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hey guys this is Austin and today I'm here at the tutorial on how to set up and activate the iPhone 5 the first step is to get yourself a nano SIM not a micro sim like previous iPhones have used your iPhone may have come with this but if not get one from your carrier depending on the model you might get a sim eject tool but if not a bent paperclip will work just fine push it into the slot on the right side and the tray should pop out all you need to do is drop your nano SIM in the tray and slot it back into the iPhone now it's time to set it up and activate hold the power button on top of the phone for a few seconds until it boots up first step is to pick the language which is pretty straightforward same goes for your country to activate you'll either need to connect to Wi-Fi or use the cellular connection but it's best to use Wi-Fi connect to your network and then the phone will activate itself this can take anything from a few seconds to a few minutes next up we have location services which uses GPS to tag photos and let apps find you so enable this unless you would prefer it off it will ask you to set up as a new phone or restore from a backup if you're upgrading from an older iPhone feel free to restore but if not just set up as new moving on it will ask you to create an Apple ID this is the account used with iPods iPads and iTunes odds are you already have one so log in or create a new Apple ID if not agree to the fine print and it will get everything set up now you have the option to use iCloud this will backup data like photos contacts and more and can be quite useful but of course you can skip it if you like if you enable iCloud you can back up your phone to iCloud automatically or just use iTunes on your computer next we have Find My iPhone which will help you find your phone if it's lost or stolen the iPhone 5 uses email addresses to allow people to contact you with I messages and FaceTime so here you can choose what you want to use it will also ask you if you want to use Siri or not so go ahead and turn it on as it can be quite helpful lastly we have Diagnostics which will send usage data to Apple nicely done you have your iPhone 5 set up try making a test call it should work however if it doesn't your carrier might have additional steps such as calling a number to finish activating if you found this helpful don't forget to leave this video a thumbs up and if you're interested in more iPhone 5 videos be sure to subscribe