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How to Activate Your iPhone on AT&T's Network

So, you lot've got yourself a new — or at least, new to you — iPhone that you desire to use on the AT&T's cellular network. How y'all activate will depend on what kind of phone you have — ane y'all bought directly from Apple or AT&T or an unlocked iPhone.

Here are the different ways to activate that iPhone.

If Yous Bought an AT&T Phone Through Apple

When you purchase a phone via the Apple tree Store (either online or in person at an Apple retail outlet, yous get your choice upfront of which carrier to purchase information technology on. If yous want AT&T, just select that during the purchasing procedure.

Activating the phone is role of the Setup Assistant that you go through to configure the telephone — later you've called your language, Wi-Fi network, brandish preferences, then on, your phone will automatically be activated.

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If y'all're purchasing it in a brick-and-mortar shop, an Apple rep can probably assist walk you through the activation process.

If You Bought Your iPhone Through AT&T

A new iPhone bought through AT&T should arrive with the SIM menu installed and activated. All the same, if it didn't, you should be able to activate it right on the phone itself. (Note: Don't, use these instructions if you are transferring a phone number from another carrier or bringing your own unlocked device.)

There are 2 options to actuate your phone: One is to visit AT&T'southward web-based activation tool; the other is to connect your phone to your figurer and open up iTunes. (Brand sure you lot take the nearly current version of iTunes by downloading it from Apple.)

Using AT&T's online tool, kickoff click "Activate your device." Yous'll be prompted for your wireless number and your billing or shipping ZIP code. Enter the data every bit it appears on your documentation from AT&T and click Continue. You'll next be prompted to confirm a pair of numbers: your IMEI and ICCID/SIM numbers.

To find these on your iPhone, open the Settings app and get to General > About. Gyre down to locate both numbers toward the bottom of the list, and compare them to the numbers AT&T provides to make sure they friction match.

Yous tin likewise detect your IMEI number by dialing *#06# on the keypad in the Phone app.

Follow the remaining prompts to complete your device activation.

If yous're using iTunes, you should be able to follow onscreen prompts to activate your telephone.

If You lot Take an Unlocked Device

If you've purchased a new, unlocked phone to use on this carrier, you'll need to first acquire the appropriate SIM, which you tin can guild from AT&T. You'll want to insure that you go the right carte to piece of work with your phone; to identify an society, you lot'll need to enter your IMEI number, which you tin retrieve from Settings > Full general > About, or by dialing *#06# on the keypad in the Phone app.

AT&T's SIM Card ordering page, where you order your SIM based on your iPhone model. — AT&T'south SIM Card ordering folio, where you order your SIM based on your iPhone model.

Once you have the SIM menu in paw, you'll want to follow the included instructions to remove the existing SIM card and install the new i. A SIM card purchased from AT&T should go far pre-activated; you lot can exam information technology by trying to brand a telephone call or using Safari to scan the web.

If you're transferring a number from some other carrier, yous may demand to call AT&T's telephone activation line at 1-866-895-1099 and follow audio prompts at that place. In either example, you lot may need to also restart the phone in order to terminate the activation process.

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Dan Moren is the author of multiple sci-fi books including The Caledonian Gamibt and The Aleph Extraction. He's also a long-time Mac author, having worked for Macworld and contributed to the Six Colors blog, where he writes about all things Apple. His piece of work has too appeared in Popular Science, Fast Company, and more