iPhone SE (2016) iPhone SE: no SIM card, won't take calls anymore

[Christopher11]

I'm posting for a friend. She has an iPhone SE with BOOST Mobile. She's been able to receive calls no problem, despite no sim card. She was in New Hampshire, and a friend suggested she clear files by holding down the home key and accessing old files (I don't understand this and have never done it), but since then she is unable to receive calls on her iPhone.

in General> About> Network says 'Not Available'. Any help much appreciated. Thank you!
[doublepost=1524421362][/doublepost]note: She can receive texts via cellular, so is apparently still connected to some kind of network, even when no wifi connection. Thank you.
[doublepost=1524421459][/doublepost]Now it's working! I have no idea how, or how i fixed it. Thanks for all the great help here. Problem solved.

 

[akash.nu]

There’s no way to access “old” files like that. What your friend has probably performed is called a hard reset. She just need to restart the device and sign out of iCloud account and then sign back in.

Ps. When you say she was able to receive phone calls without a SIM card in the device , I’m guessing it’s via iCloud while connected to a WiFi access point.

 

[Mrbobb]

I dunno if I should laugh or cry from posts like this...

What are we suppose to do with, car moves but it got no wheels!

Not only that but there are multiple parties involved and should we rely on everybody conveying credible information? NOT.

But am glad it "magically" fixed itself.

 

[0007776]

Ps. When you say she was able to receive phone calls without a SIM card in the device , I’m guessing it’s via iCloud while connected to a WiFi access point.

I believe Boost is a CDMA network so while you wouldn’t get LTE it should still work without a SIM card. Probably the hard reset just messed up something with the activation that took awhile to sort itself out.

 

[akash.nu]

I believe Boost is a CDMA network so while you wouldn’t get LTE it should still work without a SIM card. Probably the hard reset just messed up something with the activation that took awhile to sort itself out.

Ah. So everything is working now then?

 

[0007776]

Ah. So everything is working now then?

I’m not the OP, but based on their post it looks that way.

 

[akash.nu]

I’m not the OP, but based on their post it looks that way.

Ah apologies.