Non-US 3GS upgraded to 4.0.1 now stuck, can't activate! Anyone in CA can help?

[mike2016]

I was helping my wife's sister to upgrade her iphone 3GS, I was not aware of the phone being a NON US model, it was purchased in China, gray market phone. possibily UK or AU phone.

so after upgraded to 4.0.1, it can not be activated. I tried my AT&T SIM and it says "The sim card inserted...not supported". I tried France O2 sim, Taiwan sim, China sim... none of them work, all same message.

i guess the only solution now is the DITS phonebook sim, but i don't know if she can wait that long...

Can someone in Los Angeles area help me out if you happen to have a DITS sim??

Any other solution? Downgrading isn't possible, SHSH was not saved. the phone was on 3.1.2 ver when I got it, not possible to save SHSH.

[i.Annie]

Cant you go to radioshack and get the phonebook SIM?

I heard that a phonebook SIM might not work anymore tho... Not 100% sure on that. Try a universal activation SIM maybe? I think you can find those on eBay or something...

Try the phonebook SIM and if it fails return it haha.

[mike2016]

Radioshack doesn't have phonebook sim... They don't even know what that is. Lol

[i.Annie]

Well everyone else says radioshack's the place to get them. Maybr your radioshack is stupid.

Try other mobile phone stores then.

[CaptainChaos]

The model number will tell you which country it is from and that may help you determine which sim it needs.