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Sir,
My phone is giving message "your iphone could not be activated"
iPhone 3GS, Windows XP
You might want to go through the thread at iPhone 5S activation error 0xE8000013 where it is in discussion. If you read through the posts, you will realise which of the condition matches your device and you will know for certain whether it can be fixed or not.
5 possible causes for that error message:
1] Activation server is actually down. Very rare occurrence, and of short duration when it
does happen. Solution - try again.
2] Your firewall and/or antivirus software are preventing the necessary connection. Solution -
temporarily disable your firewall and/or antivirus software until the activation completes.
3] computer being used for activation has been used to jailbreak an iOS device in the past.
Solution - use a different computer.
4] iPhone has been jailbroken. Your favorite search engine may provide some direction, but jailbreaks often prevent
activations/updates from succeeding. Per Terms of Use for this forum, discussion of jailbroken iPhones is
prohibited.
5] your region and/or timezone settings are inconsistent with your actual location. Solution - set region and/or timezone correctly.
You should also check this article: If you can't activate your iPhone - Apple Support. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201407
With iOS 11, devices are being bricked which do not conform to either one of your possible causes nor with any of the reasons Apple has mentioned. If you go through the thread, you will find quite an extensive list of causes reported by users across the globe. It ranges from part replacement to hardware hacked devices.
If you just restored your iPhone or updated the iOS version,
this is generally a sign that the iPhone had previously been
jailbroken or hacked to work with other than the original wireless
provider. Is that the case with your iPhone?
What is the exact wording of the error message?
yes. i bought second hand and the owner had reset the whole phone. i origanlly set the phone up but one i add sim it gives me a error and it says it can not be activated
please help
its saying actived server is temp. down
your iphone could not be activated
