iPhone / iPod touch activation servers bite it

By on Jun 17, 2009 at 3:35 PM
Software June 17, 2009

Ruh roh, Shaggy. According to an unending stream of tips flowing into our inbox, iPhone / iPod touch activation servers just bit it, big time. Apparently Apple and AT&T underestimated the wave of Apple handset users dying for OS 3.0 and the swarm was just too much to handle. If you’re trying to reactivate your phone post 3.0 update, sit tight and things should be back online soon. Oh, the agony.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in!

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  • Joe the Plumber

    anybody getting error messages when updating their apps?

  • Greenwave

    downloaded and installed 3.0 the second it came out..i had no problems downloading and activating…guess some ppl are slow

  • Dru Tolentino

    Yeah, Network timed out type messages. Blah.

  • jonathan h

    I think steve jobs should go fuck himself for releasing this p.o.s line of phones. And how could someone call these smartphones. I think if you have an iphone you probably should wear a helmet and take the little bus everywhere you go.

    Blackberry is a real smartphone I don’t care if apples been selling more it just means people are getting stupider day by day

  • Antonio

    @ jonathan h: Learn to write a grammatically correct sentence and maybe someone will pay attention to your nonsensical comments.

  • jonathan h

    Bro chill out its just the web this isn’t english class. So no need for ur douchebag to loosen

  • Patrick

    FUCK THE IPHONE

    TELL ME WHAT PHONE HAVE HD SHARP AQUOS TECHNOLOGY LCD BESIDES THE SIDEKICK 09?

    NOT THE FUCKING IPHONE THAT’S FOR SURE!

  • homie

    @ jonathan..right on man
    @antonio..don’t go flippin your bitch switch

  • BlckBrryMD

    What a shock that APPLE once AGAIN FAILS it users. I wonder is it their Xserve servers that fail or Apples complete stupidity to manage the load correctly?

  • sean

    Duz anyone with a 1st gen Itouch have a problem getting Youtube to work cuz mine will not. I have 3.0

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

  • m3

    Took about 4-5 tries but persistence paid off.

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

  • Dodger azul

    How does this problem have anything to do with at&t? Are they responsible for the update downloads. It seems like taking a swipe at at&t is all anyone wants to do. They have been great for me, better than my past carrier experiences.

  • Ron

    i just kept re-connecting. It took all of 3 tries. No problem.

  • Ron

    Stop with all your pissing & moaning. I remember when you had to write to the airlines for tickets – then wait a couple of weeks to receive them. Slow down and live a little.

  • http://justSkate.me netposer

    Apple can’t update a few million devices? They should fire their CTO. Microsoft can update hundreds of millions of PC’s every month.

    Apple gets a big FAIL as usual.

    And why do people think ATT can’t handle MMS traffic from iPhone users when there are millions more “regular” phones that use MMS every day?

  • Jose Silvestre

    I just got a call from UPS saying I should expect a package today, gave me a tracking # and this is what I got!!! we’ll see.

    Tracking Number: 1Z 370 988 42 xxxxxxxxx
    Type: Package
    Status:
    In Transit

    In Transit
    Scheduled Delivery: 06/18/2009

  • bunti

    Its good in india we are more like mainstream users not like early adoptors like you people so we get all updates after a month and on time :)

  • Sean

    All you have to do is pop out your sim card and then do the update. It will activate every time!

  • N!C

    OMFG! 3rd time i had to download due to the stupid contacting the Ipod update server thing… takes 5 hours on dsl to download ^#%@ =.=

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