HT201441 Why is my iPhone asking for activation if it was working perfectly fine?

My phone was working perfectly fine but when I turned it on it said activation required, it asked for my Apple ID AND I typed it in and it said "could not activate iPhone"! Why did this randomly happen?

Did you recently update the iOS version or restore from backup?
What is the exact complete text of the error message you are receiving?

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HT201365 hello sir i purchase second hand iphone4s now my iphone ask for activation with id and password i contact with previous owner and use that id and password but that also not work what i do ola help me

hello sir i purchase second hand iphone4s now my iphone ask for activation with id and password i contact with previous owner and use that id and password but that also not work what i do ola help me i try all other method restore ' upgrade etc but none work plz say what i do if u find some solution tham msg me on [email protected]

First, we're not Apple here (Apple does not participate in this forum). We're only users like you.
The previous owner has not given you the correct ID and password for you to use.
If the iphone has iOS version 7, then read through the following...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5818

Hello sir i purchase second hand iphone4s now my iphone ask for activation with id and password i contact with previous owner and use that id and password but that also not work what i do ola help me i try all other method restore ' upgrade

hello sir i purchase second hand iphone4s now my iphone ask for activation with id and password i contact with previous owner and use that id and password but that also not work what i do ola help me i try all other method restore ' upgrade etc but none work plz say what i do if u find some solution tham msg me on
iPhone 4S

oenkz33 wrote:
this does not help at all for the second owner, after making the first owner id with careless, sorry for my english ...
Careless? Possible, but unlikely. Most likely the phone was stolen from the first owner. It would be a VERY careless iPhone owner who did not erase their personal information from a phone before selling it, and to do that it is necessary to disable Activation Lock. In most places in the world knowingly using stolen property is a crime, so the fact that the phone doesn't work may be the least of one's risks.

TS3899 I can't access my yahoo emails in the email in the iPhone 5c it was working perfectly fine earlier an now it quit

I can't access my yahoo emails in the email in the iPhone 5c it was working perfectly fine earlier an now it quit

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My brand new mac pro always had Internet connection issues at school. WHY is that? I see the school's Internet working perfectly fine on other PC's, but there is never a day where my mac doesn't have Internet connection issues at school. How do I fix it?

I got my mac pro in the middle of August. School started the week after. Internet was working perfectly fine at home. But at school, I never had a good connection. Sometimes on the good days I get a connection when I'm sitting at the exact spot in class I always sit at. It's ridiculous and it's frustrating. I invested my money into this laptop and I'm beginning to regret it. I thought it was the school's Internet, but I don't see Internet issues with other PC users. It's most frustrating on registration days and I'm trying to register for my classes before it gets taken, but again... Internet connection issues. It's random. Majority of the time, it doesn't work at all. I've done Network Diagnosis and turning WiFi off then turning it on again. I've done everything I could. I put my money on this laptop and it was a lot of money. I could have bought an 800 dollars laptop and I would have Internet connection anywhere on campus. So, I don't want to continue everyday to regret on buying this laptop every time I try to connect to the Internet at school or Starbucks or anywhere else. How do I fix this? What's the problem ?
At school, I heard this guy had a problem with Internet connections too and he owned a new mac book pro. He said something like Apple messed up on something, but he fixed it. If I knew mac book pro's had these issues I wouldn't have bought it in the first place. It's freezing on me every other day. It's ridiculous. But what concerns me the most is the Internet connection. So someone please tell me what can I do next to prevent the problem? Am I doing something wrong maybe?

Hi Kevin,
I'm using an XLR input mic which is connected to the phantom power enabled XLR mic socket on a USB M-Audio M-Track. The M-Track is connected by USB to the Mac Pro - so effectively I've got an M-Audio USB soundcard with a mic input. I've also tried a microphone that is a straight XLR to USB cable (guessing with some soundcard chip buried in the usb plug) but that also yields the same effect of bad latency, intermittent quality, stuttering and repeating and echoing (without the speakers on during record so its not feedback).
The mic works absolutely fine with other recording applications I have on the mac at the moment - albeit non-adobe ones (tested it on the EasyAudioRecorder - and it lives up to its name. it's easy)
I will try with Audition and report back, but sitting here right now I can imagine it would work fine with audition too - it just seems to be the way premiere is set up for recording into the timeline is a bit sketchy. I'm willing to accept it might well be a quirk with the new Mac Pro trashcan - I'm not weighting all the woes on premiere.
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I have an iphone 5s and my phone was working perfectly fine then it turn into a blue screen and after that i tried to restore it but when i do the phone does half of the steps and then it turns into a blue screen and it doesnt work again what can i do?

i have an iphone 5s and my phone was working perfectly fine then it turn into a blue screen and after that i tried to restore it but when i do the phone does half of the steps and then it turns into a blue screen and it doesnt work again what can i do?

The Basic Troubleshooting Steps are:
Restart... Reset... Restore from Backup... Restore as New...
Malvinfromny wrote:
... i tried to restore it but when i do the phone does half of the steps and then it turns into a blue screen and it doesnt work again what can i do?
If you try all these Steps and you still have issues... Then a Visit to an Apple Store or AASP (Authorized Apple Service Provider) is the Next Step... Be sure to make an appointment first...

