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Unable To Activate iPhone 7

My iPhone 7 went into "boot looping" several months ago. Today I was finally able to get the phone to restore itself. But now I can't get it to activate. When I try with Wi-Fi it says "Unable to Activate" "An update is required to activate your iPhone". When I try to do it with iTunes it says "The iPhone could not be activated because the activation information could not be obtained from the device". I have taken the SIM card out and put it back in, and it is in correctly. Any solutions to this problem? Software is up-to-date (or at least it says so).

iPhone 7, iOS 12

Posted on Sep 17, 2018 6:25 PM

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Posted on Sep 25, 2018 9:10 PM

I too have the same issue.

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Nov 15, 2018 3:46 AM in response to omid289

Please I need solution to this problem.

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Nov 24, 2018 5:43 AM in response to akshay2588

i got the sme prob

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Nov 25, 2018 9:12 AM in response to shumphries27

help me same problem

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Dec 4, 2018 8:38 PM in response to Kiat38

I’m having the same issue and I also took my phone to apple. They told me I have to purchase a new phone.

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Dec 5, 2018 8:10 PM in response to queenjennie

hi! Mine is the same model, what came of the Apple repair?

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Dec 5, 2018 8:10 PM in response to queenjennie

hi! Mine is the same model, what came of the Apple repair?

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Dec 5, 2018 8:10 PM in response to queenjennie

hi! Mine is the same model, what came of the Apple repair?

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Dec 5, 2018 8:12 PM in response to queenjennie

hi! Mine is the same model, how did it work out?

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Dec 15, 2018 4:43 AM in response to shumphries27

When I try with Wi-Fi it says "Unable to Activate"

Now I can't get it to activate the IPhone 7 . why?

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Jan 4, 2019 6:25 PM in response to shumphries27

a dont want me to go though

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Jan 4, 2019 6:27 PM in response to shumphries27

my phone is not working

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Jan 11, 2019 7:06 PM in response to sincere102

Tried this and to my surprise this actually worked! If nothing else works i highly recommend this.

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Jan 17, 2019 4:54 AM in response to omid289

Same issue iphone 8

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Jan 23, 2019 1:41 AM in response to akshay2588

hi bro

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Feb 1, 2019 6:19 PM in response to Nolaboy406

Please how did you fix it? I need mine to be fixed! I was wondering if the new iOS 12.1.3 would fix the bug problem

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