upgrading to ios 7, cannot connect to apple store to activate iphone

Still trying but the prob;em persists. My iPad mini upgraded just fine though with no problem. I'll say that iOS7 is running very nicely on the mini. Crisp perfromance and the new UI makes it tons easier to read and deal with.

Same problem here. Getting used to the idea I probably won't have use of my phone for the rest of the day. My mistake was attempting to eject a USB drive as the software was upgrading on the iPhone (4s). Immediately received an error message and was forced to select Restore iPhone as my only option. After Restore successfully completed getting the phone to factory settings with ios7 loaded, the activation process began. This is where the nightmare took over. Activation needs to contact the Apple Servers via iTunes Store apparently. So, yeah, gonna have to wait until the US is asleep tonight to get through, in all likelihood. Would have been nice had Apple posted a clearer warning to disconnect all other peripherals during upgrade. But with Jobs now dead, there's not as much interest in attempting to simulate how users might break the system before public release. Ah well. Nothing for it now but to wait.

my iphone5 updated without any problems. my ipad3 crapped out during the update, forcing to restore the whole device, and now can't be activated. great Apple. hope you are getting your ears chewed off by ****** off customers.

this is not the first new iOS release. they should know what resources to have in place by now.

If anything, I'm glad to know this problem isn't just me, although I'm surprised I haven't seen more about it online. I was restoring, having been running the beta, and usually this is a really quick process. This time I've resigned myself to being without a phone until sometime in the middle of the night.

UPDATE: I kept trying for 3 hours, total, and it finally went through. I had moved over to trying to update via Wifi and not via iTunes (don't know if that makes a difference) and about the 10th time I hit Try Again on the phone, it went through. Now I'm restoring. So the key is not to give up - or just wait until North America is asleep. ;-)

If you are running Windows 7, just go to control panel, network and internet, internet options, connections, LAN settings and uncheck use proxy (or if already unchecked, check it, apply, then uncheck it) and this should work it worked for me on iphone 4 .

UPDATE: Everything was fine later that night. In a way I kind of enjoyed being forced to read a novel on the subway, and I appreciated the irony in the device manufacturers being the ones causing my separation from the beloved device.

If u cannot connect to iTunes Store in iOS 7 . Go to settings - iTunes AppStore - sign out and sign in your Apple ID. You will then be prompted to enter your iTunes password to connect to App Store. Do not type password in. Do a hard reset and then open AppStore. Everything should be working. It worked 100% for me. When nothing else worked. Try it and let me know!

I don't like new graphics on iOS 7 ......really bad icons....no depth no 3d....sad for my eyes

Thanks for this. iPad mini is now working again. Can now connect to iTunes Store and update apps. I only have my iPad since September and so your 2nd comment re hard reset was absolutely necessary for me !

I agree with you re the icons on iOS 7 - awful!

my ipad can't activate my account and it said that "(************@yahoo.com) cannot be used to unlock this ipad"

but this site, it activate. Maybe the last update on iOS 7 on itunes stuck.. ( any apple devices )

but i want to activate my account now !

it ***** but youre just going to have to wait it out.

Apple is working on the software updating servers so you need to wait!

Same problem here. iPhone 5, tried activating over wifi and also via iTunes connected to my Haswell MacBook Air and errors on both. No fun...

same problem. i'm completely locked out of my phone. what is the issue here? iphone 4s, macbook pro. updated and restored using itunes 11.1

same problem with ipad mini i restore to ios 7 and it not active. sorry i dont now english

Is this issue going on for all the devices or just the iPhones? I don't want to lock myself out of anything else at this point...