Per the “Completing Authorized iPhone Unlock” instructions, I connected to iTunes to back up and restore so my iPhone can be unlocked! But after the restore my iPhone is stuck at the activation screen, it will not activate.

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Per the “Completing Authorized iPhone Unlock” instructions, I connected to iTunes to back up and restore so my iPhone can be unlocked! But after the restore my iPhone is stuck at the activation screen, it will not activate.

Received an authorized unlock code from apple/AT&T for my off-contract 3GS (8GB). Per the “Completing Authorized iPhone Unlock” instructions, I connected to iTunes to back up and restore so my iPhone can be unlocked! But after the restore my iPhone is stuck at the activation screen, it will not activate saying “Your iPhone cannot be activated because the activation server is temporarily unavailable”. I tried this again and again for countless times, no way! I have my old AT&T simcard and other carrier’s simcard. Both will not help. Please help me to activate and start using my phone.

iPhone 3GS, iOS 5.1.1, Baseband 06.15.00

Posted on May 29, 2012 2:55 AM

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wjosten

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May 29, 2012 3:03 AM in response to sibulut

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4242

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sibulut Author

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May 29, 2012 3:27 AM in response to wjosten

No luck.. recovery mode didn't help.. it's showing "Searching..." at the upper left, and giving me the "There is no SIM card installed in the iPhone you are trying to activate", although there IS a SIM card.. tried three different SIM cards.. no solution.

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cpuclan

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May 29, 2012 5:40 AM in response to sibulut

Hello,

I got like the same problem, last days I get message to restore my iPhone, so I did it yesterday and it work very well. In the afternoon I saw that at top in the left corner show invaild sim card or so (only knew the german version). so I restore it again but now it won`t activate after I enter SIM-PIN and it accept it, it shows "No Service".

Anybody can help? My Carrier is o2 Germany.

Thanks!

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gdgmacguy

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May 29, 2012 7:55 AM in response to sibulut

While you're officially trying to unlock your phone now, if you previously ever attempted a jailbreak on that phone you will never get that phone to activate. Contrary to what the jailbreakers will tell you, restoring a jailbroken phone does not always return it to a pristine state.

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Oct 19, 2012 12:58 AM in response to gdgmacguy

dear...so what i gonna do next????

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