When trying to activate my iPad 3 I get a message that the activation server is temporarily unavailable. Does anyone know how to help me activate my iPad?

When trying to activate my iPad 3, I consistently get a message that the activation server is unavailable, Please Try Again. Does anyone know how to help me?

It is not bricked... I think I finally found the way: http://www.imore.com/how-fix-activation-errors-iphone-after-installation-ios-7-b eta.
The above artical started to help.. but eventually I did the following:
1) put device into DFU mode
http://www.imore.com/tip-put-iphone-ipad-dfu-mode
2) when connecting ipad to itunes, itunes was aware of DFU mode. Just selected the update and itunes downloaded the correct new OS (iOS 7.0.2) and did it's thing.
Note: there was no need to download an older version of iOS. In fact, I was always rejected when attempting a downloaded ipsw. iTunes always said, "This device isn't eligible for the requested build".
Device Info: iPad 3 wifi. Software was iOS beta 7 (7 release 5 I think).

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