Can't sign into iMessage on iPad

Saturday, May 27th, I was signed out of iMessage on my iPad overnight and I've been unable to sign back in since then. I changed my password that day thinking someone might've gotten access to my account somehow. I signed out of my Apple ID, signed back in, and shut off/turned back on my iPad, but nothing has helped.

I'll open iMessage and it'll prompt me to enter my ID/password, which I do, then it loads for a few minutes before giving me an "Unable to contact the FaceTime server" error. When I go into iMessage or FaceTime in settings, the entire app freezes and I have to close/reopen it to get it to work again. My OS is up to date and iMessage still works perfectly fine on my iPhone.

I have no clue why I was signed out to begin with (while I was fast asleep, mind you) and I'm at a loss for how to fix this. Any help is appreciated.

iPad Pro

Posted on May 29, 2023 12:17 PM

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fistndwarves

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Posted on May 13, 2024 2:52 AM

I had this issue with iMessage on iPad. I tried countless times to log in, but without success. I also went into Settings -> Messages but that didn't give me any options.

What DID work was going into Settings -> Facetime. That allowed me to log in (and it did so quickly), and then when I went back to Messages I was then similarly able to log in (also quickly). Problem solved.

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