{"id":2851,"date":"2013-10-08T23:40:48","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T18:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/?p=2851"},"modified":"2019-12-27T06:50:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T01:50:27","slug":"ios-7-activation-required-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/ios-7-activation-required-error\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to fix \u2018Activation Required\u2019 error on iOS 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Twenty days back, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Apple seeds iOS 7.0.3 to developers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/ios-7-0-3-about-to-roll-out\/\" target=\"_blank\">Apple<\/a> released iOS 7 along with the release of iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C. The release was a great hit from Apple. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"iOS 7 Opening Weekend Record\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/iphone-ios-week-opening-record\/\" target=\"_blank\">More than 200 million users upgraded<\/a> to iOS 7 at the opening weekend of iOS 7 release. This number will definitely be in <i>billions <\/i>until now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The users whom upgraded to iOS 7 have started experiencing \u2018Activation required\u2019 error on their iOS devices. Most probably, the error is due to the reason that you have already installed <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"iOS 7 Beta 6 fixes iTunes bugs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/ios-7-beta-6-fixes-itunes-bugs\/\" target=\"_blank\">iOS 7 Beta 6<\/a> which has expired two days back i.e. 6<sup>th<\/sup> Oct.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/iOS-7-activation-error.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2855\" title=\"iOS-7-activation-error\" alt=\"iOS-7-activation-error\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/iOS-7-activation-error.png\" width=\"494\" height=\"343\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2855\" title=\"iOS-7-activation-error\" alt=\"iOS-7-activation-error\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/iOS-7-activation-error.png\" width=\"494\" height=\"343\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify\">Guide to Fix ACTIVATION REQUIRED error on iOS 7:<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Here is the guide to fix this error. You need to upgrade your iOS to latest firmware available i.e. iOS 7.0.2.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Before upgrading, make sure that:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>You have downloaded the latest version of iTunes(For <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"iTunes PC Download\" href=\"http:\/\/appldnld.apple.com\/iTunes11\/041-8598.20130918.Exe55\/iTunes64Setup.exe\" target=\"_blank\">PC<\/a>, For <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"iTunes Mac Download\" href=\"https:\/\/secure-appldnld.apple.com\/iTunes11\/041-8596.20130918.VL65G\/iTunes11.1.dmg\" target=\"_blank\">MAC<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>You have back up your device<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Follow these steps to fix \u2018Activation Required\u2019 error on iOS 7:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Connect your device with computer via USB cable<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Run iTunes<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Now, click on left side of the screen<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Download the correct <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Apple releases iOS 7.0.2, fixes security flaws\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/ios-7-0-2-update-released\/\" target=\"_blank\">iOS 7.0.2<\/a> IPSW files for your device<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Step 5:<\/strong>\u00a0If you are having PC, hold down the SHIFT key and click UPDATE button. For Apple, hold down the OPTION key and click UPDATE button<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Step 6:<\/strong> Select the downloaded file and click OPEN<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Step 7:<\/strong> Your device will be automatically updated to the latest firmware iOS 7.0.2.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Step 8:<\/strong> You may need to restore to the latest back up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Now you have successfully installed the latest firmware iOS 7.0.2. \u2018Activation Required\u2019 error will not be further displayed now. Is this guide helpful? Tell us about your experience by posting your comments.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty days back, Apple released iOS 7 along with the release of iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C. The release was a great hit from Apple. More than 200 million users upgraded to iOS 7 at the opening weekend of iOS 7 release. This number will definitely be in billions until now. The users whom upgraded to iOS 7 have started experiencing \u2018Activation required\u2019 error on their iOS devices. Most probably, the error is due to the reason that you have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[158],"tags":[590,7,192,422],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>iOS 7 \u2018Activation Required\u2019 error, how to solve?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The users whom have upgraded their devices to iOS 7 faces &#039;Activation Required&#039; message. 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