Remind HN: iOS 6 Beta 4 has expired ("Could not activate iPhone")

#1

Post by stbullard » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 12:29 AM UTC

If, as I did, you forgot to update to the release version, download it from the iOS Dev Center, connect your device to iTunes, option-click "Check for Update" in the Summary panel, and restore from the .ipsw file.

Re: Remind HN: iOS 6 Beta 4 has expired ("Could not activate iPhone")

#2

Post by donohoe » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 12:47 AM UTC

Oh great! And I can't access that!

Can someone go the extra mile and post a link to the IPSW please?

Re: Remind HN: iOS 6 Beta 4 has expired ("Could not activate iPhone")

#3

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 1:20 AM UTC

donohoe wrote: post #2

Oh great! And I can't access that! Can someone go the extra mile and post a link to the IPSW please?

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Re: Remind HN: iOS 6 Beta 4 has expired ("Could not activate iPhone")

#4

Post by oscarisaninja » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 1:31 AM UTC

donohoe wrote: post #2

Oh great! And I can't access that! Can someone go the extra mile and post a link to the IPSW please?

http://osxdaily.com/2012/09/19/ios-6-ipsw-direct-download-li... there ya go

Re: Remind HN: iOS 6 Beta 4 has expired ("Could not activate iPhone")

#5

Post by jamieb » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 3:16 AM UTC

Nobody else think its lame that we OTA updates for betas, but not final? Grrr.

Re: Remind HN: iOS 6 Beta 4 has expired ("Could not activate iPhone")

#6

Post by pchap10k » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 3:17 AM UTC

Thank you. It was annoying that software update can't differentiate beta and release versions of 6.0. It kept saying "already up to date" but I was too lazy to download the IPSW directly. Not so lazy now.

Re: Remind HN: iOS 6 Beta 4 has expired ("Could not activate iPhone")

#7

Post by div » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 4:20 AM UTC

jamieb wrote: post #5

Nobody else think its lame that we OTA updates for betas, but not final? Grrr.

Not being able to turn of my alarm this morning certainly was refreshing !

Re: Remind HN: iOS 6 Beta 4 has expired ("Could not activate iPhone")

#8

Post by nirajd » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 4:22 AM UTC

Would have loved to get a "push" notification from AAPL regarding this..

Seems like Apple is no longer signing the iOS 5.1.1 ipsw - this is ridiculous..I was hoping on downgrading to iOS5 before hawking my 4S to Google Maps grovelers.

On another note..I cannot restore to my iOS6 (beta) backup with the real iOS6..thanks Apple!

Re: Remind HN: iOS 6 Beta 4 has expired ("Could not activate iPhone")

#9

Post by iJon4 » Mon, Oct 01, 2012, 5:11 PM UTC

firstly I'm glad I'm not the only one having this problem, secondly I wish I'd found this before renewing my apple dev account :( 60quid down the drain :(

Re: Remind HN: iOS 6 Beta 4 has expired ("Could not activate iPhone")

#10

Post by shinratdr » Fri, Oct 12, 2012, 8:37 PM UTC

pchap10k wrote: post #6

Thank you. It was annoying that software update can't differentiate beta and release versions of 6.0. It kept saying "already up to date" but I was too lazy to download the IPSW directly. Not so lazy now.

It can differentiate that, Apple just chose not to push the GM to devices running the Beta.