Facetime not activating, getting SMS messages from +447786205094
I bought my iPhone 4 unlocked in UK, but am working in Canada, so have a Canadian sim in it, every time I turn face time on it says waiting for activation... And I get SMS messages from + 447786205094, containing what looks like the information needed by the phone to activate face time, but it doesn't activate! Anyone have any idea what I can do to activate face time?
Thanks
Ben
Hi there, there appears to be a problem with activating unlocked UK phones in other countries.
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I'm afraid I don't know how to fix it though, but you may want to keep an eye on the other posts running on this forum just in case something else pops up.
As far as I'm aware it's not possible to manually activate facetime - The activation is by text message that are sent without the users knowing.
Good luck.
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