Waiting for activation...but didn't unlock!

[radiobath]

I had a jailbroken 3G with 2.2.1. I used the sn0wbreeze to jailbreak it to 3.1.3, followed the directions to a tee, and selected No when it asked if I wanted to activate my iPhone.

Everything went smooth, but when the phone turned on, it said "Waiting for activation, this may take some time" and I have no service. I thought maybe it was because I restored from backup, so I tried again without restoring from backup. I still get the same message and no service.

[fc97accord]

Why did you select no for activation? You need to activate it if you want to use it.

[radiobath]

"If you have your iPhone on a legitament carrier and activate via iTunes click no. If you unlock your phone in order to use it on your carrier click yes."

I use AT&T, and I don't need to unlock it to use it. That's why I clicked "No".

I'll repwn it with activation on and see if that works.

[fc97accord]

ok got ya, so then replug your phone into itunes and activate via itunes.
Should work then.

[radiobath]

Repwned, clicked "Yes", no more message, but still no service--before and after I restored from backup.

I'm just going to 4.0 and hope that fixes everything.

[fc97accord]

You sure it is an at&t phone?

[Madman604x]

use ultrasn0w. i know its sounds weird as you don't need to unlock, but just try it. it happened to me.

[radiobath]

You sure it is an at&t phone?

I've been on AT&T for 5 years now, and I've had this phone for almost 2 years--straight from the Apple store. So yep.

use ultrasn0w. i know its sounds weird as you don't need to unlock, but just try it. it happened to me.

Will do. I upgraded to 3.1.3 without jailbreaking just to get back my service and see if everything worked correctly. Here goes nothing!