How to Fix iOS 7 Beta Activation Errors

by Imran Aftab · August 17, 2013

If you have updated your iPhone from IOS 6 to IOS beta for testing or development purposes, you may have faced or countered the activation errors. What actually happens is , when you try to update to iOS 7 beta, Apple checks the UDID of the device to make sure it is registered with developer account. Same happened to a friend of mine, who actually had the legit developer account, after that he informed me of the issue, so I searched and find out many people having the same issue/problem. So, then I thought to let my readers know how to fix iOS 7 Beta Activation Errors.

How to Fix Activation Error on iOS 7 Beta

Fix iOS 7 beta activation error

Note: Note this tutorial/guide is for those, who have got legitimate UDID registered with Apple Developers account, If you do not have, sorry it won’t work for you.

How to Fix iOS 7 Beta Activation Errors

First of all you need to Downgrade back to IOS 6.

Read: How to Downgrade IOS 7 Beta to IOS 6

If you are having the activation issues, chances are that you have updated to iOS 7 beta through the Restore Option, instead of Update option from iTunes. This is what the main reason behind this activation error on iOS 7 beta. Hopefully you have understood, how to fix the activation error on iOS 7 beta version. If not, follow the below instructions, how to fix activation error on iPhone.

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By now I assume that you have successfully downgraded to iOS 6 and Backup your device. Now you need to update back to iOS 7 beta.

Step 1: Connect your device to PC and Open iTunes.

Step 2: Now under the device options,

If you’re on Mac: Hold the Alt+Option key and then click the Update button in iTunes.
If you’re on Windows: Hold down the Shift key on your keyboard and hit the Update button in iTunes.

How to Fix Activation Errors on iOS 7 Beta

fixing activation error on iOS 7 beta

Step 3: Now navigate to the folder, where you have saved your iOS 7 beta file and select it.

Now leave everything to iTunes, which should do it without any errors and your iPhone will be updated to iOS 7 beta version without any activation errors.

I am pretty sure, the above method should fix the activation issue with your iOS device running iOS 7 beta. Lets us know in the comment section, how it went for you and whether you got your activation error fixed?