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I have this old iPad mini 2 that will not activate after I reset it.
I have tried to do the recovery, this does not work.
Followed all blogs and suggestions to no avail.
Please help
iPad mini 2 Wi-Fi
It is possible that your home router is blocking traffic to some internet resources. A restart of your home router may be beneficial.
To restart you router, disconnect power from the router, then wait at least 30 seconds before resting the router. After you router reboot, which may take many minutes, force-restart your iPad:
It is possible that your home router is blocking traffic to some internet resources. A restart of your home router may be beneficial.
To restart you router, disconnect power from the router, then wait at least 30 seconds before resting the router. After you router reboot, which may take many minutes, force-restart your iPad:
If your device is Activation Locked, this help page will provide most of the information that you’ll need:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201365
If you have forgotten your AppleID or associated password, these can be recovered here:
To recover your credentials, you’ll need access to one of the following:
Unless you AppleID account has not been fully/correctly configured, or has been seriously neglected, recovery of the AppleID and password should not be difficult.
More information about recovery of your AppleID:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201354
More information about recovery of your AppleID password:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201487
When you recover access to your credentials, you would be well advised to log-in to your AppleID account from a web browser - and verify/update any email addresses and trusted telephone numbers:
Thank you for the links. I have gone through the Activation Lock for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch doc.
But I'm still stuck.
I am able to re-install the device to factory defaults and the iOS version is now upgraded too 12.4.6. But as soon as it activates is comes back with the error Unable to Activate... server is temporarily unavailable. If I log into iCloud and go to my devices, there is no devices listed there from before.
For some unknown reason, It will not activate.
Please any help would be appreciated.
I have reset my router as requested. Did a factory reset and selected setup iPad as new. As soon as it tries to activate I get the same error "activation server temporarily unavailable. Even if connected to my MacBook Pro it says activating but nothing happens on the iPad. Under Finder it gives me the iPads details under General.
I have also tried a different router but no joy. Any other suggestions?
If there is a email maybe I can send screen shots to assist?
Some more info. I have made sure that under my devices on find my device there is nothing under there.
Activation from my MacBook says activating, but on the iPad it still requires activation. When you try to activate from the iPad, same activation error.
You might try contacting Apple Support for help. You’ll find the link to Contact Support at top-right of this page.
Please let us know if you find a solution.
iPad mini 2 iOS 12.4.4 Will not activate after reseting
