iOS 7 “activation required” error on iPhone and iPad

Re:iOS 7 “activation required” error on iPhone and iPad by wymy on Saturday October 05, 2013 @10:56PM (#6502916)

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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Re:iOS 7 “activation required” error on iPhone and iPad by taspeotis on Saturday October 05, 2013 @11:06PM (#6502936)

You didn't have to lose those photos. You can "update" to a particular IPSW in iTunes [1].

So just download a "production" iOS 7 IPSW and "update" to it.

That's what I did to update when the iOS 7 GM came out, and I've used it in the past when I unintentionally let an iOS 6 beta expire.

[1] http://www.jailbreaksquad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Bro...

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Re:iOS 7 “activation required” error on iPhone and iPad by hcal on Saturday October 05, 2013 @11:34PM (#6503003)

Apple was also nice enough to allow the device to sync in the background while the requires authorization screen is up.

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Re:iOS 7 “activation required” error on iPhone and iPad by cmelbye on Saturday October 05, 2013 @11:19PM (#6502966)

It's not Apple's fault that you didn't understand what you were doing when you installed beta software onto a device with content of sentimental value.

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Re:iOS 7 “activation required” error on iPhone and iPad by 37prime on Saturday October 05, 2013 @11:02PM (#6502929)

You knew you were running iOS 7 beta and you failed to follow up with the developer beta program.

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