Setting Up A 640 Without The Sim?

[Lumious]

I just bought another Lumia 640 at Walmart today for 29.84$ I decided im going to give it away to someone less fortunate who could really use a Smartphone but doesnt have the money (still using an old a** flip phone). Anyway i want to set it all up for him, make the tile arrangement nice, install W10M Insider Release Preview (because i know he will never do it and be on 8.1 until 2020), and all that good stuff. Problem is i dont have the Sim from his phone (I haven't told him yet).

So i am wondering what (if anything) will happen if i set up the phone and install W10M without having a sim in it? Will it cause it to not function properly when we do put the GoPhone Sim in it?

What about if i put my Sim from my 640 GoPhone in it during set-up and then remove it when i give it to him? Would that be a workaround?

 

[mary beth hale]

Should work just fine for him if you set it up via Wi-Fi and have him put the sim in later. He will have to put his Microsoft account in to get his personalized apps though.
What a nice thing to do for someone!

 

[Lumious]

Thanks for the help Mary Beth. Yeah it was the last one at the local Walmart store, i figured why not? If he doesn't want it, i could always keep it and have a backup 640 anyways...It's 29 bucks for cripe sakes!

 

[mary beth hale]

I got one at WalMart as well last week. What an amazing value.

 

[Lumious]

I tried to set up the phone and got it all set up except for the updates. When i installed the WIP app it says it cant configure the setting "Release Preview Ring" because other updates are trying to be installed. When i check phone update it constantly gives me the same error message. It says "There is a temporary issue with the server or your internet connection try again later". My internet is working fine and the phone internet works fine as well but it cant install any updates...does anyone know what would be causing this. I tried checking for updates on my other phones running windows 10 and they all work fine. I am still stuck on 8.1 with this new device and get past installing updates.

Anyone know what would be causing this error message? I didnt have a problem with my first 640 but i also put an activated sim in it. But im thinking that should have nothing to do with installing updates over wi-fi. And yes i am logged into a MSA. I set up a new MSA for this phone but also signed into my existing one.

 

[gtdad]

I set up all 3 of my 640's without the sim and had no problems. Maybe it is problem with the server. .

 

[mary beth hale]

Wish I could help. Set up this 640 on WiFi while waiting for unlock code without issues. Kind of time consuming but you may want to use the Windows recovery tool to reinstall 8.1 and try again for W10. I am on fast ring but don't think that makes a difference.