iPhone 7 Plus Is Not Activated Contact Your Carrier

iPhone 7 Plus is not activated contact your carrier is a common issue when you activate your new iPhone 7 Plus, but it can be solved with the instructions and guide below. If you have purchased your iPhone from AT&T, Verizon, Sprint or T-Mobile similar steps are required to help fix your iPhone 7 Plus when it says “iPhone is not activated contact your carrier.” Sometimes when activating your iPhone 7 Plus, different display messages will show up. We have listed several different messages that you could see and how to help when activating your iPhone 7 Plus with different solutions.

How to Fix iPhone 7 Plus Activation Errors

If you see the “Cannot activate your iPhone now” type of an error, it can mean some things are going wrong with the Apple servers. First these are some of the issues you can face when you see the iPhone 7 Plus is not activated contact your carrier or iPhone 7 Plus is activated but no service:

• Your iPhone 7 Plus could not be activated because the activation server is temporarily unavailable
• The iPhone 7 Plus is not recognized and cannot be activated for service
• iTunes was unable to verify your device

Restart

A quick restart of your iPhone 7 Plus can be an easy and simple way to fix the error that shows up. Restarting your iPhone 7 Plus does not guarantee that your activation issues on your iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus will be fixed, but it’s a good place to start. To restart your iPhone 7 Plus, hold the power button until the slider bar shows up and slide it to turn your iPhone 7 Plus off. Then turn your iPhone 7 Plus back on again to see if your activation issue has been fixed.

Restore

Turn off your iPhone 7 Plus and then connect to your computer. 
Open iTunes and then switch your iPhone 7 Plus on. iTunes will tell you that it has detected an iPhone 7 Plus and would you like to restore your device.

iTunes

If things don’t work still, you should try to activate your iPhone 7 Plus via iTunes. To do this, simply connect your iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus to your computer via the USB cable. Turn it off and reboot – which triggers iTunes to open. (if it doesn’t open, manually open iTunes).

Network Issues / WiFi

Sometimes your network and WiFi settings are block a connection to gs.apple.com. To make sure that your WiFi and network connections are not the issue, test by getting on to a different WiFi connection and see if your iPhone 7 activation error has been solved.