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Your IPad could not activate because the activation server is temporarily unavailable

Hello!

I bought a used Ipad model A1397. Connected it to Itunes and upgraded to 6.1.3.

After that, I can not activate it because it is constantly writes:

"Your IPad could not activate because the activation server is temporarily unavailable. Try connecting IPad to iTunes to activate, or try again in a few minutes." using WiFi and Itunes. The process of restoring the firmware also did not help ...


PS Sorry for my bad English!

iPad 2, iOS 6.1.3

Posted on Apr 25, 2013 7:45 AM

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Apr 25, 2013 7:58 AM in response to osnova31

Apple is experiencing tevhnical difficulties with APNs


People in Asia reported this 13 hours ago (http://www.sophos.com/ja-jp/support/knowledgebase/119235.aspx) and people in Europe have been tweeting about it for a few hours. Seems like a global issue with Apple. Unfortunetly Apples services page doesnt list APNs: http://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/


MAybe try a little later 🙂

Apr 25, 2013 8:08 AM in response to osnova31

If you're problems have been for 4 days, then you probably have something else going on, as this issue has just been for less than one day (APNs being down)


I saw in some other similar messages that you might get this notice if your ipad had previously been jail-broken. I do not have experience with that, so maybe do some more searching.

Good Luck!

S

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