I updated my iPad air 2 to ios 11 yesterday but when i wanted to restore it it shows me that error : COULD NOT ACTIVATE iPAD your iPad could not be activated because the activation server cannot be reached ...
iPad Air Wi-Fi, iOS 11, null
Not helpful at all Jeremy. We are trying with wifi; with iTunes, several different computers, different wifi networks and always the same.
It seems like is a trouble of the Apple Server; could you confirm that? Is Apple working on the issue?
Not helpful at all Jeremy. We are trying with wifi; with iTunes, several different computers, different wifi networks and always the same.
It seems like is a trouble of the Apple Server; could you confirm that? Is Apple working on the issue?
Hi Brian, I’m not sure you are understanding the nature of the problem here.
Our devices are already bricked because most of us have already reset them but we are unable to activate. We cannot even access the reset network settings, backup or anything else. This is an activation issue.
My still supported and barely used iPad Air 2 is still bricked thanks to the activation problem and I bet thousands with various i-devices are having this issue. Any suggestions as to best media outlets where we can get some coverage. I don’t think Apple will do anything about it. I think this is widespread impacting many i-devices.
other I-device users with same issues, notice 673 people clicked with the same issue.
Same issue happening to 5S users who went from iOS 10 to 11.
I updated my iPad air to ios 11 yesterday but when i wanted to restore it it shows me that error : COULD NOT ACTIVATE iPAD your iPad could not be activated because the activation server cannot be reached ...
I have the same problem for days trying to activate my iPad Air 2 and do not let me try by all means and send me activation error I hope to find a solution to this or re-sign ios 10 because I do not want to throw my iPad
This has happened before and Apple released old firmware to fix the identical problem we are having with IOS 11.
Hi!
Where to complain? I bought my Iphone in second hand, I believe a lot of users did the same, we don't know if the equipments were modified, and till which extension.
I've heard that with this new IOS 11, seems that changes like touchscreen, and other components can compromise de activation, I hope that's just nonsense.
I manage to schedule a support call, which I wasted a morning waiting for the call plus the procedure of downloading and installing the new IOS 11.1.2, plus waiting for the support to call me again. And in the end nothing solved, and I was redirected to a support center that represents Apple (which I will not go, because it was working before the update, it's not an hardware fault)
This is not helping bro. I have dont the same thing for hundreds of time.
Check youtube, all worlwide having this issues,
Dear Apple please stop pushing people to buy new phone. Help us solve this.
I believe some alogorithm of activation messing around.
Please dont saya my iphone is lock Id , lock sim. Coz i bought it from apple store in my country.
I used with with no problem until ios 11 , all messed up till then
Friend all have tried to do what you can do with your iOS 10 cell phone to give life to our devices because in my case it is good for high quality Apple products but with this detail I am now beginning to doubt of it
Good grief!!!! Has Apple not fixed this issue yet? I, too, have an iPad Air 2 that is just sitting collecting dust because it will not activate! And I get the stupid SIM request from iTunes - I HAVE NO SIM CARD!!!!!!!!
How do I complain to Apple?
I also have an iPad mini 3 WiFi. And face the same problem with this. I don’t know who to complain about. I only hope Apple will give back iOS 10.3.3 for everyone. Very very many people feel uncomfortable.
this was really disappointing. I've done everything as advised in the support posts.and nothing helped. i then installed itunes on my windows laptop (i don't have have a mac). i couldn't get help and it didn't even acknowledge the ipad. after about an hour and installing icloud, an itunes error eventually said "insert sim and unlock" ! i had an old sim in the ipad so removed it then itunes asked me to sign back into icloud and then reactivated everything??? and its working total time spent about 4 hours. i suggest inserting /removing a sim even if you don't usually use it.
I went through the whole thing with apple support, dealt with Ashley, passed on info to the engineer etc. I purchased a new iPad so I wiped my iPad Air 2 and when I tried to activate, I get the activation error. I have tried everything. Since it worked perfectly on right up the wipe, it is impossible that its a hardware issue. Apple thinks my wifi only model had a SIM. This device is not that old and is fully supported by apple so they need to fix this. I assume a re-sign of 10.3.3 will allow activation. People with iPhone 5S are having the identical problems. I also took it into Genius and they tried to restore and activate on their machine and it did not activate. Apple support said this problem does not seem like a common issue but I beg to differ and that is part of the problem, it's not high priority for apple to fix the iOS11+ activation issue.
COULD NOT ACTIVATE iPAD (ios 11)
