iPhone Activation Proving Impossible
Tech : JR
Posted: July 11, 2008

Apple appears to be overwhelmed with new iPhone subscribers. New owners trying to activate their devices are running into a bevy of problems with the iTunes-run activation site — and are thus being left with useless electronic boxes.

The issues are plaguing store activations and home-based attempts for both new iPhones and first-generation firmware updates. For now, Apple says it’s “working on a solution.” AT&T is officially asking customers to take their phones home to activate later, once things are back up and running.

If only Apple could have somehow known in advance that there would have been such a rush of activity today, maybe they could have prevented this.

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  • July 11, 2008 at 11:21 am Martin Bryant
    It's a farce in every way possible. Glad I didn't manage to get one today!
  • July 11, 2008 at 12:15 pm Sujal Shah
    Glad I activated my first gen iPhone this AM. Took me over an hour with the server issues, but I got it done. It looks like they pulled the new firmware for first-gen users for now. Anyone else not able to update their first gen phone anymore?
  • July 11, 2008 at 12:19 pm l0ckergn0me
    It's funny. I felt guilty for downloading the firmware before it was officially released, and I've got a working 1st-gen iPhone. :P
  • July 11, 2008 at 12:20 pm Candace Holly
    I feel bad for people. I'm currently looking at a working 3G iPhone and watching it do it's thing.
  • July 11, 2008 at 12:20 pm Jesse McPherson
    I was able to get activated but can't connect to any data networks
  • July 11, 2008 at 12:27 pm Jason Carreira
    Finally got mine registered, sync'ing now... gigs of content take a long time, new tech or no
  • July 11, 2008 at 12:35 pm Nathan Finley
    I was a beta tester for 2.0 and I foolishly decided to upgrade this morning after Apple sent me an email saying I need to update to the final release. Now, after 3 plus hours, I'm finally activated and back in business!! Apple, you can play dirty pool at times, but I still love ya!!

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