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Q: Iphone 4 unlocked by at&t i did a restore from itunes and get an error message "your request cannot be processed please try again after sometime" I tried for a week now but same problem, please advice

I have Iphone4 brought from at&t USA(carrier locked) and i am in india now, i contacted at&t and requested for an unlock for me to use with indian carriers.

I got an email confirming the unlock has been completed from at&t and asked me to connect the device to itunes and do a back&restore, after the restore process i get an error message on itunes "your request cannot be processed, please try again after sometime" i tried it with my airtel sim card and also at&t sim card but did not work. I contacted at&t and they confirmed that the unlock request was successful but i still get the same error.

Please kindly help me if i need to do someting to be able to activate and unlock my iphone4

iPhone 4, iOS 5.1

Posted on May 3, 2012 3:11 PM

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  • by gdgmacguy,

    gdgmacguy gdgmacguy May 3, 2012 6:21 PM in response to pavanmudholkar
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    May 3, 2012 6:21 PM in response to pavanmudholkar

    Had your phone been previously jailbroken?

  • by pavanmudholkar,

    pavanmudholkar pavanmudholkar May 3, 2012 8:29 PM in response to gdgmacguy
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    May 3, 2012 8:29 PM in response to gdgmacguy

    Yes it was, so would that make any difference even after a clean restore

  • by gdgmacguy,

    gdgmacguy gdgmacguy May 3, 2012 8:36 PM in response to pavanmudholkar
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    May 3, 2012 8:36 PM in response to pavanmudholkar

    Absolultely does.  Jailbreaking often causes changes that cannot be erased even with a complete restore.

     

    Unfortunately, by having previously jailbroken your phone, you will now never get your phone activated. 

     

    The only thing you can do now is buy a new phone. That phone is permanently deactivated.  It will never activate again.

  • by pavanmudholkar,

    pavanmudholkar pavanmudholkar May 7, 2012 11:18 AM in response to pavanmudholkar
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    May 7, 2012 11:18 AM in response to pavanmudholkar

    Many users who have jailbroken their iphones could activate the iphone without any problems. Is there any way that i can get it activated probably by editing some files or deleting activation history or something, please help me.

  • by pavanmudholkar,

    pavanmudholkar pavanmudholkar May 7, 2012 11:19 AM in response to gdgmacguy
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    May 7, 2012 11:19 AM in response to gdgmacguy

    Many users who have jailbroken their iphones could activate the iphone without any problems. Is there any way that i can get it activated probably by editing some files or deleting activation history or something, please help me.

  • by pavanmudholkar,

    pavanmudholkar pavanmudholkar May 7, 2012 11:21 AM in response to pavanmudholkar
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    May 7, 2012 11:21 AM in response to pavanmudholkar

    Anyone who faced this problem, please share your expirience if you got lucky activating the iphone4

  • by rajeshfromnj,

    rajeshfromnj rajeshfromnj May 12, 2012 10:45 AM in response to gdgmacguy
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    May 12, 2012 10:45 AM in response to gdgmacguy

    My Iphone is never jailbroken but I am facing same issue. ATT has confirmed the unlock but itune is not able to activate new supported sim.

  • by pavanmudholkar,

    pavanmudholkar pavanmudholkar May 14, 2012 11:17 AM in response to rajeshfromnj
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    May 14, 2012 11:17 AM in response to rajeshfromnj

    Hi Rajesh any update did you manage to unlock your phone.

  • by toneli16,

    toneli16 toneli16 Jan 18, 2013 10:32 PM in response to pavanmudholkar
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    Jan 18, 2013 10:32 PM in response to pavanmudholkar

    Excuse me. I am on a contract with O2 with an iphone 4s, suddenly xmas day it said "no service", took it to o2 who sent it to apple factory who refused to repair it because a screw missing.  I wouldnt know have never opened phone in my life,wouldnt know how to, then went direct to Apple Regent St London who also said "screw missing, warrenty void, then produced a phone just out of contract due to upgrade,a vodaphone carrier 3gs, it was unlocked but then told by apple the owner had to go to vodaphone and get it unlocked on their books which could take up to 48 hours, it is now 72 hours later and i have the same error despite backing up old phone with i tunes and i cloud,am very angry and am paying alot for a contract every month, all i can see is "no service and waiting for activation" and all ths started when I upgraded to IOS 6.Am extremely upset and still under warranty but no one seems to want to help me to connect to WiFI, i cannot keep going to Apple Regent Street at lunchtime and be shooed of with excuses, this replacement phone 3gs should work and it doesnt.  Am extremely annoyed with the info i have been provded wth by Apple staff.Now I havent had  a phone since 25th december.

  • by stevejobsfan0123,

    stevejobsfan0123 stevejobsfan0123 Jan 18, 2013 10:37 PM in response to pavanmudholkar
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    Jan 18, 2013 10:37 PM in response to pavanmudholkar

    You CANNOT get help for a jailbroken phone here. I don't understand why you would want to stay jailbroken after all of the activation trouble it has caused you. No one here is allowed to assist you with a phone that has been jailbroken because that is a violation of the iPhone User Agreement.

  • by toneli16,

    toneli16 toneli16 Jan 18, 2013 10:40 PM in response to pavanmudholkar
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    Jan 18, 2013 10:40 PM in response to pavanmudholkar

    have exacty the same from xmas day. I Its not god and someone must be makng up the answers co no one here has any reslotion

  • by toneli16,

    toneli16 toneli16 Jan 19, 2013 12:15 AM in response to gdgmacguy
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    Jan 19, 2013 12:15 AM in response to gdgmacguy

    Do you work for Apple gdgmacguy?  I  havve exactly the same problem as most of other posts and both phones from reputable uk providers.  am really losing faith in apple