Facetime - Waiting for Activation???

if you kept your existing messeging plan with at&t named iPhone Messaging Unlimited you need to change this to Messaging Unlimited, you will also have to make sure your Show Caller ID is set to ON. i went through the setup process with some very helpful reps at AT&T and Apple support.

I am on wifi but i am unable to see the other person. All i see is myslef

Try sending a sms message to someone. If it fails, call ATT to enable text message. Facetime works after sms is enabled.

I, too, have the same issue with facetime showing "waiting for activation". I do not have texts enabled via AT&T. Is there a workaround available?

My brother had same problem and he solved it by going to settings and resetting network settings

You may enable text for pay-per-use. I enabled for pay-per-use and slide Facetime to OFF. power off/on iphone 4. Slide facetime back ON. It worked.

It took a day for me. The text portion was on but I kept getting the error. It took 3 times of resetting my network settings for it to take. I had the issue even after a full wipe of the phone.

That is so true .... Thanks !!!!!

OK, I had this problem with one of my iPhone 4s.
These are the steps I took to resolve this:
Call ATT and ask them to reset/check that the phone # you are having Facetime problems with has text messaging turned on. You may have had it on yourplan, but ATT has removed it and it needs to be reinstated.
Then, after you can send a text message successfully to another phone, go sync it with iTunes. After that, your Facetime should be operational assuming you also have wifi connected and are calling another iPhone 4. Hope this helps!

it worked before i restored from a backup so i guess i suffer from the same issue

scratch that. all i did was restart the phone and now facetime works

My father was having this problem. I had him send a text message--it went through, and FaceTime worked after that. So if the text sends correctly, try FaceTime again--it just might work.

Facttime Activation.

1. Check for 3G Singnal first
2. Connect to WiFi ( Replaces 3G with Wifi Signal)
3. Turn on Facetime.
4. If it is not working, then send Text message to another cell phone, if it fails to be received, then call Apple to enable at least pay per use Text message.
5. Re-set Network settings.
6. re-connect Wifi
7. Turn of Phone for 30 secs..
8. Check Facttime...it will be working

Do you have to have a text servicing plan, or will it work without it?

I had initially tried network settings, it did not work.

Better Solution:

Click on General --- Reset ---- Reset All Settings. That worked for me.