HT1688 Unable to activate iphone 5 on ios7

"Activate Iphone " message popped up suddenly on my phone - ios7 /iphone 5 . But unable to do it . Says activation server is temporarily down ..." . anyone encountered it today

thanks . i am a registered developer and the phone is registered appropriately for the beta . the beta had expired today which i failed to notice. my bad.
i was unable to restore or backup or update the software earlier because "find my iphone " was active for my phone . i had to remove the phone from from the 'find my device" list on icloud .
then i had to start it in recovery mode . and download latest software into itunes . and then restore it and my latest backup .
Im fine now .

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I have an article for you that can help you with that question:
iCloud: Find My iPhone Activation Lock in iOS 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5818
What if I purchase a device that is still linked to the previous owner's account?
Contact the previous owner as soon as possible and ask them to erase the device and remove it from their account. For complete instructions, read how to remove a device from a previous owner's account.
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!
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