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My phone number can’t be used for iMessage anymore. Says waiting for activation

iPhone 7 Plus, iOS 15

Posted on May 5, 2022 2:18 PM

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May 5, 2022 7:08 PM in response to Oklolnobye

Some things you can try. 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. See the section towards the end of the article.


Reset Device. -


If necessary


Hard reset.     -


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


Restore to Factory setting.      *


Restore - If you see an error when you update or restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod.   *


Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup.     *

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