iMessage activation error on iPhone 13

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First, try the following steps:

• Disable any VPN connections and restart your iPhone or tell Siri: "Restart".
• Learn how to update your iPhone to the latest version of iOS.
• Learn what to do if your iPhone won’t update.

Sign in issue:

Learn what to do → If you can’t turn on or sign in to iMessage.

Connection issue:

Learn what to do → If you can't send or receive messages.

Need more help?

• Contact Apple Support if you still can't send or receive iMessages
• Contact your carrier if you still can't send or receive SMS, MMS or RCS messages

Additional help:

• United States: 1-800-APLCARE.
• Contact Apple Support.
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Good Luck! 👋🏼😉

Smiliñ 😎 Brian | Community Volunteer

Hello~ Are you receiving an error? If so …one of these perhaps?*

• Waiting for activation
• Activation unsuccessful
• An error occurred during activation
• Could not sign in, please check your network connection
• Unable to contact the iMessage server. Try again.

Click on below and review…

If you can’t turn on or sign in to iMessage or FaceTime on your iPhone - Apple Support*

Also…

Contact Apple Support - Apple Support

~Katana-San~

ZAAGGAA01 wrote:

Hello i’m really frustrated I can’t activate my imessage. It always says “iMessage Activation - An error occurred during activation. Please try again”. On my iPhone 13 iOS 18 and I already tried turning imessage on and off, airplane mode, restarting my phone and even resettting my network settings. But nothing happened it still doesn’t work please help

If you can’t turn on or sign in to iMessage or FaceTime on your iPhone - Apple Support