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when i try to turn on my imessages in imessage, it doesn’t work. for like 10 seconds it’ll say “waiting for activation” and then it’ll say activation unsuccessful. i’ve already tried powering off my phone and resetting my settings and things like that. do you know what i can do??

Posted on Jun 30, 2021 7:12 PM

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Posted on Jun 30, 2021 7:15 PM

Make sure iPhone has an International SMS plan enabled by your carrier,

iMessage use this to verify you on their server.

More info here => If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime - Apple Support


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