I recently downloaded the new ios 5 software onto my 3gs, and now it won't activate and says 'no sim' on my itunes screen, i know this sim works because it did 30 mins ago and i tried it in other phones since. please help

I just downloaded ios 5 update to put onto my 3gs, it is now saying i need to activate my phone and not allowing me. the phone screen says server is down, when my internet is fine. and my itunes says there is no sim in the phone, i know the sim works as i tried it in another phone to check, and i have also tried a different sim. please help, how do i activate it?

Unfortunately, you might have to wait a little bit.  I know how you feel.  I can't live without my phone either.  The activation servers are probably overloaded with everyone trying to update to iOS 7 today.

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