My i phone was stolen, found, how to activate again?

[iMore Question]

It took a bit long before it was found again and i therefore errased it from my accounT and also gave the command to errase the content when it wouLd be used.
Now it has been found and i am trying to connect it again but everything i tried did not work. I tried to add it to my other devices again, have all the passwords, does not work, tried it via i tunes, knowing the content will be lost but that it not the biggest problem because i have a back up but than i get the message that i cannot log in, what else can i do?
Thanks for any help.... WV

 

[Bigeric23]

You could try contacting Apple.

 

[Just_Me_D]

I am assuming you reported the device stolen to your carrier. If so, your device is probably blacklisted. Having said that, it shouldn't have any effect on setting up the device. You should still be able to restore from a backup unless it is locked via the iCloud activation lock as I suspect it to be, and there's no way around it.