Q: Activation server unavailable

Have installed upgrade and it says successful but it will not activate and keeps saying activation server temporarily unavailable, but it has been for 5 hours. Problems them or mine

iPad 2, iOS 9.2.1

Posted on Mar 22, 2016 1:44 PM

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by Carolyn Samit,

Carolyn Samit Mar 22, 2016 1:45 PM in response to victorfromclanfield
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Mar 22, 2016 1:45 PM in response to victorfromclanfield

The Apple servers are overloaded with users updating their devices.

Try a force restart.

Press and hold both the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons for at least ten seconds, until you see the Apple logo.
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by victorfromclanfield,

victorfromclanfield Mar 22, 2016 7:49 PM in response to Carolyn Samit
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Mar 22, 2016 7:49 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

Thank you, but neither worked. Still the same result
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by ldesr,

ldesr Mar 23, 2016 4:49 PM in response to victorfromclanfield
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Mar 23, 2016 4:49 PM in response to victorfromclanfield

I have the same issue and still not activated.
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by chrisr911,

chrisr911 Mar 23, 2016 4:54 PM in response to ldesr
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Mar 23, 2016 4:54 PM in response to ldesr

Me too and iTunes says it does not verify/recognize the device
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by ldesr,

ldesr Mar 23, 2016 5:00 PM in response to chrisr911
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Mar 23, 2016 5:00 PM in response to chrisr911

I connected my iPad to iTunes and held both buttons down. I am now in the process of restoring my iPad.
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by MichelPM,

MichelPM Mar 23, 2016 5:09 PM in response to victorfromclanfield
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Mar 23, 2016 5:09 PM in response to victorfromclanfield

This is a known problem/glitch.
Apple, I believe, has acknowledge this issue with activation server difficulties with certain iPad models and have stated that they are working on this issue and that it will be resolved as soon as possible
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by brenden dv,

brenden dv Mar 25, 2016 8:04 AM in response to victorfromclanfield
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Mar 25, 2016 8:04 AM in response to victorfromclanfield

Hi victorfromclanfield,

Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities! I understand that you may be having some issues activating your iPad 2 after a recent update to iOS 9.3. If that is the case, you may find the information and steps outlined in the following article helpful:

If you can’t activate your iPad 2 (GSM model) after you update to iOS 9.3 - Apple Support

Regards
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