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Hello Apple Community, I want to solve a problem that I have been facing with my iPad Mini, so my device was very slow and getting hot a lot since its an old device and I wanted to reset it to factory settings to help it work better. Before doing it of course i backed up all my information to my laptop. Anyhow, when I started the reset process apple logo came and started resetting after it was done again hello screen came and I started the setup but the problem is when I continue with setup it comes to the last stage white screen comes says “It may take a few minutes to activate your iPad.” and I wait it takes a bit longer but in the end it says “Unable to Activate” Your iPad could not be activated because activation server is temporarily unavailable. When I press Try Again again the same screen comes. And goes on like this. I have tried connecting my iPad to iTunes on windows laptop and resetting again didn’t help. Thank you so much for reading my question and helping.

iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular

Posted on Jun 24, 2021 2:39 AM

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MichelPM

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Jun 24, 2021 11:47 AM in response to alieemac

Possible solution WITHOUT a SIM card (WiFi ONLY iPad ).

Connect your iPad to a computer running the latest iTunes.

Force your (still plugged-in) iPad to restart by pressing and holding the power (Sleep/Wake) and Home buttons at the same time. Keep holding them down until you see the Recovery mode screen. You probably need to keep holding these down for longer than you think: the screen will go black then after a few seconds, and the Apple logo will appear, but you need to keep holding the buttons for another 10 seconds or so before the iPad goes into Recovery mode.

You'll be given the option to restore or update in iTunes. Select Update.

iTunes will now try and attempt to reinstall iOS 9.3.5.

If the update process takes more than 15 minutes, your iPad will exit recovery mode, and you'll need to repeat the above step.

Some other users here reported seeing the error message again during this process, but says you should ignore it and wait.

After the update is finished, leave your iPad connected to the computer. You'll now need to complete the activation setup process for your iPad using iTunes.

IF still no joy at this point, leave your iPad connected and force another restart of your iPad as I described earlier in this reply post.

This time your iPad should ask if you want to restore it.

Once the restore is finished, you will be asked to select whether you want to activate the iPad as a "new" device or if you want to restore it from your last backup. Selecting the new iPad option will format your iPad so it is like new and restoring it will retrieve your data again.

If still no joy,

Contact Apple support via the contact support link located at the upper right hand corner of every Webpage of these Apple support communities.

Use the Device Performance and Connectivity support categories.

OR

by installing and using the Apple Support app found in the iOS App Store.

Tap the iOS App Store link below.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apple-support/id1130498044

OR

Call contact Apple via the support numbers found in the link bekow.

Contact - How to Contact Us - Apple

Tap the link below.

https://www.apple.com/contact/