Im trying to set my ipad back to its factory settings and in doing so Itunes seems to be unable to activate it. It says "We're sorry, we are unable to continue with your activation at this time" which makes no complete sense to me. Any thoughts?
I recently got this Ipad2 in hopes for a working device. I had originally stated it up by syncing it on my sisters pc but by doing so the app store on the Ipad automatically gave me her husbands Apple ID instead of my own. I'm well aware that by syncing with her Itunes library something like this may have come as a result of it. So, I took it home and tried reseting it to its factory settings so that I was able to put up my own Apple ID and download some fun and helpful apps. I connected it to my notebook and had Itunes reset it which made it download something that took more than half an hour to do. It had told me that once it was done downloading this it would automaticlly set the Ipad back to its original state. It did no such thing. Now im trying to start the thing up and Itunes keeps telling me its unable to do so at this time. If you have had a similar situation and know of a possible solution please respond to my question. Much appreciated.
Try a manual install, as outlined in the link below.
Basic troubleshooting steps
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Resolution
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KnofalHi
i sure my sone done it , how can i resolve this please, is there way to activite it again
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