Yeah. The bad thing this time is they did a planet wide launch. Ooops.
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Have you tried to activate your iPhone to no avail? Are you holding a $299 brick in your hand? Here's what you do. When activating your iPhone (or just upgrading to 2.0 software), if you get an error message on your phone, DO NOT UNPLUG IT. That will restart the entire process.
Instead, just wait. Leave your phone be and don't close iTunes.
We've successfully activated five different iPhone 3Gs with error screens just by letting them sit plugged in for anywhere from 10 to 15 minutes. Hopefully that might work for you, too.
The bad thing this time is they did a planet wide launch
Ultimate cosmic power!
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Here's a doom & gloom report from The Industry Standard site, which I don't know is reliable or not:
Yeah, hold off upgrading if you haven't done it yet, the apple activation service is broke right now.
Too late.
Have you tried to activate your iPhone to no avail? Are you holding a $299 brick in your hand? Here's what you do. When activating your iPhone (or just upgrading to 2.0 software), if you get an error message on your phone, DO NOT UNPLUG IT. That will restart the entire process.
Instead, just wait. Leave your phone be and don't close iTunes.
We've successfully activated five different iPhone 3Gs with error screens just by letting them sit plugged in for anywhere from 10 to 15 minutes. Hopefully that might work for you, too.
TOO LATE!!!!!!
On the bright side, you can now sync your Contacts with your Google Contacts! At least that part works in the new 7.7 iTunes.
Gosh, these diamond underpants scratch so!
And this is why I'm waiting a week or so before going forth and getting a shiny shiny iPhone.
(Credit where credit is due: Pete is the one who said there was no way we were going to get my phone on the day of release, because that was asking for trouble.)
Pete doesn't share intel
::glares::
Pete doesn't share intel
Honey, I don't think it was Pete having intel, but just his innate pessimism.
The iphone upgrade W&P is very amusing.