iPhone SE Activation Server Error

Hi! I'm currently trying to activate my iPhone SE, but nothing seems to be working. For a while, it was stuck on a "connect to iTunes" screen. From there, I had to update and restore the phone by connecting it to iTunes, prompting the "Hello" register sequence. The phone's home button seems to be broken (it wasn't broken prior to any of this), so I had to turn on and off the phone in order to skip the "Press home to open". When I did, I was able to go all the way to the final activation screen ("It may take a few minutes to activate your iPhone.), but after a bit of time, it simply says that there is an error, both on iTunes on my MacBook and on the iPhone itself. I've tried to change the WiFi network and the SIM Cards, but nothing is working.


I'm studying abroad soon, and I really need to fix this phone by then, so any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much in advance.

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Posted on May 22, 2019 4:44 AM

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May 22, 2019 5:24 AM in response to JesseNicole

Sounds tricky, wonder why it's not activating. Can you remember what the error message said exactly?

Do you know if the iPhone is locked to a certain carrier or SIM card?

It's great you've tried different computers with iTunes and different Wifi networks.

The Sim cards that you are trying, do they work in other phones?

When you get to the "Hello" screen and you start setting up the iPhone, but before it tries to activate the Sim card, does it show cellular signal or say No Service?


Might be worth call support to check it out further


https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201407

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