HT201210 The Iphone  "iPhone" could not be restored .  This device isn't eligiblefor the requested build.

hi ,
this the message i read when i try to start and actived my iphone for the first time
what is possible to do ??
thx
<The Iphone  “iPhone” could not be restored . This device isn‘t eligiblefor the requested build.>

Is this a brand new iPhone 4S out of the box? Was this the very first time you tried to activate the phone and got this error message? :s
Go through the following discussions:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3374931?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16337858#16337858

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