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My ipad won't activate and shows server unavailable.

My ipad won't activate and displays an error message that the server is unavailable

iPad Air Wi-Fi

Posted on Aug 30, 2019 12:18 AM

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Posted on Aug 30, 2019 6:31 AM

Do you have access to another WiFi network where you can try? That has worked for several people.


Try a restart.


Restart your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch


Try a forced restart.


Reset Device


If necessary


Hard reset


Do a backup and try a factory reset. Then restore from your backup.


Restore to Factory setting


Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup

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Aug 30, 2019 6:31 AM in response to sonkwa

Do you have access to another WiFi network where you can try? That has worked for several people.


Try a restart.


Restart your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch


Try a forced restart.


Reset Device


If necessary


Hard reset


Do a backup and try a factory reset. Then restore from your backup.


Restore to Factory setting


Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup

My ipad won't activate and shows server unavailable.

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