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My iPhone isnt activating? Anyone else have this problem?
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Someone finally answered
I think he is good. He seems to be guiding me through the process.
Someone finally answered
I think he is good. He seems to be guiding me through the process.
excellent! keep us posted.
Mine just activated finally! I kept it turned off for a good 15 minutes or so and when I started it back up, it worked!
I got the message as well but I really don't feel like calling in so I guess I'll just wait. My phone is off right now, I'll turn it back on a bit later.
Soooo, I'm on the phone with ATT..I give her my new sim and IMEI, I'm on MY CELL PHONE and talking to her. She doesn't even input them in, all of the sudden my 3GS is says it's activated.
I have 3G, all bars, and ATT at the top.
...........I'm still talking with her on my old cell phone.
Really strange.
This was AFTER I took my new sim out, the put my new sim in the 3GS. I did this while I was talking to her on the phone.
I have 3G, all bars, and ATT at the top.
...........I'm still talking with her on my old cell phone.
Really strange.
This was AFTER I took my new sim out, the put my new sim in the 3GS. I did this while I was talking to her on the phone.
I called and they made sure my numbers matched, but still no activation. The ATT rep I talked to put me on hold to call Apple, and all they said was basically... wait, they're overloaded and working on. Hard to know what to believe. But she did confirm our numbers all matched.
first time using an iphone here..
am i supposed to activate through itunes? itunes didn't try to activate me and i don't recall seeing anything like the OP's image
am i doing something wrong?
am i supposed to activate through itunes? itunes didn't try to activate me and i don't recall seeing anything like the OP's image
am i doing something wrong?
did it recognize the iPhone even? I got a few errors and had to keep unplugging and plugging back in before it prompted the activation.
yeah it recognizes it and i can see all the syncing videos/ringtone tabs etc
but nothing about activation
i rebooted my phone and it says "waiting for activation / dismiss"
is there a way to re-run the itunes initiation?
Well, I think I get everything covered on the AT&T to port my number from my old carrier and everything. But, it won't activate. The AT&T CSR said that someone told him to Restore the iPHone to default and it will download the 3.0 software again and then it should activate.
He said my problem was that I connected it to iTunes before calling AT&T.
Ugh -- someday, I hope I can make a call with this thing.
Honestly what got mine going was leaving the phone ON and taking the sim out, then putting it back in.
Try that everybody.
Try that everybody.
Restoring could take 30 minutes to an hour. That's what I heard and it is seeming that way right now. At least 30 minutes.
it's been 5 min and the bar is about half full
assuming the bar goes at constant rate... i'll be done in another 5 min??
it just finished restoring
Activated Win :d
great thread guys, thanks for all the help.
Tried everything recommended, got it activated once I switched SIM cards with my old 2G phone. I had a 3G Sim card, so once I rebooted it worked perfectly. I also do not recommend talking to ATT, they were a total waste.
Tried everything recommended, got it activated once I switched SIM cards with my old 2G phone. I had a 3G Sim card, so once I rebooted it worked perfectly. I also do not recommend talking to ATT, they were a total waste.
Mine was just activated. Took about 30-45 minutes after changing the IMEI and SIM number with AT&T.
Well, still restoring, but I already got the dreaded "waiting for activation. this may take some time" message.
I have a 1st gen iPhone so I swapped SIM cards. It didn't work, but as soon as i put the new one back in the 3G S it said activated! woot!
restore worked for me too.
Hmmm...I would say it took about 20-25 minutes.
But it worked!! That's all that matters.