IPhone is not working after Factory reset?
I reseted the iPhone on factory setting and now it won't work for ****. What happened?
You need a sims card now dummy lol. Thats why you don't hard reset an iphone unless you buy it new xD now find a mini sims card and put it in the phone. Then it won't fail to verify it
Option 1: Try Again
At first glance, the "Activation Error" screen is completely inactive, there are no actionable buttons or toggles, and you're left with no functioning screen elements to do anything, right? Right, but the Home button does work to bring about a menu, so here's what you'll want to do:
Press the Home button until a menu appears with three options: "Emergency Call", "Start Over", and "Wi-Fi Settings"
Choose "Start Over" - this goes back to the very beginning of the iOS setup screens, letting you choose language, wi-fi router, etc
Go through the process again, if you see the "Activation Error" screen again, then just run through this process a few more times
Bypassing Activation Error on iPhone with the menu options
I ran into this recently when clearing out an unlocked iPhone for gifting to a friend, and discovered that after about five attempts of selecting "Start Over" it finally worked and the Activation Error screen was bypassed. Whatever is going on behind the scenes is obviously somewhat busy and clearly a reliable service, so just have some patience and try a handful of times, you'll almost certainly get past the screen eventually.
iPhone Activation Error screen
Or if you're impatient and you have a SIM card handy, jump to option 2, which should work the first time without having to try repeatedly.
Option 2: Use a Working SIM Card
Got a functioning SIM card laying around? Just plug it into the iPhone and then do the "Start Over" trick as mentioned above, and you should skip right past the "Activation Error" screen and be on your way configuring the iPhone as usual.
SIM Card
Using a working SIM card is probably the easiest thing to do and it doesn't require a handful of Start Over attempts. I've read off-hand reports of any original carrier SIM card working for this purpose, but I can't confirm that, mostly because I don't have a handful of old SIM cards laying around. But what does work is using a functioning SIM card with the original carrier, whether the phone is locked or not.
If you have any difficulties with this approach, be mindful of the SIM card carrier in use. For example, if you successfully unlocked the iPhone from AT&T you might want to try using an AT&T SIM card to "activate" the iPhone initially, and then once the configuration is complete you can switch to the alternate carrier SIM, be it T-Mobile or whatever other carrier you're attempting to use. This SIM card swap trick has worked for quite a while, particularly for unlocked iPhones that are being used on outside networks.
What type is it?
What isn't working? Take it to the Apple store they will usually give you a new phone if it is a hardware defect
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