I am trying to activate iMessage and Facetime but getting the following error message: "The username or passowrd was incorrect. Try again." although my username and password are both correct. Please, help and advise.
iPhone 4S, iOS 6
I have the same problem
And i make reinstall to iOS 6
iMessage works will after 3 trails
But FaceTime not
They both are working fine with me on my mobile number. However, the issue is when trying to get them work with the Apple ID.
What countries you guys in? FaceTime does not work in some Arab countries
I am from Oman where both iMessages and Facetime work. Moreover, the same Apple ID works fine with me on my iPad 2 for both of them; Facetime and iMessage.
Thank you Ocean20 for the article. For sure, the article is not related to me since Oman is not having any problem with both Facetime and iMessage.
Same here! I'm located in NZ. Can't seem to login to my Facetime / iMessage on my iMac.
I was having the same problem and tried everything, then I decided to send a text to someone with an Iphone and voila, when back to messages and facetime the were both activated.
Not working for me with Apple ID on my iphone4 but my MBP works fine. this started soon after upgrading to iOS6. I am on Maxis - Hotlink Malaysia.
Since upgrading to ios6, I am not able to use facetime on my phones. Yes, I do live in an arab country, Qatar, however facetime has worked on my iphone 4, iphone 4s, ipad2 and my macbook pro. I also just got my Iphone 5, unlocked at factory and it also can not use facetime. When I try to put in my apple id and password, i get the same message, password and user name not correct. However I know they are correct because I am able to use it to get into icloud.
Lets mark this down as another io6 problem.
Anyone have a fix for this?
i am having teh same problem. i just upgraded to ios 6 on my iphone 4 and imessenger is fine to send and receive but when i go to settings and try to register it with my apple ID i get an error that the username and password are not correct, although i am usung the apple ID fine in app store for example. anyone knows what this is?
also, i was wondering, while setting up my iphone after the upgrade to ios 6, in one of teh steps when i started using the phone, it asked for teh apple ID password to do soemthing related to icloud, imessenger and facetime. it also gave the option on the phone screen to "skip this step" which i did, i skiped the stem and thought if i wanted to i can go back and do it manually from the settings any time. i think it was something related to downloading new features for the icloud. i messenger and facetime.
could this have been the case? but i mean if i had the option to "skip the step" it means that it is not something drastic and can always be done manually later.
anyone has feedback?
It has nothing to do with skip that step. I've tried turning off the option to use facetime while not on wi-fi thinking that might be the problem, but it didnt work, still can't get it to accept my apple id.
have the same problem
Hello,
Same problem, facetime worked fine till the upgrade to IOS6 on the iPad2. immediatley after. the iphone 4s works fine before and after. Macbook Air works fine. all using the same user and password. the ipad2 message i get is wrong user/password.
iMessage & Facetime Activation Error
