Could not activate cellular data in iPad

I found that mobile data stopped working on my iPad once upgraded to IOS 5.1. I have resolved the problem by re-applying the settings in Settings > Cellular Data > APN Settings which had (very bizarrely) been over-written as a result of the upgrade process.
Clearly your APN settings will be specific to your data plan, but if you contact your contract provider, they should be able to tell you what they are.
Hope this helps.

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Hi,
Try here.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2774
Article is for iPhone's but may apply.
Carolyn

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i am a new apple user - my ipad is 2 days old and i could still not get to work with it. it keeps on telling me "could not activate cellular data network"
how on earth can i fix it? please help me.

Do you have the 3G (Verizon or AT&T) model iPad 2? If not, you can't use cellular data. You may only have the WiFi model.
You can download a complete iPad 2 User Guide here: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/ipad_user_guide.pdf
 Cheers, Tom

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OK SO THE PROBLEM STARTED JUST YESTERDAY, I OPENED MY IPAD AND CELLULAR DATA AND TRIED TO OPEN A PAGE IN SAFARI WHEN A MESSAGE PROMPTED SAYING THAT "COULD NOT ACTIVATE CELLULAR DATA". IT WAS WORKING FINE JUST A FEW DAYS AGO.
SO FAR I HAVE VISITED NUMEROUS THREADS AND I HAVE DONE THE FOLLOWING
1. RESET NETWORK SETTINGS
2. APN SETTINGS
3. CLEARED SAFARI COKIES AND DATA AND POWER OFF MY IPAD FOR HOURS AND STARTED AGAIN
4. TURN AIRPLANE MODE ON AND OFF
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Does anything else work? Like email, app store?
Is there a signal in the area?
Has your contract finished?

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I am having similar problems.
My network settings are correct and I can communicate both over 3G and WiFi.
However, every few minutes the connection is being dropped. A few seconds later it's back again. I can see this in an application I am developing. It's rather frustrating...
In the console I see this message prior to the connection being lost and rebuilt:
"Mon Sep 20 09:44:58 PeterVs-iPhone-3GS configd[23] <Notice>: network configuration changed."
I have not changed anything to the configuration. What's even more strange is that I ONLY have 3G at this moment, i.e. WiFi is disabled.
What is changing the network configuration? And why does it mean that the current network connection needs to be torn down and rebuilt? After the network is back, there is no difference than before. So it gets torn down and rebuilt for no apparent reason.
I have logged a bug with Apple over a week ago, but haven't had any reply from them yet. I need more information about what is happening, and how I can prevent it. I'm not very happy having to grope in the dark, having to make guesses because somebody decided that he knows what's best for me.
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TS3992 " Could not activate cellular data network"

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please advise.....
really I appreciate your response.
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Try to do Factory Reset of your iPad & do it. This is may be due to corrupted update.

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