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Unable to Activate - An update is required to activate your iPhone

I am getting the following error while setting up my iPhone. Phone has got upgraded to ios 12 and reset to factory setting.

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iPhone 7, iOS 12

Posted on Sep 25, 2018 8:00 PM

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Posted on Nov 4, 2018 9:35 AM

did you get the problem solved, ive just purchased a 2nd hand iPhone se, went to set it up for my hubby and got the same. ive tried to do a hard reset but it still on unable to activate iPhone as update is required

what did you do in the end

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Unable to Activate - An update is required to activate your iPhone

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