Stuck on contacting iphone activation server

i tried searching forum for answer and didn't find anything
trying to update to new iphone software on my 3G.
Seems to be stuck on contacting iphone activation server.
I have tried it several different days.
I have seen other websites say to turn off wifi after it starts contacting the activation server.
That does not work.
Can anyone help me?
Thank you!

You need an active connection to the internet. So if you are using Little Snitch on the Mac or other Firewall make sure you open up ports.
If you wife can update and restore then using the same user, computer, internet connection, etc should allow you to update your iPhone as well.

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