Why won't my iPad activate after a factory reset, and restarts itself continuously?

Having just bought a 1st Gen iPad, which has been restored to it's factory settings, it needs activating. After selecting the correct language, and region, and establishing a WiFi connection, the iPad comes up with a message stating "It may take up to three minutes to activate your iPad". Before three minutes are up, the iPad restarts itself, and the cycle restarts.
I have also tried activating the iPad through iTunes. When using this option, the iPad displays the "Connect to iTunes" text and logo, and iTunes recognises a new iPad device. However, there is a loading symbol next to the iPad device name on iTunes, and I have no control or access to iTunes or my iPad during this process. And as iTunes still has the loading symbol next to the iPad device name, the iPad restarts, thus disconnecting from iTunes, and the whole cycle, once again, starts over.
I've tried rebooting the WiFi and connecting/reconnecting to it. I've also tried restarting the iPad, restoring the iPad, opening the iPad in recovery mode to restore it etc, and it still does not work. The device still restarts itself after roughly 2mins during this process.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Regards Louis

even though you have stated you did everything correctly, I think it's time you took it to an apple store and had them help you with it.

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