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Apple TV not working

every time I opened any app on my apple tv it would just show a loading symbol so I tried to update it but nothing worked so then I decided to reset it and now its keeps saying "activation error , the apple activation server is temporarily unavailable" but its been like that for a couple days and I keep trying but nothing is helping.


Apple TV HD, tvOS 13

Posted on Jul 12, 2020 8:43 PM

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Posted on Jul 13, 2020 1:56 AM

Seems like network issues on your end. Did you change anything on your network, between when it worked and didn’t work? Like settings on your router, or DNS. Restart the router (and other network gear, if applicable), followed by your Apple TV box. Then try again.

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Apple TV not working

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