I've never gotten iMessage to work

[GREEN4U]

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]

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]

Have you tried restoring the phone at all? That usually takes care of 90% of software bugs.

 

[Applejuiced]

That sucks.
Are you on official carrier?
Did you search to see how others got it to work? There's many ideas people posted on how they got theirs activated.

 

[eyoungren]

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.