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Hi all,
Went to backup my daughters iPhone and iTunes said that a new iOS (6) was availible and I should update. I did so and follwed all the instructions. the update seemed to go well. The Phone then rebooted and started with the grey iPhone screen and it asked to be reactivated. i again follwed procedure but I kept on getting "...iPhone could not be activated because the activation server is temporarily unavailabe..." message. I have tried this countless times, including resetting my modem/router so I dont believ that is the apple servers.
What is the issue and how can I restore it?
Would appreciate any help.
Thanks

Did u guys get this fixed? I have a friend with exactly the same problem!
Upgrade a 3GS on 4.1 or 4.2 (don't remember) using the latest iTunes and it patched to iOS 6.
Once there it's stuck in activation. Since the person has no wifi but only 3G network, the only option is to activate using iTunes which doesn't work. Though that PC is perfectly connected to the internet.
Never jailbroken... now we're thinking that actually jailbreaking might be the only fix?!

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