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I've never gotten iMessage to work

G

GREEN4U

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Mar 24, 2010
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392
Problem:

- iMessage has never worked on my iPhone 5.
- It continually says "Waiting for Activation" in my settings
- Then when I login with my Apple ID/password it says "iMessage Activation. Could not sign in. Please check your network connection and try again."

What I've tried:

- Going to my Apple ID settings online and inputting my cell phone number.
- Signing in to FaceTime (FYI its the same issue with FaceTime settings, but I guess I've never cared to use FaceTime.) but I can't sign in to that either.

Thanks and Happy Thxgiving!
 
tymaster50

tymaster50

Suspended
Oct 3, 2012
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Oregon
If you have a backup that had iMessage on then restore to that and iMessage will be on. Other than that I don't know how to fix it.
 
NT1440

NT1440

macrumors G5
May 18, 2008
14,622
20,815
Have you tried restoring the phone at all? That usually takes care of 90% of software bugs.
 
eyoungren

eyoungren

macrumors Penryn
Aug 31, 2011
28,775
26,843
What about resetting your Apple ID password? Log out of iCloud, go to the Apple website to reset the password then log back in to iCloud with the new password.
 
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