
Was the iphone factory reset before given to you?
Try rebooting the iphone with your SIM card.
Network reset
Connect the iphone to itunes on your computer and follow prompts.
Try
@goodmacaSIM is not recognized, try connecting to a wifi network first. It will allow the iPhone to connect to the Apple server to verify the status of the phone. If it is indeed unlocked it will go through the activation process.
Sounds locked or mybe even blacklisted, just from my experience in the industry.
@goodmaca wrote:A friend gave me her iphone7 Plus trues miving it from my current phone gives me message stating sim not recognized. The new phone is not locked and it was put in properly any suggestions
Sim not recognized sounds to me like a sim card or sim card reader issue. I believe that if you insert a sim card card into a locked iPhone device, it would say no service or show an error message about activation being needed.