FaceTime activation problem, FaceTime activation problem

Can not activate facetime

Tried this myself from last issue when I converted to Lion but adding this to DNS didn't work. Went to Apple Store over the weekend... their solution - reinstall operating system (as well as all apps).... in my case, not worth doing for the single benefit of Facetime. But this seems to be an issue for many people and it has come up before, but yet Apple seems to not resolve it with a patch release or something short of a complete reinstallation of the OS.

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sumankumar wrote:
I bought this iPhone 4 with iOS 4.2 yesterday from Australia and the first thing I wanted to try was Facetime but it seems like there is a problem. I tried to do everything mentioned in different forums to activate it but the problem is still there. When I turn on Facetime from settings>phone, it says "Waiting for Activation". I'm currently in Nepal using NepalTelecom 3G SIM. Is there a solution from Apple?
Welcome to Discussions, sumankumar
Anything here help? http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12399870&#12399870
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I want to use my number instead of my Apple ID. It was working before until I turned my facetime off. Now when I turn it on the only logged in was the Apple ID not my phone number..

sumankumar wrote:
I bought this iPhone 4 with iOS 4.2 yesterday from Australia and the first thing I wanted to try was Facetime but it seems like there is a problem. I tried to do everything mentioned in different forums to activate it but the problem is still there. When I turn on Facetime from settings>phone, it says "Waiting for Activation". I'm currently in Nepal using NepalTelecom 3G SIM. Is there a solution from Apple?
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268

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FaceTime activation problem, FaceTime activation problem

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