Hello everyone. I downloaded ios 7 and now facetime and iMessage wont activate. They both say Waiting for activation, I tried resetting network settings and that didnt work. Any ideas please?
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iMessage and Facetime not activating
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I installed IOS7 GM last week on 3 phones. Had this issue on one of them and there is no fix. I did everything possible, restore, recover from backup. not logging in to icloud. It didn't matter, its like the problem was associated with the phones serial number. My fix was downgrading back to ios 6.1.4. Also note that it may connect after a while of trying and then just randomly disconnect again. Makes no sense to me.
true but apples servers were not hammered last week. the only thing i didn't do is wait 24 hours. all of this was done in a matter of hours.
Me too, wasn't sure if it was just a temporary problem with all the users updating at the same time, seemingly not.....
I am seeing the same thing... hope it is just a server issue and will be fixed soon. It renders Find Friends useless, the alerts will not go away.
Try and check that you Apple ID password is correctly entered (maybe in iTunes store, for example), since both apps depends on your Apple ID.
I'm also having the same issue.
Hoping it's just a server issue because the update is new so they're getting hammered like someone else said. That and a couple apps I need for school not being updated are the reason I'm not downloading iOS 7 on my iPad just yet.
Hoping it's just a server issue because the update is new so they're getting hammered like someone else said. That and a couple apps I need for school not being updated are the reason I'm not downloading iOS 7 on my iPad just yet.
I had a similar problem on one phone with my cell service not activating. I had to reset network settings and reboot the phone to get everything working. It might be work giving a try if it doesn't resolve it self. Settings -> General -> Reset -> Reset Network Settings
Did that twice already, no discernible change. Perhaps third time is the charm?
Nothing works. I installed again and while it worked at the beginning like last time. It just disconnected and won't activate again. This is an apple issue. Restores don't work
i Got the same problem " Waiting for Activation ", and i was able to solve it, doing the following procedure:
"If you have an iPhone and for some strange reason (you switched phone numbers or phones) your iMessages app is only showing your e-mail address and not your phone number, or the wrong phone number, turn off iMessage / Facetime, simply text Act1vate to +447537410277 . After that, turn iMessage on, and reboot. It Should be working after that "
I adapted the text a bit, cause i followed the instructions also from this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVmbdvbZMbQ
WARNING: You will be charged an International SMS, but hey, there´s no free lunches, right ?
( Taken from here - https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/324487/ )
"If you have an iPhone and for some strange reason (you switched phone numbers or phones) your iMessages app is only showing your e-mail address and not your phone number, or the wrong phone number, turn off iMessage / Facetime, simply text Act1vate to +447537410277 . After that, turn iMessage on, and reboot. It Should be working after that "
I adapted the text a bit, cause i followed the instructions also from this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVmbdvbZMbQ
WARNING: You will be charged an International SMS, but hey, there´s no free lunches, right ?
( Taken from here - https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/324487/ )
Well I seem to have fixed my issues. Within iTunes I created a backup, then did a "Restore iPhone" (NOT "Restore Backup").
Then after the phone was wiped I restored the backup, and now iMessage, FaceTime, and push notifications are all working as expected.
Then after the phone was wiped I restored the backup, and now iMessage, FaceTime, and push notifications are all working as expected.
Might have another solution. If you have multiple devices using same iMessage, log out and disable from all devices and reset all devices. Then try again to log into icloud on all of them.