both of my iphones worked as soon as I got out of the at&t store. I guess the stores have an easier time to activate them than at home.
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Did your AT&T service activate right away on your 4S?
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I think they had UPS drivers specifically carrying trucks full of iphones. Mine came at a different time too - different driver. He said he was "lucky to be delivering all of these things today".
Can't activate. 
Tried over the phone, over itunes, over wifi, over cellular connection. Nothing! After all that waiting, I can't even activate.
Tried over the phone, over itunes, over wifi, over cellular connection. Nothing! After all that waiting, I can't even activate.Was really excited that UPS delivered my phone at 9:30 am, usually don't see them until the afternoon. Frustrated now that after 2 hours I still can't get my phone to activate.
Yeah, that didn't work. Back to hammering continuously thru the activation process.hmm just recieved the 4s and put the old 4's sim in there. It wouldn't activate after a few tries like everyone else . I'm currently going to try to restore in DFU mode to a blank ios 5. Will report in a few minutes
"Try Again" button appears now...
After a gazillion attempts, I just got a "Try Again" red button that hadn't appeared before, so hopefully that's a sign that I'm closer to being activated!!
(I'm a grandfathered unlimited data user, btw)
I'll wait to hit the "Submit Reply" button until this attempt fails or succeeds......
FAILED.
OK, one more try...
After a gazillion attempts, I just got a "Try Again" red button that hadn't appeared before, so hopefully that's a sign that I'm closer to being activated!!
(I'm a grandfathered unlimited data user, btw)
I'll wait to hit the "Submit Reply" button until this attempt fails or succeeds......
FAILED.
OK, one more try...
Yeah, before I would fail after entering billing/ssn. Now I can't even get to that step. It's gonna be awhile...
So can I activate this phone without any sort of internet connection, or via plugging it in?
Can I essentially take it out of the box, turn it on, and activate it? (after waiting an hour/trying 20x)
Can I essentially take it out of the box, turn it on, and activate it? (after waiting an hour/trying 20x)
I realize it's not the "right way" to do it, but are people actually having success swapping their micro sims from their 4's to their new 4S's? If so, are there any known negative side effects that could occur from doing so?
I'm getting beyond frustrated that it took 4 hours last Friday (from 2:45am) to order the damned thing, and now I'm 2 hours in on trying to activate it. If I can just swap my micro sim and restore from a backup with no negative effects I'm all for doing that.
Thanks.
I'm getting beyond frustrated that it took 4 hours last Friday (from 2:45am) to order the damned thing, and now I'm 2 hours in on trying to activate it. If I can just swap my micro sim and restore from a backup with no negative effects I'm all for doing that.
Thanks.
Just checked my iPhone 4 that I am upgrading from, no service. So they stopped the service on one phone but won't activate service on the other one.
well this is frustrating, now isn't it?
was so happy I got the package early, and yet... haven't been able to activate it.
Makes me sad.
was so happy I got the package early, and yet... haven't been able to activate it.
Makes me sad.
on hold on my 4 waiting..
so i'm on hold with applecare on my soon-to-be-deactivated iphone 4 waiting for my 4s to activate...
if the call gets dropped, then the 4s should soon be alive, yeah??
so i'm on hold with applecare on my soon-to-be-deactivated iphone 4 waiting for my 4s to activate...
if the call gets dropped, then the 4s should soon be alive, yeah??
it wouldnt be so bad if i could use some of the features while it activates but nooooooooooooo that makes way to much sense