Q: Activation failed on iPad 2 after iOS 9.3 update

You can go online and setup for Apple help to call you. I did and it was no charge. I had already fixed it though.

Les, I know you weren't addressing me. I was just venting to the world because Apple inadvertently created the glitch and they should have quickly fixed it instead of putting it onto our shoulders to correct.

I hope that you are correct about their being a corrected/corrective 9.3 version coming our way.

Thanks for being ready and able to help others with this issue.

My pleasure! Let us all hope the next upgrade will be smoother.

Same problem, i wait and wait  next patch update from apple fix problem " cant active in ipad 2 " . Now 10 day, start eror in 8 day ago

Had this problem on my iPad 3/Wifi/3G. I went through the Apple phone support route, painful as it was with getting satisfactory proof of purchase etc. and jumping through all their hoops. But eventually after a few days, the iPad was unlocked and I was able to activate it, more or less.

There is still an issue with iCloud but only on this device (2 x iPhones are OK). In "Settings" - "iCloud" it says "account not verified. Check your email at .......for instructions etc etc". Problem is that the email address listed is corrupted, as in "gmail.com" has become "gmal.com". Obviously there is no such email address and it is not possible that my device has ever been registered to that address because it does not and never has existed.

That explains why it wouldn't accept my activation details after the 9.3 update, it wanted a "gmal.com" in the userid. So it appears that 9.3 has caused the corruption. I can now use the iPad for most purposes, but not for any iCloud related use. My next step is to head to my local Apple Store to see their reaction. I don't really expect them to be able to resolve it, but something may filter back to "Head Office" to prevent future recurrences.

My iPad 2 is now working but I'm also having constant problems with icloud and verifying email addresses. Addresses that I know are valid.