it says it may take a few minutes to activate and then it gives me
Your iPhone coul not be actiavted because the activation server is temporarily unavailable. Try connecting your iPhone to Itunes to activate it or try again in a couple of minutes.
Im at it for days already ..
iPhone 3GS
That message usually indicates that your phone was hacked or jailbroken to unlock it. And when you update the IOS it locked back up to the original phone carrier.
Only the carrier that the phone is locked to can unlock it.
That's almost always because the phone was hacked or jailbroken to unlock it.
In my case it was outdated iOS 6.1 beta. Download most recent image and update your phone via itunes.
If you are not a registered Apple developer, you are not supposed to use beta software. Go to the person who gave you this beta software since it's now expired.
activation server is temporarily unavailable
