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Yesterday I did an update on IOS that was available in my iPad 2 (I think it was 9.3.2). After that it's asking me to configure and take some steps to reopen but after trying a while it says that the activation server is not available and won't open. Not even the home page.

I have done an update before without problems. What can I do?

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  • wait it out, it's busy. You ought to be able to get past the iCloud sign in quite quickly. It times out in a few minutes & then everything else will be OK until next attempt
    – Tetsujin
    Mar 22, 2016 at 12:14
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    This is a known issue mostly affecting iPad 2 models. There is a workaround: discussions.apple.com/message/29954951#29954951
    – Allan
    Mar 24, 2016 at 8:24
  • @Allan Could you edit the post to show a picture of the error? Without some details this likely will get closed again as duplicate since connecting to iTunes and running a restore/update manually is something that's likely been covered here multiple times...
    – bmike ♦
    Mar 24, 2016 at 14:25
  • @bmike I'll see if I can find one. This is a new error related to 9.3 and I fixed it for a relative just last night. Suffice to say, I don't have the iPad with the error at the moment.
    – Allan
    Mar 24, 2016 at 15:15

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It looks like Apple has pulled the update (for that model, perhaps). Here are steps to proceed until an update to the update is released:

Thanks to The Loop for the details on this:

Sooner than I expected a new build is out:

iPad 2 users can update to the new firmware update by plugging their iPad into iTunes if it’s in a bricked state or by heading into Settings and navigating to the software update menu and updating like they normally would.

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