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iPhone activations unavailableEager iPhone owners upgrading their handsets to Apple’s new software are being greeted with a nasty surprise: phones locked up thanks to the system’s activation procedure, and Apple’s inability to cope with millions of upgraders at once.

The screenshot to the right is greeting iPhone owners all over the world, as Apple’s servers struggle to keep up with activation requests from old and new iPhones alike.

The result is an iPhone stuck in limbo. It’s got the new software on board, but without being activated by Apple’s servers, it’ll only make emergency calls.

The company is aware of the problem, but with millions of iPhones being updated at the same time, it’s unlikely to be fixed any time soon.

Have you experienced this problem? Let us know in the comments section below.

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3 Responses to “iPhone servers crumble under activation strain”

  1. humedini says:

    Gutted .. iPhone arrives as promised by O2 (shocking) but doesn’t do anything apart from complain about the server timing out …

  2. JBC says:

    Some serious heads are going to roll at Apple and O2 for this one. What a shocker! I bet Jobs is absolutely fuming.

  3. James Holland says:

    My 2G iPhone is now running the new software, after a painful and exasperating wait. Note to self: never faff about with firmware on your work phone, in the middle of iPhone launch day.

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