Once I updated my iPhone 5 to iOS 7, I got this error message when I try to restore my old applications into the new OS. It looks like this is security switch (?!) before restoring your iOS 6 into your iOS 7.
If you turn off the Find My iPhone setting in Settings > iCloud, you can restore your iPhone but the applications did not migrate correctly on my case.
First put your phone into recovery mode (turn off your iPhone, then press and hold "home" button while you plug-in your iPhone connector to your computer. Keep holding "home" button, and after couple of seconds, you will see restore from iTunes logo on your iPhone.) and then restore your new version of iOS.
Update: When I "erase all the content" from the settings and restore my phone from the iCloud I was able to get my applications back!
First put your phone into recovery mode (turn off your iPhone, then press and hold "home" button while you plug-in your iPhone connector to your computer. Keep holding "home" button, and after couple of seconds, you will see restore from iTunes logo on your iPhone.) and then restore your new version of iOS.
Update: When I "erase all the content" from the settings and restore my phone from the iCloud I was able to get my applications back!
Comments
Anonymous · 3 January 2014
And if I dont know my iCloud password, after recovery mode and restore, it will ask password again?
Anonymous · 1 July 2013
put phone in recovery mode
Anonymous · 2 August 2013
go to icloud .com and find my iphone and click ur device and then click erase all data and you are set to go!! jererakesh@gmailorhotmail.com
Anonymous · 26 June 2013
what if you cannot access your phone?
Anonymous · 22 July 2013
Exact same problem. tried restoring using redsn0w but nothing works. sombody help!! :(
Anonymous · 26 June 2013
Yeah, that's the problem I have now. LOL. Great function?
Oe · 29 June 2013
Yeah me too, my iPhone 4 is stuck at the apple logo and i want to restore it and I cannot access my phone :S
Anonymous · 8 August 2013
I am having the same problem, activation server is not available.
Anonymous · 8 August 2013
i erase all my data, but still doesn't work it say that the server is not available at the moment