Wind Mobile Activate iMessage / Facetime

Hi guys, please if there is anyone from Downtown Vancouver here, I will pay you to make my iMessage working with my mobile number. I had Fido and I switched to Wind today and it doesnt work for me. Just send me an email to vacek.ondrej@yahoo.com so we can deal this. Thank you!!!

i follow instruction steps on www.theonlinemac.com/wind, and i can't find the hex numbers in logs, then i follow your suggestion and now i see hex numbers but the sender is WIND so thus, it is an invalid HEX when i try to active it,

any suggestion how to obtain corrective HEX numbers? -ios 8 , iPhone 6 plus

thank you

So I was finally able to get a hex code from my log (it took about an hour to show up) but when I paste it into the site and it says it's sending off a silent sms to my number but nothing happens after. my iMessage still reads waiting for activation. Is there anyone able to take a look at my log to see if I'm doing something wrong or has anyone else run into this?

EDIT: My iMessage just changed to read Activation unsuccessful, Turn in iMessage to try again...... Anyone seen this?

Simple fix: IT WORKED FOR ME! 🙂

Although the iPhone is not supported by WIND’s technical support team, below you will find the steps necessary to enable select features on compatible iPhone 5/5c/5s.

Important: Please make sure your iPhone is connected to a Wi-Fi network or a computer with iTunes.

Data:

Step 1: Open the Settings App
Step 2: Tap Cellular followed by Cellular Data Network
Step 3: Under the Cellular Data heading enter the following information:

APN: internet.windmobile.ca
All Other Fields: leave blank

Picture messaging (MMS):

Step 1: Open the Settings App
Step 2: Tap Cellular followed by Cellular Data Network.
Step 3: Under the MMS heading enter the following information:

APN: MMS.windmobile.ca
MMSC: http://mms.windmobile.ca
Proxy: 74.115.197.70:8080
All Other Fields: leave blank

FaceTime:

Step 1: Open the Settings App
Step 2: Tap FaceTime
Step 3: Ensure “You can be reached by FaceTime at (appleID)” is selected.

iMessage:

Step 1: Open the Settings App
Step 2: Tap Messages
Step 3: Tap Send & Receive
Step 4: Confirm the following is selected: “You can be reached by iMessage at (appleID)”

Please note, at this time the use of FaceTime and iMessage on WIND network compatible iPhones does not support phone number-based access and therefore certain Apple-developed applications will only function using an Apple ID. This is a known issue, requiring further investigation by Apple.

WORKED FOR ME!

Although the iPhone is not supported by WIND’s technical support team, below you will find the steps necessary to enable select features on compatible iPhone 5/5c/5s.

Important: Please make sure your iPhone is connected to a Wi-Fi network or a computer with iTunes.

Data:

Step 1: Open the Settings App
Step 2: Tap Cellular followed by Cellular Data Network
Step 3: Under the Cellular Data heading enter the following information:

APN: internet.windmobile.ca
All Other Fields: leave blank

Picture messaging (MMS):

Step 1: Open the Settings App
Step 2: Tap Cellular followed by Cellular Data Network.
Step 3: Under the MMS heading enter the following information:

APN: MMS.windmobile.ca
MMSC: http://mms.windmobile.ca
Proxy: 74.115.197.70:8080
All Other Fields: leave blank

FaceTime:

Step 1: Open the Settings App
Step 2: Tap FaceTime
Step 3: Ensure “You can be reached by FaceTime at (appleID)” is selected.

iMessage:

Step 1: Open the Settings App
Step 2: Tap Messages
Step 3: Tap Send & Receive
Step 4: Confirm the following is selected: “You can be reached by iMessage at (appleID)”

Please note, at this time the use of FaceTime and iMessage on WIND network compatible iPhones does not support phone number-based access and therefore certain Apple-developed applications will only function using an Apple ID. This is a known issue, requiring further investigation by Apple.

so it seems I'm getting the iMessage activation text but instead of letting me paste it into the site my phone automatically gets the code but it's glitchy. My iMessage settings keep changing to unsuccessful activation as soon as the GMS point to point show up in my logs 😟

sbid248 wrote:

someone help me, I can't manage to get "Copying diagnostic information" pop up on iTunes. I did everything that says on the site.

Any help is appreciated!!

It's generaly fine if you don't see the message, but sync twice.

okay quick question. I did this on my iPhone 5C and it worked flawless however i just upgraded my phone to a 5S and it has the same sim card. would i need to do this again? because my phone won't activate and when i sign into my apple id my number is ghosted. So how do i get my iMessages working on my 5S, it has the same sim card that was in my 5C.

Thanks again

Hi, not yet. My iMessages are still not working through WIND phone number (waiting for activation - no incoming message). If you find someone please let me know then so we can sorted it out together. Thanks!

I had to change my AppleID password (too old) but I didn't realize that the iOS messages must have tried to reauthorize me and failed under the Wind Mobile issue.

I was trying to redo the steps but it kept just signing back into Messages using my Apple ID. I had to sign out of my Messages and FaceTime so it wouldn't use my email to verify. I also seemed to have problems getting a point to point message under Message activation so I resorted to activating under FaceTime, which did show a PDU point to point message in the baseband log.

After that it was simply a copy paste job to smcclay's awesome website.

Following the activation I signed back into Messages with my AppleID and same with FaceTime, and then turned off logging.

I am almost 100% sure that I follow all the instructions on http://www.theonlinemac.com/windhelp, but then when it comes around to syncing my iphone I cant seem to find the file when I manually search it in 'my computer'. I've tried typing it all sorts of ways and it just says 'no items match your search'. And yes I do have hidden files, etc unchecked.

Please please please help me out, otherwise I will have to be forced to change to Fido.

Well, before updating to 8.1 my iMessage worked fine and I set it up on Wind easily w/o any tricks about a year ago when 5s came out.

Now it just constantly shows me "waiting for activation". I tried to activate it through http://www.theonlinemac.com/wind and nothing changes. Already waiting for 2 hours. Hmmm... That's weird.

Trying to catch up on this long thread and get my iPhone 6 iMessage activated on Wind Mobile.
Question: Does everybody get an "Error During Activation" when they turn on iMessage? After clicking "OK", it still gives me "Waiting for activation..." so I have been assuming following the steps will still work.

Also: I've been successful performing all the steps, but have not received the activation message yet. How long does it typically take to receive the activation after sent from the http://www.theonlinemac.com/wind page?

One last question: Does turning iMessage on/off reset a code sent to Apple, and therefore will require to restart all the steps?

Thanks in advance!

I just did it with an iPhone 6 on IOS 8.1 and it is still working. It didn't work at first but my mistake was to let the phone alone for only 2 minutes instead of 5 minutes after turning imessage off/on.

And yes I got the "imessage error" but it is still working

No turning imessage on/off will not have you do this all over again.

By the way, you must have imessage activated with the correct phone number to use sms relay on mac or ipad

Yes, I also have an error message.

I've been trying that website's activation method for the hole day today, like a dozen of times and even if I wait for 1+ hours between steps - it still shows me "waiting for activation".

I went to the Wind store today and they have no idea what to do. Does anyone know a Wind location in Toronto where I can really get help?