Unable to activate phone!! Brand new customer!

I am a brand new customer literally purchased a phone yesterday around noon that I have not been able to activate. I am furious!!!! I never would thought the customer service would be so terrible I have been told since noon yesterday up until about 5 mintues ago that there is a "system update" REALLY!?!?!? That is insane!! Very good job Verizon you are offically the worst I mean WORST!! Will I ever be able to use my phone???? Will your system ever finish updating???? Will I be credited for the days I am losing that I prepaid for???

I ended up doing a second factory restore, without updating the carrier settings, and it came back.
Ill try to update the settings (you are prompted EVERY time you connect to itunes) at a later date. Thanks for the info, when it calms down in a few weeks, ill try the carrier settings update.
I dont know if that will help anyone else. hope so
JH

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