Could Not Activate Cellular Data Network: You Are Not Subscribed to a Cellular Data Service

Sebastien, Aug 29, 2009

If you recently updated your iPhone firmware, or jailbroke/unlocked your iPhone to use it with a different carrier, you may have encountered the following error: Could Not Activate Cellular Data Network: You Are Not Subscribed to a Cellular Data Service

This error often appears after jailbreaking and/or unlocking and it is mostly characterized by the fact that your iPhone can’t connect to the internet using the cellular data network, and you can’t send text messages anymore.

The first thing to do in that case is to reset the network settings and reboot your iPhone. If it still doesn’t work, then there is a more radical fix that will put everything back on track.

First, get on wifi and visit this website http://www.unlockit.co.nz/#_Custom from your iPhone. You should see this page, which will allow you to create a custom APN.

Under “Carrier”, tap the drop down menu and choose your carrier. Note that there are many carriers listed there and that it might take you a bit of scrolling down to get you where you want. So choose the right carrier and tap “Done”. This should populate the custom APN info.

Once the custom APN fields are populated, tap “Create Profile” and wait a bit. It will exit Safari, and take you to the settings application. Finally, just tap “Install” and this will set up your custom APN on your iPhone. Reboot your iPhone and you should now have Edge and 3G connectivity.

 
  • cyrus k

    Wow…thank you for this. So simple and helpful. Awesome!

  • Aman

    Works like a charm!!!!!

  • themis

    it works perfect

  • http://google Vishal

    Cellular data downlord

  • amzaa

    It didnt work for me..

  • Jenny Cade

    I’ve been trying to get my iphone back online for a month now, thinking it was software issue, and thanks to this information i’ve been able to get back online whilst out and about thanks

  • runandthink

    Fantastic – I wish I understood why Apple make it so these things happen in the first place when all you are trying to do is legitimately unblock your phone, but this solution is brilliant. Thanks.

  • Duncan

    Thank you so much for this! I wasn’t actually expecting it to work, however it is a method that has finally done the job, thank you for this post!

  • Squishy

    Ok, so I got this iPhone brand new from Verizon and, out of the box, the Internet didn’t work. Changing my APN seems to be the only fix that I’ve seen. (all the others I’ve tried didn’t work). So my questions is (are) will changing my apn require a jailbreak, will it void warranties, or screw anything up?
    All info on this will help a TON.
    thanks in advance,
    Squishy

  • Alex

    It worked for me! Thank u so much!!

  • norma

    It worked for me…this is very helpful. It save me from going to a techie guy.

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    thank u!! :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000083274741 Victoria Atkinson

    I tried it! it didn’t work