HT4623 my iphone 3gs could not be activated

i updated my iphone 3GS to iOS 6.0.1.. now that I am setting it up, it wouldn't activated. I've tried connecting it to iTunes but it still wont work

Well, it's not fully compatible for all apps, but you are basically right:
(Thanks for the correction )
The devices that are iOS 6 compatible are:
iPhone
iPhone 5
iPhone 4S
iPhone 4
iPhone 3GS, but does not support:
VIP list
Offline Reading List
Shared Photo Stream
Siri
Maps flyover
Turn-by-turn navigation
FaceTime on 3G
Hearing aid support

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    That's usually a symptom of a phone that was jailbroken or hacked to unlock it and then upgraded or restored.
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    I tried the process and was happy to note that there was some process that I managed to start because the process did start ...
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  • HT201401 my iphone 4s could not be activated as could not find activation server/ sim not supported

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    cindyfromsa wrote:
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    You look somewhere else for an answer or you buy a new phone.
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    Message was edited by: Alirohani

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