Just bought 5s. When trying to activate FaceTime I get " am error occurred during activation". Have gone through trouble shooting but still no luck
Unable to activate FaceTime. Have done all troubleshooting tips. Talked to Apple support. Still not working on my new 5s. I just ditched my samsung s4 and switched everything to apple. Kids got new airs for Christmas and I want FaceTime. I want to be anti samsung but if this doesn't get fixed this $600 purchase is going to make me very apple bitter.
FaceTime activation sends an SMS (text) message to Apple's server in the UK (country code 44). You need to have SMS enabled on the phone and on your account with your carrier to activate FaceTime and iMessage (which works the same way). You also have to be on WiFi, unless your carrier supports FaceTime over cellular (most do not).
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When I try to activate my FaceTime, I get an error msg that says, "An error occurred during activation. Try again." I have a good password (I used it to get here...); I'm on WiFi; I've toggled FT off and back on again but I cannot get past the error message and get activated. What's wrong? Thanks. Talking about my iPhone (4).
Its possible that the server can be down now. Have you ever used it before? If you want, try resseting the phone by just holding the sleep/wake key and the home button together for 10 seconds. Then wait 5 seconds when it turns off and press the sleep/wake button to turn it back on. Then try it again. Let me know what the results are.
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i just created an apple ID and then tried to log in to facetime but, keep getting : an error occurred during activation, try again" can anyone assist?
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When I go to use facetime, it says an error occurred during activation. What am I missing? Any suggestions on how to fix this?
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4268
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When trying to activate facetime get the message i get "could not sign in. Please check network connections
My Apple ID is correct
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Can anyone bring some help?
Thank youHello
Try this... I had the same problem and this worked for me.
Go to your system preferences → network → make sure WI-FI selected → advanced → DNS tab. Add 8.8.8.8 to the DNS servers. Go back to FaceTime and try to verify your account again.
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When trying to activate FaceTime, get code " Could not sign in.Please check network connections and try again".Wi fi is strong and can access everything else.Any advice?
Hello
Try this... I had the same problem and this worked for me.
Go to your system preferences → network → make sure WI-FI selected → advanced → DNS tab. Add 8.8.8.8 to the DNS servers. Go back to FaceTime and try to verify your account again.
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Is there any reason why my apple id and password allow log in to App Store but say password invalid when trying to activate Facetime - I thought that Id and password were the same for all functions ?
try the steps in this article:
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Just purchased this product, verified my email, payment taken etc., etc., but keep getting a message when trying to convert a doc saying an error occured when signing in. I have siged out and signed in again - no avail. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
Hi there Katie,
I just checked your account, and see that it's active. Are you trying to sign in via Adobe Reader? If so, please choose Help > Check for Updates in Reader and make sure that it-s up-to-date. The most current version, 11.0.07, should alleviate that sign-in error.
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Pls help me on how i can activate my imessage and facetime. Ive already tried to reset my iphone, done turning my iphone on and off, done turning on and off my settings and also tried time zone as suggested by others also tried to change my DNS settings but still it doesnt activate it only gives me an error "An error occurred during activation. Try again".......Pls help me.. Thank you
Its possible that the server can be down now. Have you ever used it before? If you want, try resseting the phone by just holding the sleep/wake key and the home button together for 10 seconds. Then wait 5 seconds when it turns off and press the sleep/wake button to turn it back on. Then try it again. Let me know what the results are.
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iMessage and FaceTime just stopped working. Everytime I try to sign in it says 'An error occurred during activation. Try again' . Any fix?
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3. Re-install.
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