Iphone 4 could not be activated after a restore

hello there, daughter's iphone 4 which i decided to do a restore through itunes. everything /all goes well message popped up factory reset successful. iphone will swithc off and restart. and this is when the problem starts, once it switches back on and recognise by itunes an error message appear " iphone could could be activated due to an unknown error occured (0xE8000004). please try again later. i've followed all tips i could find here but still no joy.
any suggestions much appreciated. thanks

Hi karenaguim,
If you have issues activating your daughter’s iPhone after a restore, you should follow the steps in this article to troubleshoot -
If you can't update or restore your iOS device
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

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