iPhone 3G Says No Wifi

[Mason Dulemba]

I recently purchased an iPhone 3G, I know it's old, but the wifi toggle in settings is greyed out and says no wifi

it doesnt have a sim card installed, I didn't know if one was needed to use wifi (as this was the case for some older smart phones)
Thanks,
Mason Dulemba

 

[jetsam]

Generally the recommend sequence is to first do a hard reset. If that doesn't work, do a restore. Unfortunately, though, a greyed-out Wi-Fi switch usually means the Wi-Fi radio is broken.

 

[Mason Dulemba]

Generally the recommend sequence is to first do a hard reset. If that doesn't work, do a restore. Unfortunately, though, a greyed-out Wi-Fi switch usually means the Wi-Fi radio is broken.

Generally the recommend sequence is to first do a hard reset. If that doesn't work, do a restore. Unfortunately, though, a greyed-out Wi-Fi switch usually means the Wi-Fi radio is broken.

ive tried resetting and different versions of iOS, no luck