iMessage activation error on iPhone 13

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

Posted on Apr 30, 2026 6:36 AM

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Apr 30, 2026 9:45 AM in response to ZAAGGAA01

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

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iMessage activation error on iPhone 13

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