IMessage just says "waiting for activation" and does not work

help!!

If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime - Apple Support
Per the link if it has been more than 24 hours you will need to contact Apple support.
Or update your device to IOS 8.1.3

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  • TS4268 my imessage just says waiting for activation helppp:(

    my imessage just says waiting for activation helppp:(

    I have a solution to all of you who faced this problem of waiting for activations for both FaceTime and iMessage.
    Here's how I did mine;
    For "FaceTime"
    1) Launch "Settings" app
    2) Select "FaceTime"
    3) Select "Apple ID: (your ID)"
    4) Select "Change Location" (to where "Country" your phone number is registered)
    5) Select the "Country" you are in
    6) Back to "Settings"
    Do the same for "iMessage"
    1) Launch "Settings" app
    2) Select "Messages"
    3) Select "Receive At"
    4) Select "Apple ID: (your ID)"
    5) Select "Change Location" (to where "Country" your phone number is registered)
    6) Select the "Country" you are in
    7) Exit
    After you've done all the settings as aboves; Now hold down the "Home" and "Power" button until you see the "Apple" logo to reboot your iPhone. Let go you fingers after seeing the "Apple" logo appears.
    Go back to the "Settings" app.
    For "Facetime"
    1) Select "FaceTime"
    2) You'll notice your "FaceTime" has been activated
    3) Go to the bottom and Select "Caller ID"
    4) You should have your "Phone Number" selected
    5) Back to "Settings"
    For "iMessage"
    1) Select "Messages"
    2) You'll notice your "iMessage" has been activated
    3) Select "Receive At" (now you'll see "2 Addresses >)
    4) Go to the bottom and Select "Caller ID"
    5) You should have your "Phone Number" selected
    6) Exit and enjoy your iOS5
    Hope that helps. Cheers!

  • My imessage just says "waiting for activation..." what do i do!?

    When I try to turn my imessage on it just says "Waiting for activation..." undernneath it. How do I activate it? I'm also not recieving texts from certain people.

    I have a solution to all of you who faced this problem of waiting for activations for both FaceTime and iMessage.
    Here's how I did mine;
    For "FaceTime"
    1) Launch "Settings" app
    2) Select "FaceTime"
    3) Select "Apple ID: (your ID)"
    4) Select "Change Location" (to where "Country" your phone number is registered)
    5) Select the "Country" you are in
    6) Back to "Settings"
    Do the same for "iMessage"
    1) Launch "Settings" app
    2) Select "Messages"
    3) Select "Receive At"
    4) Select "Apple ID: (your ID)"
    5) Select "Change Location" (to where "Country" your phone number is registered)
    6) Select the "Country" you are in
    7) Exit
    After you've done all the settings as aboves; Now hold down the "Home" and "Power" button until you see the "Apple" logo to reboot your iPhone. Let go you fingers after seeing the "Apple" logo appears.
    Go back to the "Settings" app.
    For "Facetime"
    1) Select "FaceTime"
    2) You'll notice your "FaceTime" has been activated
    3) Go to the bottom and Select "Caller ID"
    4) You should have your "Phone Number" selected
    5) Back to "Settings"
    For "iMessage"
    1) Select "Messages"
    2) You'll notice your "iMessage" has been activated
    3) Select "Receive At" (now you'll see "2 Addresses >)
    4) Go to the bottom and Select "Caller ID"
    5) You should have your "Phone Number" selected
    6) Exit and enjoy your iOS5
    Hope that helps. Cheers!

  • 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

  • HT201407 iMessage "unable to activate, please try again".    Whenever I go to activate imessage is says waiting for activation and then about 5 mins later says activation unsuccessful, please try again. This is driving me mad! It's been 2 days now!!

    Lease help me to activate imessage. I now have iPhone 5s and can't activate imessage. I've tried all the normal stuff but nothing is working

    i had this problem with my iphone 5c and sorted it contacting apple.
    have you tried resetting the network settings? it doesnt delete anything and should work. if it then changes to "waiting for activation", instead of the error message, then leave it for 24 hours (leaving your phone and wifi on) and it should activate and work.
    for me, this didnt work after 24 hours. i then backed up my phone and reset it and set it up as a new iphone then restored it using my backup from the computer and it now works

  • I have restored my iphone 3g, put it in my husbands name and it just keeps sying waiting for activation and will not connect to the wifi

    I have restored my iphone 3g, it is no longer connected to At%t want to use it as a ipod(which I have been doing)  Now my phone just says waiting for activation it
    does not recognise the wifi.. help

    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3406

  • My IPhone 5's Imessages just stopped working and I tried restarting and then turning them off and turning them on.  It now says "Waiting for activation" and has said this for 15 minutues.

