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 > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My website: www.wayneism.com My book list: www.wayneism.com/books.php -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
