iPhone activation server temporarily unavailable

FOR EVERYONE ANNOYED WITH THE ACTIVATION.

JUST TRY THE PROCESS OF ACTIVATION OVER AND OVER UNTIL YOU GET IN. I TRIED 10 TIMES AND IT WORKED THE 11TH!!
GOOD LUCK

Is this truly a server problem or is this going to be an application problem? Im trying to get a callback, we'll see how that goes. I'll post the explination when and if I get one.

That trick worked for me too. Thanks Yargnit!

Been getting that same message for 45 mins. Didn't this happen last summer too?

the "disconnect from internet" trick worked perfectly for me, first try. i suggest you try this.

I tried to disconnected the internet while is stracting, but it didnt work 😟.

Yep, the 'Switch the internet off' trick worked for me too - now installing.

Woooo Hoooo!

Worked for me-------thanks

Alright...I never complain about APPLE but here I go. They really screwed up how they rolled out 3.0 today. I got up this morning at 7AM CST and the update was not available. I came home at noon for lunch and the update was not available. Then I come home at 3 and the update is available but now I get the error message "Server is Temporarily Unavailable."

Come on APPLE! They should have made the update available at midnight Eastern time. Then all the late nighters could have updated and installed. Also, each person could have awoken at their chosen time and installed, Thus spreading out the traffic to the server.

Instead they wait till 3PM CST and create a funnel of traffic which overwhelmed the servers. I understand a lot of people are trying to get this update but DANG! APPLE THINK! You could make this sooooo much easier for yourself, your call centers, your servers and especially your CUSTOMERS!

Gosh Dang this crap makes me mad!

Thanks - great tip. Worked for me.

Awesome! Just unplug the cable when the extraction bar is in the middle. Works for me!!! I am in 3.0 now. 😉

Tried the trick with disconnecting from the internet right as it begins to extract, and now its installing 3.0 on my phone!

Here's the tip......

IMP: If you have downloaded the iPhone 3.0 update (230 MB (241,229,233 bytes)) then this tip would work.

1. Make sure your internet connection is working fine
2. Click on the Update button on the Summary page of the iTunes (8.2.0.23)
3. You should see a window showing Extracting with a progress bar
4. As soon as the progress bar reaches 100% turn off your WiFi/LAN connection
5. iTunes would be able to update the software

Basically after image file extraction, iTunes calls home and when the Activation server is down, it replies bcak to iTunes with an XML file containing string "Status" value "DOWN" - and hence you see that error message.

It appears that iTunes is unable to handle network interface not available (or ignoring it) and as such allows the update process to begin.

Please let me know if this tip worked for you. It worked for 2 of my iPhones.

Hi all, on a website soft tailor or whatever it is they are saying once its extracting switch off your wifi. it will skip the server connection thing and jump to updating your OS. working for everyone so far folks.

This worked for me as well. My iPhone has the 3.0 software up and running already! Thanks for the tip!