Comments on: “Could Not Activate iPhone 4S” Error? Here Are Fixes for AT&T Activation Problems

By: solo

solo — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:44:51 +0000

Bourgeoisie much? ignorant twit look it up
ctrl+c-ctrl+t-Ctrl-v enter

By: Sally

Sally — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:49:20 +0000

We’ve spent two days in Verizon hell trying to activate the new iphone – is there an end in sight? We thought switching from AT&T to Verizon would be a breeze!

By: Aj

Aj — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:38:01 +0000

Folks, what worked from me was to go in to the restore mode.. hold power and home button till reboot and keep holding on to the home button…

then plug in to itunes..
nothing happens..

power off and power on unplugged from the computer..

I went through the welcome screens and registered with my provider att

By: Charles

Charles — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:10:58 +0000

I pre-ordered my 4s from AT&T, and upgraded from my 3gs.

My problem is, I don’t even get the activation sequence in the first place! The screen where it asks you to enter your billing information, the screen telling you it could take up to 3 minutes, etc…none of it even occurs!

I tried resetting my phone to factory settings, and this still didn’t work in terms of getting the screen to show.

I called AT&T and tried the whole “give them your IMEI and ICCID and they’ll do it for you” and no luck!

I tried plugging it into iTunes but iTunes doesn’t give me any activation prompts either!

What in the world am I to do???

By: Carol

Carol — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:08:32 +0000

The website link above also worked for me on the first try. The phone activated immediately. I had tried online activation from AT&T Premier services as they told me to in the confirmation email when I ordered the phone, but it did not work at all.

By: nancy

nancy — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:28:01 +0000

whats the hard reset?

By: nancy

nancy — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:26:32 +0000

ugh now im left with no iphone4 or the 4s. I keep getting sim card is not associated with the account? I hope they at least pay us back with itunes giftcards =) thats the least they can do

By: Em

Em — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:54:49 +0000

THANK YOU!!!! you’re officially my new best friend:)

By: Brek

Brek — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:01:43 +0000

I’ve waited for my “email activation” for over 4 hours. This works! Make sure you hold them down until the apple comes up. Don’t let go of the buttons till the apple sign appears.

By: James

James — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:49:32 +0000

Only cuz I’m tall and it’s windy.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:42:28 +0000

Hey guys, I did a double hard reset on my new iphone 4s and went through the standalone activation again and it went right through. This after 2 hours of trying this afternoon. Hope this helps. Let me know if it works for anyone else.

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:39:27 +0000

Call 611, talk to a PERSON, give them your sim card and IMEI number from the iPhone, activated instantly. I was on hold for 2 minutes at most.

By: kev

kev — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:28:23 +0000

You guys are angry.

Looks like preorder problems mostly, activations in most retailers went fine today.

By: John

John — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:22:08 +0000

Why do you feel the need to post this? Do you have nothing more productive to do?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:19:04 +0000

OMG i finally got it to work! just restart your phone (press both buttons and wait for the apple logo to appear) and do the process again. woo!