My ipad keeps saying activation required

I have an old Ipad 2 and I have had this problem for the last couple of days. Did you find out how to get round it ?

I have an iPad and it costantly asks me to do this all the time! I never had this issue before and my ipad is two years old. I believe it started around march or maybe even after ios10

Conspiracy theories help no one.

I have an iPad 2 and have not been subjected to these activation issues and I am still regularly updating apps on my iPad 2.

This worked very well. After removing the SIM,I we able to finish the activation procedure.

Great catch! Thanks!

Glad I could help!

Apple ONLY slowed down older iPhone 6/6S/6S Plus models to prevent constant premature shutdowns of these phone models when the battery started to degrade in performance.

Purchase a fresh battery, at a considerable discount and for the entire 2018 year, for an iPhone 6 or later iPhone, the phone goes back to normal operation.

Apple has not slowed down any other iDevices in this manner and have NOT slowed down ANY iPad models, at all.

iPads have much larger and larger capacity batteries and last longer than those in iPhones or iPod Touches.

I have older iPad 2 and iPad 3 models on iOS 9.3.5 and both devices are running just fine and peachy and are still running on nearly 6 and 7 year old batteries.

I have a 1st generation iPad that is still working after nearly 8 years!

I have not gotten this activation problem.

There is NO conspiracy here.

I just bought one in 2017 and it asks me this all the time even though it already is activated and is able to connect to the internet use safari and download songs and apps so I don’t know what is going on.

I can tell you it is NOT a WiFi or router issue and it is NOT an iOS update issue, because I am currently staying in a house with no wifi using an iPad that does not have cell service, and I’ve had the same problem. I’ve been watching downloaded content all week, paused my show and now the iPad says it must be activated and wants me to connect to a WiFi network. This device had not been connected to the internet for over a week when the error occurred (right at a ‘good part’ in the show I’d been watching!!). I’ve powered off several times with no luck. Apple, if you’re listening, this is VERY annoying and I don’t want to spend hours of my time trying to fix it.

I've just restored my iPad after having received this message and within minutes of starting it up again and trying to open Amazon Prime movies it has frozen, shown the Apple logo and gone back to the activation required message. Is there any point in persevering with this and doing again or is the bug just going to keep coming back. I'm assuming that Apple haven't fixed this as the issue has been around for months now. Would be really grateful for any help. Thanks

Hear, hear. I agree with Bokky’s every comment.

Apple must have made changes somewherein their systems for nearly 2000 of us to have this same problem all at the same time. And nothing recommended in this thread works for my iPad either. I’ve spent hours fiddling, restarting, checking a non-existent sim card etc.

Apple seem to have wiped their hands of us because we don’t have a proof of purchase which they will accept. What are we supposed to do now? Throw away these iPads or reuse as very expensive coasters?

thanks. Some people are more conveniently located to an Apple store than others. But, I appreciate your comment. It gives me some hope on my next trip to the big city, I can find my way to the Apple store.

Glad to hear your iPad is fixed. My nearest Apple store‘s staff wouldn’t even look at it because I don’t have the original receipt. The chain where I bought it went bankrupt several years ago so I cannot get a replacement receipt. That’s why I was posting here, looking for a solution that didn’t need the Apple Store’s input.

Given that there are so many of us with the same problem, you’d think Apple would agree to help us all.

I was on vacation and attempted to use my ipad and received this error. My ipad didnt function. I could use my iphone only.

The hotels was naturally unsecured. Upon returning home i decided to try it again. It immediately acted normally and has worked ever since.

GREAT DISCOVERY!!!!!

AWESOME WORK finding the culprit of this issue!

There are a few other postings about this issue.

You need to post your solution into those posts, as well!

NICE JOB!

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This problem started for me this afternoon, I've removed the old sim card, done a hard reset and still no joy.