Maybe I'm being impatient but how long is the AT&T activation taking everyone? I want to use my new toy but it's hanging on the activation screen going on 20 minutes...
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iPhone X - AT&T activation time
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took a few times before mine activated..kept saying that activation could not be completed try again later blah blah blah..kept trying and it finally worked..
I got that message twice on the first screen but then it recognized my phone number and has been on that screen since...
I don't even get a "try again" message, it's been spinning for about 30 minutes. I guess I'm glad I'm not the only one.
Glad to see I'm not the only one having this problem. I was also stuck on the "Confirm your phone number" page and restarted my phone. Now I'm back to square one, "could not activate iphone." Sigh.
I put the old SIM card into the new phone then try to activate. After a few tries it went through but I noticed I don't have cellular service. The cell setting is on but I can't make calls and no cellular network in "about". Tried putting in the new sim that comes with the box and immediately it's connected to at&t. All working fine now for me.
I called Apple. As another person posted, they had me shut down (hold the large button right side, then swipe to shut down) and restart (hold large button right side). It still didn't work. Told me to call AT&T, which I did. They confirmed their servers are slammed but gave me the automated activation phone number. I called it, system said it was activated (!) But still no joy on the phone itself.
I swapped SIMs with my prior phone...still no joy.
Connected to iTunes and after having to restart the process several times owed to errors (guessing servers getting slammed) I was FINALLY able to get it going - in fact it update to 11.1 and restored from an iOS 11.1 back up in one shot.
Oh well. I'm not going to fight the crowds and stress out. I'm going to go on with my day and I'll try again when I get back home. The issue should be fixed by then, I hope.
Oh, hey! This reminds me of activating the original iPhone via AT&T. How sweet of them to offer this anniversary experience to everyone who missed it in 2007.
Ha ha. I remember back in the 3gs and the 4s days it would take hours. Get iphone around 6pm after work and it wouldn't activate till 9pm or so
Oh, hey! This reminds me of activating the original iPhone via AT&T. How sweet of them to offer this anniversary experience to everyone who missed it in 2007.
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