    My IPhone 5's Imessages just stopped working and I tried restarting and then turning them off and turning them on.  It now says "Waiting for activation" and has said this for 15 minutues.

    At the time of this post, there seems to be a problem with iMessage and Facetime but only some users are affected.
    http://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/

  • Imessage working fine, tried to add email as well as number then it stopped! Now just says waiting for activation!

    I tried to add an email address to imessage as well as my number so my friend could email me from their ipad.
    Firstly it said there was a problem with my apple ID password so i reset that (new password works fine, i have been able to download apps etc since!)
    Now under iMessage it just says waiting for activation.. and it is only here i get the message saying my password is incorrect?!
    I have tried rebooted and restarted phone many times.
    I can no longer send imessages to other iphones, just texts! Its driving me mad!
    why will it not recognise my password?! i even tried adding an extra email account and verified that with the password - worked fine!
    HELPPPPPPP

    Apple problem:
    iCloud: iMessage - Users Affected: Some
    11/18/2012 13:34 PSTUsers are unable to use iMessage. Normal service will be restored ASAP.
    iCloud: FaceTime - Users Affected: Some
    11/18/2012 13:33 PSTUsers may be unable to place FaceTime calls. Normal service will be restored ASAP.
    http://www.apple.com/support/icloud/systemstatus/

  • TS2755 Did all of this trouble shooting and my Imessaging still says waiting for activation. Don't know how to fix it.

    Don't understand why my Imessaging stopped working. If I go to settings messages and check out Imessaging it just says waiting for activation.

    Change the DNS servers of the wifi network to 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4
    Go to settings>general>date&time> set automaticly , turn it on if it wasn't
    then settings>general>reset>reset network settings
    restart the phone

  • TS4268 hi my imessage isnt working so I turned off imessage and now its been saying "waiting for activation" and has been for a long while now? can you please help me!!! Also saying that my apple ID password is inccorrect when its not!

    Hi,
    My imessage isnt working so I turned off imessage and now its been saying "waiting for activation" and has been for a long while now? Also saying that my apple ID password is inccorrect when its not! Can anyone help me?
    Thanks

    While we all have MacBooks in this forum most of us don’t have Lion. There's a Lion Support Community where everybody has Lion.You should also post this question there.  https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/mac_os_x_v10.7_lion

  • After the IOS7 update, i can no longer use my imessage and facetime. It says "waiting for activation" and tried to log in on my apple id but it turned out to connection error. Please help me guys! Thank you.

    After the IOS7 update, i can no longer use my imessage and facetime. It says "waiting for activation" and tried to log in on my apple id but it turned out to connection error. Please help me guys! Thank you.

    Have you tried to reboot your phone(hold home and lock button simutainiously)?

  • Why my facetime and iMessage keeps saying waiting for activation?

    Why my facetime and iMessage keeps saying waiting for activation?anyone knows how to fix this?

    There is a "Waiting for Activation" troubleshooting in the following link that may have something that will help: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268

  • Why does my phones iMessage keep saying "waiting for activation"

    Why does my iPhone's iMessage keep saying "waiting for activation" when I turn on my iMessage

    It's waiting for you to reply to a confirmation email that was sent when you added that email address to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive.
    The email is sent immediately. If you have reason to believe it was not sent, tap the blue circled i then either resend the validation email, or remove it.

  • My imessage is working when im signed into my apple id butmy phone number is still not activated, my imessage still says waiting for activation how do i fix it ?

    My imessage is working when im signed into my apple id butmy phone number is still not activated, my imessage still says waiting for activation how do i fix it ?

    Go to Settings > Messages and turn iMessage OFF.
    Then go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset Network Settings. Your phone will restart. You will not lose any data, but you will have to re-enter any Wi-Fi network passwords.
    Once the phone has re-started and you have a network connection (either 3G or Wi-Fi), turn iMessage back ON.

  • My iMessage keeps saying waiting for activation. What do i do

    My iMessage keeps saying waiting for activation. What do i do?

    Messages is down.
    http://www.apple.com/support/icloud/systemstatus/

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