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Cannot sign into my appleid to turn on iMessage on my iPhone

Posted on Dec 30, 2019 4:38 PM

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Posted on Dec 30, 2019 5:20 PM

What happens when you try? Error message(s)?


Do you have access to another WiFi network where you can try? That has worked for several people.


Try a restart.


Restart your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch


Try a forced restart.


Reset Device


If necessary


Hard reset


Do a backup and try a factory reset. Then restore from your backup.


Restore to Factory setting


Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup

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Dec 30, 2019 5:20 PM in response to Andrew4653

What happens when you try? Error message(s)?


Do you have access to another WiFi network where you can try? That has worked for several people.


Try a restart.


Restart your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch


Try a forced restart.


Reset Device


If necessary


Hard reset


Do a backup and try a factory reset. Then restore from your backup.


Restore to Factory setting


Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup

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