HT4623 why is activation server temporarily unavailable?

I received a notice this morining about a new iOS and I OK'd it for downloading.  Now my phone is "inoperable" and the activation server is "temporarily unavailable" -- for the last 4 hours.  Is this just too many people trying to activate new software at the same time or is something else going on?

Mosk likely because your phone was hacked to unlocking it. Updating has rendered it unable to activate.
Where exactly did you get the phone?

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    Call AppleCare, give them the model and serial number of your iPhone and find out which cell carrier your iPhone is now locked to. Contact that cell carrier and see what their unlock policy is and whether you qualify.

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    A lot of people, including me, were having this problem. I found a solution that wored for me! Here's what I did...
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    Third, I pressed Update on iTunes and it told me I needed Internet.
    Fourth, I reconnected and pressed Update and it worked!
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    That's almost always because the phone was hacked to unlock it.
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    If your phone was EVER hacked to unlock it, when you updated the hack was removed and it's now re-locked to its original carrier and will work only with a SIM card from that carrier..

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    Your antivirus or firewall may be blocking access to Apple's activation server at gs.apple.com.
    If you have ever used your computer to hack or jailbreak any iOS device at any time in the past your network database on your computer is corrupted. Open the hosts file and delete any lines that contain gs.apple.com.
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    https://discussions.apple.com/message/21189708#21189708

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    I have Hello screen after i slide to set up gel language options after select English , Egypt it request to connect with WI FI after connect start to activate my IPhone after that it unable to activated because the activation server is unavailable and request to connect to itunes and no activate.

    4 possible causes of that message:
    1] Activation server is actually down. Very rare occurrence, but it does happen.
    When it does occur, down time is very short. Solution - try again.
    2] Your firewall or antivirus are blocking the connection. Solution - temporarily
    deactivate your firewall or antivirus until the update completes.
    3] Computer being used for the activation has previously been used to jailbreak
    an iOS device. Solution - use a computer that has not been used to jailbreak an
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    Terms of Use for this forum prohibit discussion of jailbroken iPhones.

  • Not activate the iPhone 4s because the server temporarily unavailable . . What can I do?

    Not activate the iPhone 4s because the server temporarily unavailable . . What can I do?

    There are 3 possible causes for this message:
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    2] iPhone is jailbroken or hacked
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  • Anyone get a message saying ipad can not be activated because the activation server is unavailable?

    anyone get a message saying ipad can not be activated because the activation server is unavailable?

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