Good luck if you had "find my phone" turned on.
I have Find My Phone turned on. Can I just upgrade / restore the iPhone?
iOS 7 “activation required” error on iPhone and iPad
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Re: iOS 7 “activation required” error on iPhone and iPad
#12Did anyone find this extremely rude. I was suddenly locked out of my own hardware for which I paid hundreds of dollars. I stopped receiving calls in the middle of the day. Why do they have to treat people who installed beta like they are criminals on a parole. Where is the magic Apple ?
There’s the part about common sense and reading the release notes.
It is a beta software. Historically, iOS betas do expire.
Re: iOS 7 “activation required” error on iPhone and iPad
#13Good luck if you had "find my phone" turned on.
Required starting in DFU mode + restore. Didn't think to try option + update as eggbrain mentioned above.
Does this mean Find My iPhone can be circumvented with a DFU mode restore?
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#14I was able to update my 4S by downloading the official release and updating it in iTunes by option+clicking "Check for Update" and selecting the file.
If you have a 4S: http://thepiratebay.sx/torrent/8936924/iPhone_4S_iOS_7.0_(11...
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#15Did anyone find this extremely rude. I was suddenly locked out of my own hardware for which I paid hundreds of dollars. I stopped receiving calls in the middle of the day. Why do they have to treat people who installed beta like they are criminals on a parole. Where is the magic Apple ?
You locked yourself out by deliberately installing a time limited piece of software and then neglecting to update it when a complete version was offered to you for free.
You aren't being treated like a criminal on parole. You're being treated like a software developer who understands how to handle pre-release software.
Re: iOS 7 “activation required” error on iPhone and iPad
#16Did anyone find this extremely rude. I was suddenly locked out of my own hardware for which I paid hundreds of dollars. I stopped receiving calls in the middle of the day. Why do they have to treat people who installed beta like they are criminals on a parole. Where is the magic Apple ?
Read the continual developer release notes next time. When Apple released the GM, they had specific instructions about updating from the betas. If you are a developer engaging in the beta program, this is something you should have kept tabs on.
Having said that, yes, Apple should have handled this more smoothly. However, it was documented in the developer documentation.
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#17Got this on my iPad, thought "ohh shit, I should back up my phone right now, it's next..." I backed it up and within 20 minutes it had been disabled. Interestingly, it put it in a state in which it was unable to ring for incoming calls. I wish Apple would not report that your iOS version is "up to date" in iTunes if you are running a time-bombed beta build. Even if they don't want to support a direct upgrade path fro…
I too was 'told' I was up-to-date, and lost a ton of parade pictures of the family from this morning. Badly done, Apple. Badly done.
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#18Just hit this error myself -- found an easier way than restoring from backup. First, download the latest iOS7 version (I used an ipsw from this website: http://www.iphonehacks.com/2013/09/update-ios-7-beta-ios-7-p... ) Open up iTunes and go to your iPhone, and press alt/option + the "Check for Update" button. This will open up a window that will allow you to browse to your ipsw download. Choose the iOS7 ipsw you down…
That's lucky. It didn't use to work.
Before the iTunes Betas would expire and the beta iOS versions would only sync with those. Also they wouldn't allow updates to the final GM.
Re: iOS 7 “activation required” error on iPhone and iPad
#19Got this on my iPad, thought "ohh shit, I should back up my phone right now, it's next..." I backed it up and within 20 minutes it had been disabled. Interestingly, it put it in a state in which it was unable to ring for incoming calls. I wish Apple would not report that your iOS version is "up to date" in iTunes if you are running a time-bombed beta build. Even if they don't want to support a direct upgrade path fro…
I too was 'told' I was up-to-date, and lost a ton of parade pictures of the family from this morning. Badly done, Apple. Badly done.
You knew you were running iOS 7 beta and you failed to follow up with the developer beta program.
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#20Did anyone find this extremely rude. I was suddenly locked out of my own hardware for which I paid hundreds of dollars. I stopped receiving calls in the middle of the day. Why do they have to treat people who installed beta like they are criminals on a parole. Where is the magic Apple ?
There’s the part about common sense and reading the release notes. It is a beta software. Historically, iOS betas do expire.
It can always give a gentle warning before locking people out.