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Hingham, MA | I seem to recall reading that stores get a special version of iTunes to activate through. |
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I got in line at 7:35 AM in Macon, GA. Before the store opened at 8:00AM a manager came out, passed bottled water and told us they had 30 iphones in stock, mixed randomly (white,black,8GB, 16GB) and that anyone not able to get one could put their name on a list and return next day to get one without having to wait in line.
There were altogether maybe 100 people in line. I go the next to last phone and by that time they had given up on in store activation. I was showed an email form AT&T corporate, to the effect that the at&t activation servers were down and to give the iphones to the customers to activate themselves at home.
I got my phone at 10:25AM, as of this writing 12:04PM, I have been unable to activate...
The bad part about this is that they de-activated my old SIM and I can't use my old phone. |
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 wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | reply to artbatista
said by artbatista:The bad part about this is that they de-activated my old SIM and I can't use my old phone. Why did they do that? Cant you use your old SIM, or did you change numbers or something?
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If history teaches us anything, it teaches that simple-minded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly.
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 scotsAre we there yet??Premium
join:1999-12-06
Raleigh, NC
kudos:1 | reply to artbatista
said by artbatista:The bad part about this is that they de-activated my old SIM and I can't use my old phone. The same thing happened to me when I got my iPhone last year. I took the SIM out of the iPhone and put it into my old phone and my old phone worked with the iPhone SIM in it. I used my old phone for about another 24 hours before things calmed down and I was able to activate the iPhone. |
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They activated a new SIM card for the Iphone. I just now took it out and put it in my razr to get that working for the time being. As of 1:00PM EST no activation yet.
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wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | said by artbatista:They activated a new SIM card for the Iphone. I just now took it out and put it in my razr to get that working for the time being. As of 1:00PM EST no activation yet. Art Why though? Cant you simply insert your old SIM and be done with it?
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If history teaches us anything, it teaches that simple-minded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly.
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 QumahlinNever Enough TimePremium,MVM
join:2001-10-05
united state | said by wifi4milez:said by artbatista:They activated a new SIM card for the Iphone. I just now took it out and put it in my razr to get that working for the time being. As of 1:00PM EST no activation yet. Art Why though? Cant you simply insert your old SIM and be done with it? No, if you want all of the features to actually work the phone must be re-activated via itunes and connect to the servers. |
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