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Anyone else having problems trying to activate iMessage on iOS 7 [Merged]

I had an issue with iMessage when I first installed iOS 7. I activated/deactivated iMessage quite a few times. Finally I switched it off, restarted my device, and then enabled it and it works perfectly now. I even got the notifications on my Mac of the email addresses/phone number added to iMessage.
 
iPhone4Jay said:
I erased all content and settings from the iPhones settings. Setup the iPhone from a iCloud backup and it seems to have fixed the problem.

iPhone 5 Verizon (Att Sim Installed)
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Thank you! Quick question was this backup before or after installing ios 7?
 
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iCloud Backup

iphone46 said:
Thank you! I have found that manually restoring with ibackupbot does not go as planned. Quick question was this backup before or after installing ios 7?
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It was an iCloud Back up after I had iOS 7 installed. I also have a back up of my device on itunes (before iOS 7 install)
 
iMessage has also stopped working for me in the iOS 7 beta. I still receive messages on my other devices, but I never receive anything on my iPhone. I can still send though. I even turned it off then on again, rebooted; same thing.
 
Messages, both on iOS 7 and 10.9, did not function with iCloud for me until I signed in using specifically my @me address. Generally in the past, I've used my regular GMail address and, although it is also associated with my iCloud account, now I must use my @me address for iMessage to work properly across devices.
 
Mine was fine for two days and started today. But noticed iMessage and FaceTime would work on my Apple ID but not my phone # on I5 Verizon. This fixed mine. I signed out Apple ID on both and turned off then powered up and now it works with my phone number. PS not dev UDID registered and used update iTunes method. Sorry for the people that wasted time with the 3 R's. (Reboot, reset, restore)
 
TruthbeQuiet said:
Has this been tested on a iPhone 4S?
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In theory, it should work because all it's doing is telling the device to deactivate all connection to Apple... APN, FaceTime, iMessage, Siri, etc... All these services connect with Apple and when you deactivate with redsnow, it severs all ties with their servers. When you go in and reactivate, it starts a fresh connection, which is why it would work. When you restore from a backup, the connection is not "new" it is being overwritten by the old connection from the backup.
 
I just realease that the activation issue is with the phone number! For some reason it apears in grey not black as it should...
Turn the starting iMessage to email and not to the number... It's working now!

iPhone 5, iOS 7
 
Fix without restore or redsn0w

Okay! I found that redsn0w only fixed the probably for a little while for me so I would try this it shouldn't take more than 5 minutes. This will restore your corrupt network and apple activation files with ones from a nice squeaky clean install. This will work with all carriers.
1)Go to *link removed temp*
2) Open the file and press extract all and save it somewhere
3)Open iBackbot and click File->open
4)Open the folder where you extracted the backup
5) right click the backup it should be named iOS7
6)Press restore to device
7)Leave everything as is but click Particular restore and then uncheck both of the checkboxes next to system files and application data
8) press the arrow next to system files and make sure other system files is checked
9) press restore! The phone may crash to the home screen!
10) Phone will restart itself....iMessage fixed!
11)Optional: Reset network settings. Go to Settings->General->About and change your iPhone name back(changed to "iOS 7").
Also, this shouldn't affect anything else(no personal items will be lost)!
 
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"It was the lug nut.... FIXED IT!"

I had this issue earlier today iPhone 5 Verizon and iPhone 4 AT&T. Not sure if this solution was already mentioned i only read the first 2 pages of posts.

Settings -> General -> Reset -> Reset All Settings - > Confirm "Reset All Settings"

Unfortunately you will lose your personal settings, however you will retain all your data and apps. Another source recommended "Reset Network Settings" , I tried this method without success. I would suggest trying this method first since you will lose less preferences. His video did demonstrate this method working. If network settings does not work try the steps i mentioned above.

Bonus points if you recognize the quote in my title :cool:
 
One additional issue

I ran into a minor issue after following the steps i presented above. After reseting all settings, Siri is mysteriously disabled. I would expect that it would be automatically enabled after doing the reset.

When i try to reenable Siri (Settings -> General -> Siri) it wont let me reenable. When i slide the toggle to the on position i get a prompt stating "The information Siri uses to respond to your requests will be removed from Apple Servers. If you want to use Siri later, it will take time to re-send this information." The only options I have are "Disable Siri" and "Cancel".

This is strange because this prompt SHOULD appear when im Deactivating Siri, not activating. Very strange, probably a minor bug.

This is not a show stopper issue just a minor annoyance. Any suggestions?
 
Nothing has worked for me so far. I've reset network settings, I've reset all settings, I've done a clean restore of ios 7, although I did use a backup from iTunes.
 
Has anyone noticed that there's an unusually large representation of the iPhone 4S here? I've had the same issues too, sometimes it works in some restores but soon after its gone. Enable then the Settings.app crashes.
 
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try this

sign out
power off device
power on
sign in
kill ALL apps from multitasking
go back to imessages settings


look me theree days with no registration
 
Installed ios7 on an iPhone 4S, but I'm getting a "waiting for activation" message. I've tried everything from various forums, and still no luck. I'm starting to believe the only fix is going to be a back up and restore and then re download ios7
 
Anyone else having problems try to activate iMessage on iOS 7 [Merged]

Hey,

I can only send iMessages to a few people since upgrading to iOS7. If I go to start a new message it shows green as if the cant receieve iMessages so I call them and they say it's working and they send me a iMessage which I get and can reply to the message as an iMessage.

Here's an example my friend Larry sent me a iMessage which if I reply too I can imessage. If try to start a message to Larry he shows as green as if it's being send as text.


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Thanks Matt
 
Anyone else having problems try to activate iMessage on iOS7

I keep on getting activation unsuccessful. Turn on iMessage to try again.

anyone else getting this, is there a fix anywhere.
 
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