Every time I deal with this I have to relearn it. 4 days doesn’t seem right, we should do better there. Two things I do see get in the way all the time (Besides no firmware license): PRT Acquisition and All Cloud Apps CA policy. Make sure you’re getting a PRT and if you use All Cloud Apps make sure the CA policy isn’t blocking you.
There’s activation log somewhere (my search fu is failing) which lets you know some helpful stuff…maybe I can find it in a bit…