How to "activate" FaceTime and iMessage??

My iMessage and FaceTime are both working, but it still says "Waiting for activation.." right under both the FaceTime and iMessage settings. Under the "Receive At" setting, my email address is entered in. When I press on my email address, it takes me to a page shows my Apple ID, my email address, and in gray it says "Vertifying" with my phone number also in gray. I am currently out of the country and am using wifi for my apps, iMessage, FaceTime, and checking email. Why does it still say waiting for activation even though I can use everything fine?

The verifying message is likely because you are out of the country, and using another carriers network. If it works, then I would not worry about it until you get back. Other than the message, I don't think you said there was limited functionality.

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Actually this problem has started since iOS 6 . I have an iPhone 4S and iPad mini running on iOS 6.0.2 and iPad 2 running on iOS 6.0.1
On my iPhone , I can easily activate FaceTime and iMessage without any problems , but that's using my phone number .
Whenever I tried singing in using my Apple ID , I keep getting the 'The user name and password is incorrect ' even though I'm pretty sure its correct .
Same thing goes on my iPad 2 & mini , I tried activating FaceTime and iMessage but it just keeps saying the user name and password is incorrect .
I try to fix my DNS & I've done resets all other possible solutions I might find but to no avail .
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Try this support document http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268 for problems with activating iMessage and Facetime.

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Cant activate facetime and imessage

I dont know what is wrong with my account, i can access the itunes and app store with no problems but i cant activate FaceTime and IMessage with the same account so I really need help. I think I have tried everything.

I had a similar problem setting up my son's iPod yesterday.
I found that if the iPod's time was not set to sync from Apple's time servers that i couldn't get into iMessage or FaceTime.
I would keep getting kicked back to the first account activation screen in both apps.
Don't know if that is your problem too, but it is easy enough to check in the settings date and time tab.
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Restoring > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
Make sure you have the Current Version of iTunes Installed on your computer
iTunes free download from www.itunes.com/download
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Note on Recovery Mode.
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Hello there,
I just wanted to let you know that despite the fact that I still have not succeeded in activating my iMessage and Facetime on my iPhone 5s but I'm using them regularely from my Apple ID.
check with your mate and get his /her apple ID, update him/her in the contact list by adding their apple ID under email. What you next need to do is click on messages > choose a contact (let it be your friend in the UK) > his email and then type one letter and pay attention to the colour of the word "Send" if it's blue than you're going to iMessage without any problems if it is green then you're going to be charged for the sms.
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Best regards,

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I have an iPad mini and I'm not able to activate FaceTime and iMessage using my apple ID whcih has a country set as Egypt, and when I tried to use another ID with US as country, it working fine.
Note: I was able to activate iMessage using the Egpytian ID before updating to IOS 6.
I guess this is a problem with IOS 6 and as a work arround you can chnage the country of you ID to US (if you don't have payment details set) and it will be activated.

gingirl wrote:
By the way who made you an expert.......http://www.apple.com/ca/iphone/built-in-apps/ I know mine had it, it was the only way to connect to my ipod....
I am an expert compare to you. I don't get over 9,000 point just being foolish.
Proof: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4319
At the end of this Apple article, it's written in black on white.
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Worth a shot....
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Activating facetime and imessage

hi
i just upgraded my iphone 4 to ios 5 software.
i also changed my sim card.
with my new carrier number face time and imessage does not get activated.
but with my old carrier sim it would activate facetime and imessage immdieatly
even with my new sim carrier i still shows my old number on facetime pls let me know what to do

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Hey there AshleyTCI,
It sounds like you are having issues activating iMessage and FaceTime. I would recommend you use the following article, named:
iOS: Troubleshooting FaceTime and iMessage activation - Apple Support
If you see "Waiting for Activation", "Activation unsuccessful", or "An error occurred during activation"
These messages occur when your iPhone is trying to activate your phone number with iMessage or FaceTime.
To resolve these status messages, follow these steps. After each step, turn FaceTime and iMessage off and on again in Settings > Messages and Settings > FaceTime.
Update to the latest version of iOS.
Make sure that you have a cellular network connection with your cellular provider. You need a cellular network connection to activate iMessage and FaceTime with your iPhone phone number.
Go to www.apple.com in Safari to make sure that you have a data connection. You need a data connection to activate iMessage and FaceTime with your iPhone phone number.
Make sure that you can send and receive SMS. You need a valid SMS messaging plan to activate FaceTime and iMessage.
Make sure that FaceTime hasn't been restricted: tap Settings > General > Restrictions > FaceTime.
Set iPhone to the correct time zone: tap Settings > General > Date & Time.
Note: If Set Automatically is on but the incorrect time zone appears, turn Set Automatically off and choose the correct time zone, date, and time.
Contact your carrier to verify that there are no restrictions, blocks, or filters on text messages. Restrictions, blocks, or filters on text messaging will prevent iMessage and FaceTime registration from completing.
If "Waiting for Activation" still appears after you perform these steps, turn FaceTime and iMessage off and on in Settings > Messages and Settings > FaceTime. You may need to wait up to 24 hours to complete activation. Most attempts will take less than an hour, but some attempts may take up to 24 hours. If your issue isn't resolved after 24 hours, please contact Apple for assistance. If you've recently performed a remote wipe on your iPhone, wait 24 hours from the time you performed the remote wipe, and then turn iMessage off then back on.
You can still activate iMessage and FaceTime with your Apple ID when these status messages appear. You can see that you've activated FaceTime and iMessage with your Apple ID by tapping:
Settings > FaceTime > You can be reached by FaceTime at:
Settings > Messages > Send & Receive > You can be reached by iMessage at:
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
All the best,
Sterling

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Is this possible?

Yes it is possible.
After you activate the apps on all of your devices with your Apple ID - you then have to add another email address at which you can be reached on all but one of the devices - and then remove your Apple ID email address as the contact address on those devices. You can keep the ID on one device as the address at which you can be reached.
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