My iPhone wont do anything but say "Activation Required"! Help!
I've had it for over 2 years. It's a 3GS. Today around 6 o'clock it just all of a sudden said "No Service". So I turned it off and then back on. Now it wont do anything but come up "Activation required" and then a black screen with the Apple logo. I even plugged it in to iTunes and it doesn't do anything. It wants me to Restore but I don't want to loose all my stuff. Any suggestions? Thanks!
If it 'wants you to restore' anything that was on it is already gone. You're going to have to restore it.
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Mla1234 wrote:
I found an IPhone and tried to return it but we couldnt.
Try harder. It is useless to you.
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AutumnMake the time and take it to the Apple Store. Make an appointment first. Or you can call AppleCare and go for a mail in replacement.
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to release version and to use the Develpoer forum
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Maybe here:
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