Geek Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/could-not-activate-iphone-4s.jpg" alt="Could Not Activate iPhone error" title="could-not-activate-iphone-4s" width="320" height="214" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22423" /></p> <p>The hoards of people attempting to activate their brand new <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/iphone-4s/">iPhone 4S</a> have overloaded AT&T’s activation servers, resulting in some users receiving error messages saying “Could Not Activate iPhone”, followed by the message details:</p> <blockquote><p>“Your activation is still pending. You will receive an email notification once your activation is complete. </p> <p>We’re sorry. There was a problem connecting to the server. Please try again later.”</p></blockquote> <p>Making it beyond that, many users are stuck at a screen that simply says “Activation” with the spinning wait cursor, alongside a message of “<em>It may take up to 3 minutes to activate your iPhone</em>.” In some cases, users have reported seeing that message for hours, not just minutes. Even attempting to activate through iTunes can result in the error message.</p> <p><strong>Two possible solutions to “Could Not Activate” error:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Using your prior iPhone, dial AT&T’s 611 hotline and follow the prompts for activation</li> <li>Simply wait it out and try again later when AT&T’s servers catch up</li> </ul> <p>The activation trouble is reasonably widespread in the USA, and MacRumors has a growing <a href="http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1251499">forum thread</a> on the matter already. Currently, CDMA providers such as Sprint and Verizon do not seem to be undergoing any problems activating phones.</p> <p>This is the second hiccup this week due to immense demand of Apple’s latest and greatest releases. The first was a series of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/12/internal-error-or-unknown-error-occurred-during-ios-5-install/">“internal error” messages</a> related to installing iOS 5, the most prominent being <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/12/fix-error-3002-during-ios-5-update/">Error 3200 and 3002</a>. </p> <p>If you <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/13/where-to-buy-iphone-4s/">want to buy an iPhone 4S, here’s where you can find one today.</a></p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aQ8CYiRpYGIeq4E_FvhEHIoZkow/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aQ8CYiRpYGIeq4E_FvhEHIoZkow/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aQ8CYiRpYGIeq4E_FvhEHIoZkow/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aQ8CYiRpYGIeq4E_FvhEHIoZkow/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=JPEaHwCkYgo:1YhHmquNn2U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=JPEaHwCkYgo:1YhHmquNn2U:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=JPEaHwCkYgo:1YhHmquNn2U:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=JPEaHwCkYgo:1YhHmquNn2U:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=JPEaHwCkYgo:1YhHmquNn2U:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=JPEaHwCkYgo:1YhHmquNn2U:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=JPEaHwCkYgo:1YhHmquNn2U:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/JPEaHwCkYgo" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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