updated to ios 7, but stuck on activation screen

I'm stuck on the same screen

Yeah - pains of early adoption with iPhones huh?

I did the same as ashishalve - was working/activated but never prompted (that I saw) for iCloud restore of my data... so I reset all settings to see if it would prompt, but didn't think it would need another activation :S

Now I wait, retry, wait. 30 minutes+ at this point, OTA or iTunes, no change. Sigh...

It's a very widespread problem at the moment; not just you. You can keep tapping "Try Again" or just wait a few hours/days and it should eventually activate. If all else fails, and I hate to say it... contact Apple Support.

Apple was apparently unprepared for the millions of devices that are simultaneously trying to grab the update. Some computer company, huh?

I'm having the same issue. iOS 7 update bricked my phone, so I was forced to do a restore. That worked, and now it's trying to activate, but it keeps failing. I've been keeping count, and I have now tried to activate 132 times in the last 90 minutes, and it has failed each time. Contacted Apple and they gave me a lame "Sorry, servers are too busy" message. Guy even had the audacity to imply that it's my fault because I updated during the release rush. How about you beef up your god **** activation servers for a large release like this?

I love Apple products, but I LOATHE Apple.

Ha! "days"!

I expect to wait a few hours at most, but if it takes longer than that I might just sell my iPhone. I use this more than any other piece of technology I own.

same here.. i m trying for an hour???? is this normall??

So when are supposed to update? Maybe they should target the rollout instead of just making it available to everyone all at once.

anybody help us??? is my ipad destryed?? huhuhuhuhuhu

Yes - try a google search for this issue and look how the threads date back to iOS2... Every time you update an iPhone immediately at the release, the servers get flooded because there are many thousands of updates and activations hitting Apple's servers.

I whine but I knew it was a risk. For the brief moment I had it running, it was pretty great!

is this really just normal????

from what place you are?

my ipad 4 is never been jailbroken... and i dont know why this happening....

is it really matter of traffic?

I'm stuck with the same problem as well. It wont budge at all and I would really like to have my phone back and running, for in case of emergancy calls and it's frustrating.

The Apple Store is not responding. GURR. They should know enough to have enough bandwidth for this event. I got a corrupted download on my iPad2. iphone5 was ok. For all the extra money I pay these folks, I expect them to be up to speed.

Finally got it to work after 2 hrs...now restoring.