iPhone activation server temporarily unavailable

Yes, mine has just updated - after about the 20th time of hitting update !! Just keep retrying guys!

A trick I read on another forum that finally worked for me.

After you hit the update button, while it is extracting disconnect from the internet. The update will continue to go through. (Easiest way is to have network adapters window open and disable your adapter immediately after telling it to update.

I am up and running 3.0 now 🙂

Yep same issue here. Servers are getting hammered. Just keep clicking, took me 15 tries

BANG! This worked - first try ( Disconnecting from internet... ).

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Yargnit wrote:
A trick I read on another forum that finally worked for me.

After you hit the update button, while it is extracting disconnect from the internet. The update will continue to go through. (Easiest way is to have network adapters window open and disable your adapter immediately after telling it to update.

I am up and running 3.0 now 🙂

This just worked for me too after trying all morning to do the update.

Awesome find. The install is in progress now. Nice idea.

Shutting off Airport right after started extracting. Updating Now! Thanks!

At least the server unavailable message comes immediately and doesn't take 2 minutes to "time out". I'll just keep trying.... left index finger on the mouse button, right finger on the "enter" key.

It's so annoying that they still haven't learned to put on enough resources to cope. The other thing that bummed me out is that in Australia, we had to wait till a day after (sort of) the US release. At least if we were able to update on the 17th the same as the US then with the time difference we could have had a bit of a head start before the masses jumped on!

Good call, works a treat!!

Yup, disconnecting from the network during extraction also worked a treat for my 2G iPhone. Nice one.

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I likewise am having the same issue. Apple's servers are overloaded with 100's of 1000's of users attempting to do the same thing we all are. I suppose that within a few hours or perhaps midnight (anytime zone) we'll be successful in updating our phone.

Just need to be patient, it took 10 tens tries at spaced out times for it to finally work. Be patient, you cant honestly be mad at apple there are a crap ton of ppl downloading the same thing off of their server

I bet it is not that apple is not prepared for this because the activation server is only to check if our version of iphone is legit or has it been modified or what so ever.

We cannot access the server is plainly it is not open at all. If it is down due to overloading, the error won't pop so fast. Apple is known for the delay tactic so it get a global launch.

It makes good sense to enable early downloading so the download server will not be overloaded.

Activation server won't be overloaded that easily . . . . . Just like a well prepared website. That can withstand the clicks. . . . . .

Apple = Wankers !