TS3988 In my settings I am trying to use my iMessage and face time through my phone, but it is frozen saying "waiting for activation..." How do I fix this so I can iMessage and FaceTime?
I am trying to turn on my IMessage and FaceTime features on my iPhone 4S. When I go to settings, iMessage or FaceTime, and turn them on, it is frozen saying "waiting on activation..." How do I fix this so I can use my phone?
If a phone is sold from one friend to another and wants to use it on a different carrier the friend can contact the carrier it was sold by to request it unlocked. I know AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint will give you the steps to unlock it as long as the original contract it was bought under has been completed. eBay/Craigslist is really not the best place to try to get "unlocked phones" from, if it turns out the phone isn't unlocked then I'm really sorry you got stuck with that one and as stevejobsfan said above I would report them immediately and see if you can recover your money. I sell phones for a living and this happens a lot
Similar Messages
-
underneath my imessages when i go to settings says " waiting for activation" how do i fix this
ACTIVATING FACETIME AND IMESSAGES
Activating Facetime and Imessages on your phone requires the ability to send SMS messages and depending upon where you are that might be an international SMS. Check with your carrier to see if your plan supports sending of international SMS messages. If you are having trouble activating Facetime or Imessages turn them both off on your device and reset the device (Hold down the Sleep/Wake button and the home button together until the apple logo appears (ignore the ON/OFF slider) then let both buttons go and wait for device to restart (no data will be lost)). Wait for the device to restart and wait a minute and turn Facetime and imessage back on and wait for activation. If that does not fix things read the following articles:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3367 -
My imessage is working when im signed into my apple id butmy phone number is still not activated, my imessage still says waiting for activation how do i fix it ?
Go to Settings > Messages and turn iMessage OFF.
Then go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset Network Settings. Your phone will restart. You will not lose any data, but you will have to re-enter any Wi-Fi network passwords.
Once the phone has re-started and you have a network connection (either 3G or Wi-Fi), turn iMessage back ON. -
I'm trying to use the quick selection tool in Photoshop Elements 12 but it keeps getting stuck on minus. I've reinstalled twice and it will work for a little while and then get stuck again. When I select something, I have one shot at it and as soon as I let go of the mouse it switches to minus and I can't add anything else. How do I fix this?
When a tool misbehaves, go over to the far upper right corner of the tool options area and click the four-lined square. Choose Reset Tool from the popout menu.
-
I recently restarted my phone and everything works besides iMessage, I have my number put in yet it keeps on saying "waiting for activation" it won't turn on now. I want to connect it to my number and not my email. Please help.
If you have difficulty activating FaceTime or iMessage - Apple Support
-
I can't sign into face time. My account has been verified and I have full wifi signal but it comes up with check network connection how to i fix this?
What IP does your iPad show as having?
Try a reset. Press & hold the Power and Home buttons together for 10+ seconds, ignoring the red power-off slider, until you see the Apple logo.
Some folks have discovered that changing their DNS service fixes FaceTime connection issues.
The ideal way is to configure your modem/router with DNS service, but often settings in System Preferences/Network on your Mac will override the router settings. Try either of these;
OpenDNS
208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220
Google Public DNS
8.8.8.8. 8.8.4.4 -
My CS4 PS no longer recognised the iPhoto library since a new video card was installes a few days ago. How do i fix this? I can drag and drop but then I can't use camera raw feature.Tks
When I use find file http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/30073/find-file (which does tend to find files that "Finder" can't), it's not coming up with any other itunes library files that have been modified in the past week, which I know it would have been - unfortunately, I don't have a very recent backup of the hard drive. It would be a few months old so it wouldn't have the complete library on it....any ideas? I'm wondering if restarting the computer might help but have been afraid to do so in case it would make it harder to recover anything...I was looking at this thread https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4211589?start=0&tstart=0 in the hopes that it might have a helpful suggestion but it's definitely a different scenario.
-
My computer broke and i lost all my music but the music is still on my ipod how do i fix this?
please help me...
my computer broke and i lost all my music but the music is still on my ipod how do i fix this?Also See Here for using your iPod to put your Music back on your Computer:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1296
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
http://www.apple.com/support/ipodtouch/syncing/
Cheers, -
I cannot get my iPhone 4S to connect to iMessage n FaceTime have tried all the tips online and it's still not working ? It's just saying waiting for activation
What tips have you tried so far? Just so we don't waste our time telling you things you've already done.
When you respond, also indicate which country and carrier you're using. Also, is your phone brand new? can you make a phone call / access the internet while on cellular? -
I m trying a 4 hour to connect Imassage and FaceTime but still on screen waiting for activation wrote is this process too long??
The following has troubleshooting for that error message that may explain or help: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268
-
On my new computer I installed Itunes. I wanted Itunes to use my portable harddrive for music, but instead it copied my library to the hard drive of my computer, filling it almost full. I didn't realize this happened until I synced my iphone to Itunes. How do I fix this? I want to delete the library from my hard drive of my computer, and use the library from my portable hard drive.
Hi Robin,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
You may find this article helpful with using a media library on an external hard drive:
iTunes for Windows: Moving your iTunes Media folder
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1364
Have a good day,
Jeremy -
imessage and facetime says: "waiting for activation" why?
I am not completely sure if iMessage is available in Lebanon as of now, but try this it may help you.
Follow these steps: Settings > Messages > iMessage (click it off, then on) > 'Use your Apple ID for iMessage' > Change to new ID
Do the same with Facetime. -
After the IOS7 update, i can no longer use my imessage and facetime. It says "waiting for activation" and tried to log in on my apple id but it turned out to connection error. Please help me guys! Thank you.
Have you tried to reboot your phone(hold home and lock button simutainiously)?
-
I'm trying to activate my iMessage & FaceTime with an email on my iPhone 4 , but it keeps saying “waiting for activation..” . So how do I activate it so it can work ?
Yes, I know. But at one point in activating FaceTime or iMessage you will need to be able to send a text message. If you can't, there will be no activation.
Check your device settings
Make sure that you’re connected to a cellular data or Wi-Fi network. If you're using an iPhone, you'll need SMS messaging to activate your phone number with iMessage and FaceTime. Depending on your carrier, you might be charged for this SMS.
copied from If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime - Apple Support -
I have an iPhone 5 and updated it to iOS7 last night but now I can't use iMessage or FaceTime as it says "waiting for activation" As well as that, it won't let me use my phone number to do iMessage or FaceTime it will only let me use my apple ID which I don't want to do.
Thank you for replying. Yes I deleted the old email address..
Maybe you are looking for
-
Text Wrap not working in Muse (CC 2014)
I'm attempting to wrap text around a slideshow. I have already inserted the slideshow in the text box, used the wrapping options to justify to the left, with the text running to the right and beneath the slideshow. In the design layout, it shows up
-
IMac slows down wifi/LAN cable connection
Hello, I came across a quiet unique and annoying problem, that I have not seen being discussed so far. I spend the last 3 weeks trying to solve my internet/wifi connection following all kinds of posts here. Problem: Wifi/Lan internet connection is sl
-
Horizontal scrolling bar half way up the page
anyone know how to do it, like this? http://www.dominicgoldman.com/html/bbh_set.html many thanks for any replies
-
Stock in alternative unit of measure
Hi experts, I have problem regarding tools stock, I want to see stock of such material in alternative unit of measure in transaction MB52. Is there any settings for such option in MB52? Regards, Rakesh
-
When i have my headphones plugged in i only get sound out of one side
when I have my headphones plugged in - I can hear out of both earbuds when on a telephone call, but when I switch to music I only get sound out of one ear