What can't I log into iMessage on my ipad2

I am trying to log into iMessage on my ipad2 and I keep getting a error message that says email cannot be verified because it is already in use? What does these mean?

I have an old iPod Touch with old software that can no longer be updated:
iOS version 6.1.6
I've been searching for a solution to my iMessage login problem for months and tried everything from those frustrating links and all the tips from other users.
Here is what finally worked:
1) Settings > Privacy > Location Services > On
2) Settings > General > Date & Time > Set Automatically > On
3) Reboot device until Apple logo appears
4) Settings > Messages > Sign In

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iOS version 6.1.6
I've been searching for a solution to my iMessage login problem for months and tried everything from those frustrating links and all the tips from other users.
Here is what finally worked:
1) Settings > Privacy > Location Services > On
2) Settings > General > Date & Time > Set Automatically > On
3) Reboot device until Apple logo appears
4) Settings > Messages > Sign In

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Good morning GoldCylon,
I'm not sure if you have seen this article yet, but it goes over some troubleshooting steps specifically for activating iMessage.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4268
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ok--so I went to log into iCIoud, on my iMac, and got a message that my password has expired and that I needed to change it. I did.
I am able to log into iTunes, the app store, FaceTime and iMessage on my iMac, Mac Book and iPad. I cannot however log in to iMessage on my iPhone 5. I am able to log into all the other apps and such.
The address is entered properly, as is the password. I am making sure that every key entry for my password is correct as I am entering it but after multiple, and I mean multiple, tries it still fails telling me that my username or password is incorrect. Again, this has only affected my iMessage.
Ideas?

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I still have iOS 6.1 on my iPod 4 and I've been using iMessage for approximately a year now without any problems, so this is my first (and hopefully only).
Whenever I go on the "iMessage" app, it sends me to the beginning iMessage page (the one where you "Get Started") even though I've already done this when I went on iMessage the very first time. I followed the iMessage account setup thingy, where you enter your Apple ID and password. After that page, it sent me to the page where it asks me if I would like to be known as "[email protected]" and I tapped "Next". It makes me wait for a while before going back to the iMessage account setup (where I enter my Apple ID and password). I tried repeating the account setup but it just keeps on sending me back.
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I have an old iPod Touch with old software that can no longer be updated:
iOS version 6.1.6
I've been searching for a solution to my iMessage login problem for months and tried everything from those frustrating links and all the tips from other users.
Here is what finally worked:
1) Settings > Privacy > Location Services > On
2) Settings > General > Date & Time > Set Automatically > On
3) Reboot device until Apple logo appears
4) Settings > Messages > Sign In

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When I try to use imessage or face time it asks for my Apple ID but it won't connect why? It tells me that i need to check my internet connection.

Update: I have also tried on an iPhone and I got the same result. It's as if something needs to be enabled to allow an apple ID to work on iMessage, but I cannot see any setting...

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I can not log into iMessage.
It keeps giving me the error of unable to connect to network.
It says:
iMessage Activation
Could not sign in.
Please check yout network connection and try again.
My email is correct and so is my password.
It happens on wifi and 4G.
What can be causing this?
Stan

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3. Restart iPad
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I've found the answer to this (at least for me)!
The problem is I have 2 AppleIDs. One from before MobileMe which I use to make iTunes purchases (which is linked to my @me.com email) and the second is my MobileMe email address used for MobileMe syncing.
Each AppleID has to be linked to a separate email address. Because my iTunes Apple ID is linked and verified to my @me.com address. My @me.com AppleID address can't be verified.....quite confusing at first but starts to make sense once you get your head around it!
See this thread for futher explanation: https://discussions.apple.com/message/16414211#16414211

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Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then try the action that you're having trouble with again. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

Why can't I sign into iMessage using my Apple ID?

I have just created a new Apple ID so that I can use iMessages across my devices without receiving my wife's messages.
The ID must be set up okay as I have logged into this community and posted this question with it. I have done the e-mail verification as well.
How ever, if I try to log into iMessage, I get an error saying 'Incorrect Apple ID or password'. Can anyone tell me what is going wrong please, because this is driving me nuts!
Cheers,
Dave

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Hi,
There can be many reasons why the Login is "up the creek".
Any break in the network at your end whilst logged in will cause an issue.
A sort of discrepancy between what iChat thinks the state should be and what the server thinks.
If they don't agree the server will refuse to accept.
A Crash at the server end which does not log you out properly will also do it.
Any file at any time can be come corrupted.
Luckily with the iChat .plists they are recreated if removed with an iChat Restart.
If it were AIM you can also get your Account Suspended and this will not log you in.
(It tends to happen from Chat rooms where people notify AIM about bad behaviour (as they see it) and you have to apply to get Un-suspended).
Most of the big IM services use multiple servers.
Sometimes these go out of Sync.
In the case of AIM this happens when they remove Old unused Screen Names from people's Buddy List prior to making them available for re-registration. I am not sure if this happens at Google.
You seem to be talking about an account that has worked at Work and having new computer at home.
As I mentioned the Priority thing you have not said that it has coincided with the new computer logging in (this will kick the work Computer out of Google whether you are logged in on the Web Mail page or in iChat)
IN addition to that iChat stays partially logged in for Off Line IMs
This is done in the background by a support app called iChatAgent
If your Computer is ON but ichat is not started people can still send you Messages.
Instead of saving these on the server until you login iChat will start up.
Depending if the home Mac is effecting the Work Login it may be holding sway over your Login.
Using your girlfriend's login may have booted her Off Line where she normally uses the name/login.
The AIM Side can be specifically set to allow Multiple Logins and therefore NOT allow them. If this happens you get a warning and messages to do something about it.
You do not get these in any Jabber or Google Login as the Priority setting is supposed to take care of it.
If the Login works at the Web Mail Login and on one computer then the .plist on the work computer is the most likely issue.
There is a small chance that a Corrupt Buddy Pic (Home Folder/Library/Caches/com.apple.iChat/Pictures) may be the cause.
Set this folder to icon view and also use the Finder's View Menu > Show View Options and select icon view.
This should show all pics as their icon.
Check that all display properly.
At this point I would try a COMBO version update install of the last Update you did over what you have.
This often corrects hard to trace things
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