updated to IOS 9.3 and activation server is not responding

Ha HA! My Italian is minimal but it's easy to work out what you're saying!

Via Apple Chat a few minutes ago!

oh, a fix will come? This would be fine and may help all them who would not reset the iPad2 to factory settings. I wonder how this would be work?

Hi everybody,

I think this might help (is what I did and some others on this page to):

1. Take any internet-connected computer/tablet/phone, go to iCloud.com and login.

2. Go to 'settings'.

3. From the 'my devices' tab, REMOVE the iPad or iPhone that cannot be activated.

4. Try activating the iPad or iPhone again, it should work now.

5. Verify that your iPad or iPhone returns in iCloud again.

This should be all...

(NO NEED for resetting to factory settings!!!)

Thanks Joop but that solution has been mentioned many times throughout the forum and at least for most of us, myself included, it does not help 😟

I don't know, Feuerzunge, and I don't know when it will happen, sorry

Quote: This should be all... (NO NEED for resetting to factory settings!!!)

-> But it does not work for all, as you can read above...

Sorry to hear that. If you have removed your device from iCloud, does it ever re-appear when it is NOT activated?

Just curious to know if removing it multiple times from iCloud would help...

Yes it does reappear a short while later. I have removed mine about a dozen times over past few days 🙂

yes it is courious. But more courious ist the fact that iTunes could not verified my device, so wiping was the only way to fix the problem. I wonder why the iPad 2 should be activated anyway? So after wiping the iPad2 the activation has done. But the activation server has known the iPad which belongs to the apple ID "a*******@b******.com" Account, so I have taken the same apple ID to re-activate the iPad.

FOr what it's worth, mine activated just now, after 6 hours. No restore/factory reset or other magic. But that's an Air, hope it comes through for all of you as well

Have same problem Ipad 2 failing to activate 😟

Currently restoring from backup. Shame on Apple......

To all of those saying go to iCloud, I don't use iCloud on this ipad.

I just got a PM from Apple Support on twitter, will advise when I hear back.

They will recommend you restore from DFU mode and iTunes/iCloud backup 😝 I tried them as well, they were very polite and all, but not very helpful. Oh well 😟 Maybe they have learned some new tricks since I spoke to them last (last night)