If the darn thing would just let me put in my SIM from my iPhone 4, it seems like this would/could be pretty simple.
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AT&T Activations Servers Overloaded with iPhone 4S Launch
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Tell that to all the Blackberry users who expected their services to work without long interruptions: please see cnet's article "RIM, you're dead to me now." See the fallout from Sony's PSN network fail. See Netflix subscriber lashout for having their expectations betrayed.
This isn't about patience or needing to grow up. This is about using a service and a device, both for which Apple and ATT&T have already been paid.
Makes sense ?
Ok, so "one" day, out of 730, will matter in the scheme of things.
Hmmmmmm ....
Ok, so "one" day, out of 730, will matter in the scheme of things.
Hmmmmmm ....
Or can I just move my SIM card?
Do I have to wait for all this junk or can I start syncing from iTunes?
Gary
I've been able to do this pretty smoothly for every other iPhone. The only other time the servers have crashed like this was with the 3G. It doesn't happen every year.
Excuse us for wanting the phones we just bought to activate. I realize it's a completely irrational thought.
UPS=Yey; AT&T=BooHoo
Let's here if for logistics, UPS promised me my 4S by End of Day, arrived at 11am... Hmmm 2.5 hrs later, Server Busy Can't Activate... Even as a weather reporter AT&T would have been fired!!!
Let's here if for logistics, UPS promised me my 4S by End of Day, arrived at 11am... Hmmm 2.5 hrs later, Server Busy Can't Activate... Even as a weather reporter AT&T would have been fired!!!
Give AT&T Customers some credit...
Verizon's and Sprint's servers didn't have as many problems with pre-orders as AT&T did. Now, Verizon's and Sprint's servers are activating just fine, and AT&T's are not. Yes, we should be more patient. But what's the deal, AT&T?
Verizon's and Sprint's servers didn't have as many problems with pre-orders as AT&T did. Now, Verizon's and Sprint's servers are activating just fine, and AT&T's are not. Yes, we should be more patient. But what's the deal, AT&T?
Prime, I am upgrading from a 4 to the 4S and reused my MicroSim from the 4. I have to activate as well, it's not folks using the blank sim. I was hoping to avoid the activation but using my ip4 sim didn't do it for me. Still waiting for the servers to get their hamsters fed and running again.
Gary, you can use the microsim from your 4, but you'll STILL have to activate. That's where I'm stuck. I put my ip4 sim into my 4s and am still trying to activate to use the phone.
Is there any sort of estimate time that activations should take? Anyone gotten an estimate from AT&T or Apple?
-Will
-Will
Well, the little screen I've seen about 50+ times now says 3 minutes...
Sorry, couldn't help it.
People are saying "why invest in all this tech for a one-day problem" -- well, why not rent it - for a day? This is pathetic that they still have such miserable launches. Especially after another huge presale that "smashed all expectations" and blah blah blah. Maybe the occupy wall streeters can go get up in ATTs grille.
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Of course I'm being reminded of Louis CK's clip from Conan a while ago... Yes, this is 100% a first world problem. "Hey look, running water that won't make me sick and kill me!"
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Of course I'm being reminded of Louis CK's clip from Conan a while ago... Yes, this is 100% a first world problem. "Hey look, running water that won't make me sick and kill me!"
Well, we'll have to wait and see the numbers, but maybe that's due to the fact that AT&T is activating a much larger number than Verizon and Sprint.
you know that means Apple servers are pretty f-ed up as well since if you do not change you SIM AT&T server never really need to be contacted. As far as I know Apple is the only company that has gone with MicroSim which makes the problem worse. Nothing was gained by that other than making it harder to jump to other products.
Apple is a huge part of the problem with all the insane extra communication and talking to servers that is required. A failure at any one of them makes the phone useless.