Long wait time for activation - Page 3

iphone_austin · 06-30-2007, 03:29 AM

what prepaid plans are offering if you don't pass the credit check?

Originally Posted by awesker3

Hi there. Good question. The good news is, it has nothing to do with a credit unless you are a brand new customer. I believe if there is a credit issue, ITunes will specifically state that to you. IE, if you fail the credit check, then Itunes will prompt for a pre-paid plan etc.

I am going on 4 plus hours and no activation. Las Vegas, Nevada.

That is the exact message I got when I completed my activation. Called both ATT Iphone support and Apple Technical support and was told the same thing. ATT DID verify that my account showed activated and everything going through ok. Activations taking a long long time for a lot of people.

Good luck, keep us updated.

PARADA6 · 06-30-2007, 03:37 AM

Originally Posted by awesker3

Hi there. Good question. The good news is, it has nothing to do with a credit unless you are a brand new customer. I believe if there is a credit issue, ITunes will specifically state that to you. IE, if you fail the credit check, then Itunes will prompt for a pre-paid plan etc.

I am going on 4 plus hours and no activation. Las Vegas, Nevada.

That is the exact message I got when I completed my activation. Called both ATT Iphone support and Apple Technical support and was told the same thing. ATT DID verify that my account showed activated and everything going through ok. Activations taking a long long time for a lot of people.

Good luck, keep us updated.

Hey thanks for the quick update! I'm here in L.A. San Gabriel Valley by the way.
Just gonna share my day with you guys quickly:
Arrived at one of my local ATT store around 3:00PM, I was the 38th. Chat with the dude in front of me for the whole time while we were waiting, so around 7:00PM he got in, but the bad news is there's only ONE 4gb left for the whole store (that means the store received no more than 50 units in total)
I called apple store in Pasadena right away after I got this disappointed news and magically the store staff told me there are still 8gb left and the line is not too long. So me and this dude drove to apple store and joined the line there. There's this guy came to us says he just got two 8gbs 5 mins ago and like to sell it. I was so frustrated and tired at the point and there might be a chance that they sell out all the 8gbs before we get in. So we offered him $800 for the phone and now here I am waiting for the e-mail...

awesker3 · 06-30-2007, 03:41 AM

Originally Posted by PARADA6

Hey thanks for the quick update! I'm here in L.A. San Gabriel Valley by the way.
Just gonna share my day with you guys quickly:
Arrived at one of my local ATT store around 3:00PM, I was the 38th. Chat with the dude in front of me for the whole time while we were waiting, so around 7:00PM he got in, but the bad news is there's only ONE 4gb left for the whole store (that means the store received no more than 50 units in total)
I called apple store in Pasadena right away after I got this disappointed news and magically the store staff told me there are still 8gb left and the line is not too long. So me and this dude drove to apple store and joined the line there. There's this guy came to us says he just got two 8gbs 5 mins ago and like to sell it. I was so frustrated and tired at the point and there might be a chance that they sell out all the 8gbs before we get in. So we offered him $800 for the phone and now here I am waiting for the e-mail...

Holy cow, $800.00? Well, the good news is YOU GOT ONE. Now we are all together waiting for the mysterious activation to come by.

Personally I don't understand the pricing model here. It is only an extra 100 dollars for double the capacity. I can't see why anyone would even want the 4gb model, unless they aren't into music, videos, pictures, etc, but all of us to SOME degree are interested in these things right? I mean, we all got Iphones?

At this point, I can't sleep. This activation is driving me crazy. If you don't mind, keep us updated through out the night on your time. I am going into 5 hours now. 4 and a half hours to be precise.

Good luck

hoop · 06-30-2007, 03:43 AM

Originally Posted by danieldamaniel

When did you do yours, they gave me the lame response of "sorry we are experiencing overload in the system"

i think it was about like 9pm, i hooked it up to my computer then itunes and did the activation and then like 3mins later i got an server busy reboot itunes so i disconnected my iphone from the computer then reattached it then restarted itunes and it came up automaticly and said activaction is complete that simple took about 5mins or less.
everything works, i have all my MP3s and everything now on my new phone

awesker3 · 06-30-2007, 03:44 AM

Originally Posted by iphone_austin

what prepaid plans are offering if you don't pass the credit check?

Another good question. Honestly, I don't know.

You might want to do some google searches on Iphone prepaid plans.

They are only offered as a last resort per the ATT training manual.

Good luck, keep us updated.

PARADA6 · 06-30-2007, 03:47 AM

Originally Posted by awesker3

Holy cow, $800.00? Well, the good news is YOU GOT ONE. Now we are all together waiting for the mysterious activation to come by.

Personally I don't understand the pricing model here. It is only an extra 100 dollars for double the capacity. I can't see why anyone would even want the 4gb model, unless they aren't into music, videos, pictures, etc, but all of us to SOME degree are interested in these things right? I mean, we all got Iphones?

At this point, I can't sleep. This activation is driving me crazy. If you don't mind, keep us updated through out the night on your time. I am going into 5 hours now. 4 and a half hours to be precise.

Good luck

I thought about it before I made the offer you know, yes I paid $150 more but I have the phone immediately so I don't have to counting the date and waiting for the delivery guy to knock on my door. I'd say this guy was a life saver

awesker3 · 06-30-2007, 03:49 AM

Originally Posted by PARADA6

I thought about it before I made the offer you know, yes I paid $150 more but I have the phone immediately so I don't have to counting the date and waiting for the delivery guy to knock on my door. I'd say this guy was a life saver

How far are you into waiting time wise?

PARADA6 · 06-30-2007, 03:53 AM

Originally Posted by awesker3

How far are you into waiting time wise?

Oh not that long ago, I'd say an hour. God, I need to find something to do in the mean time, watch a movie maybe? What are you guys doing at this point?

awesker3 · 06-30-2007, 03:54 AM

Originally Posted by PARADA6

Oh not that long ago, I'd say an hour. God, I need to find something to do in the mean time, watch a movie maybe? What are you guys doing at this point?

I'm reading other posts and trying to help other people out with what I know.

Apparently, 7 hours or more isn't unusual.

ximermot · 06-30-2007, 03:54 AM

8hrs 53mins and still waiting