How to fix iPhone activation error: “Your iphone could not be activated because the activation server is …” When you face this activation error, you may try this to resolve this activation error. Recently, there are many people who have this issue after upgrading their iPhones to ios 7. Please try the following to resolve the activation issue.
 
iPhone activation error messages:

– Your iPhone could not be activated because the activation server is temporarily unavailable. Try connecting your iPhone to iTunes to activate it, or try again in a couple of minutes.

Try to do a DFU restore:

• Connect your iPhone to your computer that has iTune installed.
• Turn off the iPhone while connected to the computer.
• Press and hold the power button and the home button together for 10 seconds.
• After 10 seconds, release the power button but do not release the home button. Keep pressing the home until the iTunes shows you a message like this: “iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. You must restore this iPhone before it can be used with iTunes.
• Now, you will see restore options on the iTunes. Click the restore button and proceed the restore.

What should I do if this does not work ?

– In this case, please contact Apple support to get it fixed. In many cases, it is a problem with your device & software, but sometimes it’s the Apple’s activation server’s problem.

Thank you for reading this article, and hope everyone successfully activate the iPhones.