tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288858287590827405.post4549533181828776719..comments2023-10-30T00:43:30.568-07:00Comments on My Life, Starting Up: iPhone - "We were not able to validate your number." with free WiFi (Starbucks, McDonald's, etc)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288858287590827405.post-63673675478554297022009-06-11T13:27:55.445-07:002009-06-11T13:27:55.445-07:00@Anonymous - I hadn't heard of the SIM swap. ...@Anonymous - I hadn't heard of the SIM swap. Much appreciated.Leftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14637607058852159739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288858287590827405.post-84840599508700201592009-06-09T05:26:16.717-07:002009-06-09T05:26:16.717-07:00Yeah, I just resolved this after trying since Dece...Yeah, I just resolved this after trying since December last year by taking the suggestion to swap for a new SIM. That has seemed to work after no one on the support line could help. All IMEI numbers were supposedly correct and no one seemed to understand what the media net registration system meant. I finally walked into an at&t store and asked to swap out my SIM for "reception trouble."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288858287590827405.post-7943840181742445342009-06-02T17:06:46.347-07:002009-06-02T17:06:46.347-07:00@Anonymous - thanks for the update.@Anonymous - thanks for the update.Leftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14637607058852159739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288858287590827405.post-74932619062087696192009-05-31T20:11:07.419-07:002009-05-31T20:11:07.419-07:00I had the same issue recently. It took me 4 phone...I had the same issue recently. It took me 4 phone calls and an email and in the end they passed me off to the iPhone support line who had nothing to do with the phone being registered in the AT&T databases.<br /><br />Anyways, what the iPhone support line and I found was the same. The IMEI number needed to be updated in the database, which I did right off the bat. BUT my device would still show up as my old phone, Motorola, which prevented me from logging on to the Wifi network.<br />I suggested to the AT&T that it might have to do with using my old SIM card from my old phone, which every Rep told me could not be the case. Anyways, it was. I went to an AT&T store and had a new SIM card put in my phone and activated and magically my phone now appeared as an iPhone on their networks and I was able to log on to the Wifi network.<br /><br />In short:<br />1- Make sure the IMEI number is correctly registered with AT&T<br />2- If this still doesn't work, have a NEW SIM CARD put in your phone and activated.<br /><br />Good luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com