how long to activate?

[violaguy5]

I've been waiting 2 hours now, I suppose I'll try to call now

 

[truciet]

I've been waiting 2 hours now, I suppose I'll try to call now

Make sure you power down both phones. Once done, go ahead and turn on your iPhone 4. It'll activate within 2 minutes.

 

[Goodeye]

I walked out at 5 pm got home and it still hadn't activated by 6:15 it finally had. Took about an hour.

 

[purd002]

Got my phone at 3:30 and I'm still awaiting activation 7 hours later.

 

[Duffinator]

Nevermind. I second reset of the network did the trick.

 

[Detrius]

It's been about four hours for me, and I've rebooted the iPhone 4 several times. Is it normal that it says "No Service" while in this mode?

 

[silroc]

took me 15 minutes and a reboot

thought it may have been a coincidence

 

[purd002]

It's been about four hours for me, and I've rebooted the iPhone 4 several times. Is it normal that it says "No Service" while in this mode?

I hope so, that's what mines said for 7+ hours and counting . . .

 

[Detrius]

I finally gave up and called 1-800-331-0500. That automated system was aware that I had purchased a new phone that still needed to be activated. Here's to hoping it's right in claiming that it will only take five [more] minutes for the phone to work (after turning it off and waiting, of course).

 

[purd002]

I hope so, that's what mines said for 7+ hours and counting . . .

just got off the phone with ATT - all the numbers i had entered in the automated system earlier were not in the system so we re-entered the new imei number etc. Reboot and still not working 😡

She said there was nothing else they could do they are experiencing heavy volume. Really? I hadn't heard that. She did tell me that there was still 11,000 calls in the queue at 11:45 eastern!

 

[Knarl]

I am an iPhone newb, right off the bat, so excuse me if this sounds stupid. I had the same problem where I get the "No Service" text in the top left. I kept pressing the power button to turn the phone off, but when I would turn it back on, the problem wasn't fixed. Finally, I read the instructions that come with the phone (amazing, I know). Turns out, to actually turn off your phone, you have to HOLD the power button for a few seconds, not just press the button once. I guess that's a sleep mode (again, yes, total newb...iphone wizards are probably loling at me right now 🙂 )

Once I did that and turned it back on, I had perfect reception.

 

[Galacticus]

just got off the phone with ATT - all the numbers i had entered in the automated system earlier were not in the system so we re-entered the new imei number etc. Reboot and still not working 😡

She said there was nothing else they could do they are experiencing heavy volume. Really? I hadn't heard that. She did tell me that there was still 11,000 calls in the queue at 11:45 eastern!

what number did u call? just got text from someone with trouble, its late!

 

[CrAkD]

mine activated instantly. I asked the apple store guy how bogged down the system got today he said it was taking 5 minutes at points but that was it.

 

[purd002]

what number did u call? just got text from someone with trouble, its late!

611 from a working att cellphone.

 

[Detrius]

Called back, spoke with a Tier 2 tech. He said that it's just the system being bogged down. Some of the communication with my new phone has already happened, but it still has another step or two to go before it will work. He guessed that it would be another half hour to an hour.

 

[Detrius]

And now I'm up and running. 😀

 

[RyanTheGeneral]

did it at apple store, was instant.. he clicked a button and the screen said iphone is now activated..