From: Hugh Browton on
On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 17:16:15 +0000, Mark wrote
(in article <0001HW.C7BAE15F01612D96B01AD9AF(a)eu.Usenet-News.net>):

> Friend has just got a contract iPhone 3GS with Orange. It needs to be
> activated. She has an aged G3 iBook, which I have just finished updating with

> the latest Safari and iTunes. Now, you need the iTunes store to activate the
> iPhone, but on her iBook it gives a "cannot connect - try later" error
> (-9813). There are lots of reports of this error on the web, with no
> definitive fix. I have tried previously to get to the bottom this, with no
> luck.
>
> Will I be able to activate her iPhone using my MacBook? I have previously
> connected her original iPhone to my MacBook (to create an iTunes store
> account so I/she could download apps).
>


A bit late now - but, simply, yes. I've done it a few times for clients with
iPhones ahead of their computers!

--
regards
hugh
hugh at clarity point uk point co
(by the sea) (using Hogwasher)

"The question of whether Machines Can Think... is about as relevant as the
question of whether Submarines Can Swim." Edsger Dijkstra (1930-2002)

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