TS1398 My ipod touch (geration 4) wont load my internet it just keeps giving me the loading sign. It was working perfectly fine untill yesterday for some random reason and now it wont load at all. What can I do to fix it?

My ipod touch (geration 4) wont load my internet it just keeps giving me the loading sign. It was working perfectly fine untill yesterday for some random reason and now it wont load at all. Again it just gives me a loading sign and the wifi symbol wont come up.

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- Power off and then back on the router
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- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
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I have had my apple tv 2 for about 3 months which work perfectly fine when I use it with my iPad 3 ー all of the sudden I get the HDCP Error! I read the forms and done everything! Apple I name a loyal customer, please come out with an update soon!

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Why is my iPhone asking for my iTunes password randomly and repeatedly?

I have seen this question in several discussions, but all are archived. None had an answer. I have 3 iPhone 4S's and 3 iPod Touch 4g's. All, radomly but frequently enough to be annoying, display a pop up screen when first using the iPhone/Pod Touch (normally from sleep mode) asking for your iTunes password. It gives you the option to select "cancel" or "enter"and sometimes I just hit cancel b/c I am so fed up with this. I notice no problems if I do not enter my password and hit "cancel." But, who knows if something is compromised by not giving the device what it "wants." So, most of the time I enter my password hoping that will satisfy the "beast" and it will not ask for it anymore. No luck.
I hope someone knows the answer to this before the "Gods of Archive" close this question/discussion. I have to believe something is going on that is not right.
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All devices are sharing the SAME iTunes password for apps, music, etc.
Best, Mr. Luigi

For those who might be experiencing this same problem, I'll pass on the things I try and whether it meets with any success or not.
Here is my latest idea:
As I mentioned earlier, our family of 3 shares 1 itunes account for apps, music...This way, one song, one app, whatever purchased by one of us can be used on the other's iDevices. Up until recently we had 8 devices sharing this one account:
3 MacBook Pros
3 iPhone 4S's
1 iPad Original + 3g
1 iPad 2 +3g
Then we were given 3 iPod Touch 4th generation devices. I set them up and things seemed ok. Seemed...
Then I noticed in the iCloud "Account Info" for this 1 account the 1 iPad Original + 3g was not listed as included with this Apple account. Hm...
In iTunes, I had 'Automatically Sync New Apps" turned ON for the iPad Original + 3g. However, I noticed in the actual iPad Original + 3g that when I went to Settings --> Store, Automatic Downloads for Music, Apps, and Books was set to OFF. So, I naturally turned those to ON to coordinate with the "Automatically Sync New Apps" setting for this device in iTunes. Next time I turned on that iPad a warning pop-up appeared that said only TEN devices could be associated with 1 iTunes account for automatic downloads. Hm...
I thought that perhaps having all our iDevices (8 of them) set to "Automatically Sync New Apps" was confusing iTunes because that meant I was asking it to Sync New App to 11 total devices (including my 3 computers).
So, I am going to watch and see if anything happens by taking our original iPad out of the "loop." Maybe this sorta random having to enter my password is because iTunes can't "handle" having 11 devices asking for app syncing when Apple has told it to only allow 10 devices. (BTW, I think that Apple needs to change this rule now that it has Computers, iPhones, iPod Touches, AND iPads competing for those precious 10 spots. It's easy to use them up even for a small family of 3 like ours.)
If this has confused you, welcome to the club. There is another discussion focused on families and their use of the new iCloud service. It's a gargantuan discussion, so I'm not the only one perplexed as to the best way to manage a house of Apple Products sharing an iTunes account.
All I can hope is that I am now confused at a higher level, and about more appropriate things so that eventually I may figure this out. Bye.

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I broke my iPhone 4s screen, i gave it for repairing & before i gave it for repairing my wifi was working totally fine & now all of sudden my iPhone cant detect any wifi, it would only detect if iPhone is placed beside router! Is it hardware prob?

If yes than the repairer wont take the responsibility & is denying that it is hardware problem! what should i do?

Pursue the matter with whoever repaired your iPhone. When you had
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When a PDF is opened in a tab, my laptop's touchpad scroll stops working for other tabs. (But works perfectly fine on the pdf tab or with every tab after closing the pdf tab)

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2008 R2 server asking for activation again

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Hi,
Please type slmgr.vbs -dli, and the current status of the evaluation period is displayed.
For more detail information, please refer to:
http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2021579
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I got a Sim Free 64GB Iphone 5 from Carphonewarehouse in UK n gifted the same to my Bro in law in India. He inserted the nano sim and can see the carrier and 3G symbol but the phone asks for activation. Its a SIM FREE phone, why cant he use it?

Hi,
Please help me with this as the phone is currently lying as a dead paperwieght with my brother in law. The phone, even though bought as SIM FREE, keeps asking for ACTIVATION!!!
Does it mean that I need to activate it with a SIM of one of the carriers that offers a contract and then I am free to use it with any SIM anywhere in the world?
Please assist in as much detail as you can.
Thanks.

Hi FelipeV,
Thanks, tried that.. half their numbers keep going busy and when they do pick up they are unable to assist.
I called up APPLE in UK as well, no help there either..
but.. I say.. its a SIM FREE phone for crying out loud, what is this ACTIVATION nonsense??
Thanks for the suggestion anyways.

HT201441 Why is my iPhone asking for activation if it was working perfectly fine?

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