HT4623 Had to restore phone. It's stuck at activate. All started with backing up, told to update, update, told error, restore, told couldn't complete.

I went to backup phone on desktop. Got message that I needed to update. Back-up first. After backup, went to update system. As it was in process of updating, said there was an error and would have to restore. Phone showed image of usb connected to phone. Only alternative seemed to be to restore. Followed directions to restore, then started reactivation process. got as far as third step and then got error message athat " Your iPhone could not be actiated because the activation server is temporarily unavailable. Try connecting your iPhone to iTunes to activate it, or try again in a couple of minutes."
I did try to connect with itunes but get an error message there as well. "Your request couldn't be processed. We are sorry but there was an error processing your request. Please try again later."
This has been going on for over an hour.
How do I get the phone reactivated and restored to its programs?

Has the phone been jailbroken before you updated it? If yes, this could be the reason for your error.

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Thanks
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Please refer to this thread.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3417041
It may have something to do with one of your backup files that has been corrupted before.

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Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Try Trash the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file from the HD/Users/ Your Name / library / preferences folder. (Remember you'll need to reset your User options afterwards. These include minor settings like the window colour and so on. Note: If you've moved your library you'll need to point iPhoto at it again.)
*What's the plist file?*
For new users: Every application on your Mac has an accompanying plist file. It records certain User choices. For instance, in your favourite Word Processor it remembers your choice of Default Font, on your Web Browser is remembers things like your choice of Home Page. It even recalls what windows you had open last if your app allows you to pick up from where you left off last. The iPhoto plist file remembers things like the location of the Library, your choice of background colour, whether you are running a Referenced or Managed Library, what preferences you have for autosplitting events and so on. Trashing the plist file forces the app to generate a new one on the next launch, and this restores things to the Factory Defaults. Hence, if you've changed any of these things you'll need to reset them. If you haven't, then no bother. Trashing the plist file is Mac troubleshooting 101.
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How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
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