My ipad3 asks to be activated even though I've had it for months

I've had my ipad3 for months now. I activated it when I first got it. Last night I've left it to charge and this morning it keeps asking me for activation. I'm an apple iOS developer and I've had iOS 6 Beta on it for a while. I believe I did update it to the latest one when iOS 6 became available. When connecting to iTunes it says that "version of ipad software (6.0) is the current version" however when I hook up my iPad3 to iTunes I get the warning "The software on iPad has expired and must be updated to a newer version". Then iTunes reports it can't back up the iPad as session could not be started with it. But then when I click on Check for update button in iTunes it keeps reporting I have current version (so I guess no update is available)... its rather vicious cycle... cmon guys - get it together. What am I to do right now? I've been using my device so far with no problems. It started happening this morning for the first time. My device seems in wierd state now. When I try activating it (even though why should I? I've done it months ago) it reports back that "Your iPad could not be activated because activation server is temporarily unavailable..." what the heck?

First - your entire post didn't provide any value of any sort apart from getting you up the ladder with your Level 10 points
The upgrade process, whether its Beta or not, should be simplified. With Apple focusing on user experience in many areas, this Beta upgrade process is seriously stuck in the toilet. Having to Restore the device because the algorithm can't detect that released 6.0 version is not an upgrade for Beta 6.0 is probably because that "if ()" condition was coded by toddlers. The system should notice minor build difference and allow user to download latest version just like with any other type of upgrade. This upgrade flow was designed by the same team that created new Apple Maps... Jeez...

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