Scott McNulty over at TUAW is reporting that a number of iPhone users are telling them that iPhone activation is working again.
Scott tried it once more and it seemed to work for him. Lets hope it works for you too, so do let us know in the comments.
However the ongoing issue seems to be only partially resolved, as iPhone firmware 2.0 is still not available, iTunes is telling me that firmware 1.1.4 is the current version (just like Sean, an iPhone Hacks reader had reported).
I guess Apple is trying to turn on features based on how critical they are to their customers, which is the right way to handle an outage like this.
So iPhone activation was the first one to be turned on as it is affecting new iPhone 3G customers and also those who iBricked their iPhone after firmware updates due to the activation errors.
I guess Apple will wait for the iPhone lines outside their stores to reduce before they enable iPhone firmware updates again.
Yup, I'll confirm it's now working (for me at least).
The impatient brat I am, I disconnected and reconnected the iPhone. Not sure why it fails for some people if you disconnect. I didn't disconnect until I saw this message.
Instantly it activated and I'm restoring a media backup I made earlier automatically during the 2.0 firmware update process.
I guess that's just another episode in the July 2008 iPhone Crisis.
Las Vegas, NV — upgrade came live at 1:30 PM, and I'm the same time zone as Apple (Cupertino, CA)
Soooooo frustrating!
My phone activated first attempt at around 1:30 Pacific Time.
Too bad that despite being the 30th person in line at my Apple Store that it took 6.50 hours to get my phone.
What a fiasco this was for Apple and those of us stupid enough to think it would be any better than last year.
fyi, firmware 2.0 update is now available through itune 7.7 though i don't know how long it is going to be last this time…