Gurus, anyone aware of apple banning iPads from activating? got a shipment of original iPad 3G and only 3 were able to activate (go through the Language, Country, & activation screen).

All others getting "we could not complete your iTunes store request, iTunes store is temporarily unavailable". Researched for hours, tried parental controls, etc…. I'm stumped….

Are these banned from connecting to apple servers? something with UDID? please chime in.
Thanks


[09-24, 10:19] rich hathaway: Do they ask for apple id?
[09-24, 10:21] rokit8: no
[09-24, 10:24] rokit8: all idevices show up in itunes, this one shows up and as soon as i click on it it shows a message accessing itunes store and then couldn't not complete itunes store request, store is temporarily unavailable
[09-24, 10:25] rokit8: won't show the ipad info, the screen with device specs, manual sync etc....
[09-24, 10:25] _JiGaBu_: did you update your itunes,?
[09-24, 10:25] rokit8: this is the weirdest thing i've ever seen.... and its weird cause the 3 worked just fine and its these other ones that are doing this....
[09-24, 10:26] rokit8: yes, tried different version of itunes on macs and windows
[09-24, 10:27] _JiGaBu_: try simple steps, disconnect usb restart computer,
[09-24, 10:27] _JiGaBu_: then try it again,
[09-24, 10:28] rokit8: when i try to activate via WiFi, get a message 'Your ipad could not be activated because the activation server is temporarily unavailable. Try connecting to itunes
[09-24, 10:28] rokit8: bro, tried reconnect, dfu mode restore, etc - still the same
[09-24, 10:30] rokit8: its running ios 5.1.1 and shows up in iPhone config utility but not in itunes
[09-24, 11:02] rich hathaway: start a thread and we will get u some help