Constant message saying: turn on imessage turn on icloud and turn on FaceTime

Every time I open my iPhone 17 pro I get the message Turn on imessage! Turn on icloud and turn on FaceTime!! I have tried turning these on and off and powering down but this does not solve the issue!!

iPhone 17 Pro, iOS 26

Posted on Oct 30, 2025 8:10 AM

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Oct 30, 2025 11:51 AM in response to Community User

JSberg wrote:

There is no guarantee that it will work, but try this.

First. Go to:
Settings > Apps > Messages > Send & Receive > uncheck your phone number. Leave your email address checked. Then disable iMessages.

Now. Go to:
Settings > Apps > FaceTime > uncheck your phone number. Leave your email address checked. Then disable FaceTime.

Then turn off your iPhone, wait a bit, and turn it back on. Make sure you are connected to WiFi, then go in and enable iMessage and FaceTime again, and if your number is not checked, do so.

That is interesting, the addition of unchecking the number before turning them off is a new one on me.

As they already tried turning imessage and facetime off, restarted, and turned them in again, I didn’t include that remedy here. Love to see if that works better, I’ll change my saved answer!

Oct 30, 2025 12:01 PM in response to LD150

I'm also curious if it works. I imagine it's a registration error, and removing the phone number, deactivating, and reactivating may force iMessages to reregister the phone number, and stop asking to be activated. But we'll see - I hope the thread starter gets back to us with an answer.

Oct 30, 2025 11:44 AM in response to Mally789

There is no guarantee that it will work, but try this.


First. Go to:

Settings > Apps > Messages > Send & Receive > uncheck your phone number. Leave your email address checked. Then disable iMessages.


Now. Go to:

Settings > Apps > FaceTime > uncheck your phone number. Leave your email address checked. Then disable FaceTime.


Then turn off your iPhone, wait a bit, and turn it back on. Make sure you are connected to WiFi, then go in and enable iMessage and FaceTime again, and if your number is not checked, do so.

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