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I searched all over the net but my iPhone 6 wouldn’t activate iMessage and FaceTime after SIM swap.
This worked for me;
Turned off iMessage and FaceTime
Soft reset iPhone (power+home)
Reset network setting
Turn on Airplane mode / turn off
Turn on iMessage.
Should activate immediately
Turn on FaceTime
iPhone 6, iOS 12
If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime
To use iMessage or FaceTime, you need to activate them on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. If you see an error message during activation, follow these steps.
When activating iMessage or FaceTime, you might see one of these messages:
Check your device settings
Turn off and restart iMessage and FaceTime
Still not activated after a day?
It might take up to 24 hours to activate iMessage and FaceTime. If the issue continues after 24 hours, follow these steps:
If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime ...
https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT201422
If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime
To use iMessage or FaceTime, you need to activate them on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. If you see an error message during activation, follow these steps.
When activating iMessage or FaceTime, you might see one of these messages:
Check your device settings
Turn off and restart iMessage and FaceTime
Still not activated after a day?
It might take up to 24 hours to activate iMessage and FaceTime. If the issue continues after 24 hours, follow these steps:
If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime ...
https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT201422
Dear Mr. SravanKrA,
Thanks for pitching in...these and many other suggested over the net did not work for me. My problem was further complicated as my phone number was not showing up in iMessage and was greyed out in Facetime with a spinner.
I tried everything, even waited for 3days but iMessage & Facetime was still "waiting for activation".
So I tried mixing up the suggestions and wow, it worked.
iMessage not activated
