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Can’t activate iphone 7

Good evening, i can’t nt activate an iphone 7. On iphone it says that iphone couldn’t be activated because the activation server is temporarily unavailable. i tried to connect iphone to Mac pro and its automatically started activation but also failed. Can you please help me find a way to activate iphone

Posted on Oct 7, 2021 8:23 AM

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Posted on Oct 7, 2021 8:25 AM

Hello!

Thanks for reaching the community!


If I may ask, were you previously having issues with cellular? The only reason why I ask is that certain model iPhone 7s, particularly models A1660, A1780, A1779, have issues where a chip on the Main Logic Board fails, causing issues with cellular.


One of the symptoms of this issue is that the phone shows a "No Service" or "Searching" message in the status bar. When you restore the phone, it also says that it cannot activate.


This link from Apple explains a little more about the issue, and how to get it fixed.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201435


Hope this helps!

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Oct 7, 2021 8:25 AM in response to alexandraladik

Hello!

Thanks for reaching the community!


If I may ask, were you previously having issues with cellular? The only reason why I ask is that certain model iPhone 7s, particularly models A1660, A1780, A1779, have issues where a chip on the Main Logic Board fails, causing issues with cellular.


One of the symptoms of this issue is that the phone shows a "No Service" or "Searching" message in the status bar. When you restore the phone, it also says that it cannot activate.


This link from Apple explains a little more about the issue, and how to get it fixed.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201435


Hope this helps!

Can’t activate iphone 7

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