This may not help much, but if you have an Apple Store in your area
then you might want to make a trip there and get someone to look at
it. I know not everyone lives close to one but it can be a great
resource in times like this.

Wayne

On 3/24/16, Vicki Ratcliffe <vicki.ratcli...@gmail.com> wrote:
>      Last night I installed 9.3 on the phone which is the 5 and not the 5S.
> The update went through but when activating the phone, after entering the
> apple ID and password, I received the message: try again. Your iPhone could
> not be activated because the activation server is temporarily unavailable.
> Try connecting your phone to iTunes to activate it or wait for a couple
> minutes.  If this problem persists contact Apple for support.
>
>      I called Apple this morning and the person thought that the password
> might need to be reset and I changed it and tried to activate the phone via
> iTunes.  I then called later and was told to sign in to iCloud, click on the
> device and remove it from the account and to then activate the phone.
>
>      I then tried this and was asked for my carrier which I selected and the
> phone will still not activate.
>
>      This morning I went to the web and read that some older devices such as
> older iPads and phones are having issues to be activated with 9.3   Apple
> confirmed this so now I don’t have a phone to use.
>
>      I’ve never had a problem to activate this phone at all and when calling
> Apple a few minutes ago heard that there is an extended wait time for
> support.
>
>      can any of you give advice and any suggestion would be appreciated.  If
> you even wish to contact me off the list, the email is
> vicki.ratcli...@gmail.com
>
>
>      Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Vicki
>
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