HT204380 My iphone 4 will not activate face time or messages why

I have been trying for 2 days to activate facetime and messages....yes i turned both off and tried and still is waiting to activate? Help

facetime will only work with wifi and same for imessages

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I have upgraded to iOS7 on my I pad wi fi+ cellular but am not able to activate Face Time and message. The error message I get says "Please check your internet connection". Please help!

Try a Restart.
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red "slide to power off" slider appears, and then slide the slider. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo appears.
Resetting your settings
You can also try resetting all settings. Settings>General>Reset>Reset All Settings. You will have to enter all of your device settings again.... All of the settings in the settings app will have to be re-entered. You won't lose any data, but it takes time to enter all of the settings again.
Resetting your device
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button together for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears. Apple recommends this only if you are unable to restart it.
Or if this doesn't work and nobody else on the blog doesn't have a better idea you can contact Apple.
Here is a link to their contacts with most of the information below.
http://www.apple.com/contact/

Did a restore, and now my iPhone will not activate, though the iOS activation server seems to be "green"

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SIM card is inserted, connected to wifi, and connected to iTunes though it tells me it is "unable to continue at this time"
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Hi JG14usa,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand that you attempted an update on your daughter’s iPhone but the update will not complete. For this type of situation, it may be necessary to place your iPhone into recovery mode and restore. Please use the instructions located in the attached article to complete this process.
If you can't update or restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
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HT1414 my daughter has iphone 3gs and it required an update , so i connected the iphone to itunes for update and the iphone locked up, I had to reset back to factory settings and now the iphone will not activate , what can i do

My daughter has an iphone 3gs and it required an update. So i connected the iphone to itunes for the update and the iphone locked up . I had to reset the iphone back to factory settings and now the iphone will not activate , Please advise what i can do to get this working for her ?

Generally this is a sign that the iPhone had previously been
hacked/modified/jailbroken and the update relocked it to the
original wireless carrier. If this is the case, only that wireless
carrier can unlock your iPhone. You must contact them to see
if they offer unlocking and if you qualify.
Where did you acquire this iPhone?
What wireless carrier did you use before this problem?
Does the app Cydia appear on your iPhone?
What does it say when you look at Settings=>General=>About=>Carrier?
Unauthorized modification of iOS
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3743

TS3920 Can not activate face time or iMessage need to check network connection

Can not activate Face Time or iMessage just get can not sign in please
check network connection. Have tried everything I have read in past post.
Please help.

Hello Nikki
I have won the battle.
right let me tell you what i did and in what order.
First i restored my Ipad 2 to original factory settings, backing up content so i lost nothig.
then i reset my router, this caused me a few probs as i am not that computer savvy and i needed netgear to help me re configure my router.
after a long conversation with apple we came to the conclusion that the passwords were causing the problem.
i spent time explaining to them that when i originally set up my itunes account and then my mobile me account there were no stipulations regarding numbers and capitals in passwords, hence when i got my IPAD my passwords were not "appropriate" even though they were working fine.
I decided to reset ALL my passwords associated with I tunes, mobile me and addle ID to the correct requirements which are; at least 8 figures with at least 1 number and a capital.
I then reset my DNS code on my IPAD to 8.8.8.8
(go to WIFI settings, touch arrow to right of your network and change DNS code)
and voila, it worked.
I would try and sort all passwords out to correct requirements ( one number, one capital the rest can be lower case). then change your DNS code, then try face time.
if that doesnt work then it may be a case of restoring factory settings on your IPad and resetting the router.
I appreciate how frustrating this is as they are not cheap.
loads of luck and do let me know how you get on.
best wishes

HT201365 my iphone will not activate

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Hello jambo23,
Thank you for contacting Apple Support Communities. You might want to start with this article to troubleshoot your activation issues:
iPhone: Troubleshooting activation issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3424
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Jeff D.

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TS4268 My iphone will not send imessage for normal messages. please can someone help?

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2755
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- Brenden

HT4623 iphone will not activate with ios 7

hi just updated to ios 7 and now my iphone 4s will not activate using itunes or over wifi

Was the device ever disabled in Outlook Web Access? Does your Exchange server have "throttling" enabled?
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HT4623 My iphone iphone will not activate, message given is "Iphone activation cannot be completed right now, please try again later"

My iphone will not complete the activation after i upgraded the software, Keeps saying activation cannot be completed because server cannot be reached, please try again later. Help!!

Generally this is a sign that the iPhone had previously been
hacked/modified/jailbroken and the update relocked it to the
original wireless carrier. If this is the case, only that wireless
carrier can unlock your iPhone. You must contact them to see
if they offer unlocking and if you qualify.
Where did you acquire this iPhone?
What wireless carrier did you use before this problem?
Does the app Cydia appear on your iPhone?
What does it say when you look at Settings=>General=>About=>Carrier?
Unauthorized modification of iOS
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3743

HT201210 iphone will not activate after restore

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Iphone will not activate

i have has problems with mobile signal. it comes and goes. this all started to happen when i updated to ios 8. i have updated tot he new ios 8.1 but it still didn't help. apple have checked my device and said its a hardware fault. now my phone decides that it needs to activate all the time but now will not connect to the activation server. connect to itunes and have the same message. i am out of my year warrenty so apple will not repair or replace. neither will my service provider. it cannot be a coincidence that this happened at the same time as the update. it must have been the update itself that caused it. i heard that the wifi problems with the update caused the wifi chip to be damaged.can anyone help me please.

per your original post : apple have checked my device and said its a hardware fault
If it is a hardware fault there is no troubleshooting that's going to help you, especially if you took it to Apple and that's what they told you.
I'm sure they gave you some sort of solution to your problem - I'm assuming buy a new phone.

TS2846 iPhone will not activate

This morning, I plugged my iPhone 4S in to charge. When I looked at it again, it had decided that I needed to activate it. I pressed "next," but I got the message "Your iPhone could not be activated because the activation server is temporarily unavailable. Try connecting your iPhone to iTunes to activate it, or try again in a couple of minutes."
Alright, I have been trying again over WiFi for the past twelve hours now, so eventually I gave up. I tried connecting it to iTunes, but I have never heard of an "activate" button, and there is no promt to do so. Therefore, I decided to restore it. However I get the message "There was a problem downloading the software for the iPhone "Ioanna's iPhone". The requested resource was not found." (Now, maybe this is understandable, as a friend of mine who is an Apple Producer tested iOS 6 beta on my iPhone because his was broken at the time.) I have the software to restore my iPhone from still saved on my Mac, but I do now know how to tell iTunes to restore from there!
Futhermore, once I eject my iPhone from iTunes, I get the message "The software on the iPhone "Ioanna's iPhone" has expired and must be updated to a newer version. I try to click on "Check for Update," and I get the message "This version of the iPhone software (6.0) is the current version." What exactly is going on?

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Welcome to the Support Communities!
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3424?viewlocale=en_US
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• If the trouble continues, Apple's http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090
suggestions may help you. The proper "reset" suggested there for your
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MeloRN wrote:
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HT204380 My iphone 4 will not activate face time or messages why

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