Tracy, Verizon does not use a Sim card. You don't have to worry about that.
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 16, 2013, at 1:27 PM, Traci Duncan <our4p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, thanks for the replies. > > Lol, first of all, I'm soooooooooo glad to hear about the speaker issue not > existing in the 5s. It is driving me nuts in my 4s. > > Verizon may have sim cards now, because of the 4g/lte. I saw it mentioned in > my shipping details. Hopefully, it is pre-installed. > > The instructions I found on the web say I need to call a number to activate > 4g/lte on my account. > > We'll see, I'm sure it'll all be easy once started. > > Thanks again, > Traci >> On Oct 16, 2013, at 11:13 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: >> >> Hi Tracy, >> >> My 5S finally showed up this morning after I found out yesterday that the >> UPS delivery guy delivered it to the store here in my town where they sell >> Apple product. Unfortunately I didn't realize this until shortly before 6 PM >> when they were already closed so he couldn't get it back from them until >> this morning. Oh well, a bit more anticipation built-up never hurt anybody. >> >> Anyhow, the setup process is about as simple and easy as it can get and >> Apple's "It just works" definitely applies here. >> I took the phone out of the box and even before I turned it on put my new >> Nano SIM into the phone. Tracy, I am in Canada and while I know AT&T and >> T-Mobil use SIM cards, I don't think Verizon does as they are still a CDMA >> carrier. I have to leave it somebody else to confirm his and to explain how >> your phone number is activated, but I assume it might not be that different >> as with a SIM where you have to do it by signing in on the Verizon website. >> >> After I inserted my SIM I plugged in the Lightning cable since while a new >> phone usually has a good amount of charge, I just wanted to make sure it had >> power and also because I know plugging in the cable turns the phone on. >> After a little bit the phone vibrated and I knew it was at that point on. >> Another advantage when Voiceover is not on yet is that if you plug the phone >> in it will vibrate once when it comes on. >> I waited a maybe 10 more seconds to make sure it was ready, then I pressed >> the home key 3 times and Voiceover came on. >> I selected English from the list of languages, then my location/country and >> so on. >> The setup process is very straight forward, you can join your WiFi right >> there, you are asked to sign in with your Apple Id and then you can enable >> iCloud, iMessage and Facetime, Find my iPhone, SIRI and all that. >> The first time I was asked to enter text, I think it was for my WiFi, I >> right away turned the rotor to typing mode and selected touch typing since >> touch typing is not enabled by default. >> It probably took me 6 or 8 minutes to go through the entire setup process. >> You are also asked I think at the end if you want to set up as a new phone >> or restore from a backup. I chose new phone here, but I am now going to >> restore from my encrypted iTunes backup. >> >> Once the setup process was done I had a notification right away that a newer >> version of iOS was available. I went into Settings and installed the iOS >> 7.02 update. >> >> While it was doing the iOS 7 update I signed into my mobile carrier's >> website to activate my new Nano SIM which I had already received a few days >> ago. >> I use Koodo here in Canada which is a MVNO owned by Telus. >> I clicked on "Mobile Phones" and then on "Change Phone". >> From here I had 2 radio buttons to choose from, one was "Upgrade my Phone" >> and one was "New SIM Card in my current phone". I chose the first, clicked >> next and was now asked to enter the SIM Card Number. I had already written >> that down so I just copied it and pasted it, clicked next, confirmed one >> more time and it was done. >> >> At that point the update was also done and when my phone came back on >> Voiceover was talking and my new SIM worked. >> I now first went into Voiceover settings and downloaded the Enhanced Quality >> voice for US English, then the Australien one and then I added German and >> downloaded the high quality german voice. >> Now after I send this I will restore from my encrypted iTunes backup. At >> first I thought I start over, but I already had gotten rid of as many apps >> as I could by uninstalling those I don't use a lot. I also unsynced all my >> music and photos because I wanted a smaller backup and quicker restore >> process. This way I get back the important apps, my email accounts will be >> restored as will be my Favorites in the Phone app and my text messages. >> I use Office 365 which is hosted Exchange from Microsoft for my business >> email and Outlook.com for my personal accounts so as soon as these accounts >> will be restored all my email and contacts will sync to my phone again and >> there is nothing I will have to do here to get all of that back. >> >> OK, good luck with your 5S, it's unbelieveable fast and everything seems to >> happen instantly. >> >> Oh, you are also asked to set up Touch ID during the initial setup. You can >> choose to do so later, but I did it and I used my right thumb. It asked me >> about 10 or maybe more to put my thumb on the sensor, it's a good idea to >> rotate it slightly and put different areas, just the tip, a bit further back >> etc. It will tell you when it took enough readings and that too seems to >> work extremely well and it's super fast. >> >> Lastly, I just received a call and I picked it up with a 2-finger double >> tap. I put the phone to my ear and to my delight I had no issues like I did >> on my 4S with the call going to speakerphone or switching back and forth. So >> far I couldn't be more pleased with this phone. >> >> >> Regards, >> Sieghar >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of Traci Duncan >> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 9:17 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Verizon iPhone 5/5s users >> >> Hi all, >> >> I'm excited to announce my iPhone 5s should be arriving today. This is my >> first 4g/lte device. >> >> Does the sym card come already installed? >> Was the set up process fairly straight forward? >> I read the directions found here: >> http://businessportals.verizonwireless.com/support/how_to_use/iphone-5-upgra >> de.html >> and they look pretty easy. >> >> Any tips to go along with those instructions? >> >> :) This isn't my first set up, but like I said, my first 4g/lte device. >> Fingers crossed, I'm mighty excited! 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