TS4268 Updated iphone 4S with IOS6, now facetime and imessage won't work, says "waiting for activation", have reset, turned off and on, removed sim card, checked date/time, checked restrictions, checked email/ID, tried all troubleshooting advice on apple
Updated iphone 4S with IOS 6, now facetime & imessage won't work, says "waiting for activation", have reset, turned off & on, removed sim card, checked restrictions, email/ID, date/time, tried all troubleshooting advice on apple support. HELP!!!!
Updated iphone 4S with IOS 6, now facetime & imessage won't work, says "waiting for activation", have reset, turned off & on, removed sim card, checked restrictions, email/ID, date/time, tried all troubleshooting advice on apple support. HELP!!!!
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HHow do I activate iMessage? Keeps saying waiting for activation, and then I do my Apple ID and password then it says an error has occurred.?
Is your phone activated with your carrier? Can you make a phone call and send a text message?
Which country/ carrier? -
My iMessage and Facetime won't activate, says waiting for activation. All photos and contacts are restored, using email and wifi only, no service. Only issue is date and time will not automatically set.
Howdy eewebe13,
So you have no cellular service but are on Wi-Fi yet iMessage and Facetime are waiting for activation.
Please step through this article for that scenario.
If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime - Apple Support
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My facetime says " waiting for activation" can anyone help me
My facetime says "waiting for activation" y already restore settings and everything and nothing happened
I had to put in my phone number under settings- phone - my number . don't forget to include the +and country code and to take off the first zero. hope that helps
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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..
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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 -
Hi, why can't I use the iMessage on my iPhone? I've already had my apple id email on it but it keeps saying "waiting for activation" always like that. No progress. Could anybody help me on this? Cheers
I have an old iPod Touch with old software that can no longer be updated:
iOS version 6.1.6
I've been searching for a solution to my iMessage login problem for months and tried everything from those frustrating links and all the tips from other users.
Here is what finally worked:
1) Settings > Privacy > Location Services > On
2) Settings > General > Date & Time > Set Automatically > On
3) Reboot device until Apple logo appears
4) Settings > Messages > Sign In -
I tried to add an email address to imessage as well as my number so my friend could email me from their ipad.
Firstly it said there was a problem with my apple ID password so i reset that (new password works fine, i have been able to download apps etc since!)
Now under iMessage it just says waiting for activation.. and it is only here i get the message saying my password is incorrect?!
I have tried rebooted and restarted phone many times.
I can no longer send imessages to other iphones, just texts! Its driving me mad!
why will it not recognise my password?! i even tried adding an extra email account and verified that with the password - worked fine!
HELPPPPPPPApple problem:
iCloud: iMessage - Users Affected: Some
11/18/2012 13:34 PSTUsers are unable to use iMessage. Normal service will be restored ASAP.
iCloud: FaceTime - Users Affected: Some
11/18/2012 13:33 PSTUsers may be unable to place FaceTime calls. Normal service will be restored ASAP.
http://www.apple.com/support/icloud/systemstatus/ -
How can the iMessages and FaceTime be activated with this new ISO 7 update? When I enter my Apple ID & password it won't do anything. Says waiting for activation!! Help!
Hi there,
You may find the troubleshooting steps in the article below helpful.
iOS: Troubleshooting FaceTime and iMessage activation
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4268
-Griff W. -
Hi,
My imessage isnt working so I turned off imessage and now its been saying "waiting for activation" and has been for a long while now? Also saying that my apple ID password is inccorrect when its not! Can anyone help me?
ThanksWhile we all have MacBooks in this forum most of us don’t have Lion. There's a Lion Support Community where everybody has Lion.You should also post this question there. https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/mac_os_x_v10.7_lion
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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)?
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My facetime and imessage aint working now, when i try to turn it on, it says waiting for activation then when it finishes it says something to do with a network connection. help me!!!
iOS: Troubleshooting FaceTime and iMessage activation
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I just updated my iphone to IOS 7 and cannot get my imessage to work, it keeps saying "waiting for activation" nothing i have read online has helped me try to fix the problem. why is it doing this and how can i fix it?
Here's a good troubleshooting article about imessage "waiting for activation".
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268 -
My IPhone 5's Imessages just stopped working and I tried restarting and then turning them off and turning them on. It now says "Waiting for activation" and has said this for 15 minutues.
At the time of this post, there seems to be a problem with iMessage and Facetime but only some users are affected.
http://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/ -
Since I updated to latest software on ipad cannot sync. with computer. Makes it to step 7 however says 'waiting for changes to be applied' and never completes sync.
thx for the help,
TonyHello Marcia,
Sorry you are having trouble syncing content with your iPhone 5. I found an article that might help with this syncing issue:
iTunes: May become unresponsive when connecting iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3219
Also, you can delete the songs from the iPhone without syncing by just swiping from left to right over the song to get a delete button.
I hope this helps!
Best,
Sheila M.
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