[NeedANswers!]

I recenttly just purchased a phone on Ebay. I recieved it today and as soon as i turned the phone on it said Insert SIM it would not let me access anything in the phone. As soon as i pressed any buttin it said emergency call only. PLease Help! its a gift for a birthday coming up soon!

[ally b]

you need a SIM card, every phone has one...look at the site i listed in the source, it has everything there.































[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sim_card]en.wikipedia.org[/url]

[Zap]

Every phone has a SIM card that stores the users information (like telephone number, etc.)...so, if you don't have a contract with a phone company to use the phone, then you wouldn't have a SIM card and won't be able to use it.

[Luis L]

The sim card is the like network card with all the phones info.Cingular ones cost over 25 dollarsShould have read the info on ebayYou will need to acquire a sim car or the phojne has no use

[Haley]

Not ALL phones require a SIM card, it is dependent on the network. Hopefully the person you are giving the phone to does not have Verizon service, I believe they are the only ones still doing CDMA, which doesn't use SIM cards. Otherwise, if this person already has phone service, they should have a SIM card that they can just move into the new phone. There may be issues if the phone is not "unlocked" though. Most phones in the US are tied to a specific carrier, for example Cingular, so that you can only use the phone with a Cingular SIM card. You may be able to find ways to unlock the phone if necessary.