Can't activate my iPhone 4s tried everything! Please help

please dont waste your time. there is something else going with this activation. i've been watching youtube videos also

to tried to activate it and many otherthings did not work either. one message i got from itunes was my iphone had a problem and the other one is can not activate iphone at this moment. there is something that apple is not telling us nor the carriers. they might be blocking the emei of the iphone im just assuming. but there's got to be a solution. thanks

If you have jailbroken your phone, or you have ever used your computer to hack or jailbreak any iDevice you will get this error until you fix the network database on your computer that was corrupted by the hacking tool.

If the phone was hacked to unlock it, it will not activate until the carrier it was originally locked to agrees to unlock it.

hello Lawrence,

i bought a brand new, factory sealed iPhone 6s Plus from the US, unlocked (sim free).had it shipped here in Greece and arrived 4days ago. Have unpacked and inserted my Vodafone SIM card but I get the following message : the SIM card that you inserted is from a car that is not supported under the activation policy that is currently assigned by the activation server. This is not a hardware issue with the iPhone.please insert another SIM card from a supported carrier or request that this phone is unlocked by your carrier" Tried to DFU and restore several times but nothing. Also please note that I don't have acces to the home screen or anywhere else. Contacted the seller that is a reputable company and they guarantee that the phone is unlocked. Does it perhaps have to be activated by a US SIM card before I can install my other Greek card in it? Had bought the first iPhone many years ago from the US and had a SIM card from AT&T, opened the box and immediately got access to the home screen and set up status. (Of course then I had to unlock it but it served me for many years till I could no longer update further.

Any ideas?

thanks

Gliven the message you are receiving the iPhone in question is not unlocked. Call AppleCare and give them the model and serial number to find out which carrier it is locked with.

Thanks for the reply doggie. Ok it's the first time I am using this so I wrote in the wrong space. I'll put it right.The phone is the 6s plus 64GB. I agree with you it must be locked but the problem is, it was never activated and therefore Apple cannot see who is the carrier. Apple already (after posting here) told me it's locked after I gave them the IMEI number. Is there a way to find out who is the carried to whom it's locked? Also if I find the carrier can I unlock it?

If Apple says it is not in their system it is going to be very difficult to determine who the iPhone is locked to. As to whether you can unlock it that would be determined by the carrier. I would suggest returning the phone to the seller.