IPhone flashing message "Waiting for activation, this may take some time"

Having issues updating the new 3.0....phone saying "unknown error 6102" before trying to update...was having issues with phone displaying usb pic with arrow to plug into iTunes....I can't access my apps, phone, email or anything...please help me. Any usggestions would be gratley appreciated.

If you can't learn how to search, you shouldn't try to use FaceTime...
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"Waiting for activating, this may take some time" appears

I have a problem, everytime i turn on my Ipad, it appears " waiting for activation, this may need some time" then i choose dismiss, Ipad works normally, but the sentences that appear are disturbing. What should I do? How to activate Ipad since there is no option to activate athough i have plugged it into itunes many times? I live and use my ipad in Indonesia. Any of you know the solution? Is it because i live in Indonesia and i use Indonesian itunes account? Thanks

If you have the 3G version of the iPad and haven't purchased a 3G data plan, go to Settings > Cellular Data and turn cellular data off to stop the messages.

IPhone 4 ( waiting for activation this may take some time)?

How do I get my phone activated and get that message to go away?

Same thing with my new iPhone 4: "waiting to activate...." Then 1 hour, a few network restarts and power cycles later, here's what activated it.
From another ATT wireless phone (could be other ATT phone)
- I called 611.
- Pressed 2 to enter another phone number (mine for my new iPhone); listened to recording about me getting a new phone (yep).
- Pressed 1 to activate my phone.
- entered billing zip then last four digits of soc sec #.
- Pressed 1 to really activate my new phone (and understood my old iPhone would be disabled phone-wise).
- Turned my iPhone 4 off and waited for 5 minutes "while the cell system updates."
- Turned my iPhone 4 ON and, yep, it activated.

Always show"Waiting for activation, it may take some time to"

I just bought a iphone5,but it always show "Waiting for activation, it may take some time to",i just can use Wifi,don't know what happen

Congrats on the new phone abochoa! Ann154 & gina7239 are right. The SIM activation can take a bit, and it's best to make sure the SIM was meant for the number you're activating. Here's a great site for help with the initial set up and activation of your new iPhone 5: http://bit.ly/Vl0NrS. If it takes more than an hour to activate, try powering the phone down and removing the SIM for a minute to refresh the phone's connection to the WiFi network and activation process.
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HT1937 wating for activation, this may take some time

wating for activation, this may take some time
on my home screen and no signal, how do i activate this? can i activate this phone?
please help...

Do you have an activated SIM card in your device?
Try a soft reset (turn off, then back on) and/or remove the SIM card and reseat it in the tray.

IPad message : "WAITING FOR ACTIVATION"

got new iPad - did all the stuff - hooking it up to iTunes, synched it, played for 2 days and nos it gives me the funny message "WAITING FOR ACTIVATION" - how long does it take? already been over 1 hour and NOTHING
What do I do?...

Is it a 3G model? What does the screen look like? Is it showing the cable picture and the iTunes icon on the screen?
Try plugging it to iTunes and see what iTunes does in there. If nothing works, put it in Recovery Mode and restore it by iTunes.
Hope this helps,

It's inpossible to use imesage(( I don't no why, always I have message: waiting for activation

I don't know what's happend but i can't use iMessage. Id correct but I have message: waiting for activation and my phone number is gray and unusable

Are you using a supported carrier?

I get an error message "waiting for activation" while trying to turn on imessage

I had to reset my Apple ID password. After doing this i now have to log back into everything that requires an Apple ID to operate on my 5C. I dont currently have cell coverage as im traveling in Italy for work and don't have international coverage. Is there a way for Imessage to verify my new AppleID password without recieving an SMS from Verizon. My phone is currently in Airplane mode with date and all roaming shut off to keep from getting an expensive charge. I have Wifi through a hot spot i carry with me but the Imessage gives an error message saying "waiting for activation" From everything i have found i guess it's waiting for network (Verizon) verification. Back to my question, is there a way to have Imessage verify my new Apple ID password over wifi using my email address instead of carrier verification? This seems to have worked for Facetime but i know facetime only uses Wifi.

Hey Andrew,
That is interesting issue. If you are still not activated with iMessage, then you will probably need to turn your cellular data on so it can be linked with your phone number. Go over the article below to walk you through some general troubleshooting to get it going.
If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201422
Take care,
-Norm G.

I message waiting for activation???

ever since ive returned from my trip to Hawaii my iphone has been having trouble sending imessages at random times even if i had perfect service it would fail to send the imessage and send it as a text. To try to fix this problem i turned imessage off then tried turning it back on. But when i tried to turn it on it says "Waiting for activation" underneith and it wont send imessages...what does this mean and how do i fix it

The iPhone needs to send an international sms to activate iMessage. Follow the article below for steps to help try and resolve the issue:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4268

TS4268 I keep getting a message waiting for activation when I turn on IMessage

I am trying to activate my IMessage and it keeps saying waiting activation but is doing nothing. Also, Send & Receive doesn't show my phone #

Hi,
Try to use different browser.
If this issue still persists please let me know.
Regards,
Florence

How to get rid of "Waiting for Activation" on old iphone 3G?

Ok I just upgraded to the new 4 & planned on giving my old 3G to my son to play games, music, photos etc.
I'm in the process of re-syncing it with everything for him
But there seems to be a message on the screen "Waiting for Activation, this may take some time"
How do I get that to go away as I will NOT be activating this phone again, but it will basically be used like an ipod touch?
Thanks.

Turn Airplane mode on followed by turning on wi-fi access.
The no longer activated SIM card will need to be inserted in the iPhone to restore the iPhone with iTunes if wanted or needed and to install a firmware update or to complete the process - the SIM card that was used with the iPhone when it was activated.

Waiting for Activation i have an iphone 3g. iphone is from my old contract and i have given it to my girlfriend. she then went to the O2 store and they gave her a new sim card which is compatable with iphone 3g. O2 have told me the phone is not blocked.

" fault code,,,,,waiting for activation, this may take some time,,,,," O2 gave my gf the contract and the new sim card to go into my old iphone 3g which was with O2 previous, O2 have assured us that the phone's imei number is not blocked, they have also said the sim is activated and there is no reason why the phone should not work. the phone is out of date warranty. the sim card does work in other handsets, also my sim from my iphone 3gs does not work in the iphone 3g. i have spent hours litterally on the phone to O2 and now to apple, but because i am out of warranty apple want £25 just to even listen to me over the phone. someone please help me. i am getting very frustrated for hopefully what might be an easy fix for someone. i have done all the resets that are possibly humainly possible, i have done all the resores you can do, have sync'd on many occasions all to come up with the same fault. i am still getting O2 in the top left corner but with no bars and when trying to call it fails imediately. wifi is fine, it works as an ipod.

ONLY AT&T can legally/legitimately unlock it. No one else at all.

Waiting For Activation, help needed.

Hi, I have bought a iPhone 3G 8GB from ebay. I have checked the IMEI number on "checkmend" and there are no reported problems. It is apparently on o2 but I want to unlock it for use on Vodafone. I have bought a o2 pay as you go sim card so that I can get it unlocked properly but when I insert it I get the message "Waiting for activation, this may take a while" but it never goes until I press "dismiss" then it just says "No Service".
Under the carrier menu the only provider listed is Orange but under the "phone" menu in settings the last box does say o2!
Can anyone help? I've tried googling, restoring the iphone, uninstalling and re-installing itunes. Does anyone know what the problem could be or better still anyone know of a solution?

No way to tell really - I am always suspicious about 'the worlds largest,best, greatest ' etc checkers of anything. The four/five UK carriers all operate an IMEI block agreement between them and somehow I doubt that they would give up that information to a small company operating out of a Coach House in Gloucester
That said, who knows - its practically impossible to tell where a phone came from - you are not the first to ask by far! The others didnt manage to find out either. Sorry I cannot be more helpful - the only online checker that Apple have is a warranty checker but that won;t even tell you the country - just how much warranty left on it. https://selfsolve.apple.com/GetWarranty.do

New iPad in Canada - "Waiting for Activation"

Hi all,
Purchased a new iPad to day WiFi and 3G
Since I have a Rogers iPhone 4, I opted for a Bell micro-sim for the iPad. However, after downloading the carrier settings update and rebooting with 3.2.2, all I ever see is "Waiting for Activation. This may take some time". Been about 15 minutes as I write this.
Also, in the top left, all I see is No Service.
I know absolutely that I should have full bars from Bell in this location.
Is it normal to see No Service while "Waiting for Activation"? How long should this take on a Sunday??
Thanks!!!
Stu

I found the same message although I am with Telus. I tried to activate the SIM card online but I couldn't get it to work. I finally called Telus and they did it there (they did not charge me the telephone fee as it would not work online). However, my error was that I was following their instructions on the SIM card brochure - they neglected to mention that I had to do the activation on my regular computer, not on the IPad. When they walked me through it, I think we did it through Itunes. Good luck.

Waiting for activation have not found a way to fix this

Ok so I'm overseas and I cannot use cellular data because I don't want to get billed a crazy amount however when using wifi the first week I was here I was able to text and face time with no problem. Then we went for a week to the country with no solid internet connection however we set up a very weak hotspot using a tablet, that's when I noticed I wasn't able to text and I saw the message waiting for activation since it took around 5 mins to load a web page I figured it was just a problem with the internet and I ignored it. Now we are back in the city (where we were when it worked fine the first week) and I still have the same problem, I have read countless articles about how to fix this and nothing seems to work the only option I haven't tried is to wipe the phone and restore it with a backup however i can't do that since I am no where near my computer. So is there any one else having the same waiting for activation problem as me? Is there anything I can do, any help would be much appreciated.

Hello there, Captnpnut.
The following Knowledge Base article offers up some great, in-depth and practical steps for troubleshooting the "Waiting for Activation" message:
iOS: Troubleshooting FaceTime and iMessage activation
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4268
Particularly relevant for your issue:
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:
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro.

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