The Ipad won't activate. It says that the activation server is down , but I see a green OK next to the activation server in Apple's status page.
My Itunes (latest version) won't recognise my Ipad .
I have tried hard reset, and I have also tried using Wi-Fi and LTE.
It doesn't work at all.
iPad Air, iOS 9.3
Hello,
Please force restart your iPad as described on this page: Restart your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
How to force restart
You should force restart your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch as a last resort, and only if it's not responding. To force restart your device, press and hold both the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons for at least ten seconds, until you see the Apple logo.
Note: you will not lose any data or reset important settings while doing this.
Turn off your device
Go to icloud.com
sign in with the icloud account associated with your device
Click on Find iPhone
Click on All Devices
Click on your Device
Click on Remove from account (DO NOT ERASE OR MARK AS LOST)
Turn on your device and try to activate again
Once activated go back to settings and sign in to your icloud account and turn on find my iphone again.
It says my ID is invalid, I've reset it multiple times and still crap.
Well
I had a chat with Apple and they say its releted to the fact that many people are trying to update to iOS 9.3
I waited about half an hour and tried again, and it worked.
But then I had a different problem.
I updated my itunes (for windows) and I can't connect both Ipad and Iphone with the lighting USB cable to Itunes
Itunes doesn't not find them...
Same here. iPad 2. Initially performed OTA update. Cannot activate via WiFi or iTunes. Have not done a full restore yet but tried to update via full updater via iTunes and it still wont activate. All other devices in household update successfully.
I Just found this online
It will ask if you want it to go in to recovery mode and it will begin to try and download iOS 9.3 again. My iPad is still updating. I don't know if this will work yet but it got me past the iTunes not recognizing my iPad part!
I Hope it works for you. I tried this last night on my iPad 2 and just doing the full update again via iTunes did not allow me to activate. When I get home today my next step is to do full DFU restore.
It didn't work. What's a DFU?
DFU restore. If you can't update or restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
please update here after you're done and let us know if it works. Thanks
Same problem here with ipad2. wont activate via wifi and itunes cant verify my device, says go to apple store. did the restart and same thing.
just waiting for someone to post a fix.....
well here is the solution for windows users.
Go to devices under control panel, under devices you will find you Apple device (hopefully)
then press the right click and click on properties.
Then update the driver using automatic driver finding (Using windows update)
Your Apple device should reconnect and then restart Itunes.
It solved my problem.
I did the full IPAD restore and it finally updated. Once it completed, I restored to my last backup and it is good. give yourself an hour to get through this process though.
the only one that works, thanks for your help ;]
I've been on the phone with Apple support twice now and was told a full restore is the only option -- ONLY it's taken 3+ hours for my MacBookPro to load the 9. whatever version and it's still 31 minutes out. I'm told once the laptop has the 9.whatever loaded that I will have to restore the iPad but I am not holding much faith in that answer resolving the problem. I used the support for my laptop to contact Support for this issue. The iPad that's locked up is version 2 64G wifi + cellular. The error message I got when I tried to restore thus far was "The iPad update server could not be contacted. An unknown error occurred (1671)" It's a glitch in the update that's causing the problem, not server overload as we're being told.
You can get to recovery mode any time by holding down the home button and on/off button BEYOND seeing the APPLE LOGO appear. Just keep holding until you see the icons for "connect to iTunes" (iTunes logo & cord with firewire?? adaptor). That's one thing I learned from tech support today.
I can't activate my Ipad after upgrading to iOS 9.3
