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"could not activate iphone" after iOs 5 update..Help?

Finally managed to get iOs 5 onto my 3gs. Gone through the setup process but it has come up with "Could not activate iPhone"

Anybody else had this and if so have you solved it?

Posted on Oct 12, 2011 1:30 PM

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Oct 13, 2011 11:57 AM in response to macca17

hi again i have activated my iphone but the the network it still doesn't works all that you have to do is push the home bottom and press sos call then dial 911 and it goin to say that failure call you have to try that an pushing the home bottom at the same time and the magically you will acsess to the spring board the you can sync your iphone and there you have it you got an activated iphone without a sim card but i remember you that you can't make call or anything like that it just be just like an ipod i hope that this would be usefull for all the community and thank's to LogicMaC for telling that because if he wouln't say it i wouln't tried

Oct 13, 2011 12:10 PM in response to jhonnathan

Hi,

How did you do it? Ive tried calling 911 and pressing the call icon and home button at the same time, and i just get a glimpse of the springboard, but it goes back to the call failed. 😟 the springboard only shows for like half a second. please help.

Oct 13, 2011 12:18 PM in response to Denver CB

you have to do it untill it let you stay on the springboard and yeah it's a litle bit frustrating

Oct 13, 2011 12:24 PM in response to jhonnathan

how long did you try doing it until it let you stay on the springboard?

Oct 13, 2011 12:33 PM in response to Denver CB

like 10 minutes the i conected to my pc and this one turn off just in the middle of the sync then my iphone starts again and i try to make all again the i get realized tha i just activated my iphone well maybe if you try going to teh activation again maybe it say's that it was activated and you can continue

Oct 13, 2011 12:36 PM in response to jhonnathan

Well I went to the apple store, they had no definitive answer as to why the phone stopped working. But replaced the phone anyways even though I no longer have warranty. It seems they haven't yet seen one with the problems we are having.

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Oct 13, 2011 12:45 PM in response to jhonnathan

I just tried the dialing emergency number and hitting call back for a few minutes and it has let me through to the phone finally.

It hasn't activated and I have no signal but i can use everything else on the phone.

Oct 13, 2011 1:00 PM in response to macca17

conect the phone to itunes because that the only way to know if is activated y itunes let you cohse if you want the iphone configured like a new one or with your copy just do it because if it block the iphone you have to do the same again but if you sync maybe you can continue the activation without the sim or anything

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Oct 13, 2011 1:08 PM in response to jhonnathan

My screen locked and when i slid at the bottom to unlock it it had gone back to the not activated screen 😠

Oct 13, 2011 1:20 PM in response to macca17

hi macca17,

could you please write down the step-by-step guide on what exactly you did to get thru to the phone?

Appreciate it a lot.

Here's what ive been doing for the past hour, but no joy still:

1. Once i've chosen the wifi network, i hit Next.

2. Activating your phone shows "it may take up to 3 minutes to activate your iPhone" (bullsh*t)

3. I press home button, choose "Emergency call", dial 911, then it says call failed.

4. I press the call back button and home button simultaneously, i get a glimpse of the springboard only to get brought back to the call failed screen. I press call back and home button again, 1000 tries and still no joy. i get the glimpse of the spring board around every 3 tries or so.

😟

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Oct 13, 2011 1:27 PM in response to Denver CB

I didnt press the home button, just kept on hitting 'call back' and eventually it brought me through to the home screen. I am on it now and just been into the app store and it doesnt let you download any apps.

Add to that it still says 'no service' so it is pointless and not worth doing. Seems the only option will be to wait until apple send out a fix in a release.

Oct 13, 2011 1:28 PM in response to jhonnathan

my iphone 4 has finlly updated to ios5 but my iphone 3gs is still with no service what is apple going to do about this...... This update was not the way i planned it if i knew i woulnt have even updated my 3gs i got excited to find i have no service

Oct 13, 2011 3:39 PM in response to macca17

I am having this issue. I upgraded a brand new iphone 4, unlocked, never been jailbroken or anything like that, and after i downloaded ios 5 and upgraded the phone to it, i'm getting "SIM not valid. Only compatible SIM cards from a supportted Carrier may be used to activate iphone. Please insert the SIM card that came with your iPhone or visit a supported Carrier's store to receive a replacement SIM card".

i connect the phone to itunes and it shows nothing in itunes. I can't do anything with the phone

No idea what to do....

Any help is welcome!

Oct 13, 2011 5:25 PM in response to hnielsen

Been up since 9 am with this same problem. I have a 3gs and before I updated to ios 5 my phone was working PERFECTLEY FINE. I had went to AT&T and put my SIM in one of the Reps Andriod and it worked perfectly. Put the SIM back in my IPHONE and it said "no serivice" and "could not activate iphone" Apple needs to do something about this problem because it is none of our faults as customers to have to suffer with these problems that has to do with Apple. If anyone has a resolution or hears about a resultion that can fix these problems, PLEASE let us know. This is not cool.

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Oct 13, 2011 5:31 PM in response to jphillz3323

I also have this problem, its like ive lost a limb!... Apple need to get the finger out and sort this ASAP!

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