Why won't my iPhone 4s activate? - 1

Why won't my iPhone 4s activate? - 1

Added (1). I try to set it up as a new iPhone. I go through the Wi-Fi and language page… But when I get to click activate now it says "your iphone could not be activated because the activation server is temporarily unavaible. Try connecting your iphone to itunes to activated it or try again in a couple of minutes. If this problem persists, contact apple support"

You might need to explain what's going on

words or symbols on screen?

where did you get it from? New to you or has been yours and working before?

EDIT

when I encounter error messages I google them

heres the top result - https://support.apple.com/...u/HT201407

heres the google search

  • Why won't my iphone activate? I updated my iphone to IOS 6 and now i can't activate it on my iphone it says: your iphone could not be activated because the activation server is temporarily unavilabe try connecting your iphone to itunes to activate it or try again in a couple of minutes if this problem persists contact apple support at apple.com/suport and on itunes it says there's no sim card in the iphone your are attempting to activate please disconnect and insert a sim card in the iphone
  • Why won't my IPhone activate? - 1 I just got a IPhone 3g, along with it I got a 'Bell 4g lte' sim card. When I try to connect the IPhone to Itunes, it says that "the sim card in this iphone is not supported", thus not allowing me to activate my IPhone. It's just stuck at the itunes logo screen, only letting the IPhone do emergency calls. What can I do? Is it because I don't have a monthly plan with the sim card, or what?
  • Why won't Verizon activate my iPhone? I just got a used iPhone 5s, I tried to activate it and they said it's not supported anymore so they can't activate it. What does that mean?
  • Why Won't My Unlocked iPhone 3GS Activate After I Updated It? I got my iPhone 3GS unlocked, however, it said it needed updated, so I updated it. After it was updated, it won't activate now and I don't know what to do. How do I fix this?