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My ipad won't activate. It says the activation server is temporarily unavailable. Have tried resetting.

My ipad wont activate.

Posted on Mar 9, 2018 6:20 PM

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Mar 10, 2018 1:02 PM in response to Fustrateduser

If your iPad is a cellular model, some have reported that temporarily

removing the sim allows activation to complete.


Otherwise, 5 possible causes for that error message:


1] Activation server is actually down. Very rare occurrence, and of short duration when it

does happen. Solution - try again.

2] Your firewall and/or antivirus software are preventing the necessary connection. Solution -

temporarily disable your firewall and/or antivirus software until the activation completes.


3] computer being used for activation has been used to jailbreak an iOS device in the past.

Solution - use a different computer.

4] iPad has been jailbroken. Your favorite search engine may provide some direction, but jailbreaks often prevent

activations/updates from succeeding. Per Terms of Use for this forum, discussion of jailbroken iPads is

prohibited.


5] your region and/or timezone settings are inconsistent with your actual location. Solution - set region and/or timezone correctly.


You should also check this article: If you can't activate your iPhone - Apple Support. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201407

My ipad won't activate. It says the activation server is temporarily unavailable. Have tried resetting.

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