How to activate my iphone 3GS after updating

i have updated my Iphone3Gs then prompted to restore afterwards, the message is "Your iphone could not be activated because the activation center is temporarily unavailable

This tends to be symptomatic of a phone that was jailbroken or hacked to unlock it, and then updated.
If that's the case, you may be able to find an answer on google, but there is a good chance that it is permanently bricked now.

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  • I have no service and i cant activate my iphone 3gs after update to ios 5.0.1 can anyone help ??

    i have no service and i cant activate my iphone 3gs after update to ios 5.0.1 can anyone help ??

    touch me wrote:
    it says ICCID: unknown
    Not a good sign. Try forcing the phone into recovery mode & restoring it. If this fails, make an appointment at an Apple store:
    Turn your phone off. Leave the USB cable connected to your computer, but NOT your phone, iTunes running, press & hold the home button while connecting the USB cable to your dock connector, continue holding the home button until you see “Connect to iTunes” on the screen. You may now release the home button. iTunes should now display that it has detected your phone in recovery mode, if not quit and reopen iTunes. If you still don’t see the recovery message repeat these steps again. iTunes will give you the option to restore from a backup or set up as new.

  • I am unable to activate my iphone 3gs after updating ios 6.1.3

    i am unable to activate my iphone 3gs after updating ios 6.1.3?

    The activation servers were down for a bit yesterday.
    Try again.
    A SIM is required for activation. If problems continue, the two most common activation issues are the result of a hacked or jailbroken device.

  • I am not able activate my iphone 3gs after updating

    How do i activate my Iphone 3gs after update

    The activation servers were down for a bit yesterday.
    Try again.
    A SIM is required for activation. If problems continue, the two most common activation issues are the result of a hacked or jailbroken device.

  • HT201210 i can't activate my iphone 3gs after update

    i can't activate my iphone 3gs after update

    Sounds like your phone has locked back up to it's original phone carrier.
    Where did you buy this phone from?  Was it ever locked to a different phone carrier?

  • I could not activate my iphone 3gs after update to 5.1.1

    hi i could not activate my iphone 3gs 32gb after update to 5.1.1  i m try 25 time  but not activate please can u help me thanks

    Very unlikely anyone here can help you as you've provided absolutely no information for us to even remotely try and help.

  • HT4972 i could not activate my iphone 3gs after update to 5.1.1

    Hello.. I just update my iphone 3gs 4.1 to 5.1.1. after i update it. it shows COULD NOT ACTIVATE IPHONE.. thanks

    Do you have a Sim card from the carrier the iPhone is locked to in the iPhone's sim card slot?  Without one, you cannot activate the iPhone.

  • TS3694 can not activate my iphone 3gs after updating it

    after updating my iphone 3gs i cannot activate it. it continously show the setup the language and the countrythen when it is finish the phone said that i could not activate because the activation server is temporarily unavailable. what should i do??

    ok to cut to the chase.
    That message usually indicates that your phone was hacked or jailbroken to unlock it.
    Then when you updated the phone your phone locked back to the original carrier.
    Only the carrier that the phone is locked to can unlock the phone.
    You'll need to figure who the original carrier is.

  • Can't activate the iPhone 3GS after updating to iOS 5

    Hi All,
            I updated my iPhone 3GS to iOS 5 and i got the setup screen for the language and region and eventually i can't activate the iPhone
    as the iTunes says " there is no sim card installed in the iphone that you are attempting to activate "
    However the iPhone is already unlocked and i've been using it with 4.3.3 and also 4.3.5 and it was absolutely fine.
    Now i keep rebooting it and removing the sim card (which is working on another handset alreay) and it says the same msg
    PLEASE HELP !!

    First off, if you're using stuff like Redsnow and Ultrasnow you have violated any kind of warranty you had. This is no longer Apple's problem so look for help elsewhere. Second, you should have known that if you try to upgrade an illegally jailbroken or unlocked phone with the stock apple update, you would lose both the unlock and jailbreak. Obviously you're baseband is messed up and if you flashed it with the iPad 6.15 baseband you're out of luck ever trying to update the iOS version legitimately since you can't undue a baseband flash. You should have known that before you started messing with it. So either get a legit contract with AT&T, sprint or Verizon or try to salvage your mess through a jailbreaking/unlocking forum. You won't get any help here my friend.

  • Can't activate my iPhone 3GS after updated at 6.1.3. Why?

    I tried to activate my iPhone in iTunes and not working. The phone was bought from Orange Romania and I put a valid orange sim in it and still not activated. What can I do?  How can I contact the Apple support? phone is no longer in warranty.

    You would have to put an Orange Romania sim in it to get it to work.
    For example - I cannot use a USA T-Mobile sim in a T-Mobile UK phone.  The carrier in your case is Orange Romania and the phone is locked to them.

  • Activate my iphone 3gs after update

    do't activate my iphone after update

    This usually happens if the phone has been Hacked / Jailbroken / Modified...
    Unauthorized modification of iOS
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3743
    Sorry... But...
    The discussion of Jailbroken Devices is against the Terms of Use of this Forum.
    You will need to look elsewhere.

  • HT4623 i use iPhone 3gs, after updating am unable to activate my iPhone how do i go about it

    i use iPhone 3gs, after updating am unable to activate my iPhone how do i go about it

    That's almost always because the phone was hacked or jailbroken to unlock it.

  • HT1414 how can i activate my iphone 3gs after upgrading to ios6? it could not activate....

    how can i activate my iphone 3gs after upgrading to ios6? it could not activate....

    If your phone was previously hacked to unlock it, when you updated the hack was removed and it's re-locked to the original carrier.  The phone will now activate and operate only with that original carrier.

  • How im suppose to fix the auto shutdown problem in my iphone 3gs after updating to ios 5.1.1 this problem has made me a mobile ****** in my house and an loser in thing care so if any solution to this problem let me know

    how im suppose to fix the auto shutdown problem in my iphone 3gs after updating to ios 5.1.1 this problem has made me a mobile ****** in my house and an loser in thing care so if any solution to this problem let me know

    What "auto shutdown problem" are you talking about?

  • TS1567 I cannot activate my iphone 3gs after I updated to ios 6.

    I cannot activate my iphone 3gs after i updated to ios 6.0.1 and all it shows when i start the phone is connect to itunes. I have tried
    several time to get it back as normal but its the same all the time. Can someone please help...
    Thanks

    The typical cause is that the device has been hacked or jailbroken.

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