I ended up putting the simcard from my replacement phone in it, which then allowed for the screen to come up where I could enter my security code. Then it was fine. Without the sim card, there was no possibility of typing in the code. So the answer is, if you get anew phone, and want to keep your old one as a mini tablet or ppassit to someone else as a mini tablet, put in a random sim card, then type in your security code and you will be fine.
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