"We're sorry, we are unable to continue with your activation at this time."

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"We're sorry, we are unable to continue with your activation at this time."

I'm really confused now.
Does the reliability problems of the iPhone also effect Apple's web services?

Yesterday evening my iPhone 4 switched to recovery mode without me touching it.
Switching it on and off did not resolve anything.

I left it till this morning thinking that it would just switch back all by itself.
Nada.

Tried the next best thing and attempted a restore using the latest version of iOS (4.3.2).
This has however made things worse as I'm constantly greeted by the message:

"We're sorry, we are unable to continue with your activation at this time. Please try again later, or contact customer care."

Yes, I have waited for hours and the message persists.

Has anyone run into a similar problem?

iPhone 4

Posted on Apr 27, 2011 2:10 PM

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saleh from riyadh

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Apr 28, 2011 4:23 PM in response to RoviWil

hi

i have the same problem here

please my ipad is dead

thanks

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Apr 29, 2011 12:15 PM in response to RoviWil

I have exactly same ipad restore-unable to continue with activation at this time problem.

started with 3G issues, temporaly solved downloding itunes 10.2.2

now totaly dead
restore process doesnt get past- unable to continue with activation at this time

HELP

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Apr 29, 2011 6:20 PM in response to RoviWil

i have the same problem. I have restored twice but ends up with the same message about being unable to continue with activation.

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RoviWil Author

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May 1, 2011 8:50 AM in response to RoviWil

Still no solution so took it to VODACOM (cellular service provider).

Will have an answer in a week.

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May 1, 2011 1:11 PM in response to RoviWil

having the same issue. started yesterday and iPhone4 went mad. just posted same question and then found this one.

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May 2, 2011 6:41 PM in response to RoviWil

Same problem, right now. Windows 7 and iPad 2

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iCool1

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May 4, 2011 3:10 PM in response to joelfromsyr

me too.

iPad 1, windows 7.

somebody help!

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May 8, 2011 9:04 PM in response to RoviWil

Help!!!! Sane problem.. iPad 1 3G issues, than I upgraded to' 4.3.3 Noè dead!!

Please, help me

Thanks

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inmabbs

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May 9, 2011 8:03 PM in response to fabiofrommilano

I have the same problem since 5/8 and try several methods.please tell me how to solve this problem.

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GMF_

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May 13, 2011 1:54 AM in response to RoviWil

Same problem. Ipad 1 3G (my mother's one). Updated to 4.3.3 without luck.

Sent a mail to apple support.....

This situation s**k....

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RoviWil Author

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May 13, 2011 8:32 AM in response to RoviWil

Got the call today to pick up my iPhone.

The techie that checked it decided to replace my phone with a new one.

The only answer I have to this problem is that you take your iPhone/iPad to Apple support or wherever you bought it from to assist and maybe have it swopped.

Cheers,

RoviWil

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Answer 12

Jul 17, 2011 12:07 AM in response to RoviWil

also have the same problem.. apple service people said it happens to one in a million.. we must be one of those millions.. this *****!

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Jul 25, 2011 12:15 AM in response to RoviWil

I'm one on a million too.... and i have an ipad 1 with 4.3.4 release ... no answer from apple about this problem ?

my ipad have only a week 😟

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GMF_

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Jul 25, 2011 8:55 AM in response to gianlucafrombologna

Hi all.

Update.

My mother went directly to an Apple store (in Orio al Serio)

She told me that they simply connected the Ipad to their station and it worked.

I was not present in the shop to understand if they did something different or not. I can guess that Apple directly did something on the account because she told me that the store did not replaced the Ipad.

Now it's working but she refused to restore the Ipad from the Itunes backup.

I simply extracted some data she needed (Notes and Documents) from the backup on Itunes using a complicated procedure found online.

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Jul 30, 2011 7:48 PM in response to GMF_

I've found out what is was (in my case). I restored my iPad before and loaded a backup of my iPhone onto it. Then it crashed and would not activate anymore. Now I've put it back in recovery mode and restored the firmware and it works again.

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