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Don't erase or restore your existing iPhone today (iOS7 Day)

That70sGAdawg

That70sGAdawg

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May 23, 2008
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Athens, GA USA
I made the mistake of trying to erase my wife's iPhone today to free up room for the iOS update. The activation server at Apple is DOWN ALL DAY. No phone service for over 5 hours now. I guess they weren't smart enough to leave a bandwidth pipeline open for activations??? Neither AT&T nor the local Apple store could help. They "haven't been able to activate any phones since 1pm ET". I supposed it might be fixed by Friday when they attempt to sell millions of new 5s phones and activate them...:mad:
 
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That70sGAdawg said:
I made the mistake of trying to erase my wife's iPhone today to free up room for the iOS update. The activation server at Apple is DOWN ALL DAY. No phone service for over 5 hours now. I guess they weren't smart enough to leave a bandwidth pipeline open for activations??? Neither AT&T nor the local Apple store could help. They "haven't been able to activate any phones since 1pm ET". I supposed it might be fixed by Friday when they attempt to sell millions of new 5s phones and activate them...:mad:
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I'm in the same boat as you, tried to restore my phone so I could have a fresh install for iOS 7 (some things seemed a little laggy/glitchy) and now I can't activate my phone.
EDIT: Phone is activated now.
 
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This happens every year people. There should be an automated calendar item to remind people, DONT RESTORE PHONE ON OR NEAR LAUNCH DAY!
 
I just did an iPad and my iPhone, no issues at all aside from a very slow iCloud backup.
 
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