Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
I woke up this morning and my iPad3 screen was on the Could Not Activate iPad screen with the error stating "Your iPad could not be activated because the activation server is temorarily unavailable. " There is a "Try Again" button at the bottom of the screen and hitting it umpteenth times yields nothing. What is up with this? It was working fine when I went to sleep last night.
iPad (3rd gen) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iOS 6
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I have a beta version installed since I am a developer. I tried restoring through iTunes and got an error stating the software had expired and must be updated to a newer version. I tried the Restore button and got an error: "There was a problem downloading the software...The requested resource was not found".
I then downloded the IPSW file manually and tried again, this time I held the Option key down and selected the IPSW file I downloaded. I got another error: "The iPad could not be restored because the firmware is not compatible."
Don't know what to do at this point. Any suggestions from anyone?
I have tried everything recommended in the posts but it still does not work for me. Any other ideas will be really appreciated.
iPad 2 not activating!!!
I'm having same issue it will not activate, had to download ios 6.1 beta 2 (or 3) to resolve vpn issues with .local
Apple didn't tell me i needed to add the devices into the developer program and now i have remote users that have a useless ipad. Its goign to be hard for them to get me their ipads so i need the activation to work.
I still have an open case pending for the vpn issue pending ios 6.1 public release so i have asked them for help on this issue. Will update
I can see your question was posted a while ago but I have this problem today on my ipad2. Did you manage to resolve it?
How do I remove all IPSW files from iTunes?
Activating your iPad could not activate ipad
