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From: Mark on 8 Mar 2010 12:16 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). Cheers ... Mark
From: Mark on 8 Mar 2010 12:58 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). > > Cheers ... Mark > Had a brainwave - ask Apple! Just got an 0800 number off saynoto0870.com, option 2 for technical support, and spoke to a happy chap. All sorted. Cheers ... Mark
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 9 Mar 2010 04:18 On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 17:58:33 +0000, Mark <captain.black(a)gmail.com> wrote: >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). >> >> Cheers ... Mark >> > >Had a brainwave - ask Apple! > >Just got an 0800 number off saynoto0870.com, option 2 for technical support, >and spoke to a happy chap. All sorted. What was the answer, by the way? I assume "yes" - I was in an Apple store yesterday and they had an "iPhone Activation Corner" of iMacs running iTunes! Cheers - Jaimie -- Whilst holidaying with the sprogs and watching Favourite Teddy Bear trundling through the x-ray, I speculated on the fun that could be had with a teddy bear containing a radio-opaque teddy-bear skeleton. - K, asr
From: Woody on 9 Mar 2010 04:45 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 17:58:33 +0000, Mark <captain.black(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > >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). > >> > >> Cheers ... Mark > >> > > > >Had a brainwave - ask Apple! > > > >Just got an 0800 number off saynoto0870.com, option 2 for technical support, > >and spoke to a happy chap. All sorted. > > What was the answer, by the way? I assume "yes" - I was in an Apple > store yesterday and they had an "iPhone Activation Corner" of iMacs > running iTunes! When I bought my 1st gen iPod in the states I had nowhere to activate it, so I went back into apple and asked, and they just said just use any iTunes machine. Obviously that became common after that! -- Woody
From: Mark on 9 Mar 2010 06:31
On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 09:45:03 +0000, Woody wrote (in article <1jf2z06.1o8fww41tbp6hoN%usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk>): > Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >> On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 17:58:33 +0000, Mark <captain.black(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> 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). >>>> >>>> Cheers ... Mark >>>> >>> >>> Had a brainwave - ask Apple! >>> >>> Just got an 0800 number off saynoto0870.com, option 2 for technical >>> support, >>> and spoke to a happy chap. All sorted. >> >> What was the answer, by the way? I assume "yes" - I was in an Apple >> store yesterday and they had an "iPhone Activation Corner" of iMacs >> running iTunes! > > When I bought my 1st gen iPod in the states I had nowhere to activate > it, so I went back into apple and asked, and they just said just use any > iTunes machine. Obviously that became common after that! > Yup - the phone was recognised as new/not mine. Activated just fine in isolation to my settings etc. I assume it doesn't matter what Mac you do it on (as long as you don't register it on that Mac too) Cheers ... Mark |