Face time gone after restore, and say's "waiting for activation"
Just restored my iphone 4 to see if that would help.
Now my facetime is gone. I have it "on" in the phone preferences, but it say's "waiting for activation" underneath it.
"Settings" then "Phone" then switch on "iFace" toggle. I had the same issue.
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my ipod touch wont turn on ive tried restoring it but every time i do it just says its waiting for the ipod to respond. meanwhile my ipod is no longer a black screen but the apple logo with a loading bar underneath that after leaving for 8 hours hasnt moved.
Try:
- Another cable
- Another USB port
- Reboot the computer
- iOS: Not responding or does not turn on
- Also try DFU mode after try recovery mode
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
- If not successful and you can't fully turn the iOS device fully off, let the battery fully drain. After charging for an least an hour try the above again.
- Try on another computer
- If still not successful that usually indicates a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.
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i just got my iphone 4 and it seems to work well expect when i call out. the other party cant hear me at all...if i face time the mic works and if i use the voice memo it works as well. idk what to do. i reset the phone should i try restoring it again?
I've got the same issue. It just stopped working today. Kinda upset
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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
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How to get iMessage to work when all it says is waiting for activation
How to get iMessage to work when all it says is waiting for activation
Hi Howell,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
This article on troubleshooting FaceTime activation has some steps you can try:
iOS: Troubleshooting FaceTime and iMessage activation
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4268
Have a great day,
Jeremy -
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
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
Nubz -
iMessage and Facetime won't activate on new iphone 5. Both indicate "Waiting for Activation." How do I fix?
I just activated a new iphone 4s and restored from a backup of my former iphone 3gs - had the same problem - Waiting for Activation on both facetime and imessage. I tried all the usual fixes, reset all, hard reset, turn facetime/imessage on and off, and on and on. 2 hours on phone with tech support to no avail.
I just found the fix on my own - no clue if it will work for everyone. But it's ridiculously easy and worth a shot so you don't waste hours and hours resetting/synching as I did.
All I did was go into settings>phone>my number - erase it by touching the ">". Then re-enter it making sure to input with the "+" and country code. For example in the US: +1(508) 569-9901
No hard reset necessary. I went into settings>facetime and imessage, immediately after inputting my phone number again and the dreaded "waiting for activation" message was gone. I tested sending a message - came thru to the other party fine and facetiming another device (my mom's ipad some distance away) and it rang thru with everything working properly i.e., video/audio. -
Why does my imessage just say "waiting for activation"?
it hasnt worked since i tried to use it. all it says is waiting for activation. and i cant use the imessaging at all.
Troubleshooting FaceTime & iMessage Activation: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268
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when i try to active the imessage or facetime it typing "Waiting for activation" and stuck like this.
when i go to setting > phone > i see the correct number.
i think i read the whole google already trying resolving this issue tried everything, even restored my phone and actived the new sim using itunes.
but still not working same error.
the NEW sim of HOT MOBILE gave me a temporary number which worked fine its was 053-xxxxxx
after somthing the transfer like 24 later hours they transfered my old number from another carrier witch is 054-xxxxxx
and now not working.
called my carrier and they has no idea how to fix that.
they told me contact apple.
P L E A S E H E L P. . .Hi guys,
I keep getting "waiting for activation" on my iMessage. I can only send/receive iMessage from my email address, NOT my phone number.
I have done all kind of fixing suggestions that I can find online, but nothing works so far.
- Date & time set as automatic (I don't know why this matter, but mine was already set as automatic from the begining)
- Reset network setting
- Changing the DNS to 8.8.8.8.
- Restore to factory setting (from back up & as new iPhone)
- Turning on/off iMessage & facetime
- Sign out/in of apple ID
- Change location from apple ID
- Hard reset/reboot
And many others.
...me too. I'm in Portugal having the same issue!! Hopefuly Apple will give us a solution, shortly... -
imassage and face time says waiting for activation from long time i tried reboot ,on/off but it says same
Read here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268 -
the soft(4.3) in my i4 is messed up, badly. how i reinstall ... i try to restore and says .. restore and update. download finishes 666.6 and after that it gives me an error
I'm assuming error 3259. Temporarily disable ALL of your antispyware/antivirus software, open your firewall and try again.
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I pad is saying need to check internet connection to activate face time but internet connected and still won't let me activate face time
Many people have been reporting problems with FaceTime the last five days. The cause remains unknown. The best course of action is patience.
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I just updated my iphone to ios7 and I keep getting stuck at the 'Set up your iPhone' screen. I click 'Restore from Itunes Backup', but it only ends up restarting after restoring and fails to get past the 'Set up your iPhone' screen. Any ideas?
Normally, I would suggest restoring the iPad and uninstall and reinstall iTunes but you have done both of those things - more times than you ever imagined!
Have you thought about turning auto syncing off?
Without connecting your iPad to your laptop, start iTunes. Click on Edit. Click on Preferences. Click on Devices. Check the box next to "Prevent your iPod etc. from automatically syncing." Click OK.
If you do this you can backup the iPad right away before it syncs. You may want to go into all of the iTunes tabs and just make sure that all of the current content on the iPad is selected to sync before you actually do sync.
This doesn't solve the problem, but it would prevent the automatic sync and erasing content. Hopefully, in the next few days- when iOS 5 is released - you will also be relieved of this weird iPad behavior - since the iOS devices are supposed to become PC free.
BTW - and this is no excuse for what you are experiencing, but I have found that some of the game apps that I had on my iPad turned out to be quite troublesome and after I removed them, my problems went away. I know that is almost sacrilege with regard to the Angry Birds addiction .... But I'm just saying ... -
Dear all, I am unable to use face time. It says "waiting for activation". Pls tell what should I do.
I found a solution that solve the problem, and worked immediately.
FaceTime worked for me since I purchased my iPhone 4 more than a year ago.
It stopped working for me since I upgrade it to ios5.
The reason is that I had Restrictions On: accounts set to "Don't allow changes"
When you set this like that, you naturally blocking iCloud and FaceTime accounts.
To solve the problem go to Settings -> General -> Restrictions, and make sure you "allow changes" to accounts and also enable the FaceTime app to work.
Return to Settings -> FaceTime, and set it to 0 and back to 1.
That should do the trick. ☺
I recommend after to "Don't allow changes" to Accounts and Location, to block thieves disable the "Find my iPhone" functionality.
Good luck!
Christophe -
N8 Widgets gone after Restore to Factory Settings
Hello All!
Could some one help me. I restored my N8 to factory conditions. All of wall papers, Widgets gone after restore. How can i get National Geographic , Face book, CNN and all other widgets back on my device.
Also free memory on phone is countinuesly going down (only 48MB left). Ialways install any app on mass mem. Where the phone mem. is going
Thank you allHi,
I do not really understand... Did you made a backup before restore to factory settings? And did you copy all backup files to an external device? If not, the data is gone!
Why? Restoryng to factory does not mean a reinstallation. It means to fill the whole harddisk with an image of the first (factory) installation. All other data will be destroyd! Other partitions are deleted and normally you find only one big partition - the whole hdd.
If you have a complete backup on external drive and it is corrupted during restore, try to open the files manually. Maybe you can restore some single files.
Good luck
kind regards
Stefan
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