"Waiting for Activation" iMessage and Facetime on brand new iPhone 4s

Doing a Network Setting reset was the final step for me to fix this issue.

Hope this helps others, I was getting a little annoyed to say the least.

Michael

I concur. I did not do anything else but do a network setting rest from the settings>general...reset network settings. This worked instantly for both imessage and facetime.

Simply going to https://appleid.apple.com, selecting "Manage your AppleID", navigating to phone numbers, entering the number again (even though it was listed correctly) and saving it, solved the problem for me.

ChristopheLemaire's solution worked like charm, I have tried everything like reset network setting, full restore, DNS changed to 8.8.8.8 But simple solution work.NOTE: Even though I didn't have any restriction on, still I tried this and solution worked. Thanks thanks a ton!!

Steps I took -> wifi was enabled and had imessage and face time my apple id signed in.

1) Turn off imessage, face time (keep signed in)

2) Goto General-> restriction-> enable restriction and tune off face time and turne it on again.

3) Go back to imessage and Bingo it worked

4) go to face time turn it on if it's still shows waiting for activation, click ur apple id and select log out and sign in again..it will activate.

Great!!! I got problem with Facetime but I did as your instruction and it worked. Thank you too much

Oh my god!!! Thank you so much, Meridyn! After HOURS of searching, this actually worked!! I didn't even have to sign in again, it just had my phone number selected when I rebooted! I realize this is old, but you have no idea how much you helped!

I am new here. I have a iPhone 4 GSM running IOS 6.1.3 I can not get imessage to work. I have tried about all the things suggested and notheing is working. Most seem to deal with the iPhone 5 though. Does anyone know how to fix this with the iPhone 4?

Thanks,

Chuck

did you tried above steps?

make sure wifi is enabled and keep signed in imessage and face time with ur apple id.

1) Turn off imessage, face time (keep signed in)

2) Goto General-> restriction-> enable restriction and tune off face time and turne it on again. even though u don't have restriction, still do it.

3) Go back to imessage and turn on.

4) If it's still shows waiting for activation, click ur apple id and select log out and sign in again..it will activate.

This worked for me as well 🙂

Thanks 'lickspittle' for your time and effort.........because of this info you posted my phone is running perfectly. thankyou.

This reset process fixed the problem for me on iOS 7, too. Thanks for the tip!

i've iPhone 4 CDMA and i was tried above step but doesn't work what should i do?

"Reset All Settings" didn't work for me, either. What worked for me is "Erase All Content and Settings."

After doing this, I was waiting for iCloud to bring back all the date and settings. While it was still doing that, I checked iMessage and Facetime, and neither was working. I got tired, so I went online and made an appointment to go into an Apple store and then went to bed.

When I woke up in the morning, VOILA! Both iMessage and Facetime were working just fine!

Thanks alot dude....its working for me 🙂🙂

🙂 thank you. i am extremely glad you shared your KNOWLEDGE !!!!! Thank YOU.