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my5ohhhhh · 12-30-2017, 05:27

Has anyone actually been able to activate Cellular service on the LTEs? Seems like vast majority of them are not able to be activated, even after restored. I have even seen quite a few get restored successfully, able to pair, but get bricked right after Terms of Service w/ error message - Device cannot be activated / contact Apple Support.

**.::Gsmdenis::.** · 12-30-2017, 15:13

able to pair, but get bricked right after Terms of Service w/ error message - Device cannot be activated / contact Apple Support. ?

Can you show some picture ?

hackedbyj4 · 12-30-2017, 16:55

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Originally Posted by my5ohhhhh

Has anyone actually been able to activate Cellular service on the LTEs? Seems like vast majority of them are not able to be activated, even after restored. I have even seen quite a few get restored successfully, able to pair, but get bricked right after Terms of Service w/ error message - Device cannot be activated / contact Apple Support.

Wait, have you seen any that have been able to be activated? Also, could it not just be used without cellular?

tradegon · 12-30-2017, 19:00

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Originally Posted by my5ohhhhh

Has anyone actually been able to activate Cellular service on the LTEs? Seems like vast majority of them are not able to be activated, even after restored. I have even seen quite a few get restored successfully, able to pair, but get bricked right after Terms of Service w/ error message - Device cannot be activated / contact Apple Support.

How are you even restoring them? Through MFCbox? I doubt that untouched firmware? That might cause an issue...

my5ohhhhh · 12-30-2017, 22:51

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Originally Posted by hackedbyj4

Wait, have you seen any that have been able to be activated? Also, could it not just be used without cellular?

I have seen many that are able to be used without cellular and quite a few that get bricked entirely after TOS message. It all seems to coincide with Apple Serial number and Purchase Date of Watch. Many demo serials are tied to an obscure purchase date which seem to send a red flag to Apple to deny activation. Can’t seem to send a screenshot or hyperlink at the moment.

hackedbyj4 · 12-31-2017, 04:29

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Originally Posted by my5ohhhhh

I have seen many that are able to be used without cellular and quite a few that get bricked entirely after TOS message. It all seems to coincide with Apple Serial number and Purchase Date of Watch. Many demo serials are tied to an obscure purchase date which seem to send a red flag to Apple to deny activation. Can’t seem to send a screenshot or hyperlink at the moment.

Well, dang. I ordered a MFC Dongle a few days ago. I have a TON of series 3's. I will post here how they work. Fingers crossed!!!

menghour · 01-02-2018, 10:53

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Originally Posted by my5ohhhhh

Has anyone actually been able to activate Cellular service on the LTEs? Seems like vast majority of them are not able to be activated, even after restored. I have even seen quite a few get restored successfully, able to pair, but get bricked right after Terms of Service w/ error message - Device cannot be activated / contact Apple Support.

I got error too , it said "There is a problem with your device. "
" This device cannot be activated for service. Please contact your carrier or AppleCare. "

my5ohhhhh · 01-02-2018, 13:27

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Originally Posted by menghour

I got error too , it said "There is a problem with your device. "
" This device cannot be activated for service. Please contact your carrier or AppleCare. "

Yes that’s the message. It’s basically bricked right? Other than being able to reset and re-pair, only to get message again. I would be curious to see what info the serial# / imei shows..

**.::Gsmdenis::.** · 01-02-2018, 13:41

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Originally Posted by menghour

I got error too , it said "There is a problem with your device. "
" This device cannot be activated for service. Please contact your carrier or AppleCare. "

Seems only happened with some of Demo watch , for normally retail watch will be not happen this issue.

Hopefully i can get one for Demo watch in this case and to check .

menghour · 01-02-2018, 15:34

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Originally Posted by .::Gsmdenis::.

Seems only happened with some of Demo watch , for normally retail watch will be not happen this issue.

Hopefully i can get one for Demo watch in this case and to check .

It really good if there anyway to bypass that activation , restore s4 42mm Wi-Fi from demo can use normal but for gsm can't activate !

tradegon · 01-02-2018, 20:22

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Originally Posted by menghour

It really good if there anyway to bypass that activation , restore s4 42mm Wi-Fi from demo can use normal but for gsm can't activate !

One of these bricked S3 Demo cullular watches was taken to the Apple Store and the "genius" said it was a stolen demo unit and that was the reason the sold date was pushed back and why it was essentially blacklisted by Apple...

my5ohhhhh · 01-02-2018, 20:55

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Originally Posted by tradegon

One of these bricked S3 Demo cullular watches was taken to the Apple Store and the "genius" said it was a stolen demo unit and that was the reason the sold date was pushed back and why it was essentially blacklisted by Apple...

I wonder if the "sold date" was the cause for the non-activation or the stolen status a result of the edited "sold date". Someone with knowledge of Apple database care to chime in? Also what percentage are you guys seeing for not being able to active? I am at 0% defect for GPS-only and about 40-60% for LTE. In the case of LTE's, every "blacklisted" serial number showed a sale date of 1984 or '85 and 2017 or '18 for good ones.

tradegon · 01-02-2018, 21:34

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Originally Posted by my5ohhhhh

I wonder if the "sold date" was the cause for the non-activation or the stolen status a result of the edited "sold date". Someone with knowledge of Apple database care to chime in? Also what percentage are you guys seeing for not being able to active? I am at 0% defect for GPS-only and about 40-60% for LTE. In the case of LTE's, every "blacklisted" serial number showed a sale date of 1984 or '85 and 2017 or '18 for good ones.

As far as I know when Apple blacklists a device, the date of purchase is always drafted back. I've seen stolen iPhones with similar backed dates and they were definitely stolen and blocked in the same fashion. Luckily all the demos I have are legit... just need to restore them...

my5ohhhhh · 01-03-2018, 03:43

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Originally Posted by tradegon

As far as I know when Apple blacklists a device, the date of purchase is always drafted back. I've seen stolen iPhones with similar backed dates and they were definitely stolen and blocked in the same fashion. Luckily all the demos I have are legit... just need to restore them...

That's good to know. Thank you!

**.::Gsmdenis::.** · 01-03-2018, 05:08

in case of stolen and can not active:

this can do one test for retail activated watch, for example, login to icloud.com and setting the watch status to be "lost mode", then do completed restore. and then pair , to be sure the situation. (sadly i can not do test, becoz someone stolen my S3 LTE few days ago) :-)

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my5ohhhhh Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 14 Member: 1872242 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 1	Activated issue, Please contact your carrier or AppleCare Has anyone actually been able to activate Cellular service on the LTEs? Seems like vast majority of them are not able to be activated, even after restored. I have even seen quite a few get restored successfully, able to pair, but get bricked right after Terms of Service w/ error message - Device cannot be activated / contact Apple Support.

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.::Gsmdenis::. Product Manager Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: MFC Posts: 8,297 Member: 79315 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 6,024	able to pair, but get bricked right after Terms of Service w/ error message - Device cannot be activated / contact Apple Support. ? Can you show some picture ?

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.::Gsmdenis::. Product Manager Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: MFC Posts: 8,297 Member: 79315 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 6,024	in case of stolen and can not active: this can do one test for retail activated watch, for example, login to icloud.com and setting the watch status to be "lost mode", then do completed restore. and then pair , to be sure the situation. (sadly i can not do test, becoz someone stolen my S3 LTE few days ago) :-)