Q: iMessage "An error occurred during activation. Try again."

My iMessage registration says "An error occurred during activation. Try again." So this just recently happened around 5 hours ago, this is so annoying! I already tried the google DNS (8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4) , I already tried the time "Automatically ON", & i have already tried restoring my iPod 4th Gen running 5.1.1 & Yes before this happened i was messaging "eligible" iMessage accounts. Please any help?

Posted on Jul 22, 2012 1:23 AM

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MartinF123

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This is annoying, becuase my facetime is working fine & the iMessage ain't working. At first i thought the servers were down but then i asked my brother & his was working perfectly. Is it possible for your ipod to be banned from it or something?

Posted on Jul 22, 2012 1:41 AM

Q: iMessage "An error occurred during activation. Try again."

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by MartinF123,

MartinF123 Jul 22, 2012 4:17 PM in response to allye3
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Jul 22, 2012 4:17 PM in response to allye3

Ummm, i'm not sure but i'll tell them to check right now when they get back home. But this is really frustrating.
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by apolloVR4,

apolloVR4 Jul 22, 2012 4:21 PM in response to allye3
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Jul 22, 2012 4:21 PM in response to allye3

Still can't activate my phone... This is really frustrating.
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by allye3,

allye3 Jul 22, 2012 4:22 PM in response to MartinF123
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Jul 22, 2012 4:22 PM in response to MartinF123

It's working fine for me now. (United States)
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by Sampang,

Sampang Jul 22, 2012 4:22 PM in response to MartinF123
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Jul 22, 2012 4:22 PM in response to MartinF123

iMessage stopped working for me. Works on my wife's phone.

Settings> Messages> Use your apple ID for message> Enter Apple Id =
"An error occurred during activation. Try Again".

I try again. Same message...

What is the magic number of retries?
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by apple guy 2000,

apple guy 2000 Jul 22, 2012 4:22 PM in response to MartinF123
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Jul 22, 2012 4:22 PM in response to MartinF123

Can't believe it my american one still dosnt work!!
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by MartinF123,

MartinF123 Jul 22, 2012 4:24 PM in response to allye3
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Jul 22, 2012 4:24 PM in response to allye3

It's working for me too! Thank you all for the support. I hope that you all have your problems resolved, just wait patiently. (Although we all now we can't.)
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by allye3,

allye3 Jul 22, 2012 4:25 PM in response to Sampang
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Jul 22, 2012 4:25 PM in response to Sampang

Try sending a message to another Apple user. My message sent as "iMessage", therfore I knew mine was working again.
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by ryrymc,

ryrymc Jul 22, 2012 4:29 PM in response to MartinF123
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Jul 22, 2012 4:29 PM in response to MartinF123

iMessage is working for me now, FaceTime still says that its validating my phone number... but my email works at least. I'm in the US.
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by Michellevp ,

Michellevp Jul 22, 2012 4:29 PM in response to MartinF123
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Jul 22, 2012 4:29 PM in response to MartinF123

It's working for me too now.( U.S.) thank Goodness. I guess in time everyone will be back up and running.
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by texasfire,

texasfire Jul 22, 2012 4:30 PM in response to MartinF123
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Jul 22, 2012 4:30 PM in response to MartinF123

Finally, imessage and facetime working on mine. (Texas)
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by MartinF123,

MartinF123 Jul 22, 2012 4:31 PM in response to ryrymc
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Jul 22, 2012 4:31 PM in response to ryrymc

Well all i cared about was my imessages facetime i don't really use it. Again thank you all for your responses.
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by apolloVR4,

apolloVR4 Jul 22, 2012 4:31 PM in response to Michellevp
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Jul 22, 2012 4:31 PM in response to Michellevp

Lucky

I really hope my phone can finally connect to activate the phone so I can restore from backup and be done with this whole mess.
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by Sisisiliano,

Sisisiliano Jul 22, 2012 4:32 PM in response to apolloVR4
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Jul 22, 2012 4:32 PM in response to apolloVR4

Yeah, my iPod isn't working yet. Hopefully soon though!
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by Sampang,

Sampang Jul 22, 2012 4:33 PM in response to MartinF123
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Jul 22, 2012 4:33 PM in response to MartinF123

The issue seems to have been fixed. iMessage is working now. Maybe it was a server side issue.
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by D.C.F.,

D.C.F. Jul 22, 2012 4:34 PM in response to allye3
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Jul 22, 2012 4:34 PM in response to allye3

You have to wait literally 24hrs from the moment you got your new device.

I got my iPhone upgraded yesterday and it literally just started working (24hrs later).

If after 24hrs doesn't work then go to the apple store or call. But I'm sure it will work.

Happy waiting!